THE GAME BREEDER 



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The Wapshontas Bungalow 



Wapshontas Interior 



A NEW IOWA CLUB. 



By E. M. Sharon. 



I am sending you pictures of the 

 Wapshontas bungalow. Our work has 

 been getting ready so far. We bought 

 some Mallards to start on, and are now 

 looking for a gamekeeper. 



We are planting our lakes and ponds 

 with wild rice and potamogetons. The 

 state warden has offered us some wild 

 Mallards as soon as we can take care 

 of them. Quite a number of the farm- 

 ers in that neighborhood are breeding 

 pheasants and wild ducks. We have a 

 splendid crop of quail on the preserve 



and we intend to take care of them dur- 

 ing the winter. 



We have used the premises consider- 

 ably during the past summer. Most of 

 our members spend their vacations 

 there. It is very convenient to drive out, 

 get dinner and return the same even- 

 ing or early the next mornimg, as it is 

 only twenty-five miles and a splendid 

 road at most all seasons. We have fur- 

 nished the bungalow entirely by personal 

 contributions, with easy chairs, tables, 

 piano, talking machine, bed-room fur- 

 niture, etc. 



♦ 



A Simple Wild Duck Trap. 



Captain Aymer Maxwell, an English 

 authority on game birds, says : "After 

 all the ingenuity that has been expended 

 on the making of duck decoys, intricate 

 in design, costly to construct and main- 

 tain, it is interesting to find that wild 

 duck may be caught by far easier means. 

 Hard by the fine duck decoy at Netherby, 

 carefully planned with its seven pipes Of 

 approved pattern, there stands an un- 

 pretentious wire cage, which any one 

 could knock together in one hour, usini; 

 no more costly material than a few bits 

 of wood, a strip of wire netting, ham- 

 mer and nails. One side of this simple 

 [)en lifts up, and a cylinder of wire net- 

 ling, open at both ends, and wiile 



