THE OREGON SPORTSMAN 



ing. A hunter who knows he has but one or two shots is more 

 careful in aim than if he knows he can fire from five to ten 

 shots as rapidly as .he can pull the trigger. A man with an au- 

 tomatic often begins shooting before his birds are within range 

 and continues shooting until they are far out of reach. As a 

 result, a larger number of birds are wounded to get away and 

 die in some fence corner. With high-powered rifles, many a 

 deer hunter takes absurd chances and many an animal is 

 wounded, never to be found except by a predatory cat, cougar 

 or wolf. 



Organizations of sportsmen should commend the use of the 

 double-barreled shotgun in preference to the pump or automatic 

 in wild fowl shooting. The smaller bore, closer-shooting shot- 

 guns are also to be recommended. A true sportsman frowns on 

 potting a sitting bird rather than giving it a flying chance. 



DUCK SHOOTING ALONG THE COLUMBIA. 



The joy of the hunt comes to the amateur and not to the 

 professional. A certain amount of duck shooting along the 

 Columbia River and a good number of duck hunters are not so 

 much in the amateur class as they are professionals. By pro- 

 fessionals, we mean they are too much interested in the killing 

 and in the amount of game killed, rather than the true spirit 

 of sport. 



There is a great deal of overflow land along the Columbia 

 River. There are many small and large lakes, ponds and sloughs 

 which are ideal feeding and resting places for ducks. As popula- 

 tion increased and more people became interested in duck shoot- 

 ing, the owners of the lowlands along the Columbia rented their 

 lakes and ponds for shooting privileges. They have asked higher 

 and higher rents each year until their prices have become 

 unreasonable. 



In addition to this, as the number of duck hunters increased 

 and ducks became less in number, the baiting or feeding of lakes 

 and ponds became a common practice. Hundreds of tons of 



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