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see an old grebe carrying two or three young on his back. At the 

 slightest alarm, the old bird raises the feathers and covers the chicks 

 completely. One can readily tell when a grebe has chicks on his back, 

 even if not visible, because he appears to swim higher in the water. 

 Normally, the body is almost submerged. An old grebe not only swims, 

 but dives readily keeping the young in place on his back. 



HOW TO SIGNAL WITH GUN WHEN IN 



TKOUBLE 



The Oregon Sportsman, 



Portland, Oregon. 



Gentlemen: 



I would like to offer a suggestion which I believe should be 

 adopted. I am enclosing a clipping from a newspaper telling the proper 

 way in which to signal with a gun in the woods. Every hunter should 

 know this. It might be the means of saving lives every year. 



If these signals were committed to memory by every hunter I think 

 it would be a great thing. Why not have them printed on the back of 

 every hunting license issued? In that way the hunter would always 

 have them on his person, and even if not familiar with them, if he 

 heard somebody signaling he would simply have to take his license and 

 consult the signals on the back of same in order to find out what was 

 the matter with his fellow sportsman. And on the other hand, if a 

 hunter got in trouble and did not know what signal to give, he coukv 

 consult his license and give the proper signal. 



These signals could be distinguished from other shots fired, as in 

 the case of a party of searchers hunting for a lost or wounded man in 

 the woods. As soon as the man was located the proper signal would be 

 fired and would thus inform the rest of the party of searchers that 

 the man was found. While on the other hand, if no Signals were 

 agreed on it would cause a delay in conveying the information to the 

 others that the man had been found. 



Kindly let me know what you think of this idea. 



Yours truly, 



LAUSON LENEVE, 



Coquille, Oregon. 



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The Sportsman heartily endorses the idea advanced by Mr. Leneve, 

 and suggests that they be taken up and made effectve through the Ore- 

 gon Sportsmen's League. The signals suggested have been used fre- 

 quently in Oregon and in other states, and many hunters are familiar 

 with them. They are as follows: 



Help — Four shots in quick succession* as oooo. 



Injured — Shot, pause, two shots, pause, shot; as o-oo-o. 



Lost — Three quick shots, pause, one shot, as ooo-o. 



Man Found — One shot, pause, three quick shots; as o-ooo. 



Call Heard — Two quick shots, pause, two quick shots; as oo-oo. 



