PROPOSED MONUMENT TO A DUCK HUNTER 



scribe a circle of about five miles cir- 

 cumference, and alight just where they 

 were before. This year I have seen 

 such conditions ; have seen the air alive 

 with ducks, and yet they would not 

 "stool." They had selected a feeding 

 ground — the weather was not interfer- 

 ing with their operations. Unlike us 

 mortals, they had a good thing, knew 

 it, were satisfied, and the result was 

 that gunners coming from a distance 

 to shoot on the Great South Bay dur- 

 ing the last month had the pleasure of 

 seeing multitudes of web-footed fowl, 

 and yet slim chance to get a bag pre- 

 tentious enough to satisfy the demands 

 of their own family circle. 



When ducks fly at an outfit in a 

 swarm the novice fires into the mass of 

 flapping wings and nothing drops ; 

 when such a circumstance happens with 

 a "vet" he selects his birds, and usually 

 gets 'em. 



"Duck or no Duck" (in the bag), I 

 make bold to say the outing after duck 



in these waters is fraught with interest, 

 excitement and all the elements of 

 glorious sport, and he is a poor ex- 

 ample of the true sportsman who will 

 kick if the luck is bad, and if, owing 

 to calm, it takes him five hours to cross 

 the bay on his homeward tack. 



As to shells : I have seen everything 

 from No. i to No. 9 shot used, before 

 everything from black powder, at so 

 much a pound, to Ballistite. I've known 

 men so very particular as to use No. 6 

 in the right and No. 1 in the left, but 

 old gunners never do these kind of 

 things. They just get in the box with 

 a gun you'd be afraid to touch (looks 

 like junk), and any old shells left over 

 by the boys. 



When shooting from a box use a 

 black cloth cap and a grey or black 

 sweater. Shun khaki yellow gunning 

 coats as you would bad whiskey. Wear 

 good rubber boots to the hip. Old- 

 fashioned woolen gloves go well. Get 

 a good day, shoot a hundred shells, and 



