February, 1922 
FOREST AND STREAM 
87 
A HASTY council of war took place. 
It was decided that Searls and 
Dick should cross the ice to the tide- 
run. We would then establish a cross 
ruif -which should result in almost con- 
tinual excitement. Long' John, who al- 
ways thinks ahead, produced from some- 
where two wooden decoys. He flung 
them far out in the open water where 
they zig-zagged back and forth against 
the flood tide in the most realistic man- 
ner. They were placed well to the north 
of us so that the ducks, when decoying 
into the wind, would sweep with out- 
stretched wings directly in front of our 
position. 
We had not long to wait. Dick and 
Searls were crawling cautiously along 
the east edge of the sand spit, close to 
its end and almost within range of the 
open run. A muffled “plop ! plop !” came 
as a warning to us. We ducked low and 
waited with guns ready and fingers ner- 
vously feeling at the trigger. 
“Mark !” whispered Long John, rising 
on one knee. 
At first I could not see them, but the 
silken rustle of their powerful wings 
was plainly audible in the stillness. 
Then they shot into view — as big as 
geese — a dozen strong — gliding rapidly 
down in a steep volplane to the water in 
front — heads thrust forward in eager 
scrutiny — wings outstretched to break 
their momentum — legs spraddled out to 
meet the water. I was all a-tremble. 
Long John had risen to his feet and was 
aiming. 
When the echoed roar of our. guns 
had subsided, we counted three shape- 
less forms drifting in the tide. A crip- 
pled male swam about in a panic, look- 
ing this way and that for the source of 
his trouble, thrusting his long bill in and 
out of the water and making futile ef- 
forts to rise. I ran out on the ice, de- 
termined to make short work of this fine 
fellow. I took careful aim, pulled the 
trigger and saw the water in the imme- 
diate vicinity of the duck jump up in re- 
sponse to the heavy load of number four 
shot, yet the big bird withstood this 
close range bombardment with nothing 
more than a shake of his head. Again I 
took careful aim and fired, but with no 
better success. “Had my eyesight gone 
wrong or was the remarkable bird en- 
chanted?” I mused, as I blinked won- 
deringly at this thing of impregnable 
feathers. 
“Here, let me finish him,” came from 
Long John, who had also run out upon 
the ice. “Your sixteen won’t phase him 
unless a shot happens to get him in the 
head. Watch my single lunger knock 
him flat.” 
The old gun did knock him flat, as 
predicted, but not flat enough; the duck 
retained a goodly portion of his 
charmed existence. He swam about in 
circles, dipping his head frantically in 
and out of the water. Long John was a 
little puzzled and quite exasperated. He 
ran out close' to where the wounded 
duck thrashed about. He was on the 
point of firing a second and as I sup- 
posed a final shot when the plucky old 
bird, realizing the game was up, commit- 
ted hari-kari without even giving us the 
satisfaction of owning his toothsome 
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