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FOREST AND STREAM 
October, 1921 
SMITH GUNS 
“The Gun 
That 
Speaks For 
Itself ” 
Write for Catalog 
No. 319 
The Smith will answer your desire for real 
pleasure in the real out-of-doors, these autumn days. 
With Hunter One Trigger It’s the Complete Gun 
THE HUNTER ARMS COMPANY, Inc., FULTON, N. Y. 
McDonald & Linforth, Pacific Coast Representatives, 739 Call Bldg., San Francisco, Calif. 
Export Office: 5 State St., New York City 
PAINTED TRUE TO LIFE 
“Grand Prix Mallard” 
WE RAISE WILD MALLARD DUCKS and make 
our Wood Decoys so true to life that they fool the wild ones. 
(Trade Mark) Only ' ' FEATHERWOOD' ’ Used. Will not split. 
SOLID OR HOLLOW 
, JEFFERSON CITY, MO. Only woodworking plant in the 
world owning its own Lakes — to 
raise Wild Mallards. 
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PAT. 
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MADE EAS 
WILBUR SHOTGUN PEEP SIGHT, 
deadly addition to the modern shotgun. Makes good 
shots of poor ones. Fast enough for snap shooting, 
ducks, or at traps. Automatically shows how to 
lead correctly — No more guess work. Made of blued 
steel, clamps rigidly on breech of gun barrels. 12, 
10. 20 28 gauges. Double guns only. Postpaid. $2.50 
including booklet. “Wing Shooting Made Easy." 
Booklet alone sent on receipt of f n cents. Teaches 
the art of wing shooting. 
WILBUR GUN SIGHT 
116 West 39th St., P.0. Box 185, Times Square, New York 
Robert H. Rockwell 
1440 East 63rd St. 
Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Books on all Outdoor Subjects 
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S S S plain swivels (for fastening to 
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arm) 3.50 
Fitted 4.00 
Set screw for adjusting trigger-pull..., 2.00 
Webb sling 1.80 
S S S Gun Case 4.50 
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complete, including steel butt-plate, 
pistol-grip cap and checkering $37.00 
Furnishing and fitting No. 48 sight. . . 15.00 
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Just such memories does one store 
away on the Father of Waters, espe- 
cially this section and region where the 
small-mouth is king. 
O WING to the fact that the Missis- 
sippi often has a swift current, it 
is sometimes necessary to employ a mo- 
tor boat to which the fishing-boats are 
attached and the party goes on up river. 
When ready to start in fishing the guide 
mans the oars and the pleasure of going 
down with the current is begun. Just 
how skillful are some of these guides 
on the river a trial will attest. Ap- 
parently they know every foot of it, 
every small-mouth nook and cranny, 
even to knowing each fish personally. 
Have no doubts about it, there is a thrill 
to it. And I have this to say for the 
bass waters of the Mississippi : no man 
has gone away from those waters dis- 
gusted and without fish. I am an ama- 
teur fisherman but even with my smat- 
tering of knowledge of the subject I 
was able to mount up some fine scores. 
When I think of the glittering galaxy 
of fly-artists that have cast over these 
same grounds and who are here annually 
I no longer wonder that these waters 
have been praised so. These waters, 
in, around and about the chosen region, 
are worthy of a full volume, with illus- 
trations to match. Some day some 
writer able to handle the subject with 
skill and feeling will write it up. 
Oh, there are things to marvel about 
along the Upper Waters. There is the 
mysterious old stream with its finny 
treasure ; there are the mighty woods 
along its banks ; there are the towering 
bluffs, scaling which one looks over the 
entire small-mouth valley. There are 
the rosy mornings and the gorgeous 
sunsets which poetry only could prop- 
erly emphasize ; this and the knowledge 
that there are fish to be had that will 
test good tackle in every sense of the 
wor< ^’ (the end.) 
SKINNING HEADS 
OF BIG GAME 
( Continued, from page 450) 
gouged out, as it sticks very tightly to 
the skull. 
Proceed in like manner with the ear 
and eye on the opposite side. It will 
then be easier to skin down the nose 
and throat. 
When the skin has been pulled over 
the nose about half way between the 
eye socket and the extremity, a straight 
vertical cut should be made down to a 
point where the teeth or rear molars 
are set (Fig. 4). Then by inserting the 
left hand here, the severing of the in- 
side skin on the lips will proceed more 
easily, with less danger of making ugly 
gashes on the mouth ; moreover the open- 
ing shows clearly that the skin is not 
being mutilated. 
The nostrils must be cut down to the 
bone but well back from the end of the 
nose, on a deer about two inches or less 
in front of the nasal bone (Fig. 4). By 
a stiff pull on the skin here and there, 
the skinning will proceed more readily 
