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F O It E ST AND S T R E A M 
September, 1919 
Practical W^ortn 
T oday more tKan for many years past, tke practical value 
of a man s gfun and do^ is tlie true measure of liis pride in 
tkcm. He kas a new appreciation of service — and wants it. 
Xkat tkere is suck great demand for Remington UMC guns 
and skells is tkerefore a more tkan ordinarily sound indica- 
tion of tkeir superiority. 
for Shooting Ri^ht 
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Arrow or Nitro Club Wetproof Steel Lined Speed Skells from work- 
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Autoloading or Pump G un. 
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and ]am in tke gun wken it is very damp. Tkey are as indifferent to damp 
storage as a water spaniel is to getting kis feet wet, and will remain in per- 
fect condition in tke kardest rain or tke leakiest boat long after otker skells, 
not protected ky tke exclusive Remington UMC ^^etproof process, kave 
soaked and swelled tkemselves useless. 
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Largest ^Manufacturers of Firearms and Ammunition in the VFor/d 
WOOLWORTH BUILDING NEW YORK 
A MANUAL OF WILD- 
FOWL SHOOTING 
(CONTINUED FROM PAGE 463) 
The Canada Gei^se. 
T he Canada goose or common wild 
goose is familiar to every sports- 
man. Head and neck black with 
I broad white band running under the head 
j from eye to eye; back and wings grayish 
brown, feathers tipped with lighter 
brown; breast soiled white, gray be- 
neath; rear underparts white; wing pri- 
maries and tail black; feet, legs and bill 
black. Average length about 38 inches. 
Male and female are alike in plumage. 
A mellow honk, ah-honk, ah-honk, 
drifting down on the wind to the waiting 
gunner brings him to sharp attention as 
no other call on the bay will. He grips 
his gun and earnestly scans the gray fall 
sky. There they come, high in the air, 
two long lines converging to a point in 
front. They are hardly more than black 
dots away up the bay. 
The live geese decoys hear the call of 
the wild birds and with heads erect honk 
their welcome. The geese come steadily 
on, a wise old gander leading at the point 
of the feathered “V.” The hunter Ijdng 
motionless in his gunning boat, with just 
his head high enough above the grass 
covered deck to see about, watches the 
geese out of the comer of his eye. The 
flock hears the calling decoys and an- 
swers. Their attention is attracted by 
what appears to be a flock of wild geese 
resting on the water just off a point 
of marsh, but which in reality are W'ood- 
en counterfeits, with the exception of 
the two or three live decoys. 
The geese have flown far on their 
journey southward, they are tired, and 
they see in the decoys a flock of their kin 
resting on a feeding ground. Gradually 
they coast do^vn till near the water. 
With sharp eyes they cover every foot 
of that point of marsh; nothing but the 
waving brown rushes meet their vision. 
The live decoys are honking reassuring- 
ly. All seems as it should be. With 
wings set in graceful curves and fails 
spread and lowered to check their flight, 
the flock sails into the decoys against 
the wind, keeping up a constant ah-runk, 
ah-runk, ah-runk. 
A loud report, and one great bird sud- 
denly crumples in the air and splashes 
into the water. Confusion reigns on the 
instant. The terror-stricken geese have 
sprung yards higher into the air, jostling 
one another in their mad haste to get 
away. The gun, aimed where two birds 
are close together, roars again, and two 
more geese tumble into the water. The 
next second the survivors have veered 
off and are out of range, going down vnnd 
with astonishing speed. 
The sportsman going after geese 
should make an early start. The decoys 
should be arranged on the water and the 
hunter concealed in the blind with the 
first streaks of dawn. Often the best 
shooting is to be hand during the first 
hours of day-light. 
The location of the blind is the first 
matter to be considered. It is most im- 
portant to know what the geese are do- 
ing — that is, what points the birds are 
