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FOREST AND STREAM 
October, 1919 
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T he shot pat- 
terns that kill — 
every time — that 
give you the results 
your shooting justi- 
fies — are not possi- 
ble without good wads. A per- 
fect wad is essential to a perfect pattern. 
The Peters wad is one of the strongest features of 
this shell. 
Made of long cattle hair, absolutely clean, and care- 
fully built up — this wad is uniformly resilient, confines 
the powder gases, provides the proper lubrication on 
the walls of the gun barrel and helps to impart the 
full force of the propellant to the shot charge. 
And the fact that this wad contains no dirt or grit 
means that it cannot injure the gun barrel in any way. 
Other points that give the brand shell a dis- 
tinct advantage are reinforced head, locked-in battery 
cup, and the water-proof crimp. 
Use Peters Shells this season. The difference in 
quality is distinctly shown by the better results 
you will get. 
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Emperor Goose (Philacte canagica) 
On calm days they fly slowly and sed- 
ately, with a certain solemnity about 
their movements. But in rough, windy 
weather they become a very part of the 
storm. The abandoned disorder of the 
flock, the care-free dipping and rising 
of the birds to the sudden stronger gusts 
of wind, their clear calls, now low, now 
high in tone, the intermittent flashing 
of their white under parts as the dark 
wings sweep upward, all seem to hold 
the very spirit of the wild, to tell of 
long air trails among the clouds and 
winds and adventure without end. 
High flyers and sea lovers, the major- 
ity of brant do not follow the coast line 
closely, but keep a straight course north 
and south, often touching on only the 
eastern-most points of land. At low tide 
they are seen walking about on the flats 
in the bays tearing up the eel-grass, and 
consuming quantities of sand on the bars. 
They are wild, shy birds and next to 
impossible to approach. They are taken 
more easily over decoys than in any 
other manner. 
They are shot like other water-fowl 
from shore blinds and from batteries 
anchored out on the open bay. They 
are also shot from a sink-box placed on 
a sand bar, although this method, and 
the use of a battery, is now unlawful 
in many places. 
Brant are often shot along with the 
other water-fowl from the same blind 
during the same day. Often a mixed 
flock of geese, brant and duck decoys, 
both live birds and wooden, are used 
and all three kinds of fowl bagged over 
them. Of course, the sportsman goin? 
after brant alone will do best with only 
brant decoys. The hunter familiar with 
the note of the brant often turn the birds 
to the decoys by “calling.” A foot raised 
and lowered quickly from the battery 
will also attract the flock’s attention. 
Brant do not fly very rapidly and are 
not difficult marks when they come to 
the decoys. Their flesh is usually ex- 
cellent. I, personally, would not place a 
well-roasted brant second to any other 
game bird. 
Brant often have well-defined lines of 
flight up and down the bay or over the 
marshes. As the tide begins to ebb there 
comes a steady procession of big flocks 
(where the birds are plentiful) all headed 
for the sand bars and grass flats, where 
the receding water will soon lay bare an 
abundance of food. When the tide 
