DECossms, 19U 
FOREST AND .STREAM 
683 
Th« red-heads came to ns hy slnglea, 
sometimes two or three and often small 
flocks, and they decoyed beautifully. 
Nearly all of them came from up the 
river and as they reached the bay, fight- 
ing their way Into the wind, they would 
^otice the decoys. Down they would 
sweep, close to the water, and come 
straight in. The shooting was largely at 
ducks coming head on against the wind, 
and they offered splendid targets as they 
spread their tails, dropped their legs and 
set their wings in curves preparatory to 
alighting. The first shots at the hover- 
ing birds were easy, the second ones difiQ- 
cult as the startled red-heads swung oft 
in a flash and raced down wind. 
Some shots were missed, others went 
true to the swiftly flying marks, as proven 
by the goodly number of fine birds be- 
neath the boat decks. Often the fowl 
came so rapidly that many chances were 
lost because of one of us being out from 
shore in a boat picking up dead birds, 
thus frightening an incoming flock. 
As the birds shot fell into the water 
they at once started to drift rapidly 
away from our island. It was easy 
enough to reach them, going down wind 
in a boat, but the row back to the island 
was slow and required hard pulling at 
the oars. Some wounded birds were diffi- 
cult to recover since they dove upon strik- 
ing the water and would often come up 
far out of gun-shot, and would dive re- 
peatedly before the approaching boat 
would carry one of us within range. Often 
while one of us was down wind retriev- 
ing a duck, a flock would pitch to the 
decoys and the man in the blind would 
have some fast, exciting work. 
There were many gunners out that 
morning and the booming of the guns 
flown the bay told of the fine sport that 
some were having. 
It was ideal weather for duck shooting 
and the birds should have been on the 
wing and decoying throughout the entire 
day. But the best "of rules in hunting are 
often broken by a whimsical Nature. Our 
shooting was practically over by ten 
o’clock in the morning and very few 
ducks came to us during the remainder 
of (he day. But those >“arly gray hours 
on the little island with the red-heaus 
streaking in before the north-easter will 
long be rememembered. 
The next article xoill concern other seor 
iluclis. 
An Elk Hun t in the 01 ympics 
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attempting to return along the divide was 
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along the way I came. I tramped and 
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whrrc the mountain seemed to literally 
br^ak in two — a small stream cutting 
Ihrough .and making a frightful .gorge. 
1 coulii not s))cnd tb.e night on the moun- 
tain for 1 was getting weak from hunger 
and exertion. The aii’ was cold and the 
ground c^cred with snow. It did not 
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