

JANUARY, 1924 

Duck Shooting on Shinnecock 
Good Sport May Be Had by the Wild Fowler 
access to FOREST AND STREAM and 
enjoyed reading articles relating 
to hunting, trapping and the general 
all outdoors, and especially the 
| N recent years I have had occasional 
on Long Island 
By DR. ADDISON RAYNOR 
hundreds of acres of shoal water on 
the southern side beneath which is an 
unlimited supply of small soft clams, 
or as they are commonly known, long 
bills. Their size is about that of a 
man’s thumb-nail. 
Within the last ten or fifteen years, 
i. €., since our game laws have bzen in 
effect, shooting in this region 
personal experiences of others. 
I have wondered if its readers 
would be interested in some- 
thing of the same regarding 
Shinnecock and other bays of 
Long Island. 
City hunters often may go 
far, get little and spend much 
good money for long trips when 
good sport is available near 
their homes. Being acquainted 
with the South side and fa- 
miliar with its general topogra- 
phy, I know the outlay of the 
territory to be favorable as a 
temporary stopping- and rest- 
ing-place for migrating water 
fowl such as _ broadbill, red 
head, black duck and Canada 
geese, 
whistlers, 
occasional visitors. 
In Shinnecock Bay there are many 
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The south shore of Long Island has always 
been a favorite feeding and resting grounds 
for thousands of wild fowl during their au- 
tumnal migration. Goose and black duck, 
sprig and broadbill find their way to the 
bag when driven over the shooter’s blind 
by the teeth of a notheast gale. ... Keen 
sport awaits you on the curve of Shinne- 
cock’s shore line and the facts you want 
about this country are given in this article. 
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neck clams. These provide excellent 
food for the wild ducks. The shells of 
these small clams are so fragile that 
the birds can break them with their 

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has taken on a rather business- 
like aspect. While it was pos- 
sible even years ago, to procure 
a guide when wanted, sports- 
men now go out with the na- 
tives and all have a distinct 
place by agreement to go to. 
This eliminates all strife as to 
who shall get the most desirable 
place for any particular day or 
weather. To promote good fel- 
-lowship among the sportsmen, 
to properly equip a gun- 
ning rig, raise domesticated 
wild geese and black duck de- 
coys (without which the hunter 
might better stay home), build 
water-tight shooting boxes and 
further equip them is no small 
job; to handle and care for them dur- 
ing the rough weather of the shooting 
season is no less a task. 
mend the guides of this section—East 
May I com- 

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