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In writing to advertisers mention Forest and Stream, 
fore flying back to the river. From 
then on for some fifteen or twenty 
minutes it seemed as though the coun- 
cils were held. There was an incessant 
squabble and calling in the river, a 
walking about on the bars, a flopping 
of wings and more low short honking. 
As old hunters, we made use of this 
period to stretch our limbs, stick up- 
right straws around the pits to improve 
the camouflage and to admire the won- 
derful new dawn, spreading morning 
light over the far-flung prairie country. 
With our ears attuned to every chang- 
ing sound, we finally caught the dis- 
tinct honk indicating the rise from the 
bars of the first flock of geese; the 
sound emitted is different, more regu- 
lar and longer drawn. With our bodies 
crouched low and eyes barely over the 
rims of the pits, we saw flock after flock 
rising over the river bank, some going 
to their grounds on the other side, oth- 
ers heading for fields to the north or 
south of us. Would any of them come 
our way? On that hinged the success 
or failure of the morning’s endeavor. 
Yes, here they are. A flock of some 
seventy-five geese, flying low and head- 
ing in a direct line for the pits, evi- 
dently attracted by the decoys. As 
usual, however, they swerved to the 
north and entirely out of range.’ We 
had sunk out of sight and could only 
judge from the honks, what their tac- 
tics were. They flew a mile or more 
past the decoys and then commenced 
to circle, ever a little nearer and a lit- 
tle lower until some two hundred feet 
from the pits they started their straight 
flight to alight, straight for the decoys 
and immediately over one of the pits. 
The immense rush of wings has led 
many a new hunter to shoot too early; 
the temptation is strong even for ex- 
perienced men. But we remained im- 
movable until the centre of the flock 
was well past the pits, thus permitting 
shots under the wings and feathers. 
Time and again I have heard charges 
hit the feathers with a slap, on breast 
or side shots, the very thick layers of 
feathers preventing even our number 
five shot from penetrating. This morn- 
ing both Arlo’s shots from his long-bar- 
reled pump brought geese tumbling 
close by his pith with heavy thumps. 
Sid landed with his sixteen gauge on a 
good side shot, while both shots from 
my double-barrel for some reason were 
ineffectual. Another ten-minute wait 
disclosed another flock coming in from 
the south, heading right over the pits 
and low enough for a fair try. Be- 
tween us we got four out of that flight; 
one of these proved stunned only and 
took wing in a‘low flight directly for 
the river, but a long-range try from my 
right barrel keeled her over. 
Seven o’clock saw the morning flight 
finished and us in the car on our way 
home with seven prime geese eventu- 
Tt will identify you. 






all to grace our own table and some 
those of our frtends. Very satisfac. 
tory, surely. Even one goose, shot un 
der difficult conditions, would hay 
proved ample reward for early risin 
and hard work digging and filling in 
pits. Who has been out on the prairies 
in the Fall, will ever forget the magnifi- 
cent prairie scenery and the honk of 
the geese flying to their morning feed-— 
ing ground? 
Bot Flies and Albinos 
DeEaR FOREST AND STREAM: in 
HAVE been a silent, but most ar 
dent reader of your magazine for a 
number of years, and enjoy its many 
interesting items. 
In the April issue of this year, there 
was an item written by Herbert Fin- 5 
ley on Butterflies from a Deer’s Mouth, 
I just want to say this article has more — 
than interested me and as I have been 
in a position to examine the throats 
of hundreds of deer, I find his obser- 
vations to be truthful, especially of 
our western black tail deer. 
I have been in the taxidermy business 
for twenty-four years and have had an 
opportunity to know the facts about 
larvae being present in the mouth of 
deer. The government issued many 
permits to hunters to enter Kaibab 
Forest last December, to reduce, if 
possible, the number of mule deer of 
that region of Southern Utah and 
Northern Arizona, which on account of 
lack of food were actually starving. It 
was from the throats of many of these 
that I noticed the presence of the larvat 
and in some I removed as many a 
eighteen, in others there were thre 
to four. 
Also in your May issue, an artiel 
appeared by Dr. R. W. Shufeldt, o 
White Animals. I have collected many 

















a white woodchuck. I secured this 
specimen near Sturgeon Lake, Minne- 
sota, three years ago, and have it 
mounted and in my collection. I have 
never taken a photo of it, simply be-— 
cause I have the specimen. Qe 
found the occurrence of albinos quite 
frequent. 
WALTER GILMORE, 
Ogden, Utah. 

