leave the lake and spend the day on 
the prairie. 
S it should always do, the after- 
noon of the last day of my outing 
furnished me the climax of the week’s 
enjoyment. A mile and a half north- 
west of the lake, I found an elevation 
a little higher than the surrounding 
ones. It commanded a wide prospect 
and it was largely for the view that I 
stationed myself there. I soon learned, 
however, that I was directly between 
Lake Karonis and another lake about 
a mile distant, and that ducks were 
continually flying back and forth be- 
tween these two bodies of water. I 
was on what Koerner would have called 
a “duck pass.” With great armloads 
of dead grass from the hollows, I made 
for myself a blind which was also 
something of a barrier against the 
wind. I must have shot rods behind 
the first flock of ducks that went tear- 
ing by. My next shot, aimed at the 
foremost duck in the flock, killed the 
rear one. At single ducks going with 
the wind I did not fire. It was only a 
waste of shells. But I had enough luck 
with flocks of big ducks beating up 
against the wind to satisfy completely 
my limited instinct for killing. Even 
of such flocks, many went past without 
harm. 
| WOULD be watching the clouds or 
a patch of sunshine racing across 
the prairie, when a flock of ducks 
would come up and go by before I could 
remember my gun. Just before sunset 
the clouds in the west drew up and left 
a strip of clear sky across the western 
horizon. Then the sun settled into this 
clear space and flooded the prairie with 
a light that was almost ethereal. The 
setting sun, the long stretch of light 
green sky, the heavy clouds tinged with 
copper, and the golden prairie, made a 
picture that I have never again seen 
equaled. It was a scene too beautiful 
and holy for a mere man. It belonged 
to the angels or the spirits of brave 
hunters long since dead. Then directly 
out of the sunset came three big geese, 
honking loudly their approach. My 
gun came to my shoulder and with my 
last shell I killed the only wild goose 
that I have ever got in my life. 

OME shooters use one brand of shotgun 
S shells—some another. It’s a matter of pref- 
erence. But a great majority of shooters agree 
on the powders they like to shoot, and those 
powders are du Pont. 
Du Pont powders are dependable and pleasant to shoot 
because they are uniform in quality. And they give you 
greater velocity, better pattern and lower breech pres- 
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the dependable powders. 
Du Pont powders are loaded in all standard makes of 
shells. For heavy loads only—when you're hunting 
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shells loaded with DU PONT OVAL, the new powder 
that is from 10% to 15% more effective than any other 
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shoot the old standbys, DU PONT (bulk) or BALLIS- 
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