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In writing to Advertisers mention Forest and Stream. 
dogs blundering right on top of birds 
before getting their scent. In mild 
weather birds are apt to be out upon 
their feeding grounds fairly early in 
the forenoon, from eight o’clock on, 
though as the season progresses, they 
come out later and spend less time in 
the open. 
After laying up in some hedge row 
or along the border of a wood for sev- 
eral hours in the middle of the day, 
they move about again in the open for 
their afternoon feed. If the country 
is a well cultivated one, look well to 
all grain stubbles, particularly if sur- 
rounded or bordered by woodlands or 
the cover of briars or any heavy un- 
dergrowth. In less cultivated districts 
thoroughly hunt old weed fields or 
through the tall yellow broom grass 
near pines and evergreens. 
N raw cold weather hunt the wood- 
lands and tangled hedge rows near 
their feeding grounds, southerly slopes 
where grain has been grown and any 
sheltered little stubbles or patches of 
weed or dry reeds bordering some 
wooded stream or swamp. In certain 
much hunted sections of the northerly 
quail area-.it should be borne in mind 
that the instinct of self-preservation 
has influenced birds to remain less in 
the open than formerly. They feed 
nearer to,cover, so that they may more 
readily retreat to shelter upon the ap- 
proach of danger, and though not al- 
ways a very satisfactory territory to 
hunt, birds cling much to the shelter 
of scrub oaks. This sort of country is 
excellent for shooting when it contains 
ferns or other undergrowth, but it very 
frequently is what is termed “hollow 
cover,” the ground being quite bare un- 
der the oak bushes. Here birds are apt 
to run very badly, making the most try- 
ing work for one’s dogs. 
Stunted or second growth pine woods 
are often a favorite shelter, and, if the 
country be rolling with here and there 
a little glade where wintergreen and 
wild berries grow, watch out, also, for 
a ruffed grouse. 
is IOLET” and “Primrose” were as 
pretty a pair of blue buttons as 
one could wish to see. Soft intelli- 
gent eyes of velvet brown, beautifully 
marked silky coats, and a way of go- 
ing and carrying themselves that be- 
spoke quality and breeding in every 
move. It was a pleasure just to see 
them range out and then quarter their 
ground. When we put them down in 
the first big stubble that afternoon 
Charlie couldn’t restrain a word of ad- 
miration in his “Lord, Cap’n, ain’t 
them a pair of pictures?” We had got- 
ten home late after the morning’s hunt 
and it was now three o’clock, but we 
had an hour or two of the best of the 
afternoon before us. We were in a big 
field from which a bountiful crop of — 
wheat had been harvested. Its russet 
surface dipped gently away from us, 
then rose on the far side to its boun- 
dary of dark pines. An ideal place, 
the appointed hour, and to-day was our 
day. Skimming up the far side some 
fifty yards out from the wood, “Prim” 
stopped in mid gallop, head turned at 
right angles to her body, feathered tail 
rigid. ‘Vi,’ too, was a motionless pic- 
ture of restrained eagerness. 
EAUTIFULLY found and _ well 
backed, and when the covey rose 
and we downed three of them, the 
youthful though well-disciplined pride 
of the little dogs was a pleasure to see. 
We went into the cover, and br-r-r-r-r-r 
went a single. Careful! Careful! 
“Vi’—not too fast. “‘Prim’s’ got one” 
called Charlie, and a moment later I 
heard his gun. Then “Vi” made a nice 
point in some sweet ferns, and I man- 
aged to nail the bird when it jumped. 
Another covey over among the cedars 
near Baiting Hollow gave us some good 
shots, and we pocketed our last bird 
just as the sun sank behind the leaf- 
less oaks over the hillside. What a glo- 
rious day we had had, and as in the 
dusk we walked through the shaded 
lane of a tiny hamlet, we talked over 
each of its happy hours, filled as they 
had been with good fellowship and 
clean sport. Stopping at the little post 
office and store, we helped ourselves to 
a crisp red apple out of the open bar- 
rel and then cheerfully accepted a wel- 
come glass of ice cold cider drawn 
from the friendly keg in the root cellar. 
HUS closes one of those priceless 
days in the sportsman’s calendar. 
Its sun has gone down in its still, fros- 
ty and rose tinted glow, but it still 
lives, and long will live with us as a 
happy, clean and restful milestone 
along the sterner paths of our work-a- 
day life. 
Our labors will be lighter for the 
health and strength with which it has 
steeled lungs and sinews or cleared our 
brains, grown stale through drudgery. 
And on a winter’s evening, before the 
crackling logs of our library fire, we’ll 
often live again, in spirit, our days 
afield, perhaps close our eyes, and 
dream of silent sweet-scented pines, 
tawny fields, flashing silky-coated dogs, 
and the wir-r-r of wings. 
Modern Trapping Methods 
(Continued from page 659) 
at the thick ice with an axe, he’s about 
ready to leave our amphibious friend 
strictly alone. This difficulty can be 
overcome by employing an ice chisel; 
one with a socket into which any old 
pole can be fitted at a moment’s notice 
It will identify you. 
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