Daily Republican., 1881-11-11
I'M DUCK SHOOTING.
,.E susaUEHANNA
- FLATS.
,, Of the Gauniss
'srxe Nunbers OF
r..,,.unep rrssen'ir'"
".,Inaeiphis ana
other Places.

s,r the shoDHHs vi VII"
Wv ~, ,,.n,,rhsnna Flats Is now
sAs "a and large numbers OF
Ftn,r' ,,r present from PhlladeI-
aHpJJ,r ati Jnrk is migratory in its
B H's H's,"r;nc the summer months
,aS holGl "a IN the far North, and
snn,oarh of winter returns to
asal is,onnis along the SusIue-
flu. rivers Of our coast.
= 'pr ,,i ,arg, Numbers of Wild
'ast,Su D. aS7u Nya singular ana o,,,i,r IN,
hs,.t,,yanis hs called dccoys, which
a''I, ,,,o which they are allnr"d
lIt,,lpo. for this purpose. Inc
i'A. .,,,,, w., consist Of a pond sur
H| ,,, ~,s ,xsroGlua marshy country.
'I,t'; q, ;,rpd several canaIs lead in
u. .' .,I..r;inus, and terminate In -
Na' ,,", "o witch is closrd at last
S,nr, net. Over ti'sn canals
| '5ei '5eil hoop. aud nr,n ,i',,.,, ,he,n a con
n.,.p, IL, wI.d ducks settle
D,J wv. md ,hc dec y man Is COT
1 f.i.sria,1rcen of re as
3 i.1yd y ar, trained so a to
ssa St, Tlr. IL search Of food. INFO
gnd the wild birds follow;
/ l~ln.a then appears and drives
s+6,- up. when ultimate! they
..,,, IL til, nets IN great quan-
very few wild ducks shot
I'd srl tho London IN Irket il
.r,,p, ed fro. this source. On
]. sigs c,ouuds there are none
C.Jnp luu beng relied upoa to
E,s,yrp.y. The Gunners consist
m a.,ps, those who 90 for pleas.
.yJ ,br>4 wGo III kea business Of
'.f,c lrl follow 1t as n means OF
,tr9,l,.uy during the winter.
.o.a rI., nullS owned by those
D,,Irp. n,lre nr- lifted Ou' III a
|, i.,rr ,t>,r, regardless of eX-
!. ForraD,t amnug these i the
.sex whlrh so ,ned by three New
/ sp,Irm,n, Sh' is about sixty
4, .,agth. and fifteen feet beam,
las a magnificent saloon thirty
I,ug Win sleeping accommoda-
,tftght persons. She has abou.
hundred dscoys, and her crew con
dacaoaaln, a steward and three
hands,
ne ar about ono hundred and for
as license !, mostly owned par
b Hariur. aud Ceci. counties, al.
d ,Ont ! .vug to parties in Phila-
.iand New YORK who make N
..sot surp.y lug the markets OF
llies
genera. plan pursued by the
.nen on the Susquehanna, is to
ia. boat which is SURROUNDED by
10 float down TO the feeding
,Abrforc daylight III the morn
.ge ihel- decoys and await the
I ducks. which is almost sure to
'aaout daylight.
.,are q Z gyrat many killed in this
4, and IL is safe to say that FIRE.
: on good day, as many as ten
I'd are taken.
1 ducG shooting has become
more popular than it WAS a few
ago, When II was followed almost
'ively Nv men who used IL as a
Of making a living. =
Iowevcr there are number So bust
men, and Others, who annually
large sums u money in fitting
rcuSive outfits, and renting noted
ng points, Most Of them o to he
peake, IIavrt de Grace and North
VIII! { MT FEW 20 further down
y, ~ Kent Island and Chester
Chinese have a very ingenious
d Of cap'uri..g wild ducks. When
ee a tIoch, they throw a number
rds On the water, aud let them
own to the ducks At first the
are afraid OF them, but soon
= accustomed to the strange visi.
ldssin around amoug them rub
I;IF t.!I, asainS: them, and play
tn them. The Chinainau now
large grnrd with holes for the
ID mouth cut iii il, over his head ,
really wades on. TO he ducks,
aching his hand up under the
'atches them by the feet, and by
movement draws them under
Ter, and tastenS them to u girdle
wears around his waist. Some
70 expert Will CAPTURE II dozen
they become frightened and