Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-11-16
DRESSING FOR DUCK SHOOTING.
What Comprises an Outfit aud What .
Good One Costs.

What Comprises an Outfit aud What .
Good One Costs.
In the course of an article on duck shoot
ing writer in The New York Sun says:
The first thing to consider in duckinS out
fit is the clothing to wear. No matter whether
one wishes to shoot for the market OF for the
fun Of it, proper clothes are of first import
ance If man wants to wear out his old
clothes, let him put on three old WOODEN I'M
dershirts and three old pairs of drawers and
two pairs of wooden socks, whether he is going
to shoot from a blind or battery. Over these
put the thickest WOODEN coat and trousers and
pair of boots Then put on the oldest and
most faded overcoat at hand-a faded green
one for the battery or brown for the blind
will be best.
For the hands thin pair Of woolen gloves,
with a thick pair of big mittens easily drop
ped off. For the head q sou'wester is indis-
pensable. 1t should be bought two or three
sizes too large, so that the head and ears can
be wrapped in faded mufler before it is put
on. Over ell some sort of a slicker or water
proof must be had, and a rubber blanket is as
good as anything In this rig mar may be
fairly comfortable on ordinary duck shooting
days, but he will be by no means IN the best
rig to be had.
The best rig is first a suit of good thick
wooden underwear and d pair OF wooden
socks. Then draw on Mackinaw shirt and
a Mackinaw pair of drawers. They are mads
OF wool, and are a quarter of an inch thick.
If the weather is particularly severe he
should put on two suits, but there Is danger
CT bundling up so much Us TO be unable TO
mold the gun. On the feet draw felt boots
These boots are used by the lumbermen in
the Adirondacks, and are In all respects the
best foot covering for bitter weather ever de-
vised. Next put on canvas hunting trousers
End hunting coat which have previously
been soaked in linseed oil, and then dried and
soaked again and dried The gun stores sell
these canvas suits unoied
When oiled they smell like fresh paint, and
that will be disagreeable to some folks, but
not 50 disagreeable a stream of cold water
down the back. The color of these goods is
reddish brown, too bright when new, but
Just right for the blind when grown dingy
If one is to shoot from battery afoat, then
a leaden green is a better color. A little
paint will fix them. Oil coats and trousers
can be purchased at the clothing stores on
the water front, but the oiled coats sold there
are not adapted for the purpose. The real
hunting coat has @ patch sewed ia under the
snoulders in such a way that a man can raise
his arms without bringing the weight of his
coat on them.
II, now. a man must wade any to get To
his blind or put out decoys, he must have
rubber wading boots The hat must be a
sou'wester, large In size, as said, and the ye-
lowish sailor sou'wester is the best to be had
For the hands, thin wooden gloves and big,
thick mittens over them are absolutely neccs-
sary; and if after all these things are OBJ
tanned one can have an old horse blanket TO
throw over his knees for the knees get cold
first, he can count on q comfortable day,
raiHor shine.
Some idea Of the cot Of an outfit viii not
be uninteresting. Here is a list prepared by
deal Ter for a reDOrtsr