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rom among ,he old.r mnl.s. and .he watch thor

Keep could not be surpassed by human beings.
When they have discovered an object OF suspicious
appearance they utter tho low note OF warning,
put yer under any circumstances give the signal
V rise until satisfied that danger Is at hand Once
this cry il sounded however every individual Of
the huge flock leaves the ground practically In
unison UNI The disappointed man can only sit up
Of all the market hunters in this section. there
has been but one who was successful in stalking
geese feeding lie wns Mexican named Gre
Eorio. and his hors. had more to do with L than
ne This horse WAS an undcrsiLcd dun, of bronco
D Dseea IL YEARS old and as mngeiniy as he was
into pastures The fences are Of three strand
baIbed wire, the bottom wire coming within two
feet OF the ground The object IL merely tn keep
the cattle confined. and the fences, Of course arc
not proof against coyotes wolves or other small
animals For the matter OF that the top strand
As they viii. Ali d Inc pastures, are posted"
erected warning hunters, to keep out The gen
eral formula is No shooting allowed in this
pasture under penalty Of the law The Texas
law against trcspass Is severe. The gates be.
heavily chained, and keys 10 the locks are carried
fences and closed gates however did no, bother
Gregorio. II was his custom to ride up TO a fence
and and dismG ,1 the y3rd Of command conn his dun
and not more than six inches, away. Going
through, the fence, GrcgoIo would grab the dun
by the headstsll and pull his head under the bot
tom wire Then he would shift his hold TO the
tail and pull that under. In this way he would
work the entire hUrs, under the fence. tho animal
meanwhile lying upon its side as quietly II dead
When the pony had b,r worked through II would
get up, shake itself ard wait patiently TO bc mount
ed. Ncighboring ranchmrn knew thnt Grcgorio
was selling wild geese and ducks in Rockport. and
knew also that the birds must have been slain
n their pastures but as The gates were never un.
all Finally they had the Mexican watched and
his mod" Of ur"ration was revealed. This 50
ncklcd them that several VI them gave him p"r-
mission to shoot ~ often and as long a. he pleas
When he discovered band 81 geese on tho
prairie Grcgot'1 diSmoun,tcd halt mill, away and
got behind the iGrccgs Of his horse. Tie held his
gun, hidden by the hors, : body, in one hand and
IN the other small switch With this ne tarrrd
IN a wide circle In thus way he would 20 around
the flock a half duicn times, always bearing IN.
denly from behind his hui,uatcd shield waited
until the geese rusc and then turned loose two bar
Iels from a logauge gun. lie had been known
way, which meant ~ to him once when some
Cincinnati sportsmen were on fulton's ranch.
exhibition, actually went in among Gu.k "
some i've hundred blue geese and picked out
q single SNOW white goose that was thor The
hut. all tho same. the MEXICAN and his rony
passed within fifty yards Of scNcfnl individuals
In order to get close enough iur tIe shot with
Of his animal, It often herncned To Gregorio that
the s'Eacity 81 the reese proved too much for him
He found that he did 'ruch better when h. srprrd
the hors" II birdie, saddle and blanket. giving II
every appearance ~ n pldl'" pony HfNlAk
Grcgorio was run over by tram Two years ago
No one knows what became of the dun
Agrea' many VIZ geese a,c Killed IN Aransa'
county each winter but not while they are grazing
In little while Ncv devotion regular lines u
travel and II Is the custom nj .h"otcrs to station
themselves IN ,hcs" paths aud drur the birds IN
early morning or late afternoon vhci they are
gginG To-. - ming from. Their feeding EI"nndts
,,nr nn'nnr dhTr A. Is ralied Is near lht
drd wards Of the dam. which Is built 70 hold n ~
water In small creek which would ",hc - ss
tween tho dam and tho bay the ge"sr fly steadily
2, dawn and near sunset There - no cover
nm, the Y ,G"G,ciI dig rs nsatiS shoulder S,sI
thcv grow TO be- Invisible To- birds fviug over
though the fowls themselves are outlined distinct
" enough agHins, iho sky This mGE"s 900,
shooting. bu; The 'hI'thr!n pits cannot he u>rC
/ uilen"r than twice week. as The geese nuul,
otherwise drs.-' the drive altogether Tier,
which has ~ 81 nE q tendency L. make N"w
leave sect. - II country alt grth"r a. IA" ilHst
| detnnaiipn Much OF the sand uit shooting Il
done In 'hc dusk when e." birds IAN see ihcgunnr
3 pass Is rlr,iulv guarded and uuly thus,
with permits are allowed tn shot tncr-
! II is believed thai a grea, del might be dom
al wild goose shooting In Arkansas county v De
I coys were u'ci, rrt tier. W never been Tun',
decov. 70 ,h's grruon The birds have, been, s.
| plentiful that there has hecn no need Of It Fo
gu1s,' calling" though IN the case u a solitary
COOS, 1t Is Easy t2r an "N9"rt rGllcT. CAREFUL Is
! when alone thc gno-e los, much 81 ii, caution
: tor It IS q gr"cnr,"us hrd, and i ~ intent ulor
! nsys =, attention 10 eigue INT a, other ,irr,
wo,ild VAN Il instantly prrhnn. the most 90 IS
i,f,rv f-tr II Inc ,-r-rrt s a. be- had on 'hr hank
"f~Nud Tla,e'' in H.. prstu-,' f.hr Fulton an,
p aud Csttlr t'nmrarv Mud Flats' is ml,ga ed
since rhcrc, ne no l'a'~ s1t No. mud Il an m
. made nv ronGnini, iAr wafer, II a small strcrr
p into which the " Giving r-Airi. on ri'hrr n NJ
, drains the rain ippdS The" ~ n heavy dan. n
the love- end II tho tank md the ~ r'rr Ia harr,
40 inv ir M tie ,ra II X = iavnrtc ronstir!
place Tor geese all through the wn'r- and m IN
gcre. icy nv lrayr ShorlG ate dnEmE,