The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-22
WHERE THE PIN-TAILS FLY.
THE RARE SPORT IN OCTOBER ALONG
THE FOX RIVER.
Superior skIll Needed TO Kill the Leap
ers" of These DuckA--It Is no Game for
the Mere Market Hunters-CIear Abil-
itY to Estimnte Distanoea Is Neauired.

long necks outstrctchcd, making flight that
even the oldest hunter cannot tell from that Of the
maIlard when the birds are distant come the sprig-
tails or pin tlil,I one Of the handsomcs gamcst
and most delicious OF American water fowl The
Fox River at this place. and for many miles above
and below IT, will he frozen solidly from bank 10
bank by Thanksgiving Day The birds know
this and wishing 10 feed upon the wild rice while
yet thcrcis time they come hurrying down Among
some ducksricn the pin tan is known as the Leap
cr" because OF its ability To- spring straight up-
| wrrl when alarmed. going uftcn to a height OF
fifty feet before Starting away OF oil th"tcnthrt"d
! swimmers in American waters this fellow most
needs the gun hrd hirn when he jumps, and is
easiest ot them al! TO shoot under To sIaN Tn"
| cop,ug piu tail at a distance Of fifty yards the
hunter must hold" at least fifteen feet above II,
| rthctw,sr M, name will he several things tGc
| D"uu's and Nrd
These btrla exhibit married. difference in the
| plInaec II tine sexes. Among all ducks the mac
is the gaycr t attire but in the casc OF the pin tail
the differentiation is 80 strong that tyre cannot
he led 20 believe that they tclunE To- the same siH-
| cics The female pin tail has long slender body
| aud is dressed from head To heel in sober brown
| Her bin VI yellow is the only bright thing about
! her She IL faithful creature enough, and cVl-
| IDENTITY much ruamuurcd uf her Eaudy mate 1hc
| drake while not loudly cuorcd as the male
hhiihfd mas a WuihaE" oil r'h n"Nc WV" 'm'''
| E,'u ''"'h''S 3" ""''' green "'" ivy
"'l"S arc E""' 9"'i''''''N an" "','''' '"'
eat NSh Vt this time 81 year, when they are on
their Journey south they subsist entirely upon
via rice seeds and the roots Of tho wild ccI"r%
which crow. FAR under water. THIS tn" pin thIIS
uhtun by diving Ia IT," bottom, sriHinr thr tough
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" lt'''fN S"'l"e !" tN' "''"
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fnuhd IN the Ia''S 'hN' II Is p'chlIul h"" ''"' "
ca@ good Is 'n' llHfNe' n'"''rrS Sn! - ~
"'''r ""fuS H'"H '"" ''"'e''' "h'.' ~ -
properly ana served, there are lew Oeuet 'h,nFS
on IN" earth orin the waters under INC en!'h inc
h'rd - not too large iof ntoet anu ho' 700 S'''''
!" De baked IL Is a soUd lhEtcllch' " II 9""'
ana many French COOKS prefer IL as o'S'S ~
r"m'"' 1t VIII weigh possibly pound less 'hah
me malard bui dcc"Es more easily ana ~ 'i'cfe
for" better liked by lazy men Sometimes pm.
to Is ar" found IN tocks OF thousand or more ana
ih"N nave desire To hNel one place n long "uio
lhey continue Their night southwark ON! "h'h
forced out by cold weather or sho' by INC man
with the gun The note OF thls duck Is d queer
rcmo1o, lacking utterly 'he deep Sul'ur"hoss OF
the larger BIRDS ami amy one win a lille pta'"'e
can initiate II successfully by Blowing tHpu st.'
cato notes through small qlhL stays III INC
South, once gets there, through all oil the winter
months and lar into the spring.
Sporismcn in that region like it principally Tor
the good understanding II requires lfhcuce on
Tho upward plunge oil The lcaper Is gtea' pFh'
lice, ana Is likely TO make a man hetet sh"' AT
all kinds OF game. ms KIND oil sport can De h"d
in quantity along the Fox River at the proper
season Of the year. Almost all Of the birds then
are in the thick beds of ric. which grow on the |
h,,l. TIT, rioa ,h;,h stand. oi,b, foo, birb
ro,er md
who does not mind work will put on pair of thigh |
lo,te ~ yub,,- w bsttcr still , mir Of wadjpc
NOV. ., ,u''''' W, . s','' a., r,''' ",
pants" he can walk through the rice and get 5"
many Of the lcapinG shots as he may desire The |
'li' NES7s OF '"' .'a'NS around h,'h s'"n''"E III
Inn to wait until tie fowl is well into view He
-. ~ e., ,i,l ~. :, u,,shos ,.r ~ t,r,r,,. |
,,.a. I. t-,,, ~ r,,, H. can hoo- o,lr ,h, |
and this ,,,rius hin,
NV ,,''' l ~ ,,,-,,, ,,,., ,,, ,,,,,
ders II will fan dead but the shooter will spend |
h,lfbour in tr,ip- TO retrieve his quarry. SIN |
ii all fun, and the hunter does not mind it BE
ing out for sport and not for meat. lie feels often
sufficiently repaid by the knowledge that H., he has
made his XII, even though the bones ana feathers
get away from him. Two hundred pin tails a day
arc "''E sun ",'"e VIZ, "'P' ''"' W wv
River though by gentlemen sp"f'Sm'n "niE.
,nr II r,r. r,r,w, n Too much pn,,lcr and
"S ,'.7 v, ,,,,-
lead To The market hunter OF tie "rS' powder
md lead are OF more worth than TubirS lie |