Evening journal., 1913-11-20
POINTERS FOR
DUCK HUNTERS
10 Get Best Of Sport GuRnerS
Must &c Well Pre-
pared
SUSQUEHANNA FLATS
THE CUNNING GROUND

Maybe some notes about how to pre-.
pare for a duckiug trip viii not be aniiss
,t this pcncI OF the year. The sports
nen who shifted un, ,ily at then olhce
saturday, November j, and were eager
and ready Tor the excitement OF the
ir-t shot on Monday on tine Susque-
aanna Hats, know an about the prepaia
lion aud the ACCOMPANY Ing Thrills. These
iotes are nol meant tor the experienced,
)ut loi tic man ho j. yet 60 taste tie
oys Of cold day slcnt hunting the
plendid game fowl
ihis year tllc duckns season epcuel
n Maryland Alun'lay, NuNcnler b. at
sunri~c. it Will continue n February
/, aecndne On fclcial Jaw Monday,
Wednesday and Friday are ducNins days
% tht Sn-quclwunl lat- other days
hein. crsei DutAs. gcDst anl biandl
Shall hc hkcu ,nl, after sunrise and
before unsrt With n gun atcd at afm
lea-th Niiiuut rest
Ga D. best to get & wn TO llaVrc dc
efsce ID, night before our cunning
lay. and uiake arrangements iul u nl-
ic will do ils kol Z lcr the hi,t
,hins 10 dr !. 20 decide whether you
want 90 1u n itfpls ur whether sou
el| oonhne ,ulu effort, ~ romt shoot
M. ll.cVr lmr- malr from tho
o1ttcric- bui ite cost uf thi. tyre ot
sluldug higlcn Licences. ol crufsc,
nil ha,t tr hc had
Ne duts ,hrnrfint battery Is an uh
lcns hos surrounded by q Woodon plat
,ornl. W.ieh j. sunk Hush vita the water
,, weights which ave .put lntn &C. The
runrrI 10 rn hi- lck n the box. and
oeing lower than the surface of the
water i- invisible from hort ,listaurc
lNaN Ahout the battery are SET
lpnhW of dcooNs. re ducks. mi~taking
ihe woudcn image. for their own Kin. ily
ln 0pcr them. when the gun pr sits np
and shoots them. II sounds easv enough,
out take pair of broadhills and red
lcHds Dming across your uecoys at 90
miles on hour cn the wings uf gale,
and any veteran gunner win tell you
chat Il takes a postmaster TO stop them.
Batteries are made 10 Accommodate two
rs we'll rs one person..and there Is more
pleasure IN a douhleihoN than i'm -oii-
.ary cunning. especially ON a day when
ne binds lly at widely seoisa el inter
Fals.
lhe equipment Of the batts,y gunner
Is very important frst clmrs his gum.
u should be fun choked. .hat is. nnrs.l
80 as 10 throw, the maximur ~ anou,.t at
its charge of shot into a ,0lnen Oicle
vt 40 yards The choice of whcusf "
will be a repeating gun on a double
harrcled ~oApon is d mo lter Of mdiyd.
ual taste, Certainly the reporters are
greater game getters with their five 20
liS shots
Next comes the load. to shoot. a
duck coming head on at 80 ,Hrds is a
mighty difficult bird 60 kill The aver
age man may not know that there '- a
full inch Of tnickly packed Feathers on
It's breast II takes shot driven a. high
velocity 20 penet' 0te this feathery
armor. and for this f.i.an TIE ald duck
hunter svears hy a hcrv load. The
average duck ltad IS i4 dtaehms of
any good powder and : ~ ourcs. OF
shot SOME men prefer TO reduce the
lsl-4 of ounces of shot to rs on tac
lheofv that velocity and. Therefore, the
,cnetration is greater There Is md
-cnsoning in this und then too, the
,irhtcf the load of shot the lign'e. She
lccon. which IS an attractive feature.
lncrc IS nethne worse than the "a.
fiety OF he2dachc- coming from per "
cnt shooting OF heavy loads
ihe ~i7r of the Shot is a question M
Which there is wide divergence of
1rnion IN carlv season for hlac,
1ucAs No g Shot Is as good as ong
letcr. when The birds arc older AN,
wilder and the shots are apt to b
lerccf 40 3 !. preferable Chilled -ho
.L.ttIT ..I.....t ftu.I fI,. t,nnrfrn
titn Is rfcntfr and the pattern better.
The clothing should he good an
warm and not too heavy 8 duck hunt
or once ccld + miserable creatau
Rlttcry shooting clothing should L
hfk. ANYTHING light in the battery AZ
trnct- the intention OF the ducks Eel
Bouts with. German wool socks keep tll
frost from the toes
elm point shoooiing the dark clothin
should BE- changed for dead grass brow
md the felt boots discarded for lon
rubber wadsFs.
Now. there are q few things for Oh
tfcinncr in duck shooting Go remenlbc
Wien ducks are coming 20 dccoys the
l6rk Ike n hock of DUPONT building
Thcv begin 10 look that way when ye
far out Of range. he outside edge {
The decoys should not be more than 4
wards from yolf position. and 20
should always allow the birds to com
well within your decoy- before rising (
shnot As YOU come mp. wait until III
birds turn 20 one side or the otne
Then swing we'll ahead and pull RI
member 10 be well ahead. More duck
are missed by shooting behind thel
than in any other way. A hroadhili gel
ting away from steel is travelling q
from 70 70 so miles an hour, and Whe
vou ret that fully worked out in yot
head YOU viii realize the immense lea
you must give them in order to ha'
vour shot connect. Remember that she
travels only about eight times as fal