The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-20
Good
Gifts for
SpOrtSnen
Wide Range of Presents Is
Available for DevoteeS
of Outdoor Life.

of Outdoor Life.
shooting games. such as trap
shooting and skeet, have made such
progress in public approval during
the last year that, for any sports
man or sportswoman whom you
may have on your list, a gift Of
sporting goods or equipment is sure
to be received with the warmest ap-
probation.
%here is wide range Of gifts for
trapshooters, hunters or skeet shoot
srs. However, If you plan to give
q gun, try to find the type your
friend prefers.
Guns vary greatly in style and
price. Double-barrel shotguns can
be bought for from $18 up, the av-
erage price being Between $50 and
500, at which price they usually
are equipped with automatic ejec-
tors.
The more expensive ones are dec
GRATED beautifully with engraving
and scroll work, some even having
gold mountings.
Double Best for Speed
There is much debate among
hunters as to whether the regular
double-barrel gun or the pump gun
is superior, the use Of the single
barrel gun being limited to trap
shooting. For ease of handling,
simplicity and speed, the double
has no rival.
But many sportsmen contend that
five or six quick shots, especially in
duck shooting, more than make up
the advantages of the double. The
pump gun is sturdily built for SER
vice rather than for show.
The price of automatics and pump
guns range from $35 to $3.50. When
buying a gun as a present, one must
consider the gauge preferred by the
person who receives it, the .12-gauge
and .2O-gauge being the popular
sizes.
Another excellent gift for the
sportsman or sportswoman is equip
ment for clay pigeon or skeet shoot
ing. Since advent of the shorter
hunting season, these sports are be-
coming more and more popular, es-
pecially skeet, which is called the
nearest imitation to regular field
shooting ever devised.
Traps at 81 to $50
Clay pigeon traps are priced from
50 to $50. One trap, designed to
throw miniature targets, holds forty
targets and may be worked by the
shooter. 1t is entirely automatic
and is sprung by a long cord at
tached to the trap. The price of
clay pigeons varies, the average be-
ing about l cent apiece.
For skeet large vacant field is
necessary. The proper equipment
and full details can be had from
any sporting goods store. To avoid
the expense necessary to maintain
private skeet field, skeet clubs
usually are formed and regular
meets held.
Although the average gunner gets
along very we'll at the traps with
the gun he uses for duck and field
shooting, there is a special trap gun
for those who wish it. Special trap
guns are equipped with straight
stocks, raised ventilated ribs, and
are especially designed for this kind
of shooting.
The single, the double and the
pump guns all have their staunch
supporters, but in Skeet shooting
the field gun is preferred over the
special trap gun.
Range Is Varied
For duck hunting the range in
gifts is particularly varied. An in
expensive present is a hand warmer,
about the shape and size of cigaret
case. When filled with benzine or
gasoline, it will last for twelve to
fifteen hours. This will keep the
hands warm without gloves. which
are a great hindrance in shooting.
Heat pads, to be slipped in the
pockets, also are acceptable gifts, as
well as bird calls, decoy, Thermos
hAVoi CACOOl IL 4dllbSAl lo, lullC1 UdSkeLS
and duffle bags.
There is new device to use on
duck boats to enable them to come
up silently on a flock of ducks in
creeks and marshes. Gun cases can
be purchased for a fe wdollars for
be purchased for a few dollars for
leather ones. Among the higher
priced presents there are cupboard
motors. duck boats and the new
duck blind which has been in
troduced this season.
1t looks like big piano box with
narrow opening at the top and
side for the hunter to shoot through.
1t is made of light wood, covered
entirely with waterproof canvas,
easily carried, and should be set in
mud and sand, then covered with
ruSheS.
There is seat extending the
whole length inside, a shelf for
shells. thermoS bottles, etc, and a
small stove to keep the gunner warm
while waiting for the birds to come
to his decoy.