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Show DUCK HUNTING NOW AT ITS BEST William Mathers Is authority for tho statement that any one who understands un-derstands the business of duck shooting shoot-ing can have no difficulty In securing the limit this year. He reports that there aro millions of ducks on the lake flats and that now there is no sign of disease among them. The method he uses to bag the ducks Is as follows: He takes a shovel and turns up a number of spade-fulls of mud around a hide. The hide Ib a cover in the mud behind which he can hide while the ducks are approaching. These lumps of mud are roughly fashioned Into images of ducks and 'from a distance dis-tance resemble a flock of feeding ducks. He then retires to the hide and waits quietly until the ducks fly over him when he shoots. Each duck thai he kills Is placed out among the daubs of mud and the head is propped up by means of a stick. These dead ducks are made to look so lifelike life-like that other ducks are attracted. The daubs of mud make good decoys until enough ducks are shot to make better ones Mr. Mathers urges sportsmen to corno prepared "One man," said Mr. Mathers, "came out near the Lake Shore Duck club, hunting in a stiff hat and black suit. He made a mark that could bo seen by tho ducks for miles around. Instead of remalniug quietly In a hide, waiting for the ducks to come to him. he went out after the ducks which flew up before he came within a mile of them " Others are such bad shots that they could not hit a duck on the water. When such marksmon depart for home without getting many ducks, they blame everything hut their marksmanship. Mr Mathers wishes to encourage lowers of the sport to go out shooting. He denies all discouraging reports relating re-lating to the Illness and scarcity of the wild fowl and believes that any sportsman wjth sporting instinct can easily get the limit in "a few hours of shooting. |