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PERFECT DAY ON CHICKENS South Dakota Sport with Good Dogs is Hcart Warming Ono fine morning Mr and Mrs Buck and Pal and J all started out in the car to try our luck with the chickens writes Dr M C Johnston in Outdoor Life Buck was the owner of a pair of nice looking lemonandwhitc setters whose praises he never tired of singing According to Buck there were no dogs like them and be was right at that AVe came to a field where I was sure there were chickens so the car was stopped and all got out to walk through tho field to help the dogs find them but they didnt need any help They found them two nice coveys and had a fine time trying to pull the tail feathers out of them as they flew Those dogs sure did have a lot of fun chasing those birds The pup would make a nice point but the old lady would be so anxious to see what he was stopping for that she would plow right into them every time and then both would chase them out of sight sightI I never noticed how blue the air was on these September mornings until after Buck had made a few remarks about the actions of the dogs He administered a good trimming to them when he caught up with them but there were no chickens left in that field and the birds had flown so far that it was useless to think of following them so we drove a couple of miles to another nicelooking stubble field By nicelooking stubble I mean stubble that looks as if it would be populated by chickens You may think it doesnt make any dif ¬ ference that chickens will be found in any stubble but let me tell you it makes all the difference in the world Tin birds are seldom found in short thin stubble Neither will they be found often in long headed stubble but when you strike a moderately long stubble with plenty of weeds anil particularly lots of rose bushes there you will nearly always find them themFINE FINE WORK OF A GOOD DOG DOGIn In this field the dogs worked finely They ranged back and forth covering the ground thoroughly All at once the old flog straightened out in a beau ¬ tiful point and the pnp backed her up splendidly Guess that trimming did some good said I Its the only way to handle dogs Make em know whos boss replied Buck as we approached the dogs who were as staunch as could be Buck urged them on and we walked about forty yards one step at a time Gee they are running some said Buck Just at that moment I saw a brown form flash behind a large weed about twentyfive feet in front of the dogs He sure is I answered as I put a charge of No Cs into the weasel we had been so industriously trailing trailingWhen When I looked at Buck I had to laugh He had been all keyed up to slaughter a whole covey of chickens and to find that all that energy and nerve force had been expended on a mere weasel was entirely too much He was about to half kill the dogs but desisted when I explained that any good dog would point a weasel as they possessed a strong and gimey scent That mollified him some ¬ what but I could see that he did not fuel exactly lovin toward those canines caninesWe We swung over into the next fitId to double back ti the auto where the girls wore enjoying tlumsolvos watching Buck and I kill all those chickens In a minute or two the dogs struck another fresh scent and were strung Out ill a beautiful point the old dog in front and the pup backing her AVe hurried up all primed to at last get busy with some real game We were probably within alwut twentyfive yards of the dogs when wo both saw a big shitcpokc green heron hop ¬ ping along with ono wing broken just in front of the dogs Of all tlio fool dogs began Buck id with tho words raised his gun inti snt the shitipokf At tho riitort sevon fim fat chickens sprang out of tho stubblo just whore the dogs wort pointing I managed to get two before they got out of range while Buck just stood thura with bis mouth open and eyes popping out Bettur apol ¬ ogize to cm now while you tnink abinit it said I By gum I will said Buck BuckThe The dogs worked finely after that and proved themselves real bird dogs AVe were not long in securing the limit the girls getting theirs also as both are good shots Mrs Buck being the champion woman shot of the state at the traps AVe jofslieil Buck a lot about the dogs being such good weasel ami shitepoke hounds but he took it all good naturedly Buck is always good natured when tinre is plenty of game and there sure was this time for after we had secured the limit of chickens we found a marshy meadow where the jacksnlpe were sure at home homeJacksnipe Jacksnipe to my way of thinking make tho finest upland shooting of all They startle one with their weird AAsssk AAsssk as they speed away in their quick erratic flight and the fellow who can score eighty per cent right along has sure got tn gi some We walked along tlu margin of this marsh jumping singles and doubles alxmt every ten or fifleen rods AVe all inaili some pretty kills and some doubtful misses but managLd in a short time to pick up a couple of dozen of the plump little fellows nd were well satisfied AVe had a de ¬ lightful ride liome thron i tie skeining aJl voting it a perfect day
