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SNIPE SHOOTING SEASON OPENS The season for Wilson or jack snipe is open in New England and middle states and November 1 begins under the Federal regulations in practically all the southern states statesThe The stool or decoys used in suine shooting de ¬ pend mainly upon the kind of snipe you expect to shoot for meadow shooting yellow leg stool are the best while on the beach any kind can be used usedYou You have doubtless read or heard of gunuers using nkinimock shells in place of stool they arc perhaps better than no stool at all but do not mis ¬ lead yourself ith the belief that they are as good as well formed tin or wooden stool stoolThere There are many excellent reasons why stool should be iilaced to leeward of the blind Snipe as a rule always fly against the wind and when coming to stool always come in from leeward leewardIf If your decoys are to windward of your blind you will have to be craning your neck around to watch the birds while with stool to leeward every snipe will be in plain sight sightIn In setting out decoys always stick them up in water if possible stool in the water will show up much better than those on land Do not make the mistake of putting the stool in one little bunch spread them out well and if twentyfive or thirty stool are used you will be surprised at the show ¬ ing they will make makeThere There is another little trick in setting out stool that oftimes gives the gunner a better shot Put the stool well to the right of the blind then after you have shot your first barrel into a flock the rest of the birds will be to the right of you1 which is much handier than turning to the left for the next shot shotA A gun will get wet and rusty no matter how much care is taken of it sand will get on the bolts and if a hammer gun between the hammers and the locks in the holes for the plungers and in every conceivable place in which a grain of sand can lodge A hammerless gun is the best torn of gun to use there are not many places for sand and rust to lodge
