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WESTERN DUCKS DRIVE TO SOUTH Low Water in the Mississippi lessens Their Food and Hurries the Birds BUKLIXGTOX In December S All the fwlinil laws winch sportsmen make all the refuses bronclit to preserve the duck family will never make shoot ine any better in this locality except one year in every ten at which time we have high water in the fall fallThis This applies to the interior parts of the state as well where most all the hikes go dry But there are some lakes in the northern part of the state that do not go dry nm We usually hear that they have fallOur good shooting there every fall Our trouble is that the Mississippi no years out of ten in the fall of the year is at low water mark All the lowlands are drained except the overflow lands caused by the Tower Dam Company But this too will be drained this winter and there will be no place left for the ducks to alight ex ¬ cepting the river riverDucks Ducks get hungry just like people and they can ¬ not and will not stay where there is no food Ducks cannot live on water and sand which is about all they can get here All the ducks taken on the river are those that come down for a drink or get tired tiredThe The flight past here is mostly at night nightBOUND BOUND FOB ARKANSAS AND LOUISIANA LOUISIANAJohn John B Burnham president of the American Game Protective Association was right when he said that all the zones should be modified so that all parts of the country would be allowed an equal amount of shooting ire said we along the river get some shooting the interior none all of which j is true It is only about once in ten years that we have water during the open season made hy the federal law while in March we always have plenty of water waterIt It looks as if an open season of twenty days in the latter part of March will have to be given to satisfy the sportsmen of at least twothirds of Iowa Kestrictions could be made not to use tame or wooden decoys and also as there are so many male sprigs six of these could he taken with four mallards or jacks This would wipe out the game hogs as a real sportsman would be willing to try his luck at a pass and would be satisfied satisfiedThe The sportsmen of this state are entitled to a fair share of shooting Taking just those six ducks will not affect the breeding as all these years I have always seen ten to twelve male sprigs to two or three hens in a flock Win O Ewingcr in American Field
