DUCKS SHY, QUAIL SCARCE.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19624, 21 May 1929, Page 9

DUCKS SHY, QUAIL SCARCE.

BAGS MOT BIG SO FAR. Nearly one montk out of It* tfcraa tor which the shooting seescs seats has passed without many feed bags; having been obtained by CketerWrjr sportsmen. >

There are plenty of dadbs ea LaJaa EHesmere out the weather later? ees been so calm that they have at* atissai from the middle of the lake, stswa they are quite safe from the gaaja. Those that do move, fy high, eases* aft night when shooting is not yacautsesl. Over the week-end the weather waa glorious—for the ducks awe? atNssesm who went out and prayed far • gpaa, wet sou'-weeter to apnea, a§> fcadTfar the most part, to be ■stieted wita leap of two or three. Last Thawed** was the best shooting day on the Kka a» far this season. Tfce triad ansae *g» in the early morning and slat kens* began to stir. At least sis aportsesaa had taken their ease* ef tweaijMsee before noon and others did ceneapeaeV injdv well. Buck swan are not se ■aasstwae as last year, and the Canadian ansae ere very warv birds indeed. It seems that it is aosa* se la s poor season for quail this year m Can.terburv. Some aaatf were te he found in the river-bed* last seam ha* their numbers have beta aswfeasjjr diminished this. This is das ta fat* to the bad BateMitg season, Istat H*> rembor and December being wet, fie depredations of stoats aad weasels era also a farter, as these rodeats have the habit of attacking the awn her bird when she is wiling oe tie aeet. Decides this guns have taken a heavy toll of the birds in the peat year or two, and it is held by many that this abonid have been a dose seeaaa for quail.