Hints And Points for Sportsmen
Hints And Points for Sportsmen
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102. Fowlers* Terms.— Fowlers speak of a sege of herons or bitterns; a herd of swans, cranes or curlews; a deppingof sheldrakes; a spring of teals; a covert of coots; a gaggle of geese; a badelynge of ducks; a sord or suteof mallards; a muster of peacocks; a bevy of quails; a con- gregation of plovers; a walk of snipes; a fall of wood- cocks; a brood of hens; a building of rooks; a rummura- tion of starlings; an exaltation of larks; a fiight of swal- lows; a host of sparrows; a watch of nightin...gales; a charm of goldfinches.
103. Trapping Season.— All furs are best in win- ter; but trapping may be carried on to advantage from Oct. 1 to April 15. In the hot months furs are worthless.
104. Deadfalls. — A deadfall consists of two large poles (or logs when set for bears or other large animals) placed one over the other and kept in place by four stakes, two on each side. The upper pole is raised at one end high enough above the lower to admit the OAME, HUNTING AND TRAPPING. 78 entrance of the animal, and is kept up in that position by the familiar contrivance of the stick and spindle, or ^'figure four.** A tight pen is made with sticks, brush, etc., on one side of this structure, at right angles to it, and the spindle projects obliquely into this pen, so that the bait attached to it is about 8 inches beyond the side of the poles.
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102. Fowlers* Terms.— Fowlers speak of a sege of herons or bitterns; a herd of swans, cranes or curlews; a deppingof sheldrakes; a spring of teals; a covert of coots; a gaggle of geese; a badelynge of ducks; a sord or suteof mallards; a muster of peacocks; a bevy of quails; a con- gregation of plovers; a walk of snipes; a fall of wood- cocks; a brood of hens; a building of rooks; a rummura- tion of starlings; an exaltation of larks; a fiight of swal- lows; a host of sparrows; a watch of nightin...gales; a charm of goldfinches.
103. Trapping Season.— All furs are best in win- ter; but trapping may be carried on to advantage from Oct. 1 to April 15. In the hot months furs are worthless.
104. Deadfalls. — A deadfall consists of two large poles (or logs when set for bears or other large animals) placed one over the other and kept in place by four stakes, two on each side. The upper pole is raised at one end high enough above the lower to admit the OAME, HUNTING AND TRAPPING. 78 entrance of the animal, and is kept up in that position by the familiar contrivance of the stick and spindle, or ^'figure four.** A tight pen is made with sticks, brush, etc., on one side of this structure, at right angles to it, and the spindle projects obliquely into this pen, so that the bait attached to it is about 8 inches beyond the side of the poles.
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