Bird and shooting notes, v4473
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on hand ts caring birds away. Got 1 bird out of 4 shots & missed 2 on willets. Pulled up to bridge & missed all we fired at. (bradirs) #4 shot & #2 & #5 that I loaded in about 10 brass shells & Gro bought his, #4's, both wood 4dr. forward. 3 bradirs other side of bridge & I got last 1 as she rose. 1 more shot stopped her diving. Few butts-ball & all wilds. How nicely they divived distance when flying between 2 boats! Saw a flock of willets scurried horrning over some worses (water over marsh) I saw a slashing & thought a wounded bird was attracting them. Picked up a wounded willet on arrival Then Shot 2 yellow throats on bushes out of water & didn't kill it. Big flocks of willets few Cirlces with them but went