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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