Wild Ducks: How to Rear and Shoot Them

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WILD DUCKS

The Fleet at Flight time. W.L. Colls. Ph. Sc.
HOW TO REAR AND SHOOT THEM
BY CAPTAIN W. COAPE OATES WITH 4 PHOTOGRAVURE PLATES FROM DRAWINGS BY G.E. LODGE, AND 12 ILLUSTRATIONS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO. 39 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON NEW YORK AND BOMBAY 1905 All rights reserved
TO MY WIFE
The main object of this book is to assist those who are anxious to rear wild ducks on economical lines. The Author is not without hope that the pages which it contains may even be of some use to old hands at the game.
SELECTION OF STOCK AND THEIR HOME

The first point to be decided by the would-be owner of wild-fowl is the locality where he intends to turn down his stock.