Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 64, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 March 1913 — Slaughtering Geese by The Use of Decoys. [ARTICLE]

Slaughtering Geese by The Use of Decoys.

Crown Point Star. From the way the wild geese are being slaughteredMn Lake and Por ter counties, especially in this lo cality, the end of those noble birds is drawing to a close and they will soon be extinct. They are enticed down to blinds dug into the ground, by tame wild decoys and fed, and quite often An entire flock is killed by two men with pump guns. From six to ten are often bagged at one round, and at that rate they will not hold out many seasons. Hardly a day has passed in Crown Point for a long time that geese have not been offered for sale on our streets. The way of getting them is a new Invention.