This text comprises a concise yet comprehensive treatise on duck hunting, including information on such topics as shooting tactics, choice of gun, and safe hunting. A great text full of important information and real-life experiences, this guide is sure to appeal to the those keen on embracing this hobby and will prove veritably invaluable to the novice. The chapters of this book include: 'Preliminaries to Duck Shooting'; 'Duck Shooting'; 'Duck Shooting in Winter'; 'Duck Shooting Incidents'; 'Shooting Over Decoys'; 'Requisites of a Duck Gun'; 'Peculiar Duck-Shooting on the River Saone'; 'Duck Decoying in Abbeville Marshes, France'; 'Hunting Safely'; and: 'The Future of Duck Hunting'. This antique text has been elected for modern republication because of its timeless instructional value, and we are proud to republish it now with a new introduction on shooting wildfowl.