Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- CHAPTER I HINTS ON FOREST AND PRAIRIE LIFE
- CHAPTER II THE BISON
- CHAPTER III WILD CATTLE
- CHAPTER IV THE WILD HORSE
- CHAPTER V AMERICAN DEER
- CHAPTER VI THE ANTELOPE
- CHAPTER VII THE SOUTHERN HARES
- CHAPTER VIII THE BLACK BEAR
- CHAPTER XI THE WILD HOG
- CHAPTER X THE PUMA AND CAT FAMILY
- CHAPTER XI THE OPOSSUM
- CHAPTER XII THE RACOON
- CHAPTER XIII WILD TURKEY
- CHAPTER XIV GROUSE, SNIPE, QUAIL, WOODCOCK, ETC.
- CHAPTER XV THE WILD FOWL
- CHAPTER XVI THE ALLIGATOR
- CHAPTER XVII AMERICAN SNAKES
- CHAPTER XVIII AMERICAN FISH
- CHAPTER XIX BEE-HUNTING
- CHAPTER XX A SHORT APPENDIX AS TO ROUTE, EXPENSES, ETC. AND WHERE TO FIND THE GAME
CHAPTER XV - THE WILD FOWL
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 August 2010
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- CHAPTER I HINTS ON FOREST AND PRAIRIE LIFE
- CHAPTER II THE BISON
- CHAPTER III WILD CATTLE
- CHAPTER IV THE WILD HORSE
- CHAPTER V AMERICAN DEER
- CHAPTER VI THE ANTELOPE
- CHAPTER VII THE SOUTHERN HARES
- CHAPTER VIII THE BLACK BEAR
- CHAPTER XI THE WILD HOG
- CHAPTER X THE PUMA AND CAT FAMILY
- CHAPTER XI THE OPOSSUM
- CHAPTER XII THE RACOON
- CHAPTER XIII WILD TURKEY
- CHAPTER XIV GROUSE, SNIPE, QUAIL, WOODCOCK, ETC.
- CHAPTER XV THE WILD FOWL
- CHAPTER XVI THE ALLIGATOR
- CHAPTER XVII AMERICAN SNAKES
- CHAPTER XVIII AMERICAN FISH
- CHAPTER XIX BEE-HUNTING
- CHAPTER XX A SHORT APPENDIX AS TO ROUTE, EXPENSES, ETC. AND WHERE TO FIND THE GAME
Summary
AS soon as the winter commences in the North, the wild fowl begin their southward migration. The first to arrive are the blue-winged teal; next come the snipe and woodcock; then the green-winged teal and the varieties of the duck tribe; after these the geese, followed lastly, by the magnificent wild swans.
The bays on the Grulf of Mexico often swarm with them, and I remember being once on a steamboat which plied between Gralveston and Houston, and which ran aground in the night at the head of Gralveston Bay. In the morning, upon going on deck, we were all astonished to see vast numbers of swans around us, and, as far as as we could roughly guess their numbers, we estimated that at least two thousand were in sight from the deck.
They feed principally upon the water-weed, Valisneria Americana, worms, insects, &c, but I believe never touch fish. They are exceedingly watchful; and he is a careful stalker who can get within shot; but many are killed by gunners hidden on some point of land between two bays or other pieces of water.
When shooting ducks near Anahuac, at the head of Cralveston Bay, I killed a very heavy swan, and to escape the fatigue of carrying it, I gave the bird to an old German woman, who had as much idea of the art of cooking as a pig.
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- A Hunter's Experiences in the Southern States of America , pp. 274 - 290Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009