Are you in Saginaw? Mershon did a lot of shooting on the rice marshes along the Saginaw River prior to all flood control dikes being constructed. It sure destroyed a lot of natural habitat. Now we have to pay to maintain dikes and pumps and hunt flooded corn. All in the name of progress I guess....Another tidbit that I find interesting is that Mershon always used a 16bore. Even when his buddies were using the big 10's in the goose pits of ND.
I think 2$/pr was the rate here for cans as well. Packed in barrels, and shipped to "the big city".
The birds I see are north of the iron bridge down on the water among the sand bars going into St Louis.
My home is where William Mershon of conservation fame and an article entitled "Railcar named Saginaw" hunted canvasbacks in the rice fields. Rails too.
When I walk down to the marsh I often imagine Bill with his bp Mayfair fowler walking the same inter urban rail grade. He hunted it before diking and pumping was the norm.
The duck hunting is always very good.
