Little luck for shooters

The opening of the shooting season has been very disappointing so far as those who went out after the ducks in close proximity to the city are concerned. In some cases parties on the Taieri did not get a shot, though a few small bags were secured, up to three or four to an occasional gun. The weather was too fine, the result being that the birds were generally well out of reach. The long wait proved more than some of the sportsmen could put up with, the result being that much speculative firing took place. The ducks became scared, and this added to the inaccessibility. A few were got about Waihola and some at the other lakes and Waipori, but the number of guns out was exceptionally large, and generally sport was unusually poor.