The article Hunters Find New Way To Snare Birds (June 13) reminds me of an equally effective way to catch birds which my late father thought me when I was six, more than half a century ago.

A method as silent and, likewise, you do not need a gun. Put a pinch of salt on the bird's tail...and the bird is yours!

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