. Sport with gun and rod in American woods and waters [microform]. Hunting; Hunting; Fishing; Fishing; Chasse; Chasse; Pêche sportive; Pêche sportive. pr r,' 720 J^ye/i/ spores in Minnesota. f 1 r. L||ll'! 1 I \ .fill I short space of time. Each of us had one or more shells for just such an emergency as the present. To find and substitute these shells tjuickly, and without alarming the rapidly approaching geese, is the occasion of our frantic efforts. Those of us who had started out that cool morning enveloped in at least three coats apiece, and had laid them aside from time to time in as ma
. Sport with gun and rod in American woods and waters [microform]. Hunting; Hunting; Fishing; Fishing; Chasse; Chasse; Pêche sportive; Pêche sportive. pr r,' 720 J^ye/i/ spores in Minnesota. f 1 r. L||ll'! 1 I \ .fill I short space of time. Each of us had one or more shells for just such an emergency as the present. To find and substitute these shells tjuickly, and without alarming the rapidly approaching geese, is the occasion of our frantic efforts. Those of us who had started out that cool morning enveloped in at least three coats apiece, and had laid them aside from time to time in as many different places, were in trouble indeed. W had left his goose ammunition in his shell-pouch by the blind, but having walked away a few rods while his dog was pilfering my ducks, he was now making for the coveted shells on all fours, so as not to be visible, with a celerity that would have astonished the many friends of this usually dignified gentleman. Three of the huge birds are now heading for my blind, and the rest of the flock veer off in the direction of my comrades. My two expectant setters are already crouching for a spring, when the shell, which I have with some difficulty found, and which I am placing with some nervous trepidation into the opened breech of my gun, begins to stick; in the haste and excitement, I bear hard upon it, but it does not budge a particle. I then attempt to extract the shell; but no, it sticks as if it had always been there. Though I struggle like a madman in my efforts to dislodge it, I can make no impression, and have the mortification of beholding the geese sail over a rod or two above me, near enough, in fact, to have used even my No. 6 shot with deadly effect. " Hang ! bang!" comes a volley from my right, and two of the "old honk- ers" tumble headlong into the lake, displacingat least a barrel of water as they strike the surface. V, I, ,,Vi^,iV, ' ? »' â // rhe main flight having passed A TIGHT SHELL. ovcr, a
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