. The Big game of North America [microform] : its habits, habitat, haunts, and characteristics : how, when, and where to hunt it. Hunting; Hunting; Big game hunting; Big game hunting; Chasse; Chasse; Chasse au gros gibier; Chasse au gros gibier. n m â¢n I ,1 . it! i Ik 1 1 i â ; 1 r â 1 ' !. i" i i ] ;, ii i. 189 UUi OAMK OF NOUTH AMKIUCA. dimly ciiii^lit amid the crowd, wliile their distance apart and direction left no room for doubt. My rifle was sighted for tliat very distance, and was a very accurate (»ne, whereas I knew that S had not tried his for a long time, ami did not know exac
. The Big game of North America [microform] : its habits, habitat, haunts, and characteristics : how, when, and where to hunt it. Hunting; Hunting; Big game hunting; Big game hunting; Chasse; Chasse; Chasse au gros gibier; Chasse au gros gibier. n m â¢n I ,1 . it! i Ik 1 1 i â ; 1 r â 1 ' !. i" i i ] ;, ii i. 189 UUi OAMK OF NOUTH AMKIUCA. dimly ciiii^lit amid the crowd, wliile their distance apart and direction left no room for doubt. My rifle was sighted for tliat very distance, and was a very accurate (»ne, whereas I knew that S had not tried his for a long time, ami did not know exactly for what point the sights were set. I handed him mine, and told him to lire alM)nt a foot below the center between the lower ends of the two points. " No," said he; " yon try ; There was no time for parley or farther interchange of courtesies. At any second the jioints might disappear, to be st^Mi no more that day. Moreover, it was a difficult shot, involving too much guess-work as to the i) point to strike, and a head being too small a mark for that distance, even if distinctly seen; but firing by guess at the supposed body woidd have been still worse, as it was impossible to say which way it was standing. Drawing a fine sight a foot or so below the center between the ])oints, I fired. What a whirl of gray and whitt; above that distant brush followed the report of the rifle, as the Deer i^prang upward and turned around with almost a single motion! U[> he came again in a shining curve of gray, his whole outline forming the top of an arch over the brush. Bang! went my companion's rifle, and bang! went mine, aimed about where I tluMight the glossy hair would descend into the brush. The smoke for a moment rolled across our line of view, then in an instant was swept aside by the breeze; and there, just about the place where our IJeer had disa])peared, stood a statue of beamy gray. Now we could see it plaiidy, for it stood upon a knoll, p
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