. Guns and gunning. ^-9^. a hair how to sight his gun for eachdistance. Each individual target is shot atfrom one position, and under the sameilj^ conditions. This enables him to use a windgauge. This practice is usually at certain times inthe day, and therefore he is used to having the sunin a certain position. And lastly, he shoots at abrilliant mark, and can take his time. The hunters marksmanship is totally of having things arranged for his comfort, healmost invariably has conditions against him. The sun may be in his eyes, or the gloom ofstorm or forest may blur the sigh
. Guns and gunning. ^-9^. a hair how to sight his gun for eachdistance. Each individual target is shot atfrom one position, and under the sameilj^ conditions. This enables him to use a windgauge. This practice is usually at certain times inthe day, and therefore he is used to having the sunin a certain position. And lastly, he shoots at abrilliant mark, and can take his time. The hunters marksmanship is totally of having things arranged for his comfort, healmost invariably has conditions against him. The sun may be in his eyes, or the gloom ofstorm or forest may blur the sight. The savagemountain winds will blow his front sight half an inchfrom the mark, and the cutting sleet will drive intohis face. He must judge every distance under verydifficult conditions, cind a miss is a lost shot, as hecan seldom tell where it struck. A wind gauge isuseless, as he is constantly changing his position; andhis hand is often shaky from physical exertion. Andto make matters worse, his mark has a protectivec
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