. Guns and gunning. ver lose an opportunity to improve himselfin this respect. The average big-game animal killed is shot atshort range. If it were not for the skill required in approach-ing them, and the fact that many of the shots are atrapidly moving targets, the sport would be far lessinteresting. The successful big-game hunter shouldbe good at snap-shooting. Many people are of theopinion that small-calibre rifles are fitted only fortarget shooting. They are very useful in the field, however, andin the hands of a skilled marksman are almost asdeadly as the larger calibres. Even along theAl
. Guns and gunning. ver lose an opportunity to improve himselfin this respect. The average big-game animal killed is shot atshort range. If it were not for the skill required in approach-ing them, and the fact that many of the shots are atrapidly moving targets, the sport would be far lessinteresting. The successful big-game hunter shouldbe good at snap-shooting. Many people are of theopinion that small-calibre rifles are fitted only fortarget shooting. They are very useful in the field, however, andin the hands of a skilled marksman are almost asdeadly as the larger calibres. Even along theAlantic coast there are animals that make a huntingtrip worth while. All through New England onefinds that alert and interesting animal, the wood-chuck. No country could be more pleasantthan the rolling hills and shady apple orchardswhere the woodchuck lives. With a hand-shooting, small-calibre gun, one can spend manya pleasant hour stalking these animals. Thetarget is small, as in woodchuck hunting the head24 S^^!^^..
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