. 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. THE C'OLUMIUA ULACK-TAILKU DKEU. 125 and ciuvfiilly, and tliou^di hv lias seen plenty of fresh si^ns âmade last iii<iiit and early this nioinin^' li«' has not yet seen ^anie. 'ro\var<l noon he crosses a narrow tamarack swamp, and jnst as he leaches the upland he catches a glimpse of several moving objects. His (inick and well- trained eye is al)
. 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. THE C'OLUMIUA ULACK-TAILKU DKEU. 125 and ciuvfiilly, and tliou^di hv lias seen plenty of fresh si^ns âmade last iii<iiit and early this nioinin^' li«' has not yet seen ^anie. 'ro\var<l noon he crosses a narrow tamarack swamp, and jnst as he leaches the upland he catches a glimpse of several moving objects. His (inick and well- trained eye is al)le lo discern tile I'oi'ms of a l)nck, a doe, and -,â () fawns, tri[»ping gracefnlly through the woods at right angles to his course, and nearly two luindred yards away. There is no favorable o[)portnnity for a shot, for only fleeting glimpses of their foi'ins can he seen as they pass throngii openings between the giant pines and hem- locks. Finally the sportsman utters a i)laintive "; The game stops; but oidy the rump of one fawn and tlie liead of the doe can be seen, the rest of their bodies being hid- den by the trees. They stand and listen attentively for several minutesâ it seems like several hours to the hunter. Finally they turn and take a few steps toward the source of the familiar sound that attracted them. Again they pause, look, and listen. The hunter has meantime seated himself on a log, with his left foot on a branch of the fallen trunk, in order to have an easier i)osition for a shot. This time only faint glimpses of the sides of two of the Deer can be seen, and as the sportsman peers round the trunk of a great lir that stands between liim and the game, the doe catches a glimpse of the movement. That settles it. There is some mystery in that coi-ner of the woods, for she has both seen and heard. She will now investigate it if it costs her her life. The group moves forward again, and again pauses. Still, they are all so closely covered as t
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