. Rod and gun . ght away or wait THE NIPISSING HUNT CLUBS ANNUAL 863 awhile. We decided to wait a few daysand hope for colder weather. On Tues-day morning when we wakened up wecould hear the rain pattering: down onthe roof, so we stayed in camp; but afterdinner it cleared up and we went acrossto the Peninsula. Here a laree buck ranup to Sid. and he shot it and hung it upthere on the spot. That was all we gotthat day; but we returned to camp wellsatisfied. Wednesday morning looked like a badday, it being dark and cloudy with Thursday was a dark day also, and thewatchers were changed around some
. Rod and gun . ght away or wait THE NIPISSING HUNT CLUBS ANNUAL 863 awhile. We decided to wait a few daysand hope for colder weather. On Tues-day morning when we wakened up wecould hear the rain pattering: down onthe roof, so we stayed in camp; but afterdinner it cleared up and we went acrossto the Peninsula. Here a laree buck ranup to Sid. and he shot it and hung it upthere on the spot. That was all we gotthat day; but we returned to camp wellsatisfied. Wednesday morning looked like a badday, it being dark and cloudy with Thursday was a dark day also, and thewatchers were changed around went to Perch Lake, Chris. Gerber toBradleys stump, Jim. Floyd to WhiskyIsland, and Rod. McDonagh to Wild CatPoint, Archie Eckford and Les. Phillipsto the dam and Mang Floyd to Perchtrail. Sid. killed a large buck and asmall doe at Perch, and the writer killeda nice doe at the north end of Sand same morning we had quite a bit ofsport with a fawn that jumped in thelake close to Chris. Gerber. We had. Ketumingr with the Trophies. everyappearance of rain. It, however,kept clear and began to get ten oclock that morning Eck-fords two big hounds. Sport and Ring,brought a doe to Rod McDonagh, and itwas killed down near Sand Lake was all we got that day, the runsgoing wild. By this time we began toappreciate the comfort of our camp, andcongratulated ourselves on having sucha dry, cosy place in nasty weather. mutually agreed among ourselves, andstrict orders had been given not toshoot any small deer; and, of course,Chris, would not shoot this one. How-ever, after it swam out into the lake, hegot in his canoe and headed it up tocamp where the writer was the two of us we put a nooseover its neck, making use of the painterof the canoe, and letting it make ics wayto shore, snubbed it to a limb of a lymg 864 ROD AND GUN IN CANADA tree, which was in the water close toshore. The deer made no effort to goout in the lake again, but, if it had.
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