. Prairie and forest: a description of the game of North America, with personal adventures in their pursuit. Hunting; Game and game-birds. THE LITTLE WOOD HARE. 189 use very small shot, say No. 7, for they require but slight injury to prevent their escape. The season of the year in which the greatest reward for his exertions will be obtain- ed is in early spring, particulai-ly if the ground retains a covering of snow, with a bright warm sun overhead. In the valley of the Wabash on such a day I have frequently killed over fifty in an afternoon. In the State of Missouri,. SWAMP HARES. near Brook
. Prairie and forest: a description of the game of North America, with personal adventures in their pursuit. Hunting; Game and game-birds. THE LITTLE WOOD HARE. 189 use very small shot, say No. 7, for they require but slight injury to prevent their escape. The season of the year in which the greatest reward for his exertions will be obtain- ed is in early spring, particulai-ly if the ground retains a covering of snow, with a bright warm sun overhead. In the valley of the Wabash on such a day I have frequently killed over fifty in an afternoon. In the State of Missouri,. SWAMP HARES. near Brookfield, I have been equally successful. In fact, so great are their numbers in the prairie countries, margin- ing timber land, that any ordinary shot can do the same in almost any portion of their habitat. The changeable, or swamp hare, is also abundant; but does not frequent the same localities as the last mentioned, being partial to thick, low-lying woodlands. Its southern range commences about the fortieth degree of latitude, terminating about the fifty-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Gillmore, Parker. New York, Harper & Bros.
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