. 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. T|[K ('((LI'MHIA HLACK-'I ;i» DKKK. 123 lie and stealthily hn nears the top, and infers over. His hejirt gives a (siiddeii leal). ''"' ^'^ ^'"" 'i'tle glade, just out of gun- shot, thei'e ai'e a huge buck and a <'oiii)l(M)r (h)es feeding, all nnconscious of dangei-. 'i\t get within gunshot, he must reti'ace his steps and make a d
. 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. T|[K ('((LI'MHIA HLACK-'I ;i» DKKK. 123 lie and stealthily hn nears the top, and infers over. His hejirt gives a (siiddeii leal). ''"' ^'^ ^'"" 'i'tle glade, just out of gun- shot, thei'e ai'e a huge buck and a <'oiii)l(M)r (h)es feeding, all nnconscious of dangei-. 'i\t get within gunshot, he must reti'ace his steps and make a detciir. Afteragi-eat deal of patient work, he gets on the let^ side of them, and now begins the dillicidt part of tiie performiince. To get within safe shooting distance, he should reach that litth; clumi) of bushes out there in the glade; but the ground between him an<l his intended victims is covered with nothing Imi short grass. By crawling a little farther through tL<' brush, lie gets the clump of bushes between him and the giinie, iind then quickly and noifjelessly he ai)iU()ache,-: them. As he renches the l)rush, he drops to his knees, and, with throblting heart, crawls to tiie other side. There they aic, tpiietly I'eeding, but moving away. Slowly lie raises his rille mid covers the buck, but hesitates to lire, hoping that the animal will turn, so as to give a side-siiot. i'lesently the oi)portunity offers, and, aiming just behind the shoulder, he presses the trigger. At the report of the ritie the buck gives one desperate bound, and falls, while the does quickly betake themselves to flight. Weil may he feel i)roud. for he has sought a keen, wary ajiimal in its natural home, and outwitted it. Again, he is cautiously and stealthily i)icking his way through a tract of brushdand, in which grow a few scattering pines and liis. The greatest skill and i)atience are necessary to avoid making loud noises in the dry brush and weeds, and alarming all the game within a quarte
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