. Sport with gun and rod in American woods and waters [microform]. Hunting; Hunting; Fishing; Fishing; Chasse; Chasse; Pêche sportive; Pêche sportive. 644 Nofih Amcncan Grouse. jf ; »!II I â y. i ^^ ) \ m ^â ^ w \ 1, j:-- V A Twncii-i 1 f'i il \W^ \niy perpetually match their wits against each other,âthe one in trapping and the other in avoiding being trapped. Master Haretooi finds a drumming-log, antl at once wiiips out his jack-knile and, bending down a neighboring hickory sapling, sets a twitch-up, with a slip-noose at the end, made of a string pulled out ol oiu; of his capacious pockets
. Sport with gun and rod in American woods and waters [microform]. Hunting; Hunting; Fishing; Fishing; Chasse; Chasse; Pêche sportive; Pêche sportive. 644 Nofih Amcncan Grouse. jf ; »!II I â y. i ^^ ) \ m ^â ^ w \ 1, j:-- V A Twncii-i 1 f'i il \W^ \niy perpetually match their wits against each other,âthe one in trapping and the other in avoiding being trapped. Master Haretooi finds a drumming-log, antl at once wiiips out his jack-knile and, bending down a neighboring hickory sapling, sets a twitch-up, with a slip-noose at the end, made of a string pulled out ol oiu; of his capacious pockets. The twitch-up Ixjing well watched, is suri' to catch the bird or drive it away. As Barefoot grows older, he learns to set running snares of horsediair or silk in the paths in the woods, and he will walk miles to attend them when he is too sick to go half a mile to school. At length, he grows to Ix; a joung man, "some farmer, some poacher," making a precarious living by sell- ing game he has trapped or shot in season and out, and killing more birds than all the minks, owls, and foxes in th(; country side. There is a curious habit in the- ruffed grouse of taking to the trees when pursueil i)y a small dog, and when a number of them tlit into one tre(.', tlu;y will sit and be shot at until they are all successively kilUid, providing, always, that th(; lowest is killed first, and the dog keeps up his barking. l-'or tiiis chase a little red dog is preferred, and doubtless the birds an; accustomed thus to save themselves when pursued by foxes, and the\' see no differ- ence in their canine pursuer, and are more in fear of him than of the gun, whose character th(;y do not know so well. m. 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 Mayer, Alfred M. (Alfred Marshall), 1836-1897. New York : Cen
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