. Sport with gun and rod in American woods and waters [microform]. Hunting; Hunting; Fishing; Fishing; Chasse; Chasse; Pêche sportive; Pêche sportive. Boii>-Shoofnig. 861. A finOI) ;i woodpecker or meadow-lark at twenty paces — not every shot, nor once in live, or in twenty, cveii ; hut \()ii must j^et well used to shoot- int;" at thesi; hinls and to liittint; one occasionally hefore you can approach a hare or a (|uail with any det^ree of calmness. \'ou need not fear that woodpecker-shootiniL,^ will prove poor sport. Some of my hajipiest houts in the woods have; owed all their
. Sport with gun and rod in American woods and waters [microform]. Hunting; Hunting; Fishing; Fishing; Chasse; Chasse; Pêche sportive; Pêche sportive. Boii>-Shoofnig. 861. A finOI) ;i woodpecker or meadow-lark at twenty paces — not every shot, nor once in live, or in twenty, cveii ; hut \()ii must j^et well used to shoot- int;" at thesi; hinls and to liittint; one occasionally hefore you can approach a hare or a (|uail with any det^ree of calmness. \'ou need not fear that woodpecker-shootiniL,^ will prove poor sport. Some of my hajipiest houts in the woods have; owed all their charm to the e.\citement of chasini^ an ivory-i)ill. a red-head, or a "sa|)- sucker" from tree to tree, whacking awa\- at him he; i^mt still, watchinjf the flij^rht of my arrow as it whisked past him or struck close by him with a rinifinjr rap like the blow of a hammer, till at last I plumped him over, strintfinjr him half-way down my 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 : Century
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