. The complete American and Canadian sportsman's encyclopedia of valuable instruction. Camping; Fishing; Hunting. r. blood, and a strong animal hit thus is seldom stopped, unless a vital spot is reached, and invari- ably large game struck by them continue to run, oftimes resulting in their crawling off to die else- where—or lost meat. No hunter cares for the ne- cessity of a repetition of a lot of shots, or prolong- ing the sufferings of a wounded beast. Again wounds caused by them do 7wt bleed externally^ rendering it difficult to locate them, and ever mak- ing the tracking of wounded game mo
. The complete American and Canadian sportsman's encyclopedia of valuable instruction. Camping; Fishing; Hunting. r. blood, and a strong animal hit thus is seldom stopped, unless a vital spot is reached, and invari- ably large game struck by them continue to run, oftimes resulting in their crawling off to die else- where—or lost meat. No hunter cares for the ne- cessity of a repetition of a lot of shots, or prolong- ing the sufferings of a wounded beast. Again wounds caused by them do 7wt bleed externally^ rendering it difficult to locate them, and ever mak- ing the tracking of wounded game more difficult. What the big game hunter needs is stopping, crushing power that will lay an animal low; and as most game is shot at fairly close range, say 300 yards, where is the necessity of long range, thin, metal jacketed, or small hard bullets. If there are a few cartridges for the purpose, carried in the rear of the sportsman's belt answers both occas- ions. Another popular weapon for small game up to and including Deer, is the 38 caliber,, using the' 38-56 cartriige; while others prefer the 40-60 or 65, yet by many is considered too heavy, its weight being 9X lbs. Still another good weapon is the Marlin, 1893 model, 38-55, 10 or II shot, 7K lbs.; using the 38-55 smokeless cartridge and mushroom bullet. Indeed it is an easy matter to select a really excellent weapon without patronizing those of the imported kind, as for instance the Manlicher-Bolt rifle, for which double price is asked, as against the equal- ly efficient and thoroughly reliable Amejican weapon. About Rifle Cartridges In this the sportsman or tyro should provide a sufficient supply to ever prevent any possibilty of running short; fifty rounds being ample for any (ordinary trip of several weeks or more duration. For this he sliould select that known as fresh "fixed" or ready made, avoiding that which has stood on the shelves of small dealers until it has aged, as this has deteriorated in quality.
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