INTER-OCEAN HUNTING TALES 



landscape, so that the unpracticed' eye might 

 easily overlook it; he is accustomed to take 

 a quick sight and shoot, making proper allow- 

 ances for the moving object; if a rapid 

 advance is possible and necessary to cut off 

 the game before it can pass a given point 

 for which it is heading, the hunter chooses 

 his course, as if by intuition, and often has 

 a chance to get several more shots where 

 another would fail of his opportunity. The 

 skill of a hunter generally brings him within 

 such proximity of game as to relieve him of 

 the necessity of making an extra difficult shot. 

 It is surprising how seldom the huntsman dis- 

 charges his rifle compared to one who prac- 

 tices at a target. The man who is fond of 

 target practice will probably use up as many 

 rounds of ammunition in one afternoon shoot- 

 ing at a mark as the average huntsman will 

 consume in an entire year. 



A sportsman who is a fair shot, and who 

 goes to a locality where game is fairly plenti- 

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