SQUIRREL SHOOTING 



ALONG in the early summer the 

 squirrel families are bringing their 

 young hopefuls into sylvan society, 

 and man, base man, with a palate tickling with 

 anticipations of squirrel-pie, is preparing for 

 the woods. East and west, north and south, 

 the squirrels are found, and the earliest expe- 

 riences with the gun for most boys is in the 

 line of squirrel-hunting. Gray squirrels, fox- 

 squirrels, black squirrels, and red squirrels, 

 they are found from the Lakes to the Gulf and 

 from Maine to California, and in their pur- 

 suit wood-craft is a prime essential to success. 



The novice may go through the woods and 

 over the hills and never see a sign of game. 

 His dog may chase rabbits or hunt moles and 

 mice, or if he is a dog that is posted, he may 

 tree a squirrel which the " tender-foot " can- 

 not find. 



But after the greenhorn may come the ex- 

 perienced hunter, who has followed the sport 

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