WOODCHUCKS 



exciting sport, for very choice stalking is 

 often required to get within shooting distance 

 of the game. A woodchuck can be seen a 

 long way off, and he can see a man about 

 twice as far away as a man can see him; so 

 that even in a region where they are fairly 

 plentiful there is no certainty of getting a 

 shot at one. One of the best ways to assassi- 

 nate one of them is to get acquainted with 

 him and learn something about his daily 

 walks in life. He is sure to be somewhat 

 methodical in his mode of living, and will 

 appear quite regularly at the door of his 

 home from day to day. He is only able to 

 face one way, but his powers of hearing are 

 remarkably developed. 



But with a rifle of large calibre one 

 which will do execution at five hundred yards 

 a woodchuck can easily be killed by a good 

 marksman. However, a woodchuck at five 

 hundred yards is a very easy object to miss. 

 The rifle-shot of the galleries who is used to 

 the level shooting at targets, will find himself 

 very much at sea when shooting in the open. 

 So I would advise the ordinarily good shot 

 to creep up as near as possible before turn- 



