’ October, 1922 
469 
' for an old grouse. Once out of sight 
they usually wheel away off to one side 
I and hide safely.” 
I worked around after this bird for 
j some ten minutes and then she rose 
again with no chance for a shot. I fig- 
ured out about where she might be and 
prepared to fool her. 
' I made a wide circuit and got clear 
around beyond the place where I judged 
' she was hiding and then worked back. 
“ I was watching sharply for the first 
“ movement of the leaves and the old 
■ grouse was watching her back trail just 
* as closely. I got within thirty feet of 
“ the bird w'hen she jumped to the top of 
> a rock and, stretching her neck towards 
me, was off through the leaves. An 
ounce of eights caught her and I picked 
up one of the largest ruffed grouse that 
I have ever secured. 
Twilight was closing down and I 
turned towards the farmhouse. Out 
ahead another grouse whirred and of 
t course I followed. While trying to get 
! another rise from the bird, a woodcock 
• flushed at my feet and — he got away. 
. Tes, two shots were fired and I lay the 
; blame on the poor light or the thick 
[ brush or something. It was a clean 
> miss. Then up dashed my grouse and 
1 headed straight through an open way in 
. front of me. A beautiful shot. 
“This is my bird !” I swiftly told my- 
■ self and started to raise my gun. It 
wouldn’t raise. I gave it a lift and a 
I glance showed a vine pulled taut across 
the barrels. I had to pull the gun 
back clear of the obstruction and then 
■ slammed it to my shoulder. 
Too late. There was but a flirt of the 
brush where the bird had plunged out of 
sight and the charge of shot from my 
left barrel merely kept the twigs shaking 
a trifle longer. Not discouraged I kept 
on going. 
Out ahead was an apple tree. Grouse 
will very often be found in apple trees 
along towards dusk. I came up at ready 
and sure enough the bird was there, but 
it was ready too and went out on the 
opposite side. I heard a whirr of wings 
but all I saw were leaves. On I went. 
It was now getting dark and shooting 
would be extremely difficult. As I 
pushed my way through the wet bushes, 
at my left the grouse jumped. 
I wheeled and got one fleeting glimpse 
of her as she disappeared in the leaves. 
She was flying low, not more than two 
feet from the ground. I snapped im- 
mediately on the spot where the leaves 
trembled, and then listened. 
“Thump !” Thirty yards back in the 
brush I heard my third grouse come 
down. 
Three ruffed grouse is the limit in 
Connecticut. I was wet to the skin. 
Yes, I was cold too, when I began to 
think about it, but, “Oh Boy !” what 
did I care ! I had the limit. 
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