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The clean gun is a sure gun — one 
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Cleaning Implements are need- 
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Marble’s Equipment — if you can’t get what you 
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Rifle Cleaner 
Thoroly cleans without injuring the finest rifle and removes all lead, rust or powder 
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tempered steel wire — may be attached to any standard rod. 60 c. Statecaliber wanted. 
Anti- 
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Ropes 
When saturated with oil they prevent rusting or pitting — perfect 
protection for any gun. One oiling lasts for years. For shotguns or 
rifles, 60c; for revolvers, 30c. State gauge or caliber wanted. 
Jointed Rifle Rod 
The best general purpose rod, for it can be packed in a small space 
and when screwed together it’s as solid as a one-piece 
rod — can’t wobble, bend or break. Three brass sec- 
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May be had in brass or steel, 26, 30 and 34 inches 
long, $1.25. Give calibre and length desired. 
Nitro Solvent Oil 
This wonderful oil will keep sportsmen’s equipment 
free from rust — it quickly dissolves the residue of all 
powders. A perfect lubricant. 2-oz. bottle, 35c; 
6-oz. can, 63 c. By mail, 10c extra. Sample free. 
Shot Gun Cleaner 
Same construction as rifle cleaner. Guaranteed not to 
injure bore. Exceedingly durable. Will keep your gun 
clean and prolong its life. l.OO. State gauge wanted. 
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suspicious and unwary than a buck; in 
such a case a stag would probably have 
left the neighborhood. 
After a deer is out of its bed, its be- 
havior is usually characteristic. For a ] 
short distance it may make a mighty j 
show of record-breaking running, daunt- ' 
less tail flaunting high, and may give | 
all other signals of a last and long fare- j 
well to the hunter. But don’t let that 
deer fool you. He is only showing off. 
In the first place, he has a definite range, 
which is moderate in size, and he hates 
to leave this. Again, he would much 
rather skulk than run. How far he will 
go will depend on how badly he is fright- 
ened, and also on what kind of cover is 
afforded near by. Many a time I have 
known a deer to stop within two hun- | 
dred yards of his bed whence he had ! 
been started. After stopping, he is go- ! 
ing to stand and look about for a while — , 
possibly a good while. Then he will j 
creep and mosie his way into some snug 
thickety corner; and when he considers 
that your memory of him has failed, he’s 
going to lie down again and finish chew- 
ing his cud. . . . Occasionally, when a 
deer is started, he will slip out craftily, 
stealing on his silent Cinderella feet to 
the thicket edge ; once there, he will give 
things the once-over in order to plan 
his campaign of escape. In such a case, 
a deer is liable to double or to run back 
through the drivers. I once saw a large 
buck suddenly appear like an apparition 
at the head of a drive. Then, with extra- 
ordinary skill, he simply effaced himself. 
He sank craftily in the bushes, and I : 
didn’t see them move again. Later, when 
we picked up his track, we found that 
he had turned tail and slunk out between , 
the oncoming hounds and the drivers. | 
Count on a deer to do a thing as daring I 
and as intelligent as that if he considers 
that he has to do it. j 
The habit of the whitetail to skulk has 
been his salvation. He is the greatest 
dodger, considering his size, of all ani- 
mals. In this respect he is remarkably 
like the cottontail ; and the behavior of 
these two wild creatures may well he 
compared. A rabbit makes a mighty 
show of speed when started, but he 
doesn’t go far ere he resorts to other 
tactics. So does a deer. A rabbit will 
finally come back near the place where 
he was jumped. A deer will likely do 
the same thing. Both are lovers of nar- 
row ranges. Indeed, I consider them 
remarkably alike, even in their feeding. 
O UR friend the deer is hunted in 
almost every State of the Union ; 
and various are the ways of taking him. 
Conditions of locality determine what 
method is best. To do as the natives do 
is a safe rule. But wherever he may be 
found, whether in the Florida Ever- 
glades, the Carolina swamps, the wild 
mountains of Carolina or Pennsylvania, 
the Adirondacks, klaine, the Michigan 
peninsula, Wisconsin, Texas, California — 
always and everywhere he is the same 
creature. When you say a deer is a 
deer, you’ve said it. And to follow the 
deer successfully a man must put himself 
out to study understandingly this amaz- 
ingly swift, elusive, beautiful, crafty, ap- 
pealing, almost magic creature of our 
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