

Another ’Chuck Experience 
DEAR ForEST & STREAM: 
NE day late in August some years 
ago, a party of us were fishing in 
the northern end of Lake Mullett in 
Michigan. 
Two natives were hauling logs for 
bank protection. 
They had with them a cur dog and 
he was a busy rascal, chasing, first a 
rabbit or squirrel and then varying the 
performance by nosing around among 
the bushes for a mink. 
Presently he began barking very ex- 
citedly in a nearby clump of trees. The 
teamsers left their charges to rest and 
proceeded to find out what all the racket 
was about. 
Then bedlam did break loose. Such 
noise you would swear could not be 
made by two men and a dog, and it 
was impossible to tell which was the 
most excited. “A bear! a bear!” they 
shouted and from the tone of their 
voices we knew they believed what they 
were yelling at. 
That was too much for me. The 
small-mouth bass had quit biting any- 
way, and I rowed to the bank and made 
a rush to the fray. Well up to the top 
of a small tree could be seen some ani- 
mal pretty well hidden among the 
branches. The men threw clubs, rocks 
and everything else that was loose, all 
to no avail. Procuring a log of some 
ten or twelve feet in length and each 
getting his shoulder under an end, they 
rammed the tree. At the second prod 
out came the varmint. 
Then a four cornered fight took place 
which was ended by a well timed blow 
from a club. 
I rubbed my eyes and looked again. 
I had often killed ’chucks in southern 
Ohio, but never one from a tree, and 
I doubted my own knowledge of the 
woods till a fellow sportsman informed 
me that he too, at one time, had killed 
a full grown ‘chuck from a large oak 
tree. 
I shall never hear the last of that 
episode, and to this day that bunch of 
fishermen call me the bear hunter. 
Yes, indeed, 
*chucks do climb trees. 
J. A. OPPy, 
So. Charleston, Ohio. 

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Worm Fishing 
(Continued from page 207) 
line whatever is in the water and a 
strike can be instantly detected. As the 
current moves the bait downstream the 
bight is slowly played out with the i 
hand. 
HIS process is repeated every couple 
of paces downstream, and by this 
method the worm should come within 
the vision of practically every fish 
throughout the entire length of the 
stream. 
When fishing with a worm, one should 
not strike immediately on the first 
nibble. In most cases the fish will 
practically hook himself if the line is 
taut, but at first he may only catch a 
loose end of the worm. He will, how- 
ever, strike again in an unmistakable 
fashion immediately afterwards. If 
he should make off with the worm, 
stand still and try again. He is al- 
most sure to be in the same place and 
just as hungry. 
As the line is swept downstream, it 
will be carried in a part circle to im- 
mediately below where one is standing, 
often fish will follow the bait down or 
very often are lying right under the 
bank. It is, therefore, advisable to 
wait a moment or two before retrieving 
the bait, and if a doubtful tug or two 
are felt to slack off a little more line. 
On the other hand, when worm fishing 
a small brook, no matter at what time 
of the season, or what the condition 
of the water, my own experiences and 
observation have shown that the best 
results are almost invariably obtained 
by fishing upstream, using, perhaps, 
two small shot, but in most instances 
with no weight whatever attached. 
And don’t some fine trout lay in those |_ 
small brooks early in the season. Eh? 
Back Lot Target Shooting 
(Continued from page 199) 
and has acquired the certainty and 
uniformity of holding and _ pulling 
which brings him success at inanimate 
marks, it is only another step to 
equally successful work on game. The 
man who can pick out a little clod of 
dirt on a distant hillside and dust it 
at the first crack is the kind of shot 
who can down a deer with the first 
bullet. He knows how to hold for that 
shot, and he holds there with the same 
certainty that he claps his hat on his 
head and expects it to stick on. He 
has put that on so often that it isn’t 
necessary to walk before a mirror to 
see how it looks. He knows how it 
feels. Just so the experienced shot 
knows just about where a bullet should 
strike when he pulls the trigger and 


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