Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 241, Issue 1456William Blackwood, 1937 |
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... stalk a deer down the wind . 9 It was aggravating to put away a good enough stag . It was even more aggravating to reflect that here we were , hopelessly on the wrong side of our ground , a great many miles away from where we ought to ...
... stalk a deer down the wind . 9 It was aggravating to put away a good enough stag . It was even more aggravating to reflect that here we were , hopelessly on the wrong side of our ground , a great many miles away from where we ought to ...
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... stalk ; whatever the wind was , it did not betray us ; and in the end I was able , by sitting up , to get a neck shot at a quite unsuspicious beast from about fifty yards away . That sitting position is a very useful one , be it said ...
... stalk ; whatever the wind was , it did not betray us ; and in the end I was able , by sitting up , to get a neck shot at a quite unsuspicious beast from about fifty yards away . That sitting position is a very useful one , be it said ...
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... stalk . They moved down the hill , dropped to a walk , and some of them began to feed again in a hollow not more than a quarter - mile away from their starting point . Others remained suspicious , ob- viously , but I thought they would ...
... stalk . They moved down the hill , dropped to a walk , and some of them began to feed again in a hollow not more than a quarter - mile away from their starting point . Others remained suspicious , ob- viously , but I thought they would ...
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