| The accidental discharge of a gun is one
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| | burnished hair.
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| of the most common. The shooting of
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| | I would fix the image in my mind so well
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| another man whom the shooter cannot or
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| | that when I saw anything like it in the
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| does not see is rare and is about the
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| | woods or fields, I could look at it and
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| easiest to excuse, although there is no
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| | state with perfect assurance: "That is
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| valid reason why such an accident should
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| | deer." Not that I would expect to see
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| occur. The most reprehensible type of
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| | anything which faintly resembles the
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| shooting accident is the one in which one
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| | picture, for that is a sight which a
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| man shoots another in mistake for game.
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| | hunter sees once in a blue moon. But when
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| This is the type of accident which
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| | I saw a farmer's cow, horse, sheep, pig,
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| arouses the most public indignation and
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| | chicken or perhaps his hired man, I would
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| is the most detrimental to the sport of
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| | know that it was not the game that I was
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| deer hunting.
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| | seeking.
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| All of these troubles are caused by
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| | It is surprising to find so many hunters
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| negligence, carelessness, or ignorance
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| | in the woods each season who have only
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| and they could be prevented if each
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| | the vaguest idea of what a deer looks
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| hunter would see to it that he is
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| | like. These men kill a surprising amount
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| propertly trained in gun handling and
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| | of domestic livestock each year because
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| that he is woods-wise enough to recognize
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| | of this lack of knowledge, and such
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| game when he sees it. Others may teach a
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| | ignorance is excusable with all of the
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| man these things, but only the individual
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| | sources of information that are available
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| can determine how well he has learned the
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| | to anyone who will go to the trouble to
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| lessons, and only the individual can
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| | seek it. Occasionally there is some
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| recognize potentially dangerous
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| | slight excuse for killing live- stock in
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| situations and evaluate his actions and
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| | mistake for game, such as the time that a
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| reactions when these situations occur. If
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| | hunter was following a fresh deer track
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| he should find that he is continually
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| | late in the season. He had every right to
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| encountering situations where luck has
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| | expect that all domestic animals were
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| prevented accidents or if he finds that
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| | safely housed for the winter, but he shot
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| it is difficult to hold his shot until
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| | and killed a wild heifer which ran from a
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| his game is in clear view, he should hunt
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| | thicket that the deer tracks indicated
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| without a gun or keep out of the woods.
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| | might be the hiding place of a deer.
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| If I were a young man preparing for my
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| | There was no excuse, except ignorance,
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| first deer hunt, I would get one of those
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| | for the man who stopped his car at the
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| pictures of deer that are printed on
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| | sight of a heifer in a pasture, shot the
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| sportsmen's calendars or on the covers of
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| | animal, loaded it on his car and carried
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| the November issues of hunting magazines
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| | it to an inspection station as a deer.
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| and I would study that picture until I
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| | The accidental discharge of a gun is one
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| could remember every line and feature of
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| | of the most common. All of these troubles
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| the animal. They are beautiful pictures
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| | are caused by negligence, carelessness,
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| with the deer either standing in glorious
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| | or ignorance and they could be prevented
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| splendor or stretched full length in
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| | if each hunter would see to it that he is
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| straining flight, perfectly outlined
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| | propertly trained in gun handling and
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| against a contrasting background with the
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| | that he is woods-wise enough to recognize
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| sun reflecting from polished antlers and
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| | game when he sees it.
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