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HUNTER SHOULD KNOW HIS GUN The Secret of Successful Deer Hunting Lies in Speed and Accuracy Many doer hunters are prone to overlook one very important detail of their otherwise carefully prepared plans for the annual hunting trip that of knowing their gun gunHow How often do we hear the story of the big moose with the lecord head that continued its headlong rush through the underbrush because the hunter had shot too high or too low lowThat That is he had aimed well enough but his 2000 or so feet per second missile had passoil harmlessly by its intended victim Thus a 1000 trip had come to nnnght and a prize head remained at large It is said that most big game is shot within n distance of 200 yards Modern big game rifles with their flat trajectories and repeating mecha ¬ nisms have placed every advantage in favor of the man behind the gun Yet tfie fact remains that the percentage of misses in the game field re ¬ mains appallingly large largeTaking Taking into consideration that it is often neces ¬ sary to take a quick shot in bad light ata rapidly moving deer moose or caribou half hidden by trees or underbrush it is only reasonable to sup ¬ pose that the possibility of a shot in a vital part of the game is one of chance chanceBut But a large degree of success in big game or small game shooting for that matter lies in the confidence which tlie sportsman has in his gun The real sportsman takes the trouble to target his rifle by firing shots at 50 100 150 and 200 yards in order to ascertain the correct elevation for the various distances distancesTrue True with modern high velocity and consequent flat trajectories the variation in striking point is a matter of indies only but nevertheless many a lordly moose or majestic caribou would not now 19 roaming its wilderness home had a certain bullet been an inch higher or lower
