October 1943

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THE LONE HUNTER By Dr. F. H. Kenagy, Rupert, Idaho

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.. going across a galley filled with timber and looking out on the oppos­ ite side into open hillside spotted with canyon birch and aspen.” By six A. M. on October 1st Jupiter and Venus were high in the eastern sky and the faint glow of approaching day was just beginning to be appar­ ent. I slid out of my sleeping bag and dressed under a starry sky. I ate a hearty breakfast and put a few extra remnants of food in my shirt, strung my faithful Mudjekeewis, donned a quiver of broadheads, and a moment later strode off through the gloom.

The canyon I proposed hunting was new to me except for a hasty inspec­ tion the evening before. I had elected following a contour in a general way, going across a gulley filled with tim­ ber and looking out on the opposite side into open hillside spotted with canyon birch and aspen. In this way it would be easier to approach with­ in bow shot of deer, I thought. At any rate, I had proceeded less than 200 yards from the car when


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