Show i why mot be independent it seems to me that many people aila the true savor of outdoors by de f landing too much on the assistance of f others one finds on all sides 0 how men go into the wilds and give over to the enjoyment of nature but irany of these merles show plainly that it wa not i the sportsman who did things too i often the sophisticated reader and out J door man detects the fact that it waa y tha guides skill which brought the ih game in range of the rifle the guide did the tracking or he called the t v moose or he pointed out the game for j the hunter to see somehow most rips into the wilds are not declara alons of independence the are in i fact plain statements of dependence upon another s skill another s knowl edge and another s strength after he r guide has driven the deer to one s stand to make a long story short halt an hour passed before george the guide who had come up finally found the deer dead then when wet leaves gave good still bunting the gulda and I 1 still hunted and it was the r guide who got the shots I 1 do not de cry the value of guides though I 1 never hired but one writes raymond S spears in recreation if one Is really incapable of getting through the woods alone then stick to the guide like a burr it one wants packers cooks and other servants well and good it does save time to have ones meals prepared and dishes washed b t another dut when it comes to the ac f hunting why not strike out alone and shoot game without the assistance E of another s eyes an others ears and another s rifle which happens fre when a guide with a gun Is alongside at every stride |