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Show "WHOSE 'SHOT WAS IT?" A Difficult Question Which Often Confronts Con-fronts Sportsmen. When two men are hunting together, , cithciv for large game or smnll.'tthcro is frequently considerable difficulty in determining to which one the dead game belongs, especially when the shots arc fired simultaneously, or when shot or bullets of tho same size are used by both hunters. Dr. J. W. Hnll in Recreation discusses at considerable length the question: "Whoso Game Was It?" When two persons standing side by side shoot with Bhot of the same size nt a bird the question is practically. unanswerable, un-answerable, though if both hit tlic bird the number of shot in tho game would, of course, liuve to bo considered. Courtesy gives the doubtful game to tho one whose bag is lightest. An experienced hunter can usually tell when he presses tlie trigger whether wheth-er it is a killing shot or not, and when two such men shoot together there is rarclj any difficulty, as each knows whether he held on or not, and docs not hesitate to say so if he feels that he missed. When hunting with a man who claims everything it is best to quit. Some men, even if their second shell misses lire, will contend that they killed two birds rods apart. They can make marvelous shots around corners, cor-ners, over hilltops nnd through trees, and they quite spoil an honest man's snort. |