ers day, tort ec for miles around and every living creature stops to look and listen. t guns of ing season startled and put t. Scouts fanned out along ts or s, listening for trudge of men seeking out deer, p, turkey, grouse, rabbit, fox, or black bear. Sometimes ters brougiful— mottled pointers, featters, blueticks, black-and-tans, retrievers. t along every pat.

    My great fear in setting out alone is ting up ray or er, rail and surprised us at rest in a sream of flaseetinct, scrambling toy of a bramble t. itride ook in retreat, t. ttle cry, and o tangle of topped at t, confused and whimpering.

    But on ter day, t, ttered curse, or t of tantly cretcte to a piner. Poaco ing season, er ness of trees gave o bareness, to bitter cold, and o listen for  out  of fallen leaves, or in rees. e did our best to become unseeable, as if  exist. t or dripping- days e from tense boredom of ant fear mingled  of November.

    Back to back to back in a triangle, Igel, Smaolac c ed noto do  since t day years before rying to speak s of footsteps approac. tepped into a meadoience  t seven or eigo please. tgun, ready to fire. t and ao carry as ruggled out of tcs and billed caps  to listen to tion in tillness. itice and concentration over to decipheir speech.

    quot;Im cold,quot; said the boy.

    quot;Itll toug found ;

    quot;e  even seen one all day.quot;

    quot;t ;

    quot;Ive only seen tures.quot;

    quot;; said t;aim for ttle buggers .quot; ioned for t