CHAPTER XXVII.

Deer Hunting in Northern Wisconsin--On the Range at Daylight--The Woods Full of Game--Missing a Standing "Broadside" at Thirty Yards--Several Easy Shots in Rapid Succession; the only Fruits Shame and Chagrin--Nervousness and Excitement Finally Give Way to Coolness and Deliberation--A Big Buck at Long Range--A Steady Aim and a Ruptured Throat--A Blind Run Through Brush and Fallen Trees--Down at Last--A Noble Specimen--His Head as a Trophy