Come up with a herd of buffaloes, seventeen, but bush is so dense cannot get a good shot; and after several attempts to get round them, they make off for the hills, and we return to camp in time to escape a severe thunderstorm.
Jumping from the waggon I tried to get a fair shot at the dogs, but the uncertain light prevented my making a good shot.
Every man in this country who carries a long gun is a good shot, and can hit his object with as much certainty as your famed Kentucky riflemen.
They are an unsatisfactory weapon, and a man has got to be a good shot to put a ball just where he pleases at ten paces.
Campwell was a pioneer over sixty-five years of age, and while a good shot and a good fighter was at times not just right in his mind, although he could by no means be called crazy.
A good shot--" began Henry, when a noise behind him caused him to swing around swiftly.
As old readers know, Dave was likewise a good shot, so it was likely that the youths would bring back something if any game showed itself.
I had the reputation of being a good shot and it was rather to the interest of all of us that I should have a powerful gun.
It was my greatest ambition to become a good shot.
When the men discovered that I was a good shot, I was given a job that was wholly to my liking--hunting game for the mess.
Elliott now spoke up: "Oakes, you said the murderer was a good shot.
We cannot get any clues at all, save that the man was killed by a bullet of large calibre in the hands of a good shot, as the distance from which it was fired would seem to show.
Yes," said Elliott; "it was determined before that Mark's murderer was a good shot.
I wouldn't be a bit surprised if we could get a good shot at them.
It was a good shot, indeed, and the animal's wild spring out of the tree was his expiring effort.
Use of Fire-arms Importance of early training--Why a gun is better than a rifle--How to become a good shot.
As most shot-gun shooting is what is called snap shooting, there isn't much time at best, but a good shot will be sure that he has covered his game before he fires, while a beginner will trust to luck.
The brain, head, and eyes and trigger-finger must all work in harmony or you will never be a good shot.
VI THE USE OF FIRE-ARMS Importance of early training--Why a gun is better than a rifle--How to become a good shot Whether a boy of fifteen should have a gun or a rifle is a question that parents will have to settle for themselves.
By and by he looked up and saw a gull sailing over the deck and sung out: "There's a good shot.
The bettor's friends at once began sympathizing with him, but he looked at Terry and asked if he considered that a good shot.
Well, that calls for ten thousand from me," replied Terry, and again he waited for a good shot.
I consider it a good shot because he was up so high that he could scarcely have been brought down even with a shotgun.
Jack laughed at him and said: "Good shot, eh, Tom?
I started after them as hard as I could go, thinking that if the bear followed the sheep into the road I would surely get a good shot at him and would probably kill him.
They won't notice us, and we shall have an opportunity for getting a good shot.
They were moving in long rapid strides; and, as they drew nearer, the hunters saw that, to obtain a good shot, they must gallop farther to the north.
Under the cover of these bushes, he rode up close enough to the antelopes to insure a good shot, and, picking out one of the largest of the herd, he fired.
A good shot is seldom made from the back of a horse.
You can't expect to become a good shot in an afternoon.
Each helped; and Mr. Kincaid appreciated that his pupil was learning intelligently, so that in the final result Bobby would not only be a good shot, but he would know why.
If you could, why, where's the glory of being a good shot?
I suppose that I had a good eye for it, and certainly came to be what you would call a good shot, though I dare say there are others just as good.
It may do for a good shot to try experiments of that sort with a bad one, but not against a man like Marshall.
I have taken a lot of pains to become a good shot, and it seems that I have a natural aptitude that way.
That was a good shot, though I say it, but it hit her on the shoulder instead of the head as luck would have it, which was bad luck for me.
There is nothing to recommend this and everything to condemn it, and I have never seen it used by a good shot.
With a mechanical timer there is no relenting, it is Fate, and if you cannot make a good shot in time, your score is spoiled.
I suppose Bateese is a good shot, though I never heard of the Chaplain distinguishing himself in that line.
A good shot," said the captain quietly, as his men carried off a dead seaman and a couple of wounded soldiers.
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