Games for the Camp
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his shot, the other hunters go back to the ten-yard limit.
Once the deer is hit, all the shooting must be from the exact
spot whence the successful shot was fired.
A shot in the big oval is a body wound; that scores five.
A shot outside that is a scratch; that scores two. A shot
in the small oval or heart is a heart wound; it scores ten,
and ends the hunt. Arrows which do not stick do not
count, unless it can be proved that they passed right
through, in which case they take the highest score that they
pierced.
If all the arrows are used, and none in the heart, the deer
escapes, and the boy who was deer scores twenty-five.
The one who found the dummy is deer for the next hunt.
A clever deer can add greatly to the excitement of the
game.
Originally we used paper for scent, but found it bad. It
littered the woods, yesterday's trail was confused with that
of to-day, etc. Corn proved better, because the birds
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