B2 THE OBSERVER & BAKER CITY HERALD • SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2022
OUTDOORS & REC
Jacoby
Continued from B1
As I trudged back to the
pickup — I had reloaded the
gun, which proves only that op-
timism and incompetence are
bedfellows — I replayed the se-
quence, much as a quarterback
does after throwing the ball
over the head of a wide open
receiver.
I reached no useful conclu-
sion.
I wasn’t terribly surprised, to
be sure.
I’m well acquainted with my
failings as a wingshooter.
But I have brought down
birds — and done so in circum-
stances far less amenable to
success.
I suspect those episodes were
statistical anomalies.
Happenstance, in other
words.
Which is to say, a situation
when luck scores a rare win
over ineptitude.
It’s not dissimilar to a golfer
who smacks a drive down the
middle of the fairway and then
shanks the approach shot into
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Even if you come home without any birds, a chukar hunt on the breaks
of the Snake River in Baker County, on a fine November morning, is not
without its attractions.
a lake or someone’s porch win-
dow.
And misses the 2-foot putt
for triple bogey.
The morning’s hunt, despite
its disappointing climax, was
not without highlights.
It was a fine fall morning, the
ground frosty after the recent
passage of a cold front, the sky
clear except for patches of wispy
cirrus.
We saw a couple coyotes,
and while I was hunting alone I
jumped four deer in a draw, one
of them a fine 4-point.
We had roasted chicken for
dinner that evening.
Not quite so satisfying, I sup-
pose, as meat I had procured
myself.
But a cooked chicken thigh,
whatever its questionable ori-
gin, at least has the advantage
of staying still until you pierce it
with a fork.
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