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December 1974

The Nipping Nimrods

Hunters who drink or drinkers who hunt oft lead a merry chase

A GRAPEVINE reader from down south sent in a news clipping a while ago, about two hunters from those parts who had been arrested for shooting a cow. When hauled before the beak for trial, they gave the excuse that their vision had been temporarily impaired by sour-mash whiskey, and they had mistaken Old Bossy for a rabbit. The fine they paid might have been smaller if, after shooting this massive bunny, they hadn't carried off a hindquarter--for rabbit steaks, presumably.

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