{"id":24849,"date":"2018-10-11T07:24:49","date_gmt":"2018-10-11T14:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=24849"},"modified":"2018-10-12T01:54:07","modified_gmt":"2018-10-12T08:54:07","slug":"sniper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=24849","title":{"rendered":"Sniper"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When spooked, a snipe bolts from its hiding place at a great speed and is gone. Consequently, shooting a flying snipe presents a considerable challenge. So much so, that those who became good at it were called snipers — a term that was adopted by the military for a marksman.<\/p>\n

In late summer, I spooked a snipe, but it vanished in a blur before I could shoot its picture. Yesterday, a snipe erupted along my path; I shot it. I now qualify as a sniper.<\/p>\n

A Wilson’s Snipe bolts.
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