Isn't there a time or two you can remember when somehow an animal you've hunted has done something to make you let him vanish in the woods? … Isn't there a bird or covey that somehow always manages to catch you with your gun on safe — even when you know it's there? I think we all know times that for almost certain we gave the hunt to the quarry.

Mostly Tailfeathers (ed. Academic Learning Company LLC, 1983) - ISBN: 9780832916700