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Tiger stories - Caldwell

Caldwell has shot 7 tigers all of them with the .303 Savage except the last one which he killed with the 22 High Power Savage by a shot thru the shoulders.

One of his most interesting tiger exploits consisted of a stalk which a tiger made in sword grass to within a few yards of him.  He could hear the tiger approaching the bleating goat which he was using for bait.  Finally the tiger stalked so close, a few yards, but hidden by the grass, that C. was afraid to shoot at it, fearing a charge.  He [[strikethrough]] fan [[/strikethrough]] was equally loath to remain standing for fear of a charge so he decided to charge the unseen tiger & intimidate it.  He ran at it stumbling as he went & the tiger bolted up the sidehill [[strikethrough]] where he [[/strikethrough]] and he got a good shot at the fleeing beast & [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] wounded it & finally killed it.  On another occasion he was

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