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`` I know it but if we miss the deer I 'll be sorry I did n't take this shot . '' `` Well , that 's the gamble in hunting , '' put in Giant . `` I saw a rabbit awhile ago I could have had for the asking . '' Having gotten out of the pocket , they went on once more , and shortly before noon reached a knob of the mountain . From that point they made out nine or ten deer a distance to the north of them . `` This is certainly a great chance , '' said Snap , enthusiastically . `` We do n't want to miss it by carelessness .