 Why doesn't Extrone shoot the farn beasts?
HUNT the HUNTER BY KRIS NEVILLE Illustrated by ELIZABETH MacINTYRE [Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from Galaxy Science Fiction June 1951. Of course using live bait is the best way to lure dangerous alien animals ... unless it turns out that you are the bait! "That ridge," he pointed, "on our left, is right here." "It was over here," he moved the finger, "over the ridge, north of here, that we sighted them." Extrone asked, "Is there a pass?" Delicately, Extrone raised a hand to his beard. Extrone said. Right up ahead of us. Extrone raised his eyebrows. "It's a farn beast, all right!" "We'll pitch camp right here, then," Extrone said. He crossed to Mia, who, along with him, had been pressed into Extrone's party as guides. Once more, Ri addressed the bearers, "Be quick, now!" "It's a good thing that farn beast sounded off when it did. "It's that damned pilot's fault for setting us down on this side. "I wish to God I'd never heard of a farn beast," Ri said. "At least, then, I wouldn't be one of his guides. "What hurts most, he pays us for it. Extrone called. "You two scout ahead," Extrone said. "Yes, sir," Ri said, and instantly the two of them readjusted their shoulder straps and started off. Shortly they were inside of the scrub forest, safe from sight. They pushed on, being careful to blaze the trees, because they were not professional guides. "Without guns, we don't want to get near enough for the farn beast to charge us." Before them lay a blast area, unmistakable. The grass was beginning to grow again, but the tree stumps were roasted from the rocket breath. "They don't have any rockets this small. And I don't think there's another cargo rocket on this planet outside of the one we leased from the Club. "Whoever they were, they couldn't have been hunters. "Everybody and his brother had heard the rumor that farn beasts were somewhere around here. The pilot must have been the one who told Extrone we'd hunted this area." "After Extrone said he'd hunt farn beasts, even if it meant going to the alien system? I didn't tell Extrone, if that's what you're thinking," Mia said.
 Extrone wants to watch the farn beasts kill Ri.
 Extrone wants to watch the farn beasts kill Ri.  Extrone wants to capture the farn beasts alive.  Extrone doesn't shoot as he is paralyzed with fear at the sight of the farn beasts.  Extrone doesn't shoot because he is afraid he will hit Ri instead of the farn beasts.