long shot shooting past clay and along his rifle. clay, hidden behind a wall of rock, is watching the trail where it comes down into the meadow. something moves on the rocky hill above and to his left. he looks up, waiting. the movement stops. clay glances around. pan shot - from clay's angle. camera, shooting through the rifle sights, searches the forest and meadow. as a flight of birds suddenly rises above a section of the forest, the camera long shot - clay's angle. the forest is silent. then, momentarily, peters is in the open. clay brings his rifle up, trying to get him in the sights. wheeler disappears. long shot - past clay. clay has peters in his sights. he fires. med. close - clay. clay throws the empty cartridge out and another in. o.s. there is a shot. a bullet hits near him. clay looks off in the direction where lednov is waiting on the hill west of the camp. another shot is heard. a bullet smacks into the rock close to clay. it comes from mccall's position southwest of the camp. clay ducks. clay and steve crawl down and away from lednov and mccall's positions. steve grins at clay. he is enjoying this.