Bob Lee Swagger

Nicknamed "Bob the Nailer" during his term in Vietnam, he had made his thirty-ninth and fortieth kill on June 10, 1972, in Vietnam. Bob is an excellent sharpshooter and continues to shoot after a debilitating hip wound forced him from the military. He no longer hunts to kill but does hunt deer, anesthetizing them and sawing off their antlers to save them from trophy hunters.

Bob is living quietly when he's approached by a man who says there's going to be an assassination attempt and that the assassin is the man who shot Bob and killed his best friend and spotter, Donny Fenn. Bob agrees to help catch the assassin because he wants revenge for Donny's death. He walks the areas where he's told the assassination might occur and finds the only spot available for the shot. He later realizes that he's done the leg work for the...