Photographing Wild Game 
The sportsman who wishes to substitute the 
camera for the rifle should possess not only 
a special knowledge of photography, but also 
many qualifications not absolutely necessary 
to a successful hunter. Any one who has had 
much experience in hunting large game will 
remember occasions when, if he had only had 
a camera, it would have been easy enough to 
have made successful pictures. But, once pro- 
vided with a camera, and having started out 
with the sole object in view of making nega- 
tives, he will find the opportunities for suc- 
cessful work few and far between. 
The true sportsman is not a game-butcher. 
When he has shot what he wants, he may well 
refuse to avail himself of chances to kill, and 
turn to the camera as a weapon with which 
to bring home trophies of his abilities as a 
hunter. Few indeed are the localities where 
hunters complain of being able to kill more 
game than they need; yet it has been my 
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