With Gun ^ Rod in Canada 



many other whys and wherefores that puzzle some return- 

 ing hunters. Most of them can be explained if a little 

 time and effort is spent in investigating the conditions 

 as they exist. When guides take amateur sportsmen into 

 the woods, they have to consider their employers' physical 

 comfort; they have to avoid dangerous situations; 

 observe the various phases of the weather; plan to have a 

 good dry camp each night with plenty of wood; size up 

 carefully the physical limitations of their sportsmen, and 

 confine their hunting to such locality, topography, 

 and methods as their employers seem to be able to 

 undertake. 



Too much whisky in camp saves the life of many a 

 fine bull. 



The copious use of it induces late rising and slothful 

 hunting. 



Excessive use of coarse, greasy food served in the 

 woods is nearly as great a detriment as too much liquid 

 stimulant. Outdoor air and exercise sharpen jaded 

 appetites, and unless a sportsman is wise and moderate 

 his first few days of hunting are marred by acute 

 indigestion. 



When a man has to sit for hours on the edge of a cold, 

 wet bog in the early morning, waiting for a bull to come 

 to a call, it takes both stamina and patience. If at the 

 same time he is suffering from heartburn, he is being 

 truly martyred. 



In still-hunting, a conscientious guide does not wish 

 to kill a moose where he would be obliged to leave the 

 meat in the woods; consequently he confines his hunting 

 to a country where the meat can be easily gotten out to 

 his canoe. When practising the art of calling, a guide 

 can so place himself that the moose will be killed com- 

 paratively near water transportation. The guide is 

 aware that if his charge kills a moose it means a great 



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