WHAT TRACKING MEANS 



In hunting against the wind in open forests 

 more game is passed than many hunters would 

 suppose. The animals see the man, note that he 

 will pass them, and hide by getting as near to 

 the ground as possible. If they scent him after 

 he has passed, they evidently realize that the 

 danger is over, though some, mostly the younger, 

 inexperienced animals, then sneak off. Where 

 game is very wild it is often in such localities as 

 I have mentioned only possible to approach them 

 with the wind by outdistancing the latter, be- 

 cause a big game animal at rest depends on its 

 nose to save it from danger in the direction from 

 which the wind comes, and on its eyes to watch 

 the side from which it can get no other warning. 



Desirable game is often located on slopes, and 

 can be shot from an opposite slope if only it can 

 be made to move around slowly, the latter being 

 important, as shots in such cases have usually to 

 be fired at long distance, and the ability to hit 

 running game at three hundred or four hundred 

 yards is not possessed by everybody. 



An imitation of the lamenting cry of a jack- 

 rabbit serves me best in such cases, though it has 



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