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are apt to value it more than one killed on a 

 drive. 



Small parties of deerhunters especially those 

 not well acquainted with their chosen country 

 usually do still-hunting and not driving. Of course, 

 they run across many deer started by other hunters 

 scattered all over the country, but the habit of con- 

 tinual alertness and silence remains of utmost value 

 just the same. Sometimes tracks in the sand or 

 snow of a path will show the still hunter that he 

 is at a good deer-crossing. Perhaps, even, he may 

 find a double runway two deerpaths crossing 

 and so double his chances of a shot. 



It will do no harm for him to sit a while, silent 

 and motionless, near to some such spot. He is more 

 apt to get a deer in this way than by pushing round 

 in the bush. It is dull and rather lonesome work, 

 but it has the law of averages solidly behind it 

 especially if there are very many other hunters 

 knocking around in the country. 



There are few rules for deerstalking beyond 

 those of care and silence, though books have been 

 written on the art. You see your deer usually when 

 you are not expecting him; you shoot, and perhaps 

 you kill that is the story of seventy-five per cent 

 of the deer killed. Of course, when you do see your 

 deer you must take your chance promptly, for 



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