American Big-Game Hunting 



of his game, before firing, than a patch of 

 brown as large as his hat. The swaying 

 of the white antler-tips in the midst of the 

 thicket, the particular shade of the moving 

 brown seen through the openings, would al- 

 most always disclose the location of the vital 

 point to the eye of the experienced, where 

 the tyro would distinguish nothing but the 

 shadow of the thicket, moving twigs, and the 

 browns and russets of bark and leaves. 



Under such circumstances as these, while 

 the hunter triumphantly raises his rifle, the 

 photographer crouches hopeless and discour- 

 aged. Far different conditions are needed 

 for a successful result of his undertaking. 

 Not only must the wind be in his face, but 

 the sun must be at his back, or upon either 

 side. He must be in dense cover, and yet 

 cover that permits the free range of his lens. 

 His game must be in the open, without 

 intervening objects, and must be in the broad 

 glare of sunshine. The hunter never realizes 

 how seldom an animal comes into full view 

 until he has followed him around with a 

 camera, and met with failure after failure, 

 after having had numbers of chances which 



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