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USE OF THE DOG IN SnOOTING. 



ness of vision and of hearing, to detect and discover the game ; an 

 accurate sight, and rapid yet steady shooting from tlie shoulder, 

 and, lastly, the capability of dressing the game and packing it to 

 camp or out of the -woods. 



JDcer Licks. — A safe and sure method of hunting deer is to make 

 what are known as deer licks. The well known appetite of the 

 icer for salt famishes an opportunity for this sport. A stump or 

 fallen log is chosen near where deer paths cross or are abundant, 

 and in a somewhat open place, such as a windfall, where fallen 

 trees and roots furnish a good blind, to screen the hunter. The 

 blind is chosen on the windward side of the lick, so as to prevent 

 the game from scenting the hunter. The deer frequent the licks 

 in the early morning and about sun-down. At these times the 

 hunter is at his stand prepared for work, and he is generally re- 

 warded by a successful sliot for his patient waiting. The engrav- 

 ing on page 277 represents the usual manner of hunting by means 

 of a "lick," 



