228 HUNTING TRIPS 



For the man who can, not once by accident, 

 but again and again, as a regular thing, 

 single-handed, find and kill his black-tail, 

 has shown that he is no mere novice in his 

 art; still-hunting the black-tail is a sport 

 that only the skilful can follow with good 

 results, and one which implies in the suc- 

 cessful sportsman the presence of most of 

 the still-hunter's rarest attributes. All of 

 the qualities which a still-hunter should pos- 

 sess are of service in the pursuit of any 

 kind of game; but different ones will be 

 called into especial play in hunting different 

 kinds of animals. Thus, to be a successful 

 hunter after any thing, a man should be 

 patient, resolute, hardy, and with good 

 judgment; he should have good lungs and 

 stout muscles; he should be able to move 

 with noiseless stealth ; and he should be 

 keen-eyed, and a first-rate marksman with 

 the rifle. But in different kinds of shoot- 

 ing, the relative importance of these quali- 

 ties varies greatly. In hunting white-tail 

 deer, the two prime requisites are stealth 



