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run until he sees you move. Now is the time your gun 

 should be in a good position to be easily handled, and with 

 the least possible motion. A deer will not run from the re- 

 .port of a gun if he has not seen the hunter move. " Culti- 

 vate the art of sitting quietly on a log" or in the same 

 manner, leaning against a tree. If in the vicinity where 

 deer feed, or are in the habit of passing, your chances of 

 success are ten times greater than in any other style of hunt- 

 ing. Stalking deer by their track in the snow, requires 

 great skill and any amount of physical endurance, and 

 can be practiced only by men of nerve and experience. 

 The man that hunts but a few days each year and for 

 recreation, who undertakes to hunt deer by following their 

 tracks in the snow, in a strange woods, will be likely to 

 find after he has followed the deer all day, without even 

 getting sight of him, that he is many miles from camp, and 

 with a very cloudy knowledge as to the true direction of 

 camp; and is, in fact, lost. This is not a pleasant situation 

 by any means; he consults his compass, and North is ex- 

 actly where he imagined South to be; in his confusion he 

 has forgotten whether the blue end of the needle points 

 North or South; the fact is, he is completely turned, and 

 don't know anything. Now, one of the things not to do is, 

 don't get excited. There is not the least occasion for it; 

 you" are not the first man that was lost. Be perfectly calm, 

 sit down and take a smoke; if you don't; smoke, sing a 

 song, or repeat the multiplication table, or do anything to 

 keep from becoming excited, or panic-stricken. It is not an 

 uncommon thing for old woodsmen to get turned around. 

 When you become perfectly cool and collected you will 

 have some idea of the direction of camp. If your camp is 

 on a stream, or road, and if the stream or road run north and 

 south, you certainly will know whether you are on the east 

 or west side of it. If you are on the east side your camp 



