n6 Photography for the Sportsman Naturalist 



One never knows when such opportunities will 

 present themselves, and, if you would obtain pic- 

 tures that you might look in vain to have re- 

 peated, you must always be in readiness for 

 whatever may happen. 



Some remarkably effective pictures can be 



White-tailed Deer. Doe. 



made of deer at night by means of the " firelight- 

 ing " methods, with which all sportsmen are 

 familiar. This consists in rowing quietly around 

 the edges of some pond frequented by deer and 

 flashing a light, reflected from a mirror or other 

 highly polished surface into the dark places. 

 When this light is flashed into the eyes of a deer, 



