TIGER SHOOTING IN S. INDIA 



are, firstly, to tie the bait where a tiger is likely to 

 come across and to kill it ; and secondly, to tie it 

 where, in such event, he will probably lie up within 

 a reasonable distance, in a place moreover whence 

 he can be beaten up to the guns with a fair chance 

 of success. 



Bearing in mind then that water and shade are 

 the tiger's main requirements when he lies up for 

 the day, and remembering also that a ravine, or the 

 bed of a stream is useful, since he is very fond of 

 following its course, usually upon one or other of 

 its banks, the baits should be tied every evening, 

 and in the morning should be let loose, fed, and 

 watered till the next evening. Generally a cow or 

 a bullock is tied by a rope round the base of the 

 horns, and a buffalo by one fore-leg. Of course 

 the greater the number of the animals which can 

 be tied as baits, the better the chance of one of 

 them being seen and killed by the tiger. 



In the event of the baits being tied near to the 

 camp, it is a good plan for one or more of the 

 guns to go round the tied cattle very early each 

 morning, but not more than one sportsman and 

 one attendant with a spare gun should go together, 

 as the advance must be stealthy and noiseless in 

 the extreme. It is just possible that the tiger 

 may have just killed one of the baits, and be found 

 even then in the act of feeding upon the carcass, 

 in which event he may be shot at once. When 

 it is necessary to tie up at any considerable distance 

 from camp, arrangements must be made so that, 

 in case of a kill, information of the same will reach 



