TIGER SHOOTING IN S. INDIA 



In following up, should the tiger be found alive 

 and able and willing to show fight, nothing but 

 nerve and straight shooting can be looked to in 

 order to avoid a fatal result in the case of one or 

 more members of the party. 



An extraordinary instance of indecision on the 

 part of a tigress occurred a few years ago on the 

 Nilgiri hills. Mr. H., of the police, in a beat, 

 wounded a tigress which escaped into thick cover. 

 He succeeded in getting her driven out once more 

 towards the place where he was standing on the 

 hillside above. He fired and struck her again, 

 whereupon she immediately charged him, his second 

 barrel missing fire. Mr. H. in desperation stood 

 and shouted at her, and the tigress, when quite 

 close to him, funked the last few yards, and retreated 

 to cover, into which he followed her up, and there 

 killed her. 



I have never had the opportunity of shooting in 

 the Deccan, but I have heard much about the 

 modus operandi in that magnificent tiger country 

 from various acquaintances (military officers) who 

 have shot there. 



Permission has to be obtained in the first place 

 from the Government of the Nizam of Hyderabad. 

 After this, shikarries are sent out in the cold weather 

 with a number of cards bearing the name of the 

 sportsman who is organising the shoot. It is their 

 business to locate the tigers (tying up if necessary 

 in certain cases), and to leave in each village, the 

 vicinity of which they may desire to work during 

 the succeeding hot weather, one of the said cards. 



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