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move off, and that herd will not again be easily approached. 

 But by edging off behind them no alarm will be caused. If 

 there are two guns with the cart, the shooter should walk 

 last, and both should be on the far side of the cart from the 

 deer. 



When an opportunity presents itself, the shooter should 

 raise his rifle just behind the driver, and by the time the tail 

 of the cart is clear of him he will have probably fired. The 

 cart should not be stopped, nor should the shooter, if possible, 

 drop behind to fire, as, except in districts where the deer are 

 but little disturbed, such a proceeding would at once make 

 them on the alert, and they would begin to move off. 



After a herd of antelope has been fired at once, they 

 should not be again followed at the time. They will not 

 again stand for another shot, but will keep moving ahead ; 

 and by their scared appearance they will alarm and carry on 

 with them all deer within sight in the line of country they 

 may take. On the herd going off, therefore, whether any 

 have been bagged or not, their direction should be observed, 

 and an opposite line taken by the hunters. Picking out the 

 best bucks from every herd, a dozen or more good shots may 

 be got in a day ; and one great advantage of the cart is that 

 on a buck being killed he can at once be placed in it, and the 

 party can proceed in quest of more game without delay. 



On the shot being fired, the ponies should be brought up 

 at once ; but if during the stalk the herd should move towards 

 the spot where they have been left, the grooms should go 

 quietly to a distance, as I have always found deer much scared 

 by the sight of horses standing about the plain. 



Grooms should always carry a good hog-spear ; there are 

 many occasions when it is handy. Antelope with a hind leg 

 broken will give a good horse a run for miles ; with a foreleg 



