24 CAMERA SHOTS AT BIG GAME 



will be here before I am ready. The tripod is up as quick as a 

 wink, and the camera follows, the lens is attached, plate-holder 

 inserted, and, just as I draw the slide, they come out right in 

 front of me, within twenty-five yards. I stand behind the 

 camera, utterly motionless until they have strung out across the 

 view in front, then I whistle sharply. (No. 27.) They are 

 at "attention" instantly. I hear the click of the shutter and 

 know I have them. They look a moment or more, but do 

 not suspect anything dangerous, so they walk on. 



Before the last of this bunch was out of sight, another small 

 drove appeared, but farther from me. About the same num- 

 ber were in this bunch, but I could not move without scaring 

 the last of those which had just passed, so had to gaze at them 

 until the last one vanished. I made three more exposures that 

 day on deer, very close, but did not cover the camera when 

 drawing the slides, so of course they were all ruined. The 

 deer were now traveling very thick, so I stationed myself 

 nearer camp where they crossed a deep gulch fringed with 

 heavy sage-brush. This stand had one important drawback, 

 namely, that the deer came directly against the wind, and in 

 spite of my efforts to get far enough to one side, the greater 

 number would scent danger and run back or pass around. 

 For a short time, however, the wind was right for me, and a 

 bunch coming in, I let them approach quite close. Some 

 were down drinking at a spring when I exposed. (No. 

 30.) The main part of the band was to the left of the view, 

 so close that I could not shift the camera for fear of stamped- 

 ing them, so I caught only part in the picture. 



