28 CAMERA SHOTS AT BIG GAME 



to whistle and stop the deer when they were at the right place, 

 and a second whistle was his signal to shoot. Fortune favored 

 us, for a doe, fawn, and three bucks came suddenly from behind 

 the cedars, and walked right to the proper place and stopped 

 at my signal. (No. 44.) I promptly pressed the shutter bulb. 

 The second signal was given, and my brother fired at the large 

 buck with his head down, barely grazing him. The spike- 

 buck stood looking toward us as if petrified. Again and again 

 my brother fired, the buck still standing his ground. Finally 

 I asked what was the matter up the tree, but the shooter said 

 he did n't know. As soon as we began to talk the buck ran 

 off. The gun was passed down to me, and I found that two 

 cartridges (40.70 — long, straight shells with patched bullets) 

 belonging to my wife's rifle had been placed in the magazine, 

 and had failed to work. We had a good laugh over the affair, 

 but decided to wait for the next herd, which soon came. A 

 spike-buck was in the lead, and a big horned one next. After 

 I made the snap my brother shot at the big one (No. 45), and 

 struck a small cedar stump a few feet short and a little low, 

 throwing splinters all over the game, and frightening him so 

 badly that I think he is still running. 



Another year rolled around before the camera could again 

 be trained on the deer. This time the gulch near the cedars 

 at home was tried for several days. Finally a fairly large herd 

 came right down over the bank into the gulch. A doe was 

 in the lead, as is usually the case, the bucks preferring the rear 

 of the herd, so that if any danger is met they will be able to 



