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Photography for the Sportsman Naturalist 



of his rifle at them without hitting either one (it 

 was afterwards discovered that the rear sight of 

 the rifle had been inadvertently raised and every 

 shot must have gone at least two feet over them). 

 They did not seem to be in the least frightened 

 by the noise of the shots and even remained 

 where they were when he called to the next one 

 of the party, who was some three or four hundred 

 yards distant. They slowly waded from the pond, 

 however, before he could reload his magazine, 

 disappearing into the woods, and, for all I know, 

 they are wandering around up there yet. 



Had he had a camera with him he would have 

 had ample opportunity to make several exposures 

 and would have obtained some invaluable photo- 

 graphs, for the conditions were just right for 

 good work, and it is very seldom that one has the 

 chance to get the photographs of two deer on the 

 same plate. 



This only shows that it is impossible to give 

 any explicit directions as to the manner in which 

 wild animals should be approached, for it all 

 depends upon the individuality of the animal. 

 Especially is this true of the deer tribe, for while 

 some individuals will take fright before you have 

 even sighted them, others will allow of a close 

 approach, even though you may be in plain sight 

 and with the wind blowing directly from you to 

 them, and seem to be entirely indifferent to your 



