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arrow by standing in plain view, wrapped in his red blanket. 

 Some hunters "flag" them by lying down on their back, 

 holding one foot as high as possible, and swinging it to and 

 fro. A piece of bright tin or a mirror answers the same 

 purpose on a clear day. Almost any conspicuous or strange 

 looking object will attract them, but the most convenient, as 

 well as the most reliable at all times, is the little red flag, 

 such as we employed in this instance. 



Huffman went to the top of another ridge, to my right, 

 and some distance in advance, and Jack crawled into a 

 hollow on the left, and well in advance, we three forming a 

 half circle, into which it was our intention if possible to 

 decoy the game. When they first discovered our flag they 

 moved rapidly toward it, sometimes breaking into a trot, but 

 when they had covered half the distance between us and 

 their starting point, they began to grow suspicious, and 

 stopped. They circled around, turned back, walked a few 

 steps, and then paused and looked back at the, to them, 

 mysterious apparition. But they could not resist its magic 

 influence. Again they turned and came toward it, stopped, 

 and gazed curiously at it. The old buck who led the herd 

 stamped impatiently, as if annoyed at being unable to solve 

 the mystery. Then they walked cautiously toward us again, 

 down an incline into a valley, which took them out of our 

 sight, and out of sight of the flag. 



This, of course, rendered them still more impatient, and 

 when they again came in sight on the next ridge, they were 

 running. But as soon as the leader caught sight of the flag 

 he stopped, as did the others in their turn when they reached 

 the top of the ridge. There were seven in the herd, two 

 bucks, three does and two fawns. They were now not more 

 than a hundred yards from me, and still less from the other 

 two of our party. Their position was everything we could 



