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goes without saying, and it is a wonder that he did not escape, but, in a 

 moment, instinctively as it were, I diverted my aim from the grouse to 

 the buck and he dropped ere he had gone two rods in his flight. 



" In addition to the method of deer-hunting I have named there are 

 others which are more or less practised. Shooting from a boat or canoe 

 which is paddled along the windings of the shore of a lake or river is a 

 favorite with many, being often quite successful and involving no laborious 

 or difficult tramping. 



" Tracking in a light snow is also a common practice, and in certain sec- 

 tions hounding is still in vogue, but it is discountenanced by the great 

 majority of sportsmen and is illegal in many of the States. 



Not a Sportsman's Way op Shooting a Deer. 



" Driving the deer into the water with dogs and then shooting the help- 

 less game from a boat is also practised to some extent, but it is simply 

 butchery and should be condemned. Hunting by ' Jacklight ' at night is 

 followed in some localities ; to many sportsmen it is undoubtedly a most 

 fascinating method, but it is a very destructive one and on that account is 

 prohibited in Maine and some of the other States. 



" My experience in jack-hunting is confined to that of a single night, 

 but it is one I shall never forget.* It occurred during one of my outings, 

 a number of years ago, in the famous ' North Woods.' A small party of 

 us had been encamped for several days, subsisting on trout and the differ- 

 ent ' store goods' we had brought with us. The supply of these, though 

 abundant in quantity, soon grew monotonous in variety, and it was finally 

 decided that nothing but ' fresh meat ' could satisfy the cravings of our 

 appetites. The term ' fresh meat ' in the woods usually implies venison, 



* Reprinted from Forest and Stream. 



