Photographing Wild Game 



The sportsman who wishes to substitute the 

 camera for the rifle should possess not only 

 a special knowledge of photography, but also 

 many qualifications not absolutely necessary 

 to a successful hunter, x^ny one who has had 

 much experience in hunting large game will 

 remember occasions when, if he had only had 

 a camera, it would have been easy enough to 

 have made successful pictures. But, once pro- 

 vided with a camera, and having started out 

 with the sole object in view of making nega- 

 tives, he will find the opportunities for suc- 

 cessful work few and far between. 



The true sportsman is not a game-butcher. 

 When he has shot what he wants, he may well 

 refuse to avail himself of chances to kill, and 

 turn to the camera as a weapon with which 

 to bring home trophies of his abilities as a 

 hunter. Few indeed are the localities where 

 hunters complain of being able to kill more 

 game than they need; yet it has been my 



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