4 ILL US TRA TIONS, 



FACING PAGE 



Leaving an Empty Bed . . . . . .76 



Here is a good chance for a standing shot lost by going 



through that brush instead of around it . . . 92 

 Too Slow . . . . . . . .104 



" How did he know I was coming ? " . . .124 

 One of the many reasons why deer are hard to see . 140 



The deer is alarmed. The first shot must be a sure 

 one. Yet you must be as steady as if only trying 

 your rifle at a target . . . . . .158 



Your difficulties are vastly increased by timber. You 

 should have been on the ridge. Now his loss is cer- 

 tain, whereas you might have had a chance if on high 

 ground . . . . . . . . 1 64 



A situation that no care can prevent. The deer will be 

 just out of sight as you are ready to shoot, and you 

 will see him no more to-day . . . .178 



A deer skulking in brush. He knows they cannot see 

 him, and when they come too near, he moves slowly 

 and silently out of the way, with head down like a 

 cow. In brushy country deer are quite certain to 

 play you this trick the hardest of all to circumvent. 

 It is common to get within a few feet of them and 

 never know it except by their tracks . . .190 



You should keep your ears open as well as your eyes. 

 This man would not have seen the deer, because 

 going to the right ; but he heard the faint cracking of 

 brush up the hill . . . . . . 1 96 



A fine bit of work resulting in a good shot. This man 

 was tracking this deer on the hillside where the deer 

 is, but knowing the brush would make him too diffi- 

 cult to see from that side, he left the trail and crossed 



