FISHERIES, GAME AND FORESTS. 



175 



its appearance, attack the deer in the water and attemp to fasten its teeth in her 

 neck, but a rap on the head with an oar sent the cowardly brute swimming back to 

 shore. 



In the early morning while the " starters " with their hounds are climbing the hill- 

 sides in search of deer signs on which to start their dogs, the "watchers," rifle in hand, 

 are on their way to their respective watch-points. These places may be on the bank 

 of some narrow stream ; on the broad water of some river where a dam has made a 

 "flow"; or, on some projecting point of land that furnishes a broad outlook over a 

 lake or pond. If the hunter is to watch some narrow creek or river he selects a spot 

 where the deer are known to travel, a " runway " as it is termed. Hunting at such 



ON 1EWEV T.AKK. Photo. R t,. Banks, Jr. 



a spot is known as "runway" shooting, and is considered more sportsmanlike than 

 watching on a lake ; for the swift running deer in crossing the narrow, shallow stream 

 affords an opportunity for only one or two shots. The hunter who is stationed on a 

 forest runway must be a quick, sure shot or he will lose his game. 



But the sportsman who is watching on a lake or pond has a better opportunity. 

 When the distant barking of the hound is heard the hunter scans carefully the shores 

 of the lake, for he knows that the deer precedes the hound a long way. If the surface 

 of the lake is not ruffled too much by wind, a swimming deer can be seen a mile away 

 on account of the peculiar "wake" which, like an inverted V, stretches far and wide, 

 behind it. 



