STILL-HUNTING 



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fresh, and it is evident that the animal is not far 

 away, and has been feeding, the hunter should 

 leave the track, making a series of zigzags across it, 

 and keeping a close watch to windward. The 

 purpose of this maneuver is to avoid getting on 

 the weather side of the moose if he has made one 



Htmting against the Wind ^ 



of his customary loops "down the wind" as a 

 preliminary to lying down. 



In the diagram the arrows indicate the direction 

 of the wind. The dotted line represents the track 

 of the moose from A to windward as far as B, 

 where he loops down the wind to C for a rest. 

 The hunter, seeing that the track is fresh, zigzags 

 DEFGH, and at I, if he has conducted the stalk 

 skillfully, he may get a shot. On the other 

 hand, if the hunter followed the moose track 

 without zigzagging, he would not go far beyond 



