THE GUN AT HOME AND ABROAD 
hunted them, they lie very close in patches of thick scrub, and will not 
move as long as they think that they have not been seen. Along the Northern 
Gwas N’yiro River I came to the conclusion that the lesser koodoos did not 
leave their hiding-places to feed in the evening, before dusk, but in the 
morning I found them moving about feeding outside the bush for two or 
three hours after daylight. Though not so difficult to hunt as the bongo, 
since it does not live in such dense forest undergrowth as that animal, the 
lesser koodoo can nevertheless only be hunted successfully by slow and 
cautious methods. Very early morning is undoubtedly the best time to find 
them, and then a very noiseless advance must be made through the bush 
they frequent, against the wind. Not the slightest sound must be made, and 
for this sort of still-hunting indiarubber-soled shoes should be worn, and 
the hunter should be alone. All native gun-carriers and other attendants 
should be ordered to follow their master at a considerable distance. If 
the wind is right, lesser koodoos will often stand and gaze for a moment 
after their eyes meet those of a human hunter. But sharp eyes are required 
to spot one of these animals as soon as it is possible to do so, when it is 
standing amongst bush, and, once seen, one’s rifle should be raised and 
the shot taken without an instant’s delay. The sportsman who relies on 
his native attendant to point out game for him, and who, perhaps, cannot 
always at once see it when it has been pointed out, will find himself at a 
great disadvantage in hunting lesser koodoos or any other species of 
bush -haunting antelopes which, like them, are as quick of hearing as they 
are sharp of sight and keen of scent. 
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