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trigger is fastened stationary because he 
wants to pull harder than absolutely neces¬ 
sary in order to make sure that the trigger 
pull does not spoil his aim when shooting. 
He goes through the whole performance 
in pantomime from start to finish until his 
act is automatic. Muscles, eyes, nerves, 
working as a unit so that it all becomes 
second nature to him. He is prepared! 
When he gets that snap-shot and wins it 
is because his trained sixth sense does it 
quicker than he can even comprehend it. 
T HERE is still another qualification 
that I believe every successful big 
game hunter must possess and I am 
going to name that quality shooting con¬ 
fidence. I have seen a great many shoot¬ 
ers who seemed always to believe they 
were going to miss. They excused their 
failures on the pretext of so-called buck 
fever, but every one of them knew inward¬ 
ly that excitement—pure and unadulterated 
—had robbed them of their confidence. 
Never a day passes but some new and 
unexpected crisis comes across the path 
of a man’s life. One man frets constantly 
for fear that he cannot grapple with the 
new problem successfully, while the other 
believes inwardly that he can settle the 
unlooked for difficulty. One man has con¬ 
fidence and his mental and physical poise 
shows it, the other is a worried coward 
and his poor success is the evidence. 
Which man do you enjoy hunting with? 
Success is not spelled by the letters 
1 -u-c-k in big game hunting any more than 
business. The hunter who wins against 
his sagacious q-uarry must possess at least 
three sterling qualifications. 
First, he must have woods-sense, which 
enables him to outwit the clever nose, ears, 
and eyes of the hunted. Second, he must 
use his sixth sense, which means a trained 
co-ordination of all his motive and mental 
faculties. And third, he must possess 
shooting confidence, which means to be¬ 
lieve in himself. 
PREPARATIONS TO 
MAKE FOR TRAPPING 
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another there; soon it is complete and the 
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