pointed when at last you see him 
through the sights of your rifle. It is 
a game full of thrills and exciting ex¬ 
pectation, and one that keeps your in¬ 
terest and enthusiasm at a pleasantly 
high tension. 
Hunting on the snow when there is 
l a crust, usually proves futile. The 
crunch of every step taken announces 
your advance in a way that cannot be 
overcome, and the buck you are trailing 
is forewarned at a considerable dis¬ 
tance and makes his proverbial “sneak.” 
W ith very severe weather conditions 
>ou might, by good luck, obtain a 
shot with the snow frozen and noisy. 
But in most cases, the chances are that 
you will never even get a glimpse of 
the individual you are following. 
Three things should be kept in mind 
when you are still-hunting—the direc- 
* tion of the wind, for this is a most 
vital factor; the practice of walking 
slowly, and never for an instant relax¬ 
ing the greatest vigilance; the necessity 
for a certain kind of patience, without 
- which y° u will not be apt to obtain the 
desired reward. 
A great many beginners go into the 
woods on a hunting trip with the mis¬ 
guided idea that to shoot a deer is the 
easiest thing in the world; that he offers 
a big mark, and that all one has to do 
is to aim at any portion of his body, 
pull the trigger, and the trick is done.’ 
After a little experience, however, they 
are very soon disillusioned. The white- 
tail is far from being an easy animal to 
kill. His vitality is truly astounding, 
and unless hit in a mortal place he 
will travel endlessly before succumbing 
to a wound. 
There are two good places to aim at 
on an animal standing broadside—the 
center of the foreshoulder, or just be¬ 
hind the foreshoulder at a point a trifle 
below the middle line of the body. 
Breaking a deer’s back is invariably 
a fluke, proving unquestionably that 
j ou have shot six inches or more too 
high. And very often if the bullet 
sti ikes him in the mid-ribs or farther 
back towards the hind leg, he will travel 
a long distance before lying down to 
die, and the probability is that you will 
lose him. On the other hand, if he is 
quartering away from the shooter 
when fired at, instead of standing in a 
broadside position, a bullet striking him 
anywhere in the body will rake forward 
into heart and lungs and kill him 
quickly. An animal quartering towards 
the hunter offers a more difficult mark. 
In order to get him, you must make a 
bull’s-eye on the point of the shoulder, 
or else a mortal neck shot. Strange as 
it may seem, a bullet ranging back 
through the body seldom proves fatal 
at the time and the victim will go 
several miles before perishing where 
you cannot find him. 
Page 601 
A head-on shot is always deadly, 
unless you happen to pull off and inflict 
only a grazing wound. When a deer 
is facing you, if hit squarely, you either 
di op him in his tracks with a broken 
neck or put the bullet into his .heart. 
In the matter of shooting as governed 
b> the position of the animal, good 
judgment plays an important part. For 
instance—you may only be able to see 
his head and part of his neck. A dif¬ 
ficult shot seems inevitable. But if on 
looking closer you observe from his at¬ 
titude that he is standing in a broad¬ 
side or head-on position, even though 
covered up by brush or a tangle of 
briars you will draw down below the 
visible line of his neck, and shoot into 
the briars with a very favorable chance 
of hitting him in a large and equally 
vital spot. 
If a deer is running away from you 
m the open, take your snap shot at the 
back of his neck. I have learned this 
from experience. Small as the mark 
may be, it is a deadly one, and you 
stand a much better chance of knocking 
him over than with a bullet in the hind 
quarters or a broken leg. Once or 
twice I have fired at an animal standing 
tail to me, looking over its shoulder, 
but the shot is a wretched one, and 
should really never be taken. The re 
suit is always unsatisfactory. Ydu 
either inflict a grazing wound, or ruin 
the best part of the saddle and 
quarters. 
It is easy to lay down rules for good 
shooting and so difficult to put them 
into practice. Under the stress and ex¬ 
citement of the moment, people are apt 
to do strange things, especially those 
who are new to the game. Buck fever 
is a very real affliction. The most 
laughable and ridiculous incidents 
occur, and even persons of stolid tem¬ 
perament find their equilibrium upset 
when the time comes for them to pull 
up and fire at an eight or ten point 
buck. One college boy I knew of while 
on his first deer hunt frantically 
pumped all the shells out of his rifle, 
imagining in his excitement that he was 
fii ing steadily at the deer before him, 
When the latter had departed to other 
places, the guide who accompanied him, 
stooped down, gathered up the undis¬ 
charged cartridges and restored them 
to the surprised and mortified young 
hunter; which only goes to show'what 
the sight of a fine big buck can do to 
a perfectly sensible person. Yet, buck- 
fever is nothing to be ashamed of. 
Those who hunt cold bloodedly and 
without any thrills, are not true sports¬ 
men at heart. If you did not experience 
some excitement there would be no fas¬ 
cination to the game, and you might 
better confine your sporting activities 
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