The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-22

eyes i was hunting through section
that had been numbered about eighteen
years previously and was nearing a
stream which was paralleled BY two
old logging roads
The day was almost void of breeze
there was only little mild breaths Of
air that came from first one way THEN
another. 1t had showed about four
inches the night before.
AS l stepped into the first log road
I glanced to the left. and there only
a short distance away stood deer.
with its head down, feeding on some
briars. Just a leaf here and there.
l brought the rife up quickly and
covered it. I did not know IL II was
a buck or doe. Presently she raised
hef head: yes, it was a dee; mouth
working. chewing the few leaves she
had picked.
She looked right at me. There
wasn't any brush Of any kind over
knee high between her and me and
she failed to recognize danger" She
put her head down and went to feed
ing. but soon looked UP again. This
time she chewed her cud quite while
and looked at me several times, but
didn't recognize me.
Before l go any further let me eN-
plain that II the Jaw permitted does
20 be taken and some one had been
near enough to whisper Right eye or
Left eye" could have cs:ot either
out. was looking for that possible
buck that might be with her. I Was
watching to the right and left of that
old road for her possible gentleman
friend. but he failed to appear.
! am telling you this to show tina,
a deer cannot tell a man from a stump
or a tree provided the man doesn't
make the slightest movement. Standing
with rife levelled at arms length gets
very tiresome; moreover. one is sure
to get wobbly in time; 20 ! resolved
to drop to one knee the next time Mrs.
Doe went to feeding. which she soon
did.
AS SOON as her head went down !
knelt. rifle still covering that log road.
She raised her head third time and
looked right at M. This time she
seemed to be a little in doubt, for she
picked up her ears and stared right at
me: still she didn't see danger"
Just then what / was afraid Of hap.
pened one of those little brea this OF wind
cooled my cheek. ever so lightly. and
went on toward the deer You should
have seen the TRANSPORTATION OF that
deer. She jerked herself out Of that
slovenly COW appearance to that beau
tful picture deer tnat only an artlSt
sees. She stood on her tiptoes and
circled ner head back and forth.
was so close I could see her nostrils
plainly. snufing. seeming that dreaded
danger that she had failed to recog'
nize by sight, Suddenly she turned
right in her tracks. looks a few steps ny
the road and went into the second
growth of spruce to the right OF the
road.
waited a few seconds to see II a
buck might be to the left of the road
and follow her across but as none did
] ran quickly over to the second log
road. ran up this road to sec II a
buck had been into the right and was
following her. but no There were her
tracks, great long leaps, making away
alone. back tracked her to where
she stood feeding and stepped to where
I had stood watching her. II was Just
forty steps, and she didn't know me
from tree. Don't take from this that
deer's eyes are not good they are
the very best in a way. In catchins
motion they can't be beaten-make the
slightest movement and they get you,
So you see good deer hunter hunts
only into the wind
You must make very little or no noise
and to do this you must trave' very
slowly. Find where deer are feeding
and hunt there for them while they
are feeding; say from daylight until
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