Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-11-02
washington, D. c.. Oct. 30.-The
lew sport Of hunting with a camera

T washington, D. c., Oct. 3o.-The
new sport Of hunting with q camera
thousands of recruits this. season.
This is distinctly noticeable all
through our eastern marshes and
woodlands, where field glasses and
cameras are now almost as much in
evidence az guns.
Evidently the younger generation
Of American sportsmen. being ex-
members of outdoor study clubs or
ex-boy scouts, are aware Of a fact
that we'll known naturalists have long
since urged upon our attention
namely, that it Is much more exciting
sport. to photograph wild life than to
kill it. AS, DR.. William ,tHornaday
says, ''any duffer with a good check
power repeating rifle can Kill y, big
game. but It takes good woodcraft,
skill and endurance Of a high order
to enable a man or woman to secure
a really fine photograph of a. fine
wild animal in its unfeathered
haunts." -" a :
This very difficulty, while frighten-
ing off the lazy and ti1nid, Is an adj
ditional incentive to the man who
seeks in hunting not the spoils of an
easy victory but the satisfaction Of
matching his skill and cunning
against the s~uperlative cunning Of
wild animals. Furthermore, a game
bag filled with squirrels or reed birds
represents but a temporary triumph,
while q game bag filled with photo
graphic plates represents a perma-
nent achievement . Then there is a
qualification OF. the creative impulse
in hunting with q. camera. which Is
now almost totally absent in killing
game. Our ancestors used to, kill
with a constructive purpose-because
they needed meat or clothing for
families-but since the necessity mo-
tive has been eliminated from hunt
ing, shooting expeditions have large
ly degenerated into little more than
cruel orgies.
1t vas the introduction Of the light,
ever-ready, universal kodak about the
beginning Of the. present century
which first suggested the interesting
animals. BY this time. according to
DR.: Hornaday, the long-continued
slaughter Of. American big game had
begun to produce on the public mind
certain strong effects. People began
to realize Nthat the deadly efficiency
Of the hiRh-power repeating rifles
and automatic sfrotguns was rapidly
discriminating the game OF America,
great and small. Consequently. they
hung up their guns forever. ITO this
group says Hornaday, the possible
ly appealed. Hundreds took to the
camera j.
Originated in Colorado.
To MI. "A. G. Wallihan, or rather
Ito Mrs. A. G.. Wallihan, belongs the
credit Of furnishing the first great
impulse in America to the photo
free in its own haunts, Like most
great pioneers, the Wallihans; CHANGED
upon their discovery, quite by acct
dent. One day, while MRS. Wallihan
was crouched In the sage brush on
1.-THE outskirts of her home town of
Lay, Colorado, she looked up to find
herself closely surrounded by herd
of mule deer. What a.. wonderful
picture, she thought. III 1t were only
possible to take It with q camera"
On the way back to the house, she
Itosraphing Mild animals With the aid
tof a blind. q fixed camera.
Mr.. Wallihan, who was a profess
mixed the value OF his wife's sugges-
ton. In 9 short time. the couple
were in pursuit of Wild mule deer
and prong-horned antelope Sand elk,
larmed with heavy tripod cameras,
which theyScarefully ret mp and tend
ed along the gAr1e trails. E They
carnped. cooked. packed and traiied
and fought wind and weather for 10
Adventurous years a order 70 secure