| Sometimes a hunter is difficult to identify the target | | | | woods do not have antlers that can be plainly seen, |
| under particular circumstances, such as fog. | | | | there is very little chance that the antlers would be |
| One of the most difficult times to identify objects is | | | | the first part of a deer that could be seen. Each of |
| during a fog. Fog not only distorts things but it | | | | these objects should be investigated, for they often |
| changes coloration. Under this condition, a deer which | | | | appear to be more realistic than real. In my own |
| is standing head-on will resemble a man, a tall stump | | | | hunting, the antlers have been something which I |
| or some similar object. Even a deer which is walking | | | | seldom see until the deer has been killed. This would |
| towards a hunter will sometimes be mistaken for a | | | | place me at a decided disadvantage if I were to hunt |
| man. This happened to me on one occasion and I | | | | in a state where there was a buck law. |
| was so surprised when the deer turned broadside | | | | When I have seen a deer, all of my attention is |
| and revealed its true identity that I failed to react | | | | concentrated on the spot where I want to place my |
| fast enough to get a shot. | | | | bullet. I nearly always have a good idea of the size of |
| On another occasion I was walking along a country | | | | the animal and I often know whether it is a buck or |
| road when I saw what I supposed was a deer. It | | | | a doe without actually seeing the antlers. While this |
| was walking down the road towards me. Since the | | | | root and twig formation is deceiving, there is no |
| animal was getting nearer all of the time, I decided to | | | | excuse for shooting at it until the body can be seen. |
| wait until it turned broadside before I would shoot. It | | | | I have never known of a case where a buck has |
| edged over to the side of the road, stopped by a | | | | been killed by a shot in the antlers. |
| clump of bushes and lifted a hind leg in a manner | | | | There is an old, partly decayed stump located in a |
| which was not at all characteristic of the deer | | | | small clearing in the woods which has caused me to |
| species. It was a dog that did not stand over two | | | | pause and check on several occasions. This stump |
| feet from the ground and the fog had magnified it so | | | | has no resemblance to a deer except for its brown |
| that it looked large enough to be a fair-sized deer. | | | | color, and though this color contains more red than |
| One thing about the danger of fog is that its very | | | | any deer hide I have ever seen, this blotch of color |
| obviousness is a warning to all sensible hunters to be | | | | viewed through intervening tree branches is easily |
| doubly careful in identifying their targets before | | | | mistaken for the body of a deer. |
| shooting. | | | | One thing about the danger of fog is that its very |
| One of the most common objects which the hunter | | | | obviousness is a warning to all sensible hunters to be |
| mistakes for deer is a formation of dry twigs and | | | | doubly careful in identifying their targets before |
| roots of an uprooted tree for it appears to be the | | | | shooting. It is good, if a hunter can take time before |
| antlers of a hidden buck. When we consider that | | | | making a shoot, to avoid any possibility in shooting a |
| probably three-fourths of all of the deer in the | | | | wrong target. |