| If you are an occasional hunter, did you ever | | | | thousand acres down to practically nothing. |
| try hunting in group? Hunting with a | | | | When hunting the smaller of these wood |
| companion is of great way and it helps you | | | | patches, one man would start and trail the |
| also in your trail and stalking the deer. But | | | | deer, and his companion would watch the place |
| it is difficult to find a hunting companion | | | | where the animal could be expected to leave |
| who will be a help rather than a hindrance. | | | | the woods. In this type of hunting, the man |
| This is because unless they work, as a team, | | | | who jumps and trails the deer should not try |
| the chances of either of them sighting a deer | | | | to stalk or to intercept the animal, but |
| depends more on luck than it does on hunting | | | | should confine his attention to the trail |
| skill. When hunting with a group that is | | | | unless he should overtake the deer and have a |
| large enough to cover all probable crossing | | | | good chance for a shot. |
| places, it is not so important for the | | | | |
| trailer to stick to his trailing. It is not | | | | When the trailer hunts as he would if alone, |
| so important for the trailer to stick to his | | | | he is apt to cause the deer to change its |
| trailing. You can apply a different type of | | | | course enough so that his companion will have |
| hunting when in group. | | | | no chance to prevent the animal from reaching |
| | | | another piece of woods and prolonging the |
| There are several ways in which two hunters | | | | hunt. Of course, when hunting with a group |
| may work as a team in deer hunting. They may | | | | that is large enough to cover all probable |
| go into the woods and travel a short distance | | | | crossing places, it is not so important for |
| apart in an effort to stalk feeding or | | | | the trailer to stick to his trailing. In such |
| resting deer. If they start a deer, they may | | | | cases it is probably better to organize a |
| separate, with one man on the trail and the | | | | "drive" which is a different type of hunting |
| other off to one side so that he may sight | | | | and requires different tactics. |
| the deer if it should turn in an effort to | | | | |
| evade the trailer. They should keep in touch | | | | While hunting with one or two companions, it |
| with each other so that as soon as the deer's | | | | is desirable for them to have a plan and for |
| course may be predicted, one of the men can | | | | each man to play his part in that plan until |
| circle and cut in ahead of the deer and | | | | the deer's actions prove it to be useless and |
| intercept it on its expected course. This is | | | | the hunters have a chance to meet and devise |
| where most hunting teams become individual | | | | another plan. Nothing discourages a trailer |
| hunters. If the deer fails to show up at the | | | | more than to follow a trail to the place |
| expected place at the expected time, the | | | | where a man has been stationed only to find |
| watcher is apt to start hunting aimlessly | | | | that he is gone. |
| instead of trying to intercept the deer at | | | | |
| another point or rejoin his companion in | | | | Two hunters can work as a team in deer |
| order to determine the deer's new course. If | | | | hunting. Even though they go separate ways |
| two hunters are able to contact each other | | | | they should keep in touch with each other so |
| occasionally, they may be able to alternate | | | | that as soon as the deer's course may be |
| on the trail and may hunt all day without too | | | | predicted, one of the men can circle and cut |
| much fatigue to either. | | | | in ahead of the deer and intercept it on its |
| | | | expected course. Therefore as a whole you can |
| A large part of my hunting has been done in a | | | | sum up that there is a need to have good |
| farming country where deer were in patches of | | | | combination between the two of the hunters. |
| woods which varied in size from several | | | | |