The Still-Hunter

Theodore Van Dyke

• Publisher: King Press
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN: 9781446033890
• eBook ISBN: 9781447489061

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Preface to Illustrated Edition
• Contents
• Illustrations
• I. Introduction
• II. To find Good Hunting-ground
• III. Examining the Ground, Signs, etc
• IV. The Senses of the Game and Hunter
• V. The Daily Life of Deer and Antelope
• VI. Looking for Deer that are on Foot
• VII. Looking for Deer Lying Down
• VIII. The First Sight of Game
• IX. The First Shot at a Deer
• X. Running-time
• XI. Hunting on Snow
• XII. The Surest Way to Track Deer when very Wild
• XIII. Tracking on Bare Ground
• XIV. Still-hunting on Open Ground
• XV. Deer on Open Ground
• XVI. A Day in the Table-lands
• XVII. Another Kind of Open Ground
• XVIII. The Still-hunter’s Cardinal Virtue
• XIX. Hunting in the Open and in Timber Combined
• XX. Subordinate Principles
• XXI. Two or more Persons Hunting in Company. Hunting on Horseback
• XXII. Special Modes of Hunting. The Cow-bell and Tiring Down Deer
• XXIII. Deer in Bands. General Hints, etc
• XXIV. To Manage a Deer when Hit
• XXV. The Rifle on Game at Rest
• XXVI. The Rifle on Moving Game
• XXVII. The Rifle on Moving Game (continued)
• XXVIII. Long-range Shooting at Game
• XXIX. The Effect of Recoil upon Shooting
• XXX. The Killing Power of Bullets. Explosive, Expansive, and other Bullets. Slit Bullets, Buckshot, etc
• XXXI. The Hunting-rifle, and Flight of Balls
• XXXII. The Sighting of Hunting-rifles
• XXXIII. The Loading, Care, and Management of Rifles
• XXXIV. Moccasins, Buckskin, etc. Advice. Conclusion