Show i A 0 A ff T tl IT va A VI SALT ON THE TAIL this Is how we got it and well pass it on to you dy by careful oba ob atlon and a lifelong life long study of wild life I 1 have found that th tha best way and by all means the easiest to kill my deer and save all the meat la is to pick the place with care for my camp a spot near a convenient parking place tor for my car a little above and slightly to the left near a stream or a good spring and where wood Is 13 convenient pacing facing the east is always preferable so the morning suns rays bays will save carrying au an alarm clock back of camp for one hundred feet there here should be nearly level AN ground n dj j afta x not ail t etli alila 1 hiowt the mountain B should raise s it at tup approximately p proximately roxi a 50 or bl 51 degree angle with a clear ravine exien extending dlug up this slope for yards at which it intersects a well used deer trail my next procedure la Is to cut some small aspen trees they cut easier basler than mahogany or cpr spruce uce and build a threefoot three foot retaining wall 6 feet west of my tent and under a large pine tree with a limb projecting at right angles f aiom rom the tree in a northerly diree direction 11 feet from the ground over this limb I 1 pass a three quarter inch hemp rope loaded with a hay at the one end and securely tied to the bole of the tree with the other ten feet from where the ravine flattens out or ninety feet from the tent and 83 feet from the retaining wall in a stump seven luchea inches high I 1 securely embed a double bitted axe with the blades parallel with the ravine the exposed bit to be razor sharp all ali tills this prepa preparation ratio n is carefully attended to just before the opening signal at which time I 1 place ray my most comfortable camp chair at the correct spot eastok east of the retaining wall andin and in a crotch of f ft a limb I 1 left lef t purposely I 1 place the tha barrel ot of my title carefully projecting up the ravine and at a point above the deer trail to a line equal to where the heart of the largest buck will come I 1 leisurely walt wait for his bis passing into view when lie does so I 1 have bave but to press the trigger the gun having previously been cocked and the buck gives a bound into the air and a little to the left throwing him oft off the trail and into the BO 69 or ral 61 de ii rt tr ty arca gr A yaw w jr wre Kii reylas iz n ha t rollston rolla roll sto to axe aez ce cutely embedded into th the st stump P seven inches high in pass passing ss 9 over which he slits silts hla his neck while rolling tile the remaining 83 feet to the 3 ft retaining wall the rebound throws his rear hind bind legs begs into the i hay harpoon hanging fo 0 o the three quarter inch rope from the limb 11 feet high extending from the pine tree GIA 0 feet west of my tent having previously sharpened my hul knives ves the removal of the intestines la Is au an easy job plenty of water from the nearby near by str stream eata or spring makes it possible to flush tile the blood from the inrid es thoroughly I 1 open my deer the full length and prop the cavity open with sticks I 1 always the musk sacs immediately my deer killed aud and dressed this his way are nearly free from wild flavor I 1 leave a clean camp and always put out matches or flies fixes old timer |