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The Naturalist’s Art of Animal Encounters

The Art of Manliness

CHAPTER

How to Stay Invisible at Camouflage

People in general are seen as a threat to wildlife because they've been shot at and trapped. The idea is to ask yourself, does the animal know I'm here? And if not, is it acting in a baseline manner, baseline, life-supporting? If it's fleeing from you, well, maybe you're the cause of that. To slow down painfully is really important. Don't have an agenda of getting anywhere. Go 100 yards in your afternoon versus a mile and a half or whatever it might be. Just submit to the experience of just being quiet and slow. That will pay huge dividends.

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