Hunting in the Cattle Country 



The little hunting I did in 1893 and 1894 

 was while I was at my ranch house, or while 

 out on the range among the cattle ; and I shot 

 merely the game needed for the table by my- 

 self and those who were with me. It is still 

 possible in the cattle country to kill an oc- 

 casional bighorn, bear or elk; but nowadays 

 the only big game upon which the ranchman 

 of the great plains can safely count are deer 

 and antelope. While at the ranch house itself, 

 I rely for venison upon shooting either black- 

 tail in the broken country away from the river, 

 or else whitetail in the river bottoms. When 

 out on the great plains, where the cattle range 

 freely in the summer, or when visiting the 

 line camps, or any ranch on the heads of the 

 longer creeks, the prongbuck furnishes our 

 fresh meat. 



In both 1893 and 1894 I made trips to a 

 vast tract of rolling prairie land, some fifty 

 miles from my ranch, where I have for many 



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