Hunting in the Cattle Country 



years enjoyed the keen pleasure of hunting the 

 prongbuck. In 1893 the pronghorned bands 

 were as plentiful in this district as I have 

 ever seen them anywhere. A friend, a fellow 

 Boone and Crockett man, Alexander Lam- 

 bert, was with me ; and in a week's trip, in- 

 cluding the journey out and back, we easily 

 shot all the antelope we felt we had any right 

 to kill ; for we only shot to get meat, or an 

 unusually fine head. 



In antelope shooting more cartridges are 

 expended in proportion to the amount of 

 game killed than with any other game, be- 

 cause the shots are generally taken at long 

 range ; and yet, being taken in the open, there 

 is usually a chance to use four or five car- 

 tridges before the animal gets out of sight. 

 These shots do not generally kill, but every 

 now and then they do ; and so the hunter is 

 encouraged to try them, especially as after the 

 first shot the game has been scared anyway, 

 and no harm results from firing the others. 



In 1893, Lambert, who was on his first hunt 

 with the rifle, did most of the shooting, and I 

 myself fired at only two antelope, both of 

 which had already been missed. In each case 

 a hard run and much firing at long ranges, to- 



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