Hunting in the Cattle Country 



middle of the century were so common in this 

 region, are now very rare. I have heard of 

 but one, which was seen on the upper Can- 

 non Ball in 1892. One nearly black wolf was 

 killed in 1893. 



I suppose all hunters are continually asked 

 what rifies they use. Any good modern rifle 

 is good enough, and, after a certain degree of 

 excellence in the weapon is attained, the differ- 

 ence between it and a somewhat better rifle 

 counts for comparatively little compared to 

 the difference in the skill, nerve and judgment 

 of the men using them. Moreover, there is 

 room for a great deal of individual variation of 

 opinion among experts as to rifles. I person- 

 ally prefer the Winchester. I used a .45-75 

 until I broke it in a fall while goat-hunting, 

 and since then I have used a .45-90. For my 

 own use I consider either gun much preferable 

 to the .500 and .577 caliber double-barreled 

 Express for use with bears, buffalo, moose 

 and elk ; yet my brother, for instance, always 

 preferred the double-barreled Express; Mr. 

 Theodore Van Dyke prefers the large bore, 

 and Mr. H. L. Stimson has had built a special 

 •577 Winchester, which he tells me he finds 

 excellent for grizzly bears. There is the same 



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