80 Deer and Antelope of North America 



make the best of whatever opportunities for 

 shelter and warmth may be at hand. Skill in 

 the use of the rifle is another trait ; quickness in 

 seeing game, another ; ability to take advantage 

 of cover, yet another ; while patience, endurance, 

 keenness of observation, resolution, good nerves, 

 and instant readiness in an emergency, are all 

 indispensable to a really good hunter. 



The chase of an animal should rank according 

 as it calls for the exercise in a high degree of a 

 large number of these qualities. The grizzly is 

 almost our only dangerous game, and under 

 certain conditions shooting the grizzly calls for 

 considerable courage on the part of the hunter. 

 Disregarding these comparatively rare occasions, 

 the chase of mountain game, especially the big- 

 horn, demands more hardihood, power of endur- 

 ance, and moral and physical soundness than 

 any other kind of sport, and so must come first. 

 The wapiti and mule-deer rank next, for they too 

 must be killed by stalking as a result of long 

 tramps over very rough ground. To kill a moose 

 by still hunting is a feat requiring a high degree 

 of skill, and entailing severe fatigue. When game 

 is followed on horseback, it means that the suc- 

 cessful hunter must ride well and boldly. 



The whitetail is occasionally found where it 

 yields a very high quality of sport. But normally 

 it lives in regions where it is extremely difficult to 



