1 1 8 Deer and Antelope of North America 



bands in sight at the same time, it is practically 

 impossible to keep out of sight of all of them, and 

 as they are also all in sight of one another, if one 

 flees the others are certain to take the alarm. 

 Under such circumstances I have usually found 

 that the only pronghorns I got were obtained by 

 accident, so to speak ; that is, by some of them un- 

 expectedly running my way, or by my happening 

 to come across them in some nook where I could 

 not see them, or they me. 



On ordinary occasions I found that in an exas- 

 peratingly large proportion of cases the prongbuck 

 saw me either before or during the attempted stalk. 

 By exercising great care, however, and worming 

 my way under cover of every inequality, I was 

 almost certain to get one or more chances. The 

 shot was usually taken at least at twice the distance 

 that would be necessary in stalking a mule-deer or 

 a wapiti. This, of course, meant that there was a 

 far greater chance for a miss. On the other hand, 

 the very open nature of the country often enabled 

 me to put in many shots, and in addition, I would 

 frequently be tempted by pronghorns standing 

 still and looking at me at a range where it was 

 unlikely that I would hit them, and still entirely 

 possible. In consequence, I found that I expended 

 a much greater number of cartridges for every 

 head of antelope killed than was the case in any 

 other kind of chase. If successful, I would sling 



