Contents 3 



ing Hunting in Fall Weather Three Killed in a 

 Day s Hunting on Foot A Hunt on Horseback 

 Pony Turns a Somersault Two Bucks Killed by One 

 Ball at Very Long Range 137 



HUNTING TRIPS ON THE PRAIRIE 

 CHAPTER I 



A TRIP ON THE PRAIRIE 



The Prong-horn Antelope Appearance, Habits, and 

 Method of Hunting Hunting on Horseback Wari 

 ness, Speed, Curiosity, and Incapacity to Make High 

 Jumps Fawns as Pets Eagles Horned Frogs Rat 

 tlesnakes Trip on the Prairie in June Sights and 

 Sounds Desolate Plains Running Antelope Night 

 Camp Prairie Dogs Badgers Skylarks A Long 

 Shot Clear Weather Camping Among Medicine 

 Buttes Sunset on Plateau 197 



CHAPTER II 



A TRIP AFTER MOUNTAIN SHEEP 



Spell of Bitter Weather News Brought of Mountain 

 Sheep Start After Them False Alarm About Bear 

 Character of Bad Lands Description of Mountain 

 Sheep or Big-horn Its Wariness Contrasted with 

 Other Game Its Haunts The Hardest of All Game 

 to Successfully Hunt Our Trip Cold Weather and 

 Tiresome Walking Very Rough Ground Slippery, 

 Ice-covered Crags Ram Killed 239 



CHAPTER III 



THE LORDLY BUFFALO 



Extinction of the Vast Herds Causes A Veritable 

 Tragedy of the Animal World Sentimental and 

 Practical Sides Traces Left by Buffalo Skulls and 

 Trails Merciless Destruction by Hunters and by 

 Cattlemen Development of Mountain Race of the 



