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in Spring Their Young A Day After Them with 

 Shot-gun in August At that Time Easy to Kill 

 Change of Habits in Fall Increased Wariness 

 Shooting in Snowstorm From Edge of Canyon Kill 

 ing Them with Rifle in Early Morning Trip After 

 Them Made by My Brother and Myself Sage-fowl 

 The Grouse of the Desert Habits Good Food- 

 Shooting Them Jack-rabbit An Account of a Trip 

 Made by My Brother, in Texas, After Wild Turkey 

 Shooting Them From the Roosts Coursing Them 

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CHAPTER IV 



THE DEER OP THE RIVER BOTTOMS 



The White-tail Deer Best Known of American Large 

 Game The Most Difficult to Exterminate A Buck 

 Killed in Light Snow About Christmas-time The 

 Species Very Canny Two &quot;Tame Fawns&quot; Habits 

 of Deer Pets Method of Still-Hunting the White- 

 tail Habits Contrasted with Those of Antelope 

 Wagon Trip to the Westward Heavy Cloudburst 

 Buck Shot While Hunting on Horseback Moon 

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CHAPTER V 



THE BLACK-TAIL DEER 



The Black-tail and White-tail Deer ComparedDifferent 

 Zones where Game are Found Hunting on Horse 

 back and on Foot Still-hunting Anecdotes Rapid 

 Extermination First Buck Shot Buck Shot from 

 Hiding-place Different Qualities Required in Hunt 

 ing Different Kinds of Game Still-hunting the Black- 

 tail a Most Noble Form of Sport Dress Required 

 Character of Habitat Bad Lands Best Time for 

 Shooting, at Dusk Difficult Aiming Large Buck 

 Killed in Late Evening Fighting Capacity of Bucks 

 Appearance of Black-tail Difficult to See and to 

 Hit Indians Poor Shots Riding to Hounds Track- 



