ROUNDING UP CATS IN COLORADO 



deer are at all numerous, this statement is not 

 far from the truth. The ranchman has a 

 cordial hatred for this destroyer of his stock, 

 and the cunning displayed by the lion in 

 evading traps and turning away from poisoned 

 meat makes him all the more unpopular. This 

 animal will not eat of any kill unless it is his 

 own or that of some other lion. Extremity of 

 hunger may cause him to act differently, but 

 it is exceptional. Most success in hunting this 

 game is to be found in localities where the deer 

 are plentiful. It is practically useless to at- 

 tempt any hunting of this kind unless you have 

 a pack of well trained dogs handled by some 

 one who has complete control over them. 

 Great care and patience has to be exercised in 

 breaking a pack of dogs for this purpose, and 

 to prevent them from running other game. 

 If, for example, a pack should take after a 

 timber wolf, that animal is so fleet that he 

 would distance most of his pursuers and string 

 them out considerably. The wolf has been 

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