INTER-OCEAN HUNTING TALES 



of well trained dogs it is also possible to hunt 

 with success cougars, bobcats, lynx and some- 

 times bear. Elk and deer do> not, as a rule, 

 frequent the same locality to any extent. If 

 one desires to hunt sheep and goats a still 

 different plan of operation must be adopted, 

 while antelope inhabit a country where neither 

 elk, deer, sheep, nor goats are likely to be 

 found, except by merest accident. 



The time when a sportsman could pitch 

 his tent most anywhere and expect the wild 

 animal life of forest and plain to come to 

 him as they came to Adam when he first 

 named them, has long since vanished. To 

 hunt with success one must be thoroughly 

 versed in woodcraft, be possessed of a good 

 knowledge of the habits of game and the 

 localities where they are to be found at dif- 

 ferent seasons of the year, have a quick eye to 

 pick out a desirable head, and must be a rea- 

 sonably fair judge of distance, to gauge the 

 proper elevation of a rifle. The happy com- 

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