ELK HUNT IN WYOMING 



and excellent hearing. Each addition to a 

 herd is another sentinel, always on duty and 

 ready at any moment to sound the alarm. 

 On a previous hunting trip, when the elk 

 were not nearly so plentiful, I got the heads 

 I wanted in less time. I cannot place the 

 blame for the trouble I had in securing my 

 heads on the cows entirely. 



A couple of days before the scarlet letter 

 day of my hunt I fired at a fine bull in a gulch 

 quite a distance off. He immediately quick- 

 ened his pace and was soon out of range. I 

 glanced at my rifle and I found that the 

 elevation of the sight had been misplaced, 

 being ranged for fifty yards. I think it is 

 best to have the sight of a high power gun 

 with a very flat trajectory sighted for 100 

 yards, and to draw a fine or coarse sight on 

 the object as occasion may require. We ex- 

 amined the spot where the bull had been 

 seen when fired at and discovered a sprinkling 

 of blood along his tracks. Tying the horses, 

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