INTER-OCEAN HUNTING TALES 



of four feet. There were twelve points on 

 the antlers, six tines on each side. The bullet 

 had lodged a little back of the shoulder and 

 the animal had dropped without a struggle. 

 In the space of fifteen or twenty minutes the 

 carcass was dressed; the mantle had been 

 stripped off, and we were ready to return for 

 a couple of pack horses to bring in the antlers 

 and meat. 



We had hardly mounted the horses when 

 we saw another bull with a fine head about 

 250 yards away. I slid off my horse, and 

 getting the distance from the guide, I drew 

 a coarse sight and fired as the animal was 

 going over a hill. We hurried over to the 

 spot where the bull had been and saw faint 

 splotches of blood on the snow. As we 

 descended the hill the guide remarked he 

 hoped we would not have as long a chase 

 after this one as we did after the bull we 

 hunted so long a few days previous. I re- 

 plied that I was certain we would not. "How 

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