PREFACE 



This is the fifth volume of the books of the 

 Boone and Crockett Club, the last one having been 

 published in 1904. 



The Club is fortunate in having for the volume 

 the chapters which treat of the hunting adventures 

 of Colonel Wm. D. Pickett, from 1876 to 1883. 

 For many years Colonel Pickett was one of the 

 vice-presidents of the Club, representing Wyoming, 

 and has had an experience in hunting the grizzly 

 bear greater probably than that of any man who 

 ever lived. A keen sportsman, a lover of outdoor 

 life, and a Southern gentleman, Colonel Pickett 

 represents the ideals of the Boone and Crockett 

 Club. He hunted in the Rocky Mountains at a 

 time when people there were few and game was 

 abundant. The day of the trapper had passed, 

 and that of the skin hunter was just beginning. 



As indicated by its title, this volume deals 

 chiefly with hunting in the high mountains. Yet 

 this hunting does not all lie close to timber line. 



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