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as a flash I shot straight at the center of his fore- 

 head. The rifle I was using was an extra long- 

 barreled .45-60 Winchester, with which I am glad 

 to be able to say, grizzly, black and brown bear, 

 buffalo, elk, sheep, antelope, blacktail deer, white- 

 tail deer, moose and caribou have been killed. The 

 bullet struck fair in the center of the forehead, as 

 we afterward learned, but did not alter the speed of 

 the buffalo any more than if a fly had alighted on 

 him. At that moment Keller called out, u Shoot 

 the second buffalo! Shoot the second buffalo!" 

 and I realized then what I had not before seen, 

 that the second buffalo was a much larger bull. 

 Both were very old "stub horns." Keller, who 

 had been an old buffalo hunter on the Montana 

 plains, subsequently said that it was the largest bull 

 buffalo he had ever seen. I heard him shoot once, 

 and then, as he afterward told me I had never 

 seen a wild buffalo up to that moment he leaned 

 back and greatly enjoyed seeing me pump bullets 

 into the big bull. We actually had to jump out 

 of the way of those buffalo to let them pass. At 

 that short range it was next to impossible to miss. 

 I think I put twelve bullets in all into the big bull 

 before they both passed out of sight over a nearby 

 ridge. I was greatly excited and wished to follow 

 them, but Keller said, u No, let's first get the horses 



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