Contents 3 



ing Hunting in Fall Weather Three Killed in a 

 Day's Hunting on Foot A Hunt on Horseback 

 Pony Turns a Somersault Two Bucks Killed by One 

 Ball at Very Long Range 137 



HUNTING TRIPS ON THE PRAIRIE 

 CHAPTER I 



A TRIP ON THE PRAIRIE 



The Prong-horn Antelope Appearance, Habits, and 

 Method of Hunting Hunting on Horseback Wari- 

 ness, Speed, Curiosity, and Incapacity to Make High 

 Jumps Fawns as Pets Eagles Horned Frogs Rat- 

 tlesnakes Trip on the Prairie in June Sights and 

 Sounds Desolate Plains Running Antelope Night 

 Camp Prairie Dogs Badgers Skylarks A Long 

 Shot Clear Weather Camping Among Medicine 

 Buttes Sunset on Plateau 197 



CHAPTER II 



A TRIP AFTER MOUNTAIN SHEEP 



Spell of Bitter Weather News Brought of Mountain 

 Sheep Start After Them False Alarm About Bear 

 Character of Bad Lands Description of Mountain 

 Sheep or Big-horn Its Wariness Contrasted with 

 Other Game Its Haunts The Hardest of All Game 

 to Successfully Hunt Our Trip Cold Weather and 

 Tiresome Walking Very Rough Ground Slippery, 

 Ice-covered Crags Ram Killed 239 



CHAPTER III 



THE LORDLY BUFFALO 



Extinction of the Vast Herds Causes A Veritable 

 Tragedy of the Animal World Sentimental and 

 Practical Sides Traces Left by Buffalo Skulls and 

 Trails Merciless Destruction by Hunters and by 

 Cattlemen Development of Mountain Race of the 



