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in Spring Their Young A Day After Them with 

 Shot-gun in August At that Time Easy to Kill 

 Change of Habits in Fall Increased Wariness 

 Shooting in Snowstorm From Edge of Canyon Kill- 

 ing Them with Rifle in Early Morning Trip After 

 Them Made by My Brother and Myself Sage-fowl 

 The Grouse of the Desert Habits Good Food- 

 Shooting Them Jack-rabbit An Account of a Trip 

 Made by My Brother, in Texas, After Wild Turkey 

 Shooting Them From the Roosts Coursing Them 

 with Greyhounds 74 



CHAPTER IV 



THE DEER OP THE RIVER BOTTOMS 



The White-tail Deer Best Known of American Large 

 Game The Most Difficult to Exterminate A Buck 

 Killed in Light Snow About Christmas-time The 

 Species Very Canny Two "Tame Fawns" Habits 

 of Deer Pets Method of Still-Hunting the White- 

 tail Habits Contrasted with Those of Antelope- 

 Wagon Trip to the Westward Heavy Cloudburst 

 Buck Shot While Hunting on Horseback Moon- 

 light Ride 112 



CHAPTER V 



THE BLACK-TAIL DEER 



The Black-tail and White-tail Deer Compared Different 

 Zones where Game are Found Hunting on Horse- 

 back and on Foot Still-hunting Anecdotes Rapid 

 Extermination First Buck Shot Buck Shot from 

 Hiding-place Different Qualities Required in Hunt- 

 ing Different Kinds of Game Still-hunting the Black- 

 tail a Most Noble Form of Sport Dress Required- 

 Character of Habitat Bad Lands Best Time for 

 Shooting, at Dusk Difficult Aiming Large Buck 

 Killed in Late Evening Fighting Capacity of Bucks 

 Appearance of Black-tail Difficult to See and to 

 Hit Indians Poor Shots Riding to Hounds Track- 



