CONTENTS 



HUNTING TRIPS OF A RANCHMAN 

 CHAPTER I 



RANCHING IN THE BAD LANDS 



The Northern Cattle Plains Stock-raising Cowboys, 

 their Dress and Character My Ranches in the Bad 

 Lands of the Little Missouri Indoor Amusements 

 Books Pack-rats Birds Ranch Life The Round- 

 up Indians Ephemeral Nature of Ranch Life Foes 

 of the Stockmen Wolves, their Ravages Fighting 

 with Dogs Cougar My Brother Kills One One 

 Killed by Bloodhounds The Chase One of the 

 Chief Pleasures of Ranch Life Hunters and Cow- 

 boys Weapons Dress Hunting-horses Target 

 Shooting and Game Shooting 5 



CHAPTER II 



W A TE RF OWL 



Stalking Wild Geese with Rifle Another Goose Killed 

 in Early Morning Snow-goose Shot with Rifle from 

 Beaver Meadow Description of Plains Beaver Its 

 Rapid Extinction Ducks Not Plenty on Cattle 

 Plains Teal Duck-shooting in Course of Wagon 

 Trip to Eastward Mallards and Wild Geese in 

 Corn-fields Eagle and Ducks Curlews Noisiness 

 and Curiosity Grass Plover Skunks 50 



CHAPTER III 



THE GROUSE OP THE NORTHERN CATTLE PLAINS 



Rifle and Shot-gun Sharp-tailed Prairie Fowl Not 

 Often Regularly Pursued Killed for Pot Booming 



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