PREDATORY ANIMALS. 



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young lamb. They usually stay close to some 

 body of water where the deer come to drink, and 

 kill one or two a week. 



The best way to hunt cougar is with good 

 hounds, for when treed they make little effort to 

 get away, resembling a cat in this respect. They 

 are very powerful; one who has looked into the 

 sneering face of a cougar treed by several dogs 

 will never forget the sight. 



About one hundred wolves were killed in Idaho 

 and Wyoming, and possibly a dozen cougars in 

 1915. 



4. Bear. 



A SHEEP-KILLING BEAR. 



This harmless animal is the victim of a bad 

 name, due to an occasional bear turning "meat 

 eater" and destroying stock with frightful rapid- 



