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dary. They are likewise diminishing in Colorado and Nebraska. 

 In Wyoming, however, and Northern Colorado, there were more 

 antelope after 1878 than there had been for several seasons, and 

 the hunting has since been good. I know no better locality for 

 hunting antelope than North Park. We found countless numbers 

 here during Nov. 1878, and so tame, that they would occasionally run 

 tiirough our camp before sunrise. After the genuine sportsman has 

 shot one or two of these beautiful creatures, he desists from th-.ir 

 further destruction unless it be i.n food. There are parties, how- 

 ever, calling themselves sportsmen, who shoot down antelope ri^ht 

 and left for the mere brutal gratification of being able to tell on their 

 return home of their achievements, and to add to the number of 

 their horns and other tropnics. Day after day I have marked the 

 trail of these spurious sportsmen by the carcasses of animals, un- 

 necessarily and inhumanly slaughtered. There is naturally much 

 feeling in Wyoming and Colorado against these butchers, and the 

 frontiersman is often so incensed as to threaten summary vengeance. 



Deer and elk are to be found during the summer months in the 

 snowy ranges of Colorado, and likewise on the southern borders 

 of North Park. In October and November they begin to come 

 out of the snow-covered mountains, among the foot-hills, and on 

 the plains, where they are found in considerable numbers. One 

 day, not long ago, while we were riding on the Uts^h Northern 

 Road, the engineer w^as compelled to slack up the tram for fear of 

 running over a band of deer which were crossing the track in their 

 descent from the mountain regions to the plains. 



During tlie winter months, the best country for hunting elk, deer, 

 or antelope, is in Northern Wyoming, due north from Rawlms, in 

 the Sweet Water and Wind River regions. Here appears to be a 

 kind of winter rendezvous for wild game, and if a hunting part^ 

 secures the right kind of a guide, they can have their fill of enjoy- 

 ment in this country. If you can afford the time and expenditure, 

 one of the most adventurous of western trips is to proceed to Bis- 

 marck, then to the Yellow Stone River, visit the Parks, and then, 

 pushing down through Wyoming, reach the Union Pacific at Raw- 

 lins, Laramie, or some adjacent point 



