322 ANOTHER EASY WOLF HUNT 



of sight over the ridge. I ran for my rifle with 

 the intention of trying to find the coyote with a 

 light, when to my surprise I started another one 

 near our saddles. This was getting rather excit- 

 ing. My rifle was not loaded, so the animal 

 sneaked away before I was ready. I did not hear 

 the first one any more, and thought best to leave 

 it alone for the moment and to try and get the 

 last one, as apparently the shot at the first had 

 not frightened it, and I imagined that it would 

 come back. The idea occurred to me to try and 

 bait it. I took the neck part of a deer and tied 

 it securely by the middle with one of our lariats 

 of half inch rope and sixty feet long. Laying the 

 bait down at one extremity of the rope, to which 

 it was fastened, I tied the loose end to one of the 

 saddles and watched. I did not have to wait 

 long. Soon there was tugging on the rope and 

 I had a glimpse of the coyote in the dim light, 

 for we had allowed the fire to diminish on pur- 

 pose. I had my rifle this time. There was to be 

 no more pop-gun business. I fired and there 

 was not even time for a groan. There was a hole 

 in the coyote's neck, almost cutting it clean 

 through. The rifle was a 50 cal. Winchester Ex- 

 press ! 



The sport was too good not to be kept up ; and 

 from that time till half-past ten I killed two 

 more coyotes and one cross fox. Next morning I 

 went to look for the first one and found him 



