20 OUR BIG GAME 



pointed out a mule-deer, referred to in the chapter on 

 that animal, is in pleasing contrast to the conduct of 

 many city sportsmen to-day, who are willing to shoot 

 at anything without waiting to determine if it is a deer 

 or a man. 



The plan of this volume is similar to that of " Our 

 Feathered Game." We do not go to the museum to 

 look over a pile of antlers, or a lot of skins in the search 

 for a tenth caribou (all caribou, like coons, look alike 

 to me), but to the forests and mountains, to pursue the 

 animals the sportsmen know, stopping now and then 

 to observe the lovely backgrounds, or make some note 

 of the natural history of the animals, and to discuss 

 the means of saving them from extermination. 



The two volumes are intended as a complete review 

 of shooting in America as it is to-day. As in the 

 former volume, the greater space is given to those 

 animals deserving of it. 



