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The track of the goat is not unlike that of a large bighorn 

 ram, but squarer and blunter. 



VII. THE PRONGHORN ANTELOPE (Antilocapra americana) 



The scheme of these volumes does not allow for a full and 

 detailed account of the shooting of every variety of game found 





Antilocapra americana 



in each country. It may therefore suffice to say of this 

 antelope that it may be killed as any other antelope is killed, 

 either by stalking, the shots being taken as a rule at long ranges, 

 or by coursing. There are very few parts of America, if any, 

 in which the antelope has been so little hunted as to allow 

 the old ruse of flagging (i.e. of attracting them within range by 



