BISON SHOOTING 



respectively against the animal first seen if the 

 bison are come upon suddenly in cover being the 

 only one which he desires to kill. 



In spite of all precautions, some cows are so dark 

 in colour, and carry such big heads, that a mistake 

 may occur, and even the best sportsman may incur 

 the shame and self-reproach of having accidentally 

 shot a cow. 



In order to be sure that a bison in a herd is a 

 bull, the sportsman must either see the animals' 

 heads from the front as may occur if he comes 

 upon them in thick cover, hears a snort, and sees 

 big heads with outstretched noses pointed in his 

 direction or he must see the herd in the open, 

 and be able to form some comparison. A full- 

 grown cow bison looks a very big beast, and if 

 an unusually dark specimen should be come upon 

 when her head is hidden (and no other bison 

 visible), when the sportsman is following the tracks 

 of a single bull, the latter would shoot her without 

 hesitation in the belief that she was the object of 

 his pursuit. 



It is sickening to a sportsman to shoot a cow 

 by accident, and the danger of so doing inclined 

 me latterly to practically confine myself to single 

 bulls. 



Very fine heads have occasionally been shot in 

 herds, but the herd bull is generally an animal 

 in the very prime of life, whose horns, however, 

 bear no comparison in size to those of a veritable 

 solitary bull. 



In following a single bull, the sportsman has no 

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