BISON SHOOTING 



invariably to do so, he might not get a head worth 

 mounting when he had his barrel with him, for 

 such heads are not to be picked up every day. 



If it be the sportsman's intention to preserve 

 the head for mounting, the latter must be cut 

 off so as to leave a very long neck. The proper 

 way is for him, with his hunting knife, to personally 

 make incisions through the epidermis where he 

 wishes the skin to be cut, and then for his men 

 to sever the thick skin along the lines so marked 

 for them. 



After this, the neck should be skinned right 

 up to the head, and the carcass heaved over (six 

 men can, after some labour, effect this), and the 

 other side similarly dealt with. Having skinned 

 the neck thus, the muscles should be cut through 

 down to the spine at the junction of the atlas 

 and the axis, after which the head can be severed 

 from the body by means of an axe or a heavy 

 chopper. 



If, on the other hand, it is not required to 

 preserve the mask for subsequent mounting, the 

 head can be cut off short with only the skin 

 covering itself, and the best plan in such event 

 is to skin the head, and then to bury it up to 

 the base of the horns in the mud of a forest pond 

 or swamp, and so to allow the flesh to rot, after 

 which the latter can be removed without difficulty. 

 The brains should be scooped out with a rude 

 spoon made of bamboo, and a solution of carbolic 

 acid poured into the brain-pan will reduce the 

 unpleasant smell. 



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