ON THE SHEEP RANGES 



there were 170 sheep in one flock ahead and some 

 forty in another — so they passed up the rams. 



While in the vicinity of the large flock Harry 

 and Longley stopped at a rock to wait until 

 William and Wooden should get to their position 

 close to the small bunch, before attempting to 

 fire. When William and his guide reached a good 

 position they were rewarded with standing shots 

 at 100 yards, after cork-screwing, crawling and 

 worming their way over some very rough and 

 dangerous places. William opened up first, 

 bringing down a big ewe, and wounding a lamb 

 which Wooden finished. Then Wooden fired, 

 killing a 2-year-old and a 3-year-old and bringing 

 down an ewe with an assisting shot from William. 

 This gave William and Billy five sheep. 



Harry by this time was getting anxious about 

 his bunch. Soon he heard sounds like the bark- 

 ing of dogs emanating from the direction of his 

 son and Wooden. These boys were sure barking, 

 their object being to scare the sheep toward 

 Harry and Longley, who were hidden behind a 

 rock waiting for the opportune time to open fire. 

 This camouflage succeeded admirably, for the 

 flock was sent close enough to the hunters so 

 that Harry was able to open up on them at 100 

 yards. He brought down an ewe in splendid 

 style, which gave them all a total of six sheep 

 for their day's work, which with Cap's ram made 

 a grand total of seven — by far the best record of 

 any day's work on the whole trip. 



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