30 CAMERA SHOTS AT BIG GAME 



I was using the telephoto lens, which is not instantaneous, I had 

 to stop them, so gave a faint whistle. The leader was out of 

 sight instantly, but an old doe, after turning about, looked back 

 (No. $j) to see if there really was any danger. Then in an 

 instant she also was gone. Transferring my camera, next day, to 

 a sand ridge where the trail crossed, I waited but a short time 

 before a spike-buck came over, but the others (for I knew 

 there were quite a lot) failed to appear, and as I heard them 

 jumping I imagined they were running away, or would at least 

 go round me. So I exposed on this spike at thirty feet. 

 (No. 58.) Then up walked several does and bucks, and at 

 last a magnificent buck that stopped on the very spot I had 

 wished for, and looked a long time at the camera. Then I 

 was indeed disgusted; for if I had not taken the unimportant 

 spike, I could have had this monarch. 



The following summer I went to the mountains, camping 

 near the famous "Bear's Ears" peaks. By our camp ran a 

 little stream which afforded us some fine trout, while the hills 

 abounded with deer and a few elk. We came through a good 

 sage-chicken country, and feasted on them as long as we could 

 get them. I have yet to see the fish, flesh, or fowl that equals 

 young sage-chicken when properly cooked. 



Riding out over the oak- and aspen-covered ridges one 

 morning, we put up many bucks; but I had in view more 

 promising country farther back. Suddenly there appeared 

 before me, in the aspens, a spike-buck. Just as suddenly I 

 stopped and raised a warning hand to my wife, who was fol- 



