CONTENTS 



Preface il 



CHAPTER I. 



THE AMERICAN WILDERNESS; WILDERNESS HUNTERS 

 AND WILDERNESS GAME. 



The American wilderness — Forests, plains, moun- 

 tains — Likeness and unlikeness to the old-world 

 wilderness — Wilderness hunters — Boone, Croc- 

 kett, Houston, Carson — The trappers — The 

 buffalo hunters — The stockmen — The regular 

 army — Wilderness game — Bison, moose, elk, cari- 

 bou, deer, antelope — Other game — Hunting in 

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CHAPTER II. 



HUNTING FROM THE RANCH; THE KLACKTAIL DEER, 

 In the cattle country — Life on a ranch — A round- 

 up — Branding a maverick — The Bad Lands — A 

 shot at a blacktail — Still-liunting the blacktail — 

 Its habits — Killing a buck in August — A shot at 

 close range — Occasional unwariness of black- 

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CHAPTER IIL 



THE WHITETAIL DEER ; AND THE BLACKTAIL OF THE 

 COLUMBIA. 



The whitetail — Yields poor sport — Fire hunting- 

 Hunting with hounds — Shooting at running 

 game — Queer adventure — Anecdotes of plains- 

 men — Good and bad shots — A wagon trip— A 

 shot from the ranch-house verandah — The Co 

 lumbian blacktail , ^1 



CHAPTER IV 



ON THE CATTLE RANGES; THE PRONG-HORN ANTE- 

 LOPE. 



Riding to the round-up — The open plains — Sights 

 and sounds — Gophers, prairie dogs, sharp-tail 



