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SHOOTING THE PRONG-BUCK 



OR a few years before 1897, 

 when I visited my cattle 

 range I spent most of my 

 time out on the great 

 plains, where almost the 

 only game that can be found is the 

 prong-horned antelope ; and as on such 

 trips the party depends for fresh meat 

 upon the rifle, I have on each occasion 

 done a certain amount of antelope- 

 shooting. 



In the old days, when antelope were far 

 more plentiful than they are now, they 

 could often be procured by luring them 

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