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tary buck less than half a mile off. Leaving the 
horse, and taking advantage of the undulations oc- 
curring, I managed to get a little nearer. Much 
of the way one had to creep, but at times, by stoop- 
ing very low, one could approach. I soon covered 
the last foot possible without being seen, so taking a 
long and careful aim, fired. The dust kicked up 
by my bullet literally covered the buck, but he 
darted off apparently untouched, and never halted 
for a second until he was over the divide by Cotton- 
wood. 
I was as satisfied with the shot as a man could be 
who did not score a hit. There was no antelope to 
be seen behind my front sight when I fired, the 
distance was so great. Returning to Dick, we went 
together for a mile along the ridge, and then viewed 
the country once more, it being now bright daylight. 
Again, a solitary buck was seen standing on a high 
place. Leaving Dick, I did the creep of my life, 
ignoring cactus and everything else. I heard but- 
tons fly off as I scraped along, but nothing deterred 
me, and soon the top of an undulation warned me 
that further approach was impossible. Raising 
my head, I saw that I was about two hundred and 
fifty yards from my target, and what was really 
wonderful, he was lying down. My stalk had been 
so well executed that he was unaware of my pres- 
ence. My aim was long and careful. Again a 
cloud of dust covered the buck and this one also 
darted away, but after running a hundred yards 
came to a stop, showing that he was hard hit. 
Hurrying after him, when within easy shot I put 
