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of us, we should lose them; if to the right, I 

 might perhaps get a shot as they passed. But 

 it was problematic. 



There were three rams with good heads 

 and three with smaller horns. One of the 

 first three had an exceptionally good head, 

 and, of course, that was the one I wanted. 

 Considerable time elapsed before we saw 

 them again, during which period we had 

 crossed around the butte to the right, as that 

 seemed the most likely route for them to take. 

 On this side the willow brush was thick and 

 the bushes were high. Before having either 

 heard or seen any member of the bunch, two 

 of the smaller ones had climbed up our side 

 and stood right up in the brush and stared me 

 in the face only ten feet off. Here they got 

 my scent and it took but a few seconds for 

 them to get away. The noise they made 

 startled three more and they came running 

 up the right side too, while the sixth and last 

 one disappeared to the left, and we saw him 

 no more. As the three were coming straight 

 toward us, on the jump, I easily picked out 

 the big one and, withholding my shot until he 

 got to a level with the pinnacle we were on, 

 I was fortunate enough to place a bullet 



