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well as by licences limiting the bag. Like 

 other mountain sheep, it is always on the look 

 out for danger, and can, as a rule, be shot 

 only from above. 



The Rocky Mountain goat is not a goat at 

 all, but rather an antelope. As its horns never 

 exceed 12 inches they are a wretched trophy 

 compared, for instance, with those of the big- 

 horn, and if sportsmen still go after the animal 

 at all, it is on account of the well-known diffi- 

 culty there is in reaching its haunts, which can 

 be arrived at only by the most arduous clamber 

 over terrible ground far above the timberline. 

 Thus, whereas the bighorn is an exceedingly 

 wary and difficult creature to stalk, the "goat," 

 once found, offers no further difficulty or in- 

 terest, being one of the most foolish wild 

 animals in creation. It has a characteristic 

 crouching attitude that is very peculiar, and 

 quite unlike that of any other animal of its 

 kind or size, and, though a wonderful climber, 

 it lacks the quickness of movement and agility 

 of other mountain game. 



An animal of the United States that must 

 stand alone is the pronghorn antelope, the only 

 living animal with hollow horns that are shed 

 annually as deer shed their antlers. These 



