The Mountain Sheep and its Range 



The mountain sheep is, in my estimation, the 

 finest of all our American big game. Many men 

 have killed it and sheep heads are trophies almost 

 as common as moose heads, and yet among those 

 who have hunted it most and know it best, but lit- 

 tle is really understood as to the life of the moun- 

 tain sheep, and many erroneous ideas prevail with 

 regard to it. It is generally supposed to be an ani- 

 mal found only among the tops of the loftiest and 

 most rugged mountains, and never to be seen on 

 the lower ground, and there are still people in- 

 terested in big game who now and then ask one 

 confidentially whether there really is anything in 

 the story that the sheep throw themselves down 

 from great heights, and, striking on their horns, 

 rebound to their feet without injury. 



Each one of us individually knows but little 

 about the mountain sheep, yet each who has 

 hunted them has observed something of their ways, 

 and each can contribute some share to an accumu- 

 lation of facts which some time may be of assist- 



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