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wolf, if it finds a two-year-old by itself, will 

 run it down, and often by a single bite will 

 kill it, or so disable it that its destruction is 

 sure. Within the year I have come upon a 

 two-year-old heifer killed in this way, by a 

 single wolf — as the tracks in the snow 

 showed — and by a single bite in the flank. 

 There was more or less foam and saliva on 

 the heifer's lips, and on the side of her neck 

 and shoulders, showing that she had been 

 chased some distance. When I rode up to 

 the carcass it had been just killed, and was 

 still bleeding and perfectly warm. 



In the days of the buffalo, wolfing was a 

 recognized industry, and one which was profit- 

 ably followed. The method was simple. In 

 winter, when the wolf skins were prime and 

 when wolves were sure to be hungry, small 

 parties of wolfers went to the buffalo range, 

 and killed buffalo, which they poisoned with 

 strychnine. This was usually not done until 

 the cold weather had come and the ground 

 was frozen, or, perhaps, covered with snow. 

 The carcass of the buffalo used for bait was 

 partly skinned, and then split, and more or 

 less strychnine was placed in the visceral 

 cavity, and mixed up there with entrails and 



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