Photo by Dr. George W. Field = 
WICHITA NATIONAL HERD 
A CHARGING COW AT CLOSE RANGE 
at the¥moment fere natura. The Attorney-General, 
Mr. —— considered all the legal aspects of the 
matter, and was forced to the conclusion that under the 
law forbidding the hunting, wounding or killing of 
buffaloes in the State of Montana, the proposed buffalo 
hunt would be contrary to law. In fact, since the out- 
law animals had entirely escaped from Pablo and _ be- 
come wild, with no controlling ownership over them, 
they had distinctly come under the protection of the 
laws of the State. 
Game Warden Avare acted with commendable 
promptness and decision. He quickly notified Pablo 
that the hunt proposed could not take place. It seems, 
however, that the word either arrived too late, or was 
not transmitted to Canada in time; for the hunting-party 
promptly arrived at Missoula, ready to take the field. 
We refrain from setting forth the names of the gentlemen 
who were present, because I imagine that they failed 
to realize the shocking impropriety of the step that they 
proposed to take. 
A deputy game warden appeared, and informed the 
leader of the party that the hunt could not take place. 
The leader insisted upon the right of Pablo to sell hunt- 
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