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Index 



Oregon — 



Blacktail hunting, 230, 232, 

 Elk hunting, 172, 182. 



Pacific coast — 



Blacktail, ste Mule-deer of the 



Pacific coast. 

 Elk of the Pacific coast, set that 



title. 

 Wapiti range, 9. 

 Plains — 



Pronghorn ranges — attraction of 

 hunting, 98, 104-105, 119, 



122. 



Types of country along plains 

 river, 67-68. 

 Prairies, see Plains. 

 Preservation of game — 



Adirondacks, 11, 19. 



Bronx Zoological Garden, see that 

 title. 



Butchery of game, 18, 20-22, 25, 

 230-231, 271-273. 



Civilized countries, game pre- 

 served by sportsmen, 148. 



Game laws enforcement, 19-20, 

 22. 3>-33. 63, 70. 



Mule-deer, 31-33, 61-64. 



New Hampshire, 11, 19. 



Rates of extermination in differ- 

 ent localities, 16-18, 46, 

 69-71, 99. 



Whitetail, 70. 



Yellowstone Park, elk preserva- 

 tion, 23. 

 Prickly pear — mule-deer food, 193. 

 Professional hunters, destruction of 



game, 21-22. 

 Brongbuck, see Pronghorn antelope. 

 Pronghorn antelope, or fronghuck — 



Breeding, 109-no. 



Enemies, ill. 



Gait, 77. 



Hair, 10, 98. 



Horns, shedding, 98. 



Pronghorn antelope \contintud'\ — 

 Hunting, 111-130. 



Greyhound chasing, 127. 

 Running, pronghorn dislike to 

 abandon course, 128-130. 

 Slinging carcass to saddle, 119. 

 Wagon trips, 119-121, 124. 

 Water scarcity, n6. 

 Migration, 103. 



Observation and curiosity in time 

 of danger, 106, 114, 123. 

 Range of, 10, 68-69. 



Broken country avoided, 105. 

 Extermination compared with 



other deer, 98-101. 

 Plains, 98, 104-105, 119, 122. 

 Wintering places, 103-105. 

 Young, taming, etc., 107-109. 



Queen Charlotte Islands — caribou 

 species, 285. 



R, caribou, R. terrcenova, and others 

 — species of caribou, 284- 

 286. 

 Rangifer arcticus — caribou species, 



281. 

 Rangifer grcenlandicus — caribou 



species, 281. 

 Rangifer tarandus — reindeer of 



Scandinavia, 283. 

 Reindeer of Scandinavia and Spitz- 

 bergen — species of cari- 

 bou, 283. 

 Rifle for deer hunting, 12. 

 Rocky Mountain blacktail, see Mule- 

 deer. 

 Rocky Mountains — 

 Elk, size of, 190. 

 Extermination of deer compared, 



99-100. 

 Mule-deer range, 10, 30, 31. 

 Wapiti range, 9, 133, 140, 150, 



152, 153, 154. 

 Whitetail range, 66. 



