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tsaing during the latter half of July, August 

 and September, though those who happen to be 

 in the jungle during these months, or part of 

 them, might with advantage take an occasional 

 day off after the big game. 



Sanderson's advice as to leaving herd bison 

 alone is, I think, sound ; not because the herd bull 

 will necessarily have a poor head, but because 

 the beasts will almost invariably be found in 

 bamboo jungle or other cover, which gives little 

 opportunity of judging the size of the bull's 

 horns, or even of finding the bull at all. And 

 while peering about for the bull, the probability 

 is that one alarms a wretched cow, who dashes off 

 with a snort, taking the herd with her. There- 

 fore, if bison are at all plentiful, it is better to 

 leave herd tracks alone, and to go for those of a 

 solitary animal. If, however, it is late, and no 

 tracks of a solitary bull are found, it might be 

 worth while to follow a herd. 



It will be found, on shooting solitary bulls, 

 that frequently the trophy will be a poor one. 

 Of course, there is a great deal of luck about it. 

 One may shoot half a dozen solitary bulls and 

 every head may be a splendid trophy. On the 

 other hand, four out of the six may be heads 

 one would not care to hang up. The first 

 three solitary bulls which fell to the writer had 

 all poor heads, though the animals were fully 

 grown. In the mean time he had obtained two 



