Hmtting A tnerican Big- Game 



However, it was deep enough for me 

 to crawl out, more scared than hurt ; and 

 soon we had sage-brush and grass under 

 our feet, with an easy trail to camp, 

 where a square meal inside of a stomach 

 that sorely needed it soon made amends 

 for all hardships. Wondering what those 

 bear had been at work at, I went back 

 the next day, and found that they had 

 been tearing up a sheep that had died of 

 scab, a disease that wild sheep are subject 

 to. 



To a thorough sportsman, killing bears 

 after a successful stalk is by long odds the 

 best and most exciting method, but the 

 country must be such as permits of this ; 

 as, for instance, when there are long 

 stretches of high mountains, plateaus, or 

 ridges above or devoid of timber, where 

 the bears resort to root, and where the 

 hunter can from some elevated post look 

 over a large area with the aid of glasses. 

 The general procedure, though, is to put 

 out bait ; that is, to have the carcass of 

 some animal to attract the bear ; and 

 many a noble elk or timorous deer has 

 been thus sacrificed. To avoid this need- 

 less destruction, the writer has invariably 

 taken along on his hunting-trips aged and 

 worn-out horses, which answer admirably 



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