﻿HUNTING 
  COYOTES. 
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  animals, 
  while 
  others 
  within 
  a 
  few 
  miles 
  are 
  by 
  no 
  means 
  exempt. 
  

   Of 
  course, 
  the 
  keeping 
  of 
  these 
  clogs 
  on 
  small 
  farms 
  would 
  hardly 
  be 
  

   practicable. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  open 
  country 
  where 
  there 
  are 
  few 
  fences, 
  hunting 
  the 
  coyote 
  

   with 
  horse 
  and 
  dogs 
  is 
  an 
  exciting 
  sport. 
  Fox 
  chasing, 
  although 
  

   less 
  meritorious 
  in 
  purpose, 
  may 
  have 
  some 
  advantages 
  as 
  sport, 
  

   because 
  the 
  quarry 
  is 
  not 
  always 
  in 
  sight 
  and 
  the 
  skill 
  of 
  the 
  hounds 
  

   is 
  pitted 
  against 
  the 
  cunning 
  of 
  the 
  fox. 
  In 
  the 
  chase 
  of 
  the 
  wolf, 
  

   as 
  in 
  coursing 
  hares, 
  the 
  race 
  is 
  straight 
  away 
  and 
  without 
  cover; 
  

   and 
  when 
  the 
  quarry 
  is 
  overtaken 
  the 
  fight 
  is 
  won 
  only 
  because 
  of 
  the 
  

   overpowering 
  numbers 
  of 
  the 
  pursuers. 
  The 
  ordinary 
  greyhound 
  can 
  

   easily 
  overtake 
  a 
  coyote, 
  but 
  is 
  usually 
  unable 
  to 
  kill 
  it 
  alone. 
  

  

  Coyote 
  drives, 
  in 
  which 
  an 
  entire 
  community 
  engage, 
  have 
  become 
  

   a 
  popular 
  feature 
  of 
  rural 
  sport 
  in 
  some 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  country. 
  Such 
  

   drives 
  have 
  been 
  held 
  in 
  Kansas, 
  Colorado. 
  Idaho, 
  Oklahoma, 
  and 
  

   Texas; 
  but 
  the 
  methods 
  employed 
  depend 
  largely 
  on 
  the 
  local 
  topog- 
  

   raphy. 
  The 
  writer 
  was 
  present 
  at 
  the 
  second 
  annual 
  wolf 
  hunt 
  

   which 
  took 
  place 
  Xovember 
  21, 
  190i. 
  in 
  the 
  large 
  Pasture 
  Keserve 
  

   near 
  Chattanooga. 
  Okla. 
  

  

  On 
  Thanksgiving 
  morning 
  the 
  weather 
  was 
  perfect, 
  and 
  a 
  large 
  

   number 
  of 
  people 
  from 
  the 
  surrounding 
  country 
  collected 
  in 
  the 
  vil- 
  

   lage 
  of 
  Chattanooga. 
  A 
  little 
  before 
  noon 
  the 
  men 
  who 
  were 
  to 
  

   drive 
  the 
  wolves 
  rode 
  out 
  of 
  town 
  and 
  headed 
  for 
  their 
  positions 
  in 
  

   the 
  Pasture. 
  As 
  there 
  were 
  less 
  than 
  150 
  men, 
  the 
  area 
  covered 
  by 
  

   the 
  drive 
  was 
  not 
  so 
  large 
  as 
  had 
  been 
  planned. 
  The 
  drivers 
  were 
  

   separated 
  into 
  three 
  divisions. 
  The 
  south 
  division, 
  which 
  was 
  under 
  

   the 
  immediate 
  charge 
  of 
  the 
  commander 
  of 
  the 
  hunt. 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  W. 
  Wil- 
  

   liams, 
  proceeded 
  about 
  7 
  miles 
  south 
  of 
  Chattanooga. 
  The 
  eastern 
  

   and 
  the 
  western 
  divisions 
  were 
  under 
  the 
  charge 
  of 
  other 
  captains 
  

   and 
  had 
  their 
  stations 
  about 
  I 
  miles 
  to 
  the 
  southeast 
  and 
  southwest 
  

   of 
  the 
  toAvn. 
  The 
  area 
  covered 
  by 
  the 
  drive 
  was 
  somewhat 
  over 
  6 
  

   miles 
  square. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  north 
  side 
  were 
  the 
  spectators, 
  occupying 
  a 
  position 
  about 
  

   a 
  mile 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  from 
  the 
  town 
  and 
  extending 
  over 
  nearly 
  '2 
  miles 
  

   of 
  front, 
  from 
  which 
  the 
  land 
  sloped 
  gently 
  to 
  the 
  south. 
  The 
  spec- 
  

   tators 
  came 
  from 
  town 
  in 
  every 
  sort 
  of 
  farm 
  vehicle 
  and 
  numbered 
  

   fully 
  500. 
  

  

  In 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  line 
  of 
  vehicles 
  some 
  50 
  men 
  on 
  horseback 
  held 
  in 
  

   reserve 
  nearly 
  100 
  dogs, 
  mostly 
  greyhounds. 
  Guns 
  of 
  all 
  kinds 
  were 
  

   ruled 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  final 
  * 
  round-up.' 
  and 
  only 
  lariats, 
  dogs, 
  and 
  clubs 
  

   were 
  permitted 
  as 
  weapons. 
  

  

  The 
  line 
  of 
  spectators 
  was 
  formed 
  at 
  1 
  o'clock, 
  but 
  it 
  was 
  fully 
  an 
  

   hour 
  before 
  the 
  driving 
  divisions 
  were 
  heard 
  or 
  seen. 
  In 
  the 
  south 
  

   a 
  beautiful 
  mirage 
  occupied 
  the 
  distant 
  valley 
  — 
  a 
  white 
  sheet 
  of 
  

   water 
  bordered 
  bv 
  trees. 
  It 
  was 
  on 
  the 
  surface 
  of 
  this 
  mimic 
  lake 
  

  

  