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New Mexico, with its game, its hcalthf 1 

 climate and its sublime mountain scenery, 

 seems to have been overlooke ;: 1 by writer- 

 sportsmen. Last year it fell to my lot to 

 hunt in that Territory, which is to-day more 

 Spanish than American. There were 5 of 

 us in the Bland mining camp with a few 

 days of idle time on our hands, and we 

 concluded that hunting would be the most 

 enjoyable way to spend the time. The mid- 

 dle of the following afternoon found us on 

 our way to Peralto canyon. We had our outfit 

 packed on 4 lazy burros, which kept us so 

 busy persuading them to keep the trail that 

 we had no time to enjoy the scenery. Night 

 was falling as we made camp among the 

 firs and pines far up the winding canyon. 

 We met a Mexican just before we made 

 camp, who told us a flock of turkeys had 

 crossed above there late that afternoon and 

 we knew they could not have gone far be- 

 fore roosting. 



By the mornine's first gray the camp 

 was astir. The boys did not take time to 

 eat breakfast, as they wanted to find the 

 turkeys before they left the roost. By lot it 

 fell to me to stay and watch camp. They 

 found the flock without difficulty. John 

 scored 4 young turkeys and the boys were 

 soon back, clamoring for breakfast. 



After breakfast we moved camp a mile 

 or 2 farther up the valley to a spring 

 of sparkling, icy water. We were in the 

 middle of what was generally a good game 



country ; but during the summer a large 

 herd of sheep and cattle had been pastured 

 in that section, and most of the game had 

 been run out. When the boys came in that 

 night all they brought was one little grouse. 



The next day we moved across the moun- 

 tains into another canyon, a few miles 

 farther North, where the prospects for 

 game seemed better. Up to that time noth- 

 ing save turkey and small game had been 

 seen. After camp had been pitched and 

 dinner was over we started out with a firm 

 resolve to kill something. We had gone 

 but a short way from camp when I heard 

 one of the boys shoot 3 times and then 

 call to Shorty, who stayed at camp, to come 

 and bring a burro. All of us were near him 

 when he began to shoot and all stood in 

 readiness, each expecting to see a deer 

 rush past or rather make the attempt. Af- 

 ter everything had again become quiet we 

 went over to hold an inquest. Again John 

 was the lucky man. This time he had 

 brought down a fine buck. Shorty and I 

 were deputized to take the deer to camp 

 and do the butchering act, while the rest 

 of the boys took up the hunt where they 

 had left off. The sun was dropping among 

 the pines when we finished the task allotted 

 us. The returning hunters were greeted 

 with that sweetest of perfumes, the odor 

 of frying venison. 



We hunted a day or 2 longer without 

 much success and then took the narrow and 

 tortuous trail that led to Bland. 



J. W. McGee, Enfala, I. T. 



