THE GUN AT HOME AND ABROAD 
fond of salt, grain of various kinds, and bread. There is not the least doubt 
that in the arid plains of Mexico and Wyoming antelope can live for months 
without drinking, getting sufficient moisture from the cactuses. It is now 
proved that in Africa many antelopes, and even giraffes, can live for many 
months without ever drinking; whilst it is possible that the addax 
leucoryx, and Loder’s gazelle never drink at all, for there are years in 
which no rain falls in Western Kordofan and the Central Sahara, and the 
wells in these regions are so situated that the game can seldom get at 
them. The prong-horned antelope do, however, come to water nearly 
every day when it is near their haunts. 
The worst enemy of the antelope is, of course, man. Sheep destroy the 
grass of their winter range and inflict great privations upon them, but 
serious attacks are made on them at all times by wolves, coyotes, and 
eagles, which kill large numbers of the kids. In hard weather eagles 
occasionally kill adult antelopes. In very severe winters, such as that of 
1893, large numbers perish in the deep snow. In that year 900 carcasses 
were found in one ravine near Fort Assiniboin, Montana, and it is 
estimated that four -fifths of the antelope of that region perished. Great 
mortality has also been caused amongst them by epidemics of enteritis. 
In the summer of 1873 this disease destroyed three -fourths of the 
antelopes between the Yellowstone and Missouri Rivers. 
During the winter antelope live in large bands, of both sexes and various 
sizes, but in spring these bands break up into smaller ones, and in late 
May, or in early June, the female goes off by herself and produces her two 
kids. At this time she hides her young but constantly stands guard, on 
the watch for wolves and coyotes. She will attack a coyote with horns and 
forefeet and can drive off a single one, but a wolf is generally too strong 
for her. In September the bucks join the bands and indulge in much play 
at this season. At the end of the month the big bucks gather their harems 
and display all the savage disposition and jealousy that other ruminants 
do. Audubon says that they fight with great courage and ferocity; but 
Roosevelt does not think that these duels are very serious affairs. They 
approach each other with heads close to the ground and, after fencing, 
close like deer. Their object seems to be to rip the throat of their adversary; 
but they seldom succeed in hurting one another. When one buck at last 
turns tail, the victor chases his rival sometimes for a great distance. 
The stalking of prong -horned antelope seems to me to be quite one of 
the best of American sports, although the ground does not present the 
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