. Big game shooting [microform]. Big game hunting; Hunting; Chasse au gros gibier; Chasse. mm wmmmmm mmummm t T//E LARGE GAME OF SPAIN AND PORTUGAL i Mountain Deer 79. Beam 32 ins. 34 )> 34i )» M >> Of the Spanish chamois there is little to be said. He is more or less common in the Pyrenees, where the French call him the ' izard,' the Spaniards ' rebeco,' and in the Cantabrian high- lands, especially about the Picos de Europa, where he is ignobly slain by driving. But the great prize of Spain to men of our craft is the ibex— the ' Cabra montes' of Andalusia, the 'bucardo' of Aragon. T
. Big game shooting [microform]. Big game hunting; Hunting; Chasse au gros gibier; Chasse. mm wmmmmm mmummm t T//E LARGE GAME OF SPAIN AND PORTUGAL i Mountain Deer 79. Beam 32 ins. 34 )> 34i )» M >> Of the Spanish chamois there is little to be said. He is more or less common in the Pyrenees, where the French call him the ' izard,' the Spaniards ' rebeco,' and in the Cantabrian high- lands, especially about the Picos de Europa, where he is ignobly slain by driving. But the great prize of Spain to men of our craft is the ibex— the ' Cabra montes' of Andalusia, the 'bucardo' of Aragon. The Spanish mountaineers do not much affect ibex hunting, though there are a few hardy souls among them who, donning their alparagatas, or hemp-soled sandals, make a li ing out of this most fascinating of field sports. The ibex is found on the highlands of Spain from Biscay to the Mediterranean, and from the Pyrenees to the Straits of Gibraltar, as also on the hills round Andorra, on the mountains of Toledo, and along all the elevated cordillera of central Spain ; but its favourite hatint is the Sierra de Credos This lofty sierra is the highest point of the Carpeto-Vetonico' range, extending from Moncayo through Castile and Estrema- dura, and forming the watershed of Tagus and Douro. It separates the two Castiles, and passing the Portuguese frontier IS there known as the Sierra da Estrella, which, with the Cintra hills, extends to the Atlantic seaboard. Along the whole range of this extensive Cordillera there is no such favourite ground for the ibex as its highest peak-the Plaza de Almanzor. During the winter months the ibex are found on the lower slopes of the range towards Estremadura, but in summer and autumn herds of them, especially the males, make their homes in the environs of Almanzor. The best time for ibex shooting in N 2. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appea
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