. Guns and gunning. deal of good, asthey destroy quantities of rodents, and that outlawamong birds, the English sparrow. The man whowages war on the owl and hawk tribe, shouldthoroughly familiarize himself with their differentcharacteristics, lest he kill a sheep in a lions skin. The wary fox is still found in good numbersnear civilization, and is an ideal animal to hunt withthe rifle. The fox is so well gifted in speed andcunning, that it is a hard animal to bring to overgrown farming country it is almost impossibleto hunt him successfully. In certain localities, how-ever, such as the
. Guns and gunning. deal of good, asthey destroy quantities of rodents, and that outlawamong birds, the English sparrow. The man whowages war on the owl and hawk tribe, shouldthoroughly familiarize himself with their differentcharacteristics, lest he kill a sheep in a lions skin. The wary fox is still found in good numbersnear civilization, and is an ideal animal to hunt withthe rifle. The fox is so well gifted in speed andcunning, that it is a hard animal to bring to overgrown farming country it is almost impossibleto hunt him successfully. In certain localities, how-ever, such as the north end of Long Island, or thefar West, cover is scarce, and he sometimes falls avictim to the hunters skill and marksmanship. The time to still-hunt foxes near civilization isearly in the morning, late in the evening, and onmoonlight nights. All through the Northwest, andAlaska, foxes are numerous. Besides the red foxesother more valuable species are found. Theseanimals are eagerly followed by the Indians, and27. many are secured by trap and gun. The Indicinwho can hunt the black fox successfully, is lookedup to as a great man by his people. The charac-ter of our country in the Northwestern mountains isrolling and sparsely timbered. The difficulty is notin seeing foxes, but in seeing them before they seeyou, and approaching within range. Indians as a class are poor marksmen, but someof these fox hunters become very good shots. Ifthe hunter is well concealed, he can with favorableconditions, sometimes call a fox by imitating thesqueak of a rodent. Calling, by imitating the squeak of a field mouse,can be successfully practiced on owls as well as foxes. The coyote, or prairie-wolf, is another animalthat has withstood the advance of , poison and guns have been tried, and yetthe weird call of this prairie-wolf still echoes amongthe Westem foot-hills. The coyote is always found in fairly opencountry, and is a most interesting animal to ordinary conditi
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