. Guns and gunning. veryfleet of foot. When cattle ranches grew common inthe West, a bounty was put on wolves by the differentstates. Now-a-days, ranchmen often offer an extrabounty, and the wolvers as professional wolf-hunters are called, sometimes make a fair the interest in wolf-hunting is largely due to theexciting rides across the sage-brush flats, and thelong shots at wolves, where the bullets throw upwhite puffs of alkali dust. The big timber wolf ranges all over the West; butas most of the country they roam in is brushy or moun-tainous, hunting them would be a difficult matt
. Guns and gunning. veryfleet of foot. When cattle ranches grew common inthe West, a bounty was put on wolves by the differentstates. Now-a-days, ranchmen often offer an extrabounty, and the wolvers as professional wolf-hunters are called, sometimes make a fair the interest in wolf-hunting is largely due to theexciting rides across the sage-brush flats, and thelong shots at wolves, where the bullets throw upwhite puffs of alkali dust. The big timber wolf ranges all over the West; butas most of the country they roam in is brushy or moun-tainous, hunting them would be a difficult matter. In the coyote country one is liable to see thesage-hen. This bird is the largest member of thegrouse family found in America. They offer splendidshots to the sportsman armed v^th a smalcalibre rifle, and due to their eventhey are sometimes killed on thewing by exper weapoi the nfle-^ mval day work the smal are the most satisfactory. The weight of eunmuni- tion is quite an item when travelling In the and a .22-calibre for pot shooting is always often happens that ptarmigan, grouse, or ducks, areplentiful in big game country. When armed withheavy guns, the hunters pass them by, as they areafraid that big game may be frightened from thevicinity by the loud reports of the large-bore a case of this kind the .22-calibre will come inhandy, as its report will carry only a short writer used a .22-calibre Stevens in the CassiareMountains of British Columbia. On this trip wekilled all the ptarmigan and grouse we wanted, andthe gun made practically no noise. Besides keeping the larder full, it keeps a man inpractice. In big-game shooting, the hunter goes forlong periods without firing a shot. Even if successfulhe may only fire one or two shots a week, and theconstant practice with the camp gun is of some benefit. The killing of big game with the .22 rifle Isusually due to chance. There are many cases,however, where big-game animals have been
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