. A hunter's adventures in the great west [microform]. Hunting; Hunting; Chasse; Chasse. !!. ; \}i i <. il ! M\ I ^'1? : f 270 BUCK ATTACKED BY A GLUTTON. woods or bounding over the rocky soil; it is doomed, and nothing but the distant chance of man's inter- vention can save it. An Indian hunter told me that he had once witnessed the following scene. He was shooting cariboo, and had approached within easy range of four or five full-grown animals. As he pitched his rifle to his shoulder to kill one of them, the stag of the party gave a bound, for a previously unseen animal had sprung upon it
. A hunter's adventures in the great west [microform]. Hunting; Hunting; Chasse; Chasse. !!. ; \}i i <. il ! M\ I ^'1? : f 270 BUCK ATTACKED BY A GLUTTON. woods or bounding over the rocky soil; it is doomed, and nothing but the distant chance of man's inter- vention can save it. An Indian hunter told me that he had once witnessed the following scene. He was shooting cariboo, and had approached within easy range of four or five full-grown animals. As he pitched his rifle to his shoulder to kill one of them, the stag of the party gave a bound, for a previously unseen animal had sprung upon its back. For a quarter of an hour the buck struggled, and made the most violent efforts to rid itself of its assailant, but all was fruitless, and the antlered monarch of the forest at length succumbed under the terrible teeth and giant claws of its foe, which, it almost is unnecessaiy to add, was a glutton. -i o i. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Gillmore, Parker. London : Hurst and Blackett
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