. The Big game of North America [microform] : its habits, habitat, haunts, and characteristics : how, when, and where to hunt it. Hunting; Hunting; Big game hunting; Big game hunting; Chasse; Chasse; Chasse au gros gibier; Chasse au gros gibier. THE COLUMBIA DEVAl. 131 their Had I these vtni- nty of ridges miiuts incun- )Ugh a listunt, and a is there I saw Imake a I was L V steps, I descended the ridge a short distance. After vvalldng parallel with the summit until I thought I was in the neighborhood of my game, I cantiously, and as silently as possible, crept u^) behind ii large
. The Big game of North America [microform] : its habits, habitat, haunts, and characteristics : how, when, and where to hunt it. Hunting; Hunting; Big game hunting; Big game hunting; Chasse; Chasse; Chasse au gros gibier; Chasse au gros gibier. THE COLUMBIA DEVAl. 131 their Had I these vtni- nty of ridges miiuts incun- )Ugh a listunt, and a is there I saw Imake a I was L V steps, I descended the ridge a short distance. After vvalldng parallel with the summit until I thought I was in the neighborhood of my game, I cantiously, and as silently as possible, crept u^) behind ii large rock, and peered over. To my surprise, no Deer were in sight, and I supposed they had taken alarm and tied. I was on the point of jumping to my feet in disgust, when suddenly I espied my friends almost one hundred yards from me. The doe was now lying down, and the buck was browsing in a dump of brush. Resting m^- left elbow on my knee, I drew a bead on the buck, and waited for him to show himself moi'e fully. He soon came out, and presented a line side-shot. Taking good sight on him just behind tlic shoulder, I pressed the trigger. At the crack of the rifle, he went down like the traditional log', while the doe and another buck, which I had not noticed, quickly vanished over the ridge. Upon going up to ni}' game, 1 foiincl that the bullet had broken both shoulders of a four-point buck. I gave him another shot in the head, which cpackly put him out of his misery. I am always careful in approaching a wounded buck, for I once saw a companion of mine terribly injured by one of these animals. There was a party of us hunting in South- ern Oregon, and one of the older members of the party had that very day cautioned ns to be careful in approach- ing a wounded Deer. Poor H^— was hunting on the same ridge that I was on. I saw him fire at a buck, and as it fell, he laid down his gun, and, drawing his knife, ran up to the animal to cut its throat. I thought, by the way the animal went
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