. The Big game of North America [microform] : its habits, habitat, haunts, and charcteristics : 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 MULE DEER. 159 By tlda animal, I saw that the antlers are no sure criterion of the ag9 or size of a Deer. Those of this immense creature were comparatively small; I have killed backs of not two- thirds his weight with much larger antlers. This was beginning our hunt in good fashion. We had liver for supper and breakfast; and there is no better meat
. The Big game of North America [microform] : its habits, habitat, haunts, and charcteristics : 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 MULE DEER. 159 By tlda animal, I saw that the antlers are no sure criterion of the ag9 or size of a Deer. Those of this immense creature were comparatively small; I have killed backs of not two- thirds his weight with much larger antlers. This was beginning our hunt in good fashion. We had liver for supper and breakfast; and there is no better meat to satisfy the appetite or to tramp on. Daylight saw us astir, and headed for the great ravine east of us. My. RMtln(. friend preferred to walk along the brow; so I took a lower line, though having more uneven ground to get over, while he passed all the ravines at their head. I was repaid. After about half a mile of toilsome up-and- down climbing, I heard Reed's gun to my left. I rushed up the incline before me, just in time to see two fine year- lings at which he had shot, and wliich now stood looking at me. I fired for the shoulder of the largest; he made three or four violent plunges, and went headlong and dead 1. 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 Shields, G. O. (George Oliver), 1846-1925; Caton, John Dean, 1812-1895. Chicago; New York : Rand, McNally
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