One on each side is selected as a mounter. He places the ball at his base, and mounts it by driving it as far as he can with a blow of his shinny stick toward the opposite base. Points are scored by driving it all the way to the opposite base. Swinging the seven hooves forward and up, the player tries to catch them on the needle. Or he tries to put the needle through a hole in the buckskin.
Game is forty points.
Deer hooves may be obtained through Moscow Hide and Fur and Crazy Crow Trading Post . You need level ground for this game. The Indians made hoops by soaking, then bending and tying a twig or sapling into a circle twelve inches in diameter. The hoops were wrapped in buckskin. One pole or lance needed for each player.