Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-10
sNEiKING UP TO THE GAME.


spring, and turning round started off, Just
then a ball from my companions rifle struck
him in the left hind leg, breaking it just above
the hook, and another from my pistol lodged in
his side. Notwithstanding all this, he ran for
nearly a quarter of a mile before dropping.
When we came up to him it took another shot
to end has sufferings. Then / dressed it and
tied it behind my saddle, and We had antelope
steak for a week after. The meat of the ante
lope when properly cooked is one of the best
dishes ever put on a table. Tender, juicy. and
with just enough of wild taste" to give it a
flavor, 1t is far ahead of beef or any domestic
meat. Visit almost any ranch i'll the western
country, and hanging to the meat pole you
VIII see the whole or quarter of an antelope.
At meal time you will get piece of it, cooked
IN style peculiar to the country, and after you
have got back to civilization again YOU will
wish many times for piece of properly cooked
antelope steak. The fall of the year is the
best time to hunt antelope, as they have been
feeding on the nutritious grasses during the
summer, and are fat and in good condition.
AS TO WEAPONS
1t is hard to choose any particular kind Fancy
has great deal to do with the matter pre-
fer for all around use the 1910 Winchester re-
peating rifle, while some use a Martini of the
same caliber; still others use telescope rifles of
different makes, and some old hunters use an
old battered single shot Pacific Ballard and it
Is due to the latter to say that they generally
git thar" when 1t comes to bringing down
game at long range. / came across an old fell
low In a greasy buo kskin suit one day who was
hunting for the market. He would kill and
dress enough to load two wagons, then take
them to Cheyenne or Denver and dispose of
the whole lot to the commission men or butch
ers. DE was just going out for some game a
short distance away, so l went with him. He
had single shot 'Sharps" rifle 40 bore, and a
telescope attachment on the barrel The adj
vantage OF the telescope is that it brings the
game near to your eve, and by sighting your
game through 1t and bringing the hair sights
on the end to bear in the proper place syou are
sure OF your game almost every time. Arriv-
ing at the foot Of a small slope above which
was Hat plain, we dismounted, and crawled to
the top. Peering over the edge we saw a bunch
of
SEVENTEEN ANTELOPE FEEDING.
The old fellow lay fat, poked his rife over
the edge Of the hill, squinted through the tele-
scope and fred. big buck sprang into the
air and fell dead. The others seemed fright
ened and disturbed, but, not seeing us or e1y-
thing TO run from, presently stood still. An
other shot, and doe, after run of few rods,
dropped down. The herd was as badly ratified
as before. A shot, death, hysterical run
ming about for a little time but seeing nothing
they soon quieted down. The old hunter kept
squirting and shooting till seven antelope Jay
on the ground Then the remainder seemed
to locate us, and in an instant they were off
across the prairie, far beyond the reach of
bullets.
NOT so SATISFACTORY.
Another way of hunting antelope (Which i
now look upon with disfavor) was practiced
by friend of mine once-and only once. He
came from Boston to visit me in mywestern
home and was very anxious to shoot an antelope.
as he wanted the head to take back TO Massa
oh ODa Aav ba haA in
was a big buck feeding alone about half a mile
from the house. / gave him my Winchester
and filing 1.-THE magazine" he hurried away on
foot. He had never shot anything in the way
OF game, and as he was too excited to even hit
a barn, paid no attention to him. Soon after
he left started on horseback down the river
bank to get bunch of cattle. As was riding
along bullet whistled by my head and look.
round saw the antelope running straight to-
ward me, followed by my friend, yelling like a
mailman and shooting as he ran. "Zip!" and
another ball was uncomfortable near
jumped from my horse, who ran off a little
way, and swung my arms and waved NV hat In
stop my friend shooting but to no purpose.
On came the buck in a bee line for me- and the
bullets from the gun Of the lunatic behind him
were falling all around. ] dropped to the
ground, pulling grass out by the roots in vain
endeavor to pull myself out of sight To saw
was scared is putting it mildly NV hair
which was long and fell over nv shoulders
now stood straight up. making me look like a
native Circassian. The antelope passed bv me
few feetlaway. and few more bullets buried
themselves near me, throwing the dust ali
around In few moments nv friend stood
beside me. ammunition gone, breathless. and
gasped, Did you see him? 1 most got him. y
got up, took his gun. spoke a few lines OF
curse words to him in gentle voice, and told
him 70 go to the house. He went. 1t was a
month before he mentioned antelope hunt.
ing" again.