The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-01-16

q hunt with ! few friends in tho Rocky
mountains. Il will be tho first OPP
p~ortunity I have had to use my
rifles for some little time. But hav-
ing recently resigned from an executive
position in : big steamship company, I feel
that ! would enjoy a good hunt in the
Rockies very much. I have killed spsci-
mems OF pretty much all the big game Of
this country, and / must frankly say that
hunting in America will give ! sportsman
I'll tho excitement and danger hs wants #
~ goes to tho right places. I have had tho
pleasure Of hunting the chamois il Europe.
but I find that the white goat Of the tower
ing and barren peaks Of the Rockies 10 just
% difficult TO get at. I havo done . little
killing Of big game in the Alps and Pyr-
enesa By stalking, ! have heard famous
in Cashmere and Thibet, and ! have come
to the conclusion that America 10 second to
mona in big game hunting" rs.
How do Americans eompars With
European hunters Of big game?'
.sAmsrica is q sport-loving nation de-
on all tho time for wealth. Americana are
more enthusiastic in their sport than most
Europeans, and will endure greater hard
ship to secure coveted game. Thu lucky
sportsman i found in nearly every locality
and il in most cases looked upon merely
az 1 lucky individual, while 40 thought il
taken ~ TO WHY no il tins blessed above the
ordinary man who gees out for 3 hunt.
Now Americans are proverbially lucky, ]
might ray, and when Europeans hear some
of our hunting stories they attribute Il gen
orally to this luck of the Americans, not
taking into consideration tho fact that
while with every good hunter good luck
has ever so much to do with the results,
uniform good Luck il but skill and care and
} hunting sense. A good hunter is = close
and intuitiysly, as it were, he posts him
self nearly always in the right place at tho
right time"
HAnd a. to your last hunting trip, Mr..
schurz?", v,
Wyoming and Montana ana had the luck
to kill almost every kind Of big game. I
started in on antelope shooting, and it was
great sport. This animal is very wary and
hard to get at, and ono must be a pretty
good shot Mt long range before SUCCESS
crowns his efforts. Your chances of kill
ing this game are much less than in the
hunt for deer, elk or sheep. You see it is
very seldom you can get nearer than $50
yards, and oftentimes you may have to
shoot some 200 or more yards, and then it ia
hard to kill without using several cartridges.
Tho animal 10 very tough and can trot OF
complacently with a great deal of lead. ssl-
Onc. in = Wills Won will find one that will
walk backward q number of steps just bo-
fore falling. Ny favorite quarry was the
,nonnt.;ns .na hioh craupvs hilIa st
R,ght ovsr tha mantel in Mr. Scb,rz,
,ihra,v "a his residence. No. IN Ea.t Fifty
aiobah strest. New York. i 4 lnapni6cent
pair Of antlcrs. / admired them greatly.
Tney we're the fnest specimens I ever saw.
M2b hs was n mighty fellow }, said M
schnry as asked him FOR the story Of ths
antlers' ."Thsse antlers came from a round-
hornad elk. the hardest Of its kind. and
now fast disappearing, Our camp was in a
souri river. We we're bounded by steep
hills with slopine, grassy sides. After
beating tho smooth eountry about, toward
niohtfaa,i We oanle across unmistakable Trash
ak tracks leading into a stretoh Of noun
ta;nous TERRITORY. Before dawn va started
IL ak grounds. The tracks We followed
honr altar hour into the Rad Lands.
Wa finally. at about noon. cane
aoross q bed hat had lust heen
dasarted. ana the lone. clean hoof.
nr;mts tn,d ma that til. nnarrv Ind atsrtad
n At swinpinp t,ot. We followed as fast
a rossibie. the rugged country making Il
slow work AZ the best. At about four
o,oiock in the afternoon wa found ak in
Gonna timhnrod couleas. We dismonnted
and led our unshod horses. I cot a GOOD
hot al a maoniioent hui. INV bnilat atyis-
mo him in tic flank and ranging forward
n verv fatal wound. He made off with n
cou.i: NJ eow AXIS. and VISA about Ia fro
sosir ~ he reached the ton Of a divide' hit
Ia atnnned. reelsd and fell doad.
"Haye YOU had nuch bear huptinc?n
con I havs shot a few hears. and n w.a
excellent snort. Ths last bear I shot wna
IN 1880. whom I Wa huntlnu with soma
vaatern frisnds in Wyominc. Wa hnd
killed : bio moose and the following day
Iiacnver.d that boar had haen NJ Az ~,
cosa. So Va ntnrted Que on the henr hnnt