The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-06-29


oftimes trailed the ground From the
shou ders back the hair was shorter and
lighter in color, but so thick that most
pc sistent effort fai ed to show :he kin
beneath. In all they were most noble
beasts.
AnteIopes Not Easily Reached.
Another Western animal is yearly be-
coming scarcer and more shy because of
constant harassment. This is the antelope,
of which an old hunter says: What a
live antelope don't see between dawn and
dark isn't visible from his standpoint;
and while you're a-gawkin' at him
through that glass to make out whether
hes a rock or goat he's counting your
cartridges and fixin's and making up his
mind which way he'll scoot when you draw
for shot on i'm, and dont ever you
antelope hunter very long TO find out
the acuteness of that animals eyesight
The deer is simply nowhere in this re-
spect, and some hunters of experience
declare that the prong horn antelope pos
sesses even keener eyesight than the os-
trich or giraffe, both of which are IA
nous for their keenness of eye. And he
is almost equally keen of scent and hear
ing. For these reasons the antelope hunt
er must be a persistent. tireless horse
man and a good shot. AS civilization en-
croaches upon the animals territory his
senses became keener and his suspicion
of human being intensified.
Il is exceedingly difficult to approach
within 500 yards of a band of antelope
unless one is favored by the character of
the country and observes all the nicer
rules of intelligent still hunting. 1t is
better to select rolling, broken bit of
country, where one can take advantage
of the natural rise and fall of the land
though the game, preferring the hatter
s...- sF,,T L1R,F
your success Will be thereby more GER
tain.
Cautious Approach Needed.
The approved method of hunting the
pror ghorn is from the saddle and the
most important point to be observed is
to keep out of sight, with TIE wind well
in YOUR face if possible The antelope
SEEMS to be able to fee the vibration m
parted to he ground by your horses
hoofs. and to be PARTICULARLY Say of a
forses neigh or the sound of his shoe
striking a piece of stone, so it is well TO
leave your horse picketed in the bottom
of the draws and make your way hatless
to the top of he ridges and take a care
full lock over. The greatest caution is here
nece ssary, for tn Sc little fellows are not
often caught off their guard and take
alarm of the slightest suspicion of dan
ger, starting off with the speed of rail-
load train to a safe locality. After that
it is Ike followicg a whirlwind to at
tempt to overtske them.
He likes the tender grass in the bottom
of some swale where there has been the
slightest suspicion of moisture earlier in
the summer and 1t is wei to approach
such places with the greatest care Re
member The falling is always to overshoot
so hold well down on his shoulder and
well ahead If he is on the run He Is pos
sessed Ct rem arkab vitality and is al
most certain, unless hit in a vital part
10 get away from even the best mounted
hunter
Fatally Curious Sometiems.
Flagging the ante ope, of which much
has been written by the earlier hunters, Is
now no longer resoftsd to, nor do expert
enced hunters believe the game can long
er be succt ssfully decoyed in this way,
constant harassment having made the an
imals extremely cautious of approaching
within range of the lure. There are still
many instances, however, of the animals
acute curiosity being the means of get
tirg h m into trouble. An insI ance of this
kind where a fine buck approached to
within 100 yards CT where a hunter was
concealed and so surprised him by sud
denly stepping out over the crest of a
knoll where the ANTELOPE was not expect
ed that the hunter missed him point blank
with the first cartridge and allowed him
to scamper off unmolested until he was
out of shooting distance before trying a
second
Coursing the antelope with hounds is
possible only from the fact that the ami
NAL is not long of wind, for at his own
distance he will easily hold his oNJn with
the very fieetest dogs and fairly distance
/ any ordinary pack.