The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1900-07-14
HUNTING IN cOLORADo WILDs
Some Fine Specimens Killed for
Mcat Ia Montana RcocntIy---
Pronehorns Giving Way
Before Hunters.

limited IN the teillnR TO DILL q Scdut
minority Of the lucky ones who en-
joyed the stirring incidents of those
wild times. When these are gone the
sole remaining link which indefinably
conects the present with the past is
broken. Then only by historical ref
erence can we recall or recollect the
legend of the bison's passage.
During the past year a few of the
remaining stragglers of the once
mighty race have been most %jealously
guarded in the widest tracts of Colo
RADIOS hunting country. Official re-
ports claim that in widely scattered
bands q few-a very few-in their
haven of refuge and far from those
disturbing elements which in the past
have proved SO fatal still fight against
their fate in that Invaluable domain,
the Yellowstone National park. Out
of the millions of but a generation
gone these remnants remain ito keep
before the present the pitiless lesson
OF a rocking past.
Istt Specimens of tle Rnce.
So when not long since six strong
and healthy buffalo were butchcred.
for meat in Helena Mont, some
sportsmen thought that more than To-
cal attention should have been attract
ed to so unusual and, to some, unlaw-
full event. However, but little COM
ment was caused thereby. "A few paid
the price demanded and enjoyed the
now rare delicacy Of 'boss-rib' and
"buffalo-hump' at SO cents per pound.
Several carcnses were disposed of at
different points both inside and with
out the limits of the state. The bal
ance was sold in Helena, all as com-
mon meat.
The heads and hides, now relics of
almost priceless worth, have been
carefully preserved and will, in time,
be mounted, two or three, at least,
life size. All of the buffalos were in
their prime-strong, heavy beasts,
from to 8 years old. Each dressed
about 1000 pounds. The humps were
high and heavy, and the hind quarters
light and sloping. On all the long,
dark names hung pendent from mass
I've shoulders ard thick necks; the
longer hair, draping almost to the
ground, in part concealed the sturdy
forelegs and the black, ponderous
hoofs, which made tracks second to
none of any kind of cloven foot. The
great, hanging necks and massive
heads we're but a mass of matted,
bristling hair, out of which the bright
eyes sombcr shone, and lust above
sloped out the +ebon-polished horns.
The longer hairs from the bewhis-
kercd lower jaw ofttimes trailed the
ground. From the shoulders back the
hair was shorter and lighter in color,
but so thick that most persistent eff
fort failed to show the skin beneath.
In all they were most noble beasts.
Antc'opcs Not Easily Reached.
Another western animal is yearly
becoming scarcer and more shy be.
cause of constant harassment. This
is the antelope, of which an old hunt
or says: What n live antelope don't
see between dawn and dark isn't Wis
IDLE from his standpoint; and while
you're a-gawkin' at him through that
glass to make out whether he's a rock
or goat he's counting your cartridges
and fxing's and making up his mind
which way he'll scoot when you draw
for a bead on i'm, and don't ever you
forget it," 1t does not take the ANA
teur antelope hunter very long to find
ont the a~cuteness OF that animals eve
sight. The deer is simply nowhere in
this respect, and some hunters Of ex-
perience declare that the pronghorn
antelope possesses even a keener eve
sight than the ostrich or giraffe, both
of which are famous for their keen
ness of eye. And he is almost equal
" keen OF scent and hearing, For
these reasons the antelope hunter
must be a persistent, ~tireless horse
man and a good shot. AS civilization
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tory his senses became keener and his
suspicion of human being intensified.
1t is exceedingly difficult to an
proach 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 a roll->
ing, broken bit of country, where one
can take advantage of the natural rise
and fall OF the land, though the game,
prcferring the f1atter prairie, may not
be so plentiful there. But your sue
cess will be thereby more certain.
Cautious Approach Needed.
The approved method Of hunting
the pronghorn is from the saddle and
the most important point to be OBJ
served is to keep out OF sight, with.
the wind well in your face if possible.
The antelope seems to be able to feel
the vibration impaired to the ground.
by your horses hoofs, and to be par
ticularly shy of a horses neigh or the
sound of his shoe striking n piece of
stone, so it is we'll to leave your horse
picketed in the bottom OF the draws
and make your way hatless to the top
OF the ridges and take n careful look
over. The greatest caution is here
necessary, for these little fellows are
not often caught off their guard and.
take alarm at the slightest suspicion
OF danger, starting off with tile speed
OF n railroad train to a safer locality.
After that it is like following a whirl-
wind to attempt to overtake them.
He X the tender grass in the bot
tom OF some swale where there has
been the slightest suspicion of mois-
ture earlier in the summer and it is
well to approach such; places with the
greatest care. Remember the falling
Is always to oyershoot, SO hold well
down on his shoulder and well ahead
il he is on the rmn. He is possessed Of.
remarkable vitality and is almost cer-
tain, unless hit in a vital part, to get
away from eyen the best mounted
hunter.
Fatally Curious Sometimes.
Flagging the antelope, of which.
much has been written by the earlier
hunters, is now no longer resorted to,
l,or do experienced hunters believe
the game can longer be successfully
dccoyed inythis way, constant harrass-
mcnt having made the animals ex-
tremcly cautious of approaching
within range OF the lure. There are
still many instances, however, of the
animals acute curiosity being the!
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are loudest In thstr praise
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