CHAPTER V

HUNTING THE PRONG-BUCK; FROST, FIRE, AND THIRST

Hunting the Prong-Buck--Long Shots--Misses--Winter Weather--A Hunt in December--Riding in the Bitter Cold--The Old Hunter’s Tepee--A Night in a Line Camp--An Antelope Herd--Two Bucks Shot--Riding Back to Ranch--The Immigrant Train--Hunting in Fall--Fighting Fire--A Summer Hunt--Sufferings from Thirst--Swimming Cattle Across a Swollen Stream--Wagon Trip to the Black Hills--The Great Prairies--A Prong-buck Shot--Pleasant Camp--Buck Shot in Morning--Continue our Journey--Shooting Sage Fowl and Prairie Fowl with Rifle