Then, slowly
and painfully, the second deer limped away. A second shot rent the air,
but the wounded animal was not touched, and a second later it followed
its mate to cover.
CHAPTER XXIX
TWO ELK AND A BEAR
"I guess that hunter, whoever he is, will lose that deer," was Dave's
comment.
"He won't if he knows how to follow the game up," answered Sid Todd.
"That deer was badly wounded, and game can't run far over these rough
rocks."
"Wonder who it was?" mused Phil.
"Can't tell that--so many folks come out here to hunt," answered the
cowboy. "It might be some ranchman or cowboy, and it might be some city
sportsman trying his luck."
"We may fall in with him later," said Dave. "If we do, I hope he proves
a nice sort."
"Folks out here usually hunt on their own hook," said Todd.
The cowboy had in mind to pass to the north of the mountain top, and
this they did, soon leaving behind the locality where the two deer had
been seen. They saw nothing of the party who had fired the two shots.
"I hope he doesn't take us for game and shoot this way," said Roger,
who had heard of just such accidents more than once.
"Well, we don't want to mistake him for game either," said Dave.
"Whenever you shoot, be sure of what you are shooting at.
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