He was accustomed to the sight of big game, and so had the edge of his appetite for its pursuit worn off.

Yet he was a hunter, just as every Western man was a hunter in the times of the Western game.
His weapons were the rifle, revolver, and rope; the latter two were always with him.

With the rope at times he captured the coyote, and under special conditions he has taken deer and even antelope in this way, though this was of course most unusual and only possible under chance conditions of ground and cover.

Elk have been roped by cowboys many times, and it is known that even the mountain sheep has been so taken, almost incredible as that may seem.

The young buffalo were easy prey for the cowboy and these he often roped and made captive.