Bighorn sheep graze on the last of the green grass on Gets-Struck-By-Lightning Mountain in the late fall. Two Hawk's father and older brother, Night Heron, set off through newly fallen snow to hunt with their dogs. Two Hawk is sad to be left behind, but he has heard the bull elk's mating call for seven seasons, too few to be old enough to hunt.
Archaeologist and rock art researcher Lawrence L. Loendorf is president of Sacred Sites Research, which records and analyzes pictograph and petroglyph sites and promotes their protection. Writer and editor Nancy Medaris Stone is the coauthor, with Loendorf, of Mountain Spirit: Sheep Eater Indians of Yellowstone. Dav¿Joaqu¿is a freelance artist and illustrator. His illustrations have appeared in Mountain Spirit: Sheep Eater Indians of Yellowstone.