The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-11-29

me Game Animals OF Colorado. an
the Manner of Hunting Them.

the Man.es of Hunting Them.
= The Denver Col Tribune says
. The old residents, among the earlie
y OF our early-comers, have prepared
a paper, IN which is given an account ,
n all the resources and attractions OF OF
h Territory, from a sportsman's STANDARD
: Not only are all the game animals .'rt
T corded" but other intelligence
5 given that renders the report as valua
bic as it is interesting.
: The game of Colorado consists O
buffalo, elk, black and white tailed deer
mountain sheep, antelope, cinnamon
; black and grizzly bear, wild turkeys
sage hen, blue or mountain grouse
willow or pin-tail grouse, ptarmigan o
mountain quail, ducks of all kinds ex
cept canvass-b back, geese and brandt
swan, urlew of several varieties anC
IN the Spring and Fall, snipe and plovel
for few days, as they migrate NORTH
and South. We have also a few Califor
ma and State quail, imported fol
breeding purposes.
The following fur bearing animals
are numerous: Beaver, otter. mink,
martin, weasel, red, gray, black and
SllVer-gfay fox, besides many varities
that are supposed to be a cross of the
different distinct species also a very
small animal of the fox kind, known
| here as the swift, the large gray and
white timber wolf, white and gray COW
ote and black prairie wolf, panther or
| California lion, lynx, wolvereen. cata-
mount and wild cat, badger, skunk,
ground hog or woodchuck, and other
minor species.
Success in either hunting or trapping
depends more here than elsewhere up
on the experience of the person en-
gagged in it and his knowledge of the
country, for the reason that game is
not generally distributed throughout
the territory, but certain species are
confined TO certain localities. No
stranger need expect much success IN
less accompanied by an experienced
guide.
remarkable bags are often made, but
create little remark here. 1t is moth
ing uncommon for two hunters to load
large freight wagon with deer. ante
iope or buffalo in a day or two after
reaching the hunting grounds. Grouse
ana such game may be killed at the
rate OF from one to five dozen a dav TO
the gun, provided the hunter has the
time and patience to hunt up their
locality.
The larger animals are very extern
siyelv hunted during the season. for
both local and foreign markets. It is
estimated that not less than 200, 600
buffalo We're slaughtered for their hides
alone last year, and so long as the price
Of skins make it a profitable business,
and the buffalo remain, this waste and
destruction will 60 on.
The good hunting grounds are nu-
merous. Ducks, geese, &c. may be
found very close about Denver. VIII
low grouse are widely distributed. and
may be found IN almost any direction
from town by travelling from ten to
twenty miles. They are much more
difficult to capture, and are a far bet
ter bird than the prairie chicken of the
States, and ale not found in the noun
tains at all, while the blue or mountain
grouse are only found in the noun
taIns, and are the finest eating bird of
the grouse kind, aud offer poor sport
to any except ''pot shooters, they be
ing excessively tame.
PtarmIgan are only fond very close
to the snowy range, and are very good
for the table, but might as well be
killed with a club as shot. Buffalo
are sometimes found within thirty
miles Of town, but usually ride of
from fifty to two hundred miles east.
either via the Union Pacific or the
Kansas Pacific railway, will be neces-
sary for any great success. Antelope
are often found within ten miles of
this place, but are more plenty as YOU
leave civilization behind in either di- |
rection. White tail deer are not plenty.
They are only occasionally killed along
the water courses and in the low hill |
country some thirty to fifty miles to
east, and seventy miles from here. |
Black tail deer contne themselves to |
the mountainous regions, except when |
severe storms prevail; they then come
to the foothills, where they may be |
killed IN quantities. They afford |
fine sport, whether in noun |
tain or valley, are very numerous, and |
are often hunted within twenty miles |
of town. Bear are distributed |
throughout the entire mountain coun-
Try. Mountain sheep are very seldom |
klllel, except on the high mountains, |
and from twenty-five miles distant to |
as far as the Rocky Mountains extendy |
Elk are found most numerous in the |
Middle and North Forks, from seventy |
to che hundred miles distant, and on |
the Laramie Plains, and further west |
along the line of the Union Pacific |
Railway for three or four hundred |
miles from Cheyenne, especially in the |
vicinity of Fort Steele, as far north as |
the Wind River Mountains and Mon |
tana Territory.
Very few dogs of pure blood or fine
breed are owned here. Some pointers
and settlers of doubtful blood, and oc |
casionaliy a gray or stag hound are
kept Tor running down wounded game: |
but no fox hounds are in the country,
nor could they be used to any advan-
tage on account of the pricklv pear.
which would cripple them in an hours
run.