The herald., 1893-10-15
THEY SHOT TWELVE BIG ELK
A rarty Of Los Angeles Hunt
ers and Their Trip
Into the Wilds of Idaho During the
Last Two Months.
s. Powell Doea Soma Fine Shooting,
Henry Roller and Max Werner
Also Bag Big Cams Incl
dents OF the Hunt.

II w tne lbtIer part OF u uly tTlO Vi IOcal
sportsmen lett this city for hunting trip
into the wilds of Idaho. They were s.
Powell and Max Werner OF Los Angeles
and Henry w. Keller of Santa Monica.
The party was gone for over two months
and only recently returned to Southern
California.
They report having had very sue
cessfol trip, although the season was
late, which materially interferred with
their bagging several grizzlies. The big
game was not very plentiful, but what
they found was sufficiently large to COM
pensate for lack in numbers.
Mr.. Powell kept a diary of the trip
and il inposseseion OF many interesting
facts. He also took a large quantity OF
! Photographic views OF the most impress
sive and beautiful scenes along the
route. They had to journey several
days from Los Angeles to their starting
point in Montana before meeting the
outfit preparatory to starting into the
wilds.
From Los Angeles they went to Mis-
soula, which lies little northwest of
the central portion OF Montana. Hare
they met their guide, servants and out
fit and started for the Bitter Root, a
western spur OF the Rockies. They
travelled south and west for about 10
days before reaching their objective
point, the home OF the elk and moose.
After leaving Missoula the party went
southwest into the Bitter Root noun
tains. They traversed Yitter Root val
ley for several miles and crossed the
creek. striking Leu Lou creek, which
| m 20 fo
brought them to the summit OF the
Bitter Root mountains, at an elevation
of 1000 to 5000 feet. The old govern
ment trail made by General Howard in
1875, they followed for three days !;
then, leaving the trail, they crossed the
Clearwater river in Idaho and changed
the course to due south, which was fol-
lowed for so miles toward the National
park.
While relying upon their Winchesters
| for supplying the freah meat, ample
provision was made in the way of grub
for the trip and which afterwards proved
to be sufficient Besides the three men
from this section, three additional per-
sons accompanied the party, the
guide, cook and boy, whose special duty
was to attend to the horses. Each
member OF the party was provided with
riding animal which, together with
the pack train, made total string OF 16
horses.
No attempt was made for the first
week of the trip to bag any game. About
the seventh day, however, the deer
country was reached and any quantity
of the animals could have been shot.
The party were contented, however,
with getting enough fresh meat for their
mess and waited for the larger variety
of game.
Along the route were large number
of lakes in which trout weighing three
! pounds were average catches. The
grouse and sage hens we're also encoun-
tered in large quantities.
After the lake country was reached
the party were on the lookout for elk
and moose, whic i are to be found about
the marshes in that vicinity. They had
been out nine days before elk were en-
countered. Mr.. Powell, in company
with Mr.. Keller, had gone out from the
camp and the two had separated. The
former wandered along and finally saw
the tracks of two bull elk. He followed
them for some time, not being positive
! whether or not they were fresh. FL
| nally he ran across the place where they
surroundings knew that they had pre-
ceded him only short time.
/, 1t was then that Mr.. Powell, true
hunter that he is, determined to keep
after those elk if it took him all night.
and that without his blankete. He fol.
lowed them for several miles further,
when suddenly be raised his head from
| examining the tracks to see two eplen-
did bull eiks, with their heavy antlered
heads aloft, bounding down the noun
| tain side. He was up and after them to
get shot, but happily that masculine
| quality came to the rescue OF the hunter
and helped him bag an elk. Like the
antelope, the elk is afflicted with vein
| OF curiosity. Oue of the fleeing animals
finally stopped TO take look at the man
from Los Angeles. The elk's body was
hid behind tree, only his head and
i neck being presented. Mr.. Powell,
fearing to damage the head, aimed at
| the animals neck, and--tally one for
the Winchester. The other elk kept on
running, and Mr.. Powell next turned
his attention to this one. He shot nine
times at him, the last shot finishing
| him. Upon examining the second elk
| eight wounds were found, being leaden
corroboration of Mr.. Powells previous
reputation as a marksman.
On another occasion he baggsd two
elks in similar manner, although bis
shooting at this time will stand COM
parison with any other in any country.
Two splendid elks were started and
obtained big lead over Mr.. Powell.
He ehot at them, however, but they
| kept on, all OF them he was able to see
being their bodies and antlers.
He fred Is times at the pair. and
brought them down in heap at the
foot of the mountain, distance of sev-
eral hundred yards. They had been
struck II times.
Mr.. Powell also bagged a fine looking
wolf and Mr.. Keller shot several elks
aud one panther. Mr.. Werner also cot
several elk. Between them the three
killed ten. elk, two more having been
killed bv the other members OF the
| party,
Mr.. Powell has an exceedingly fine
collection OF views representing the
country in color and in snow.
| He stated to a reporter last waek fb.+