Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-22
"THE SPORTSMAN'S PARA
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iuB BIouuus uuhuI punbvu ia out "hVlo
country. Only n few years ago, when
these lands were the undisputed domain
of the savage. the only access was by tho
narrow and dangerous mountain trails
and passes, and the way was disputed
by the foe OF the white man. Now al
most every section Of the State where
the finest game or fish is found, can be
reached in q Pullman Cur, and every
town and pleasure resort is convenient
to prolific hunting and fishing grounds
The forests which cover so large n
proportion of the State are the natural
covert for elk, deer, antelope, the Rocky
Mountain sheep, as we'll as variety of
smaller game, while the streams and
lakes in countless numbers are teeming
with mountain trout, those specified
beauties that so delight the heart Of the
experienced Nimrod, whilo the more
common varieties Of fish ply the waters
in ample swarms.
Though by no means the chiefest OF
sports in Colorado, trout fishing is almost
the universal pastime, because Of the
great abundance of the opportunities,
the ease of access to lakes and streams,
and the comfort with which this de-
lightful sport can be pursued
TROUT FISHING.
The water courses Of Colorado COM
prise eight principal rivers which, hay
ing their sources centrally in the noun
tains, flow in all directions through the
State, increasing in volume from count
less numbers of lesser tributaries. In
all of these waters, from the little brook
high up in the mountains to the broad
rivers in the valley, abound tho noun
tain trout, in all his sportive gayety, his
beauty of form and his delicate tooth
someness, the latter unexcelled by any
species Of the piscatoral tribe.
or the beautiful lakes distributed
throughout the mountain regions of
Colorado which vary in size from five
square miles TO the circumference of n
millpond, many are without names be-
cause Of the great number and their re-
moteness from towns and settlements.
Indeed, ii were needless to name them;
but there is something pertinently sug-
FESTIVE to anglers in the articulation OF
Trapper's Lake, Grand Lake, Clear
Lake, Green Lake, Twin Lakes, Elk
Lake, Goose Lake, Trout Lake, Cotton
wood Lake, Evergreen Lake, and the
like, throughout the long list Of an hun
dred little fairy pools nesting away up
between the whitened peaks, their crys-
tai waters rejecting the blue sky and
the misty veil that hangs suspended
from the SUBMITS above These lakes
having their inlets and outlets by the
mountain streams, are likewise swarm
ing and teeming with fish, and are tho
resort Of those who prefer the comforts
Of fishing from boat to the more ardu
Gus sport Of wading the streams. Her
tho trout is found in his most magnifi
, cent form, though in lake and STREAM
he is everywhere master of the waters
Other varieties Of fish abound, and many
goodly blue catfish and fine, gamy percl
of varied hue are taken.
The blue and yellow catfish and thu
German carp are raised to some extent
in the hatcheries, and become a part o.
tho stock in small private lakes. They
are also found occasionally in the streams
but are not numerous.
Under the beneficient fishery laws o.
Colorado, the valuable aid Of tho United
States Fish Hatchery, located at Lead
ville), and the individual efforts of the
citizens, the various streams and lakes
are annually re-stocked and the breet
improved to meet the possible depletion
by the settlement and aggressions o.
man and the many industries that be-
come destructive to the fnny tribe.
THE sPoRTSMAN's SEASON.
The statutes Of the State protecting
game permits the killing OF game birds
from August 18th to November LIST; wa.
ter fowl, from September 1st to May LIST
Deer and elk may be killed from August
LIST to November LIST. The killing Of
Buffalo and mountain sheep is prohib.
tied. II is lawful to take fish with hook
and line from June list TO December 1st
Netting, poison and explosives are pro.
hibited.
The great hunting grounds Of Color.
ado have become somewhat circumscribed
of late years by the encroachments Of
industrial settlement. So much the oct.
ter. Game Of all descriptions, however
is found in all quarters of the State, ex.
cept upon the plains, which is the do
main of the jack rabbit alone, and even
he furnishes rare sport to the huntsman
Jack rabbit hunts are Of frequent occur.
renee where the sport results in taking
500 to 1000 in day, and the writer re.
calls one instance where roundup Of
thirty-fou guns resulted in the bag
ging Of 1900 in twelve hours shooting
Yet it may be surprising abroad, as il
is to many at home, that the territory
yet left almost undisturbed as the home
Of wild animals in Colorado. is larger
than the State OF New York This is the
former favorite hunting ground OF the
Indian, from which he is now forever ex.
Guided, and it is free and inviting to the
white man from whatever land he may
come.
LARGE GAME.
This paradise Of the sportsman" as
it is very appropriately termed, com
prises the great peaks and valleys, for
ests, streams and lakes OF Routt, Grand
and Garfield counties. This is the fa-