The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-12

stopped and hid behind bouldors. The elk had
s liz r nma were going %leisurely down the oppo,
that Il blew from tho elk toward us Me'' VI -4
tiously obscured by trees and boHlders Tho
animals wero totally unconscious of any danger.
easienSll y's stop, G and kiP aSss III Si se great spTa% vi
ing hoIns, would smell for q feeding spot. We
T SIenI down N the mountainside. and then more
glass again. lhe band was still together, and
nov, but $50 yards distant from thcm. None
put nuntcrs can understand the ecstacy Of such
ton at the scene. Xt that SpG moment the guide
IN MS rising excitement ripped and fell in some
brush; know my heart almost stopped thu!np'
my, and think my companions hearts did, too.
Two bull elks raised their horned heads and
sniIed the air, Then, they moved forward a
scento ny snlned again we saw that tney
ssT6O guide, still lying on the ground, mo.
knew the animal to fro at; In unison We
walked rapidly forward, still aiming our runs
at tho oI noble BIZ beasts. Bang! went Dan Lyons's
guns went of. The guide had not dared rise
from the ground and fire with us. The elk in.
stopped WITH fright tU and looked iis I about. The old
King bull Of tho bunch sank on his fore knees. In
All the animals but tho magnificent old king,
which had beer. shot through the left breast and
aod fallen lien headlong in If is tracks; went 2 bounding n
THE guide now led us running pcll mcll
down the mountain, with our rifles in our hands.
A half mile down we came upon a bull elk that
lay dying. from n gaping wound in its neck.
About 200 yards away Mo found another elk.
weak from loss of blood from n hole In the head.
The noble old fellow stood facing us. He low
cred, his horns as we advanced and was ready
warned us beware Of a wounded elk that Would
attack any man in its death .throes. I kept q
tree between me and the animal and sent On:
eyes. With n roar the handsome beast fell dead.
Then we set about gathering our three dead
elk; Each animal weighed between 500 and
900 pounds, 1t took a good deal of hauling,
putting. and straining to skin and dress
d tsS af 9he mca nnd the and Sa tbyod the a msSt up fb Hps
in the party had ever had such thoronsh sat-
that first elk hunt in eastern Arizona"
The sportsman who has a hankering for ex.
among the mountains Of Arizona and New
Mexico. Panthers, like those one reads about
re- 5eieS in o' t ireR'i pris effpeFi nGI iesss are er sti str In this
The man who wishes to know how true arc the
legends of the courage Of his panther. lighting
cn1ons and forests remote from any commu.
nifty out here. There arc literally thousands of
herds of cattle and fiocks of sheep the ~panthers
lived on deer, squirrels and antelopes. Now
snes Z f fssop' on T An o SSn5hsrs s calf :i and frequently SsTsr dSL
n TSS they are the fercest Of American beasts;
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large, heavy animals. Even the daredevil cow.
boys, who love 10 pump lead into a panther. are
the shadows Of q boulder when searching for a
ganther's lair. Many stories are current in the
fh Eom sS sIeS Se1Ts J Rsn,h Snd t leSP1nFt S en- t hunters nnd
chest Of the hunter. Nearly every cowboy has
had . lively experience with 9 panther or wild
these varieties are as common about the log
cabins and cowboy ranch homes as coon skins
vie II ai hna and tho fhSIiiy little hea coi aSo; rivers in this
region are nothing to boast Of as water courses
Rev n sh ENGLAND ssa & e c SlT %idd hey st Sf sse 5 5lfef fSe IN s a9s
and s geese N e%io oTem 81 sr and f boeemt 90 o1 The
the lazy muddy water. are attractive TO the
birds. Wild goose hunting is a wonderful sport
n 5as Ras' but f hh ofr slsn Almost nns a al epeat possie
bihties here as there, and but for the excite
m 9hooti nRa Of p dyeRs nnd IN pe sgaf In ib f,ST rssi Ean Sst ais
amid such abundance y game long ago iost INST
most abundant of all ducks in tho ferriSoftes.
Armies Fl Fl t ads s SaGie a d ssyo Rfsn h estim "a ted , 70
from British America through Idaho and Non.
tana, thence across Nevada and Utah to Ari-
ing sometimes for a month"; until the fir st fall
of snow, in the mountains. drives them ON to
WinRssd Mexico teai dus Sapi bnTs f bec zoe m and 200 sT S Sond
s Ma%tsn aei here 1u in a d day. P There @ are also 1s t f%Sr
sands of gorgeous wood du; ks and the clarion
the Gila River in some spots IS a mass Of; Varie.
gated colors formed by the armies Of bril- liantly
col0red water fowls settling there.
The wild goose is not to be forgotten in the
enumeration of the wide range of &c me in
f he4or refaop hon Ewo ana xsFi sSe br OF sees Th are e enST IN
countless numbers and stop for days at a time
in their migration southwark; The cowboys
amy other otRer SPORT sport e X T:'~ w idea shootikn q sa1 The
eattlemsn plan to have the branding season
fore November sets In. because of the general
Generalization Of the business on the ranges
when the honk honk of the white ar mics of
geese is heard coming over the mOuntai h peaks.
About all the Sunday ~feasts, and es pecially
the Thanksgiving dinner, in the cattle camps
Sunday for the last few weeks the cowt oys and
all the railroad men who could get aw ay from
On one Sunday in the middle of last, month
several cowboys near Holbrook got more than
iest E 1T the se %ste each It a Gdllapsl great o%sr mary tSs inv we're Re
New Mexico, go wild geese were brou ghtU into
town and distributed among the poor people
Thursday. nov. II. The geese were SaS.t tie result ut
OF two days hunting in the country.
wild turkeys in tho general satisfaction it gives
tho sportsman. The size, shyness; and speed Of
worthy match for the shrewdest huEaer. Old
time sportsmen out here say they find a pecu-
liar charm in alluring The proudly s%trutting
concealment and then in exercising their neat
est shoo,ing skin as leisurely as theE Ike.
~ BuiuO i . IcCcSSuTy W Llo buut lou sports
men who come into this region and wish to go
turkey hunting, for the birds are more than
sixty miles away from the railroad towns, and
a winding trail has to be followed across sandy
wastes, over foothills, and through forests.
some hunters prefer the North Carolina style
OF hunting the gobblers-that is, in the night
time. When tho feeding ground OF u flock of
wild turkeys has been located. the ~sportsmen
sally forth from camp with their guide. The
party steal over pine needles and grass as noise
lessly as possible toward the feeding ground.
whero the night hens stalk for hours in the
early part Of the night: Two Of the party be.
anatomy. The sound is Identical with the
clucking of a turkey hen to her brood. All
the turkeys will follow that peculiar whistling
sound. The, sportsmen; continue to blow
through the bone, and the turkey hens come
nearer. When they arc so close as to he seen
in the darkness, tho guns are snatched up and
fired. A party of hunters will often get a
dozen turkeys In three volleys.
Tho greater number of wild turkey hunters
prefer to go about It in daylight and to use more
| strategy In getting game. They study the
haunts Of the flock and learn. where they feed
and where they roost. The birds come down
| slowly from the uplandS at sunset TO drink;
then, under cover Of early darkness. they scud
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