The sun., 1899-02-12

eESs tney ~ line SonbmSncs bneysr 70 sqter the Hr
SHOWS about The latter pnTt of November
beSnr 4 enyesG wo ssGpped III WITH food and shetar he
winter sTo" "A hear viii sSmetITnes roam for
weeks in search Of suitable PLACE S,t for
bis T dTn ca Then aSnDE ne VIII roo select The edge ~
a 5"g cedar lar swomp or even the shelter Of bush.
When the We weather. Is soft he Is liable to come
times lin gather M T new moss and bark for the
q m his 1 bed ms hH e oSS %t
ed by rain or melting snow. As n rule. he is
eSEv 90 spanrs n S bSve Known bears to
loave their dens as early as the 10th OF April,
hf eT paT vSry or s % Ts " Sns
picking out warm, sunny places where they
can take sun bath during the day. returning
ont Of the den I'm the spring he Is as fat as II
not not fntt"r than. when he Went in. but he loses
sprinG hole or water course where he can nil
aTand %T T4 6r m@a @ ebs bSors RE
he tackles any solid food / have never known
q bear to touch a bait until he had been out of
",Tho black bear is responsible for the death
OF n great many young moose and caribou. It is
the cows OF these animals. when bringing
forth their young. retire to islands in the lakes
too lively on his feet for the bear to catch him,
inc in our is WOO Woods R goodos moose viii now
and then fall victim to a bear. Some years
ago heard moose roaring and believing in
bear had broken the moose's back and
knocked him down and was chewing
ling bull Tho bear was 50 busy he didn't
notice my approach. and dropped him across
ants, HuSlie Mcnermott and Dan Flynn. wit
messed big fight between n large bear and
three,-y,ear-old bull moose. in which the bear
less bull moose is taken off his guard. though.
he Is usually too much for tho bear to handle.
aeon Common MOI "H thing G to III" nd loose bear in com
Tuasrest @ Mt'a expepence @ ever had had with bears was
in the year 1885. when / shot six bears on one
trp six fhGs have ne shSt
as i %ss sysr ESins TS4ls. up the Burnt Hill stream.
after the provisions in some lumber camps be-
longing to Guy. Bevan 4 Co We went out from
MramcR TT It wss ps'ITS about It'll the - middle @ Of the
afternoon when he reached camp called
tR9 m
the sink. and the other at q pile of old bones
the end Of the ramp We found out later
the stuff considerably. had a double barrelled
gun loqded with bucEshot The bears were not
bear at the bone pile and then gave the gent
Mt the sink the left barrel Neither Of them
male bears. Weighing about 200 pounds each
Patchel at the time was a little way back on
the trail and arrived Just in time to attend the
the bears. stretched the skins on poles and
hung them up in the camp
w9 at 9" sseS 6STe h6y 6 nd
the oats that afternoon and stayed all night
The following day struck out for the Clear
watr qns to 96ES opS at Hqr Sars
about noon. As came around the corner OF
the camp | saw n big bear in the dooryard.
OF lead in the breadroom. and he capped his
paws to his head and doubled up with his feet
across the yard and saw another lad elm bing
out OF the oqtbin that was attached to the hovel.
the nher side p a0d 0 made mae of undr dSn S Steam
through the hay shed. ran around to the
other side OF the hovel. When the bear came
to see what the racket was SO / served another
habsas corpus on him that minute This was
weighed over 200 pounds. j stripped oil the
skins right away and ugged them back to the
same afternoon We stretched the skins on
poles and next morning started downstream,
from the Burnt Hin poo party
There was one more camp to examine
about three miles from the main river When
Bear @ at the sink. There w was "a small snail brook eE
between us and had to GROSS over a corduroy
fore stepped on the bridge caught sight OF a
large she bear about fifteen feet above me
9bE s the n fn
the gent at the sink sprang out in the middle
Of the dooryard and looked around to see where
he turned a complete somersault in the
chips. came down on the palms of his feet
had Kicked him cndways He only ran about