El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-07
HUNTING WILD ANIMALS.
William Root of Wyoming. Leading
Trapper in The United States


Catching wild animals for the market
* inst like every other vocation: us
easy when You know how. Take the
ak for instance The elk Is a Dig,
stropp animal. very fleet on foot ana
ordinarily the capture OF one aiiNs
,rouId be gaad edal like ropins
.treak of lightning. But they are not
raptured like you might go ana iasso
steer. The capture OF the elk Is US
uaIIy made along in the early spring
At this season. by reoson OF the scar
,ity OF food the animals are not nearly
On strong rs when food can be FOUND
anyvybere At this season. 100. hea'S
yret snovfaIIs are frequent. and when
ans. of sufficient depth comes the noun
faiuee-s form party OF from Ten ~
twenty. and start out on snow SHOES
Reirg well acquainted with the nab
~, of the elk II Is comparatively cas-!
FOR the hunters to locate herd ana
then the chase begins The sno" De
ing deep and wet. the elk ind great
djficuIty in floundering through IT,
,rhfle the men on snow shoes can trav-
81 comparatively fast The result Is
that the Younger members OF the heru
soon become exhausted and fall an
EASY prey To their pursuers- AS soon
as an elk falls from exhaustion OF u
oyertaken and roped IL Is hog-tied'
and the hunters leave it ind continue
the chase after the main herd one ID!
one the young elk are captured an"
Prnm Ave To ten are frequently taken
an one hunt. The captured elk are
thrown on sIetIs and taken to strong
corral where they are liberated IN
few DAYS they are almost as gentle as
cows. and take to- hay "a readily as
range steer might
The number OF elk in wyoming
Idaho and other western statess has.
az course. decreased greatlyin the last
,r,rter of Il century. but there need be
NO more fear that they will become ex-
tinrt thar that the cow family VIII ne
xrinad ont. In the first place they can
live anywher on earth on anylhlhe that
--roVys Altitude does rot Affect tnem
IN the slightest and they VIII thrive
where any other animal OF the same
species would die of broken heart
The demand for wolves IS by no
means heavy. but when they are want
al IL is the young ones that we go al
rer They usually have to be dug out
of holes and the task II iaDorious
one Young wolves occasionally are
,Iso caught in traps. II caught whlie
vouna, they can he tanned with com
narrative ease. although they are not
me kind of animal to tie to-
What in used to be The bear Is wise
old CIV. who looks like farmer. out
isn.t The bears that you see in ZOOS
md circuses are usually caught when
mite Young and brought ur in the way
H., should 90. Nobody wants to
waste his time in training an OLD Dear
You hear many funny stories concern
inz experiences with bears Inc lun
niest thing of the kind that ever wiz
MESSED was just over the wyoming
Colorado line back in 'I6. \ NUMBER oi
,rospectors had pitched camp IN tne
foothills and one OF the party. jim
Henley. started out one morning Win
a doubIe barreid shotgun TO Kill some
&C hens He had gone up along 4
ridge above camp and was Ieehns
along through the sage brush when ne
IN into a bear digging yampa root
The bear didn't know that anypody
was near and probably never would
have been any the wiser IL Hehiey
hadn't pumDed two loads OF birdshot
into him. The only effect was TO
make the bear angry and Re promptly
g,arted after Henley. who headed 1or
camp on a dead run. We heard him
veI,Ing as he touched the high places
with .he bear in hot pursuit. and as ne
came into camp he cried:
Here we come boys. secure your
meat
Henley always was funny cuss. |
As the bear reached camp he paused /
TO get his bearings and a couple OF /
shots from Is settled him.-Denver |
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