Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-11-29
TRAPPER CALLS GRIZZLY BEAR .1p.
.np. "MOST PEACEABLE OF CRITTERS"
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% Timely Advice TO Hunters Who Wish 10 Try Ga
= Shot at the Monarch Of the Western Plains
sy Best Way to Use Horses For Bait. =: D
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Especial Correspondence the New York Times

the hill there Will be no danger OF his
getting wind OF the hunter and light.
ing out for parts unknown. Having
once found the hait II grizzly will 20
to ii four or tivc times 4 day and eat
until he can hold no more. and when
not eating he will lie in the nearest
thick timber TO il.
BEARS As FlGHTERs.
at doesn't take II grizzly long to eat
mp horse. Several years ago "A guide
went on a spring bear hunt with Il New
York sportsman, They killed Il horse
for bait on the side of i hill rs just de-
scrihcd, ana going Ia 1t the next morn
Ing found that twO-thirlS of ii had
been eaten during the night. They sat
behind the screen of pines to watch.
and in less than an hour three fine
grizzlies came ont from the pines and
Saunlcrcd up the hill to the bait, The
first shot the hunter fired took one of
them in the brain. and he sank down
without kick. while the Others sat on
their launches and gaZcd stupidity
around. The next shot Drained an.
other one, and the remaining one, and
the largest Of them all, started to run.
But ball through the heart kcc!cd
him over and so in less than a minute
they had three fine grizzlies, all OF
good size and wearing thick coats OF
prime fur.
"a bear chase is often Il long and
tirCsome piece of work, for when Il
bear finds that it is tracked it picks
out the most tangled paths. 1t often
leads the hunter twenty miles over
mountains and through valleys, where
the brush and briars are harassing,
and the swampS almost inaccessible To
man. although the bear shuillcs along
with his clumsy gait as rapidly as if
on the best of roads. | once followed
a bear thirty miles in a day and II
moonlight night. | never knew such Il
cute beast rs she was. She would
hide behind rocks and bouldcrs as
we'll as any boy seeking escape, and
run rs fast when she knew l had Il
chance to fire ut her. At last she got
away by dodging into some boulders.
when l was too tired to follow her
longer.
"A bear hunters outfit is simple: A
good up-to-datc rifle, heavy boots, thick
trousers. a light hunting axe in belt,
4 pistol, and a lOng-bladcd knife for
emergencies. If Il hunter is anxious
to be put on his mcttlc while on the
hunt, let him give the bear scent Of
him. Then the bear will take a course
| which will require nerve. wind, and a
tough skin to follow. When the snow
Is deep, bear chase is generally slow
and tedious. With light fall and
a fresh track, however. there Is no
sport so exciting. and even an amateur
hunter will find himself going miles
on good stiff trot. 1t is no hard mat
ter to kill bear if the dogs understand
their business when the bear is brought
to bay, for it will give all its attention
to the dogs that are yclping around 1t.
while the hunter stands off and fills
him with lead. But there are times
when bear will brace himself for a
fight from the word go and then If
the hunter does not kill at the first
fire, he is apt to have about as lively Il
time rs he ever dreamed Of No story
of bear fight that was ever told can
be much ahead of the incidents that
occur during a fight il it Is q good
ono"