The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-18

Timely Advice to EAStesO uuntefS Il
IS Who Wish 70 Try . Shot at the
IS Monarch Of the Western Plains
L Best Way to Use Homes for Bait.
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oAN BERNARDINo. Cal.-"The most
~ absurd thing that Eastern people
Y believe they know about grizzly
bears" said Capt. Harvey Deddam.
" the most famous veteran trapper
and hunter in California nowadays.
on foot in America The fact is that
grizzly is about the, the most psaceabse pea es ,s OF
and thousands Of Smaller Hxer wid i'd game in
| my forty years in the Sierras. Now. a |
grizzly never & picks ks Quarrel !. and IN nn never
smartine ; with rifle bali to get up and
grizzly, charges straight at it's foe. it is
generally most terrifying thing in its
sensations which lone hunter has when
he is charged upon by half-ton ton beast eaat,t
swaying head and open mouth, uttering
a deep roar at every bound. Consider
vital spot in the bears anatomy if he
would save himself from being torn into
Southern California. 1 have not seen one
taken as a whole, there are about as many
black and grizzly bears among the Siero
raS ana coast Range mountains as tieie
were twenty-five, years ago. The beasts
have retired further back among the can
and up on ,oasb hs sides bn he 1t
clearing Of timber from the mountains
. has helped the increase of the bruin tribe
When the timber was thick the bears were
compelled to skirm more for food. and
had to depend TO a 'eat degree on roots
plies which the pigpens and sheepfoldsr rc OF
the scattered ranches afforded them; o The The
sares Sy the appearance m M % Of ali kinds Of berry
bushes, the fruit of which forms sa the s,ne Ia
bs fSod ensns f ase Of ahe timber has
\ disturbed the Character of the dense rs
: chaparrals. in the confines OF which 1,t,e the
{ ! bears find safe places for breeding. The
, | rocky ledges, with their ravines and cav
erns. still remain almost unwisised TWISTED spy og
n winter lairs secure and comfortable as
f whenthe forest grew above them: s;.o
8 "How big are grizzly bears: Inc SIZE
d varies according to the length Of, OF the 1,,
l. summer season and abundance OF 1000 IN n
the locality in which they are IRE thnse in
v California. where long hibernatlon is no.
t. necessary. and where there Is good pear ga
n Rocky mountain grizzlies in Montana ana n
e Idaho are generally 200 and 300 pounds
Montana and Idaho grizzlies hibernate at
y least fourteen weeks. and when they come
"a out in the spring they have TO rns.e @ sm,d oNfd
= hundreds of square miles for 1000 :tnlio
l. the melting SHOWS. So they soon becoms
!; skin and bones: 1t is heavy setogSs set. 1Ss
"a cubs. Now. the California and Arlzons
n grizzlies don't have such clmai.S si.ht conat of
Sns to fight cafsrna The srzzy is
ID ID pounds. have killed few that ,t",n. wsn
ts @ p1una srskes put there are
os os such beasts. When you consider that al
e. ordinary milch cow weighss 200 ponnhas p,hn,
.d , YOU see that 900 pounds of bear. "hei
in that bear is maddened. roaring and ca"
il, ing. is mighty awing creature 70, 10 iaoe oS
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Nv the most powerful of American "'io a'''
is mails
It. How do we bear hunters know wher
ed to 20 to find ur game? There are man man
nd ways of knowing likely assembling lpcan, @n n
TO ties for the beasts IN early summer , e eea
op live in muddy places at the heau OF "
". CANYON streams and about the stream
that dry up in the middle nj M 91 Damn 1ne snot s@
u- and early in the summer. if they al
to about. the soft black mud along the eas
hese 81 paseS ad w been Ss Walking throus
a, it. At intervals the mud will be hoiioWe we
'sr out in places eight or ten feet se long rhcs w
ne are wallow holes made by bears IN ines
ed ed holes the animals wallow and ne oia AN
a. and shoot the bears when they come tne, n'ss
as to wallow, but as at that nm uine Hi ,l,eIes fe.
Is their flesh is poor ana .her ns,,ss ihi and u,
Ne re profitable. In looking for bear signs.
me early summer we always & eSatliHH G,d =
he any bear has been measuring hi.nsel
ch Bears have a habit of getting I, up
of as high as they can reach. Some o
,,1- hunters believe that in doing this u q
bears are measuring their hslsh. M ~, 10 .s .
,ed If they have grown during the winter.
to- MY advice to the hunter who wants
de. add the pclt of great american nonart 1ns,,,
man,ike tronhies. is to seek his game
the the early summer months; On the Pac, ;
:" coast grizzly's skin is the best IN ,Js, Ju'
the In Rocky Mountain regions it is pest
month later. In the autumn. even up
the time they retire for winter, Their o, 4,
is not prime. and. again, having pecSr
rolling fat by gorginS themselves on be
prs rics they move about Very little ana n
mostly at night, so that hunter mig nils
h,e be in a good locality for them ior wee
lite ! and never see more of them than th'
OF tracks But in the spring. the minute !, t.;
sss SIS a ceaseless tramp for food Then ne w, wi
t9.s hunter will procure three or four old err
ids pied horses and XII them IN SOM hrn,n
at. at. likely to travel If one has three ga ma \
they should be placed about hVe m M
tt.r apart. and camp made within a mile
n,e lter Two of the middle one. Early in the moi
n',- ing, and again at evening. the nearest D;
son can be visited afoot; ana tne at.s o,nei va "a
'eie mile horseback ride being Just sooo en-
ous else for the very weakest tend.rf oct, ip, p,
ing bais baie shn",a possble od % md small nil enti
, ct ly bare of timber or brush. whlch SIC slol
as sleeply down to the west. al tnt to't :,
,ar which is some heavy pine TIMBER a
Illen y brush. also water. Kill the horse so II
~ "a he will lie about fifty yards oeiow ,, .
ock .,.s,s brow of the hill and if you WISH
yer yer three or four stunted pines and stick tn
neS side by side on the brow of the NIL
he that they viii afford s"9a scuet sittinr 81 ~
hi. watching for the bear to appear sr AS ),
hAe this east slope Of the Sierras the VINO IN ,
. ! always blowing from the west, ana as !
IN bear. once having found the bait, VIII !
!. u1n, n, tn his time between. gorges lying IN
Thick It timber sanseE at ne of f'Ri his Of getting wind
the the hunter and lightning out for parts