The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-10-16
CHARMS OF HUNTING AND FISHING LNJACKSONS HOLE

Mr. and Mrs. T.. c. Miller of This
CITY have recently returned from >
three weeks hunting trip which they
IIdue 10 the Jackson Hole countr.,
wyoming, in company with Mr.. and
mrs James l.. Mead of Chicago. Mr..
Nead is the proprietor of one of the
largest houses dealing exclusively In
blcycies and automobiles i'm the United
Etates- The party was highl, success
5ul from sportsman standpoint. six
Dis elks railing to the lot OF the four.
ar and Mrs. Miller left Salt Lake
sept. II. arriving in st. Anthony. Ida,
where they met their eastern friends,
me following morning. The start to
me great northwest hunting grounGs
OF wyoming was made the same day.
From City to Wilderness.
From St. Anthony the route lay
across the Teton pass into Wyoming.
ana from there northeast along the
soulh FORK OF the Snake river TO Elk.
MS part Of the trip was made Dy
wagon From Elk into the heart Of the
elon country saddle horses and pack
animals were used.
Inls portion of the journey, and the
camping itself taxed the ingenuity Of
poth Mrs. Mead and Mrs Miller 10
Keep the Garb of civilization intact.
Snd a the conclusion of the second day
cut. both relinquished and donned the
costume more suitable TO underbrush
and the other Inconvenience of camp
sort Of an exaggerated divided skirt,
exaggerated, as the pictures show.
Making a jump from the last stage
station TO permanent camp is not q
question Of getting on "A horse. rifle m
one hand, reins IN another. lunch
ON one s back and a divine trust III
providence that the horse viii some
now hang onto his load: it's a matter
c, scientific packing. and one of the
above pictures shows how the party
OF hunters and pack horses look when
lined a. for the start off.
Not content with remaining on the
outer fringe of the choice hunting ter
ritory, of camping betwixt and between
civilization and wilderness. hearing of
game and fish through guides. but see
ing tand getting) none the party under
the guidance OF a range warden, James
IeisinE. proceeded 20 strike into the
. very heart of the Teton forest reserve.
Camp was finally pitched at d point
midway between the Buffalo and Pa
cific creeks. Here. 5000 feet above sea
level, in saddle at day. rolled up i'm
sleeping bag at night. the "huntsmCn
bold spent several weeks, fishing and
CiiVUAlllN
What Hunters May Find.
Hunters visiting the Jackson Hole
country at this time of the year MAJ.
according TO Mr.. Miller find excel
lent sport if they get out of the we'll
Travelled ruts. This is the whfstling
season.-when the rival bucks that
stand as the powers that-b be to eacn
herd send forth their messages Of de-
fiance-a long-drawn-Out sound that
resembles most the screech of a siren.
This fact is Of benefit TO the am
bilious sportsman. for the buck betrays
his presence when his enemy is still
several miles away. The whistles
are of much value in guiding hunters
80 the locality of the elk herds
Sportsmen who desire to add a bear
skin TO their trophies will find little
save an occasional bear track-to at
tract them during the summer and fall
months as far as the Jackson Hole
country iE concerned. The bear. most
OF them. hit the trail for Yellowstone
As soon as spring is we'll advanced.
and stay there until the last tourist
has departed and the last chance Of a
free feed vanished.
Mountain goats here, as elsewhere,