The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-09-18

fsiia uuimsis indigenous to The Rocky
. lfountain rte'7n. bear. elk. antelope
lesr. mountain lions lor couears).
4 mountain sheep and hosts Of smaller
uimals The boar are Of three varis
\ es -silvertips cinnamon and black
pecimens Of each have been killed
4 weighing as mtch as 1900
n ,ounds SAYS the Los Ange.
IS Times. although commonly
he silver tip Is the largest, al
B the most feroclous; and none but
ID hunters have the fortitude 70 hunt
bese animals 10 their hsunts Ear from
he abodes Of mnn
1 Old hunters there are IN the terri
CRY who have hunted the bcs. for
ao past twenty-five years Thoh "a
a orite time Of year for hunting Mem
IS in the fall when the first u.ppng
rosts have caused the mast to fall.
md Bruin. although he is not ayerse
a 10 killing besi and mutton on the
saege. has a particular liking for the
past OF acorns. pinon nuts and juni-
fer berries abundant on the noun
ala slopes at this season Of the year.
Also the hunter knows that Bruin is
kelly to be very fat and will furnish
plentiful supply Of meat for his hun
sry dogs and "~b'ar grease" for his
lamp cooking
Z Old Man McCarty Of Camp Verde.
rizona. a grizzled old-timer, was one
the best known hunters For TWEEN.
years he had hunted bear in the
fogollon Mountains. had killed hun.
reds Of them. varying his vocation
" trapping and Running down noun.
ain lions. for which he was paid liber-
lly by the stockmen With a pack
4 a dozen dogs and armed with a
ouble barrelled shotgun. heavily
harged with buckshot. and a long
uniting knife, he would pack iato
ne mountains every fall and return
aden with bear pelts. His method
as. after the dogs had started the
ear, to follow them on horseback
tcross the canons and ridges until
3ruin stopped in thicket or among
ne rocks 20 fight Of his persuers,
ghen Mccarty would dismount and
sarlessly advancing, would shoot the
ear while he was occupied with the
a ogs II, as Sometimes happened. the
"a ear charged him on sight he would
yait until Brrsp reared on his hind
'et within a few yards to thug" him
nd then, hre the shotgun full In
ae bears face. II there was any
ght left In the bear after this double
ischarge OF buckshot. the dogs and
. uniting knife soon finished him.
Old Man McCarty Always hunted
lone. Never would he have any one
ccompaay hip, and many Of his ac-
uaintances prophesled that some OF
Is hunts would be his last But the
"a man merely laughed Killing
ear had become as easy with him rs
Hing rabbits was to the average
portsman. In the taIl OF 1901, Nc
arty. with his dogs sacked into the
lear Greek country high up in the
iogolIons. for hts annual bear huat
wild, rough country is the Clear
reek region. full Of deep gorges, high |
idges and bear few days after his
eparture some Of his dogs. badly bit.
n. arrived al a settlement on the
fa-1a ff.4.r f,ft+....a A.. Al. .-f.4..-t-...-
orse Searching parties at once
tarted out TO find the old hunter. but
light snow fell. covering all the
'ails and they returned without And.
pg him Ten weeks later party OF
fappers found his remains in canon
tie headwaters o. the Clear Creek.
he shotgun with one barrel blown
Z from an oyercharge Of powder.
lis clothing in shreds, and almost
very bone In the upper part Of his
ody broken, told the story Al last
ne beara had killed their most lnyet-
rate foe.
Old man Joyce Of Southern Arizona
SO a famous hunter. met death in a
milar way In the wilds OF the sen
,ar,os Mountains bis llfeless body
sas found by some cowboys lie had
,een dragged from out a juniper
rec and killed by bear. His rife.
magazine 4i-calIber Winchester, lay
u the foot OF the tree. with one dis.
.harged cartriCse in the barrel. while
70 soles OF his coWhide boots had
zen torn of. showing how desperate.
the hunter had clung 10 his futile
sfuge
C. J Howard lives IN the mountains
ear Williams. Arizona He had
united bear for forty years, and. al
noagh 80 yeas old. went on his an
ual bear hunt in the fall OF 1903.
'wo years since. this Old hunter aud
'arty trapped and shot seventeen bear
the Oak Greek country near VIII
Jams Mountain. one Of which. a small
ear, was killed by Howard himself
eith only his hunting knife.
The Haught brothers and f. Cos
dok on Tont0 nssln are also famous
untem. With their packs Of dogs
hey soour the rim Of the Mogollons.
Fhich breaks on into the Basin in
ong hog backs" and sheer ellis two