The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-10-16

aMounfaia rog'on; boar. elk, antelope.
deer. mountsis lions Cor cougars),
mountain sheep and hosts Of smaller
animals. The bear are Of three varis-
ties s1ivertips. cinnamon and black.
Specimens Of each nave beea klied
weighing rs much a. 1000
pounds says tho Los Ange-
les Times aithcugh commonly
the silver tip is the largest, al
&C the most ferocious; and none but
old hunters have the fortitude 20 hunt
these animals In their haunts far from
the Abodes Of men.
Old hunters there are In the terri
tory who have hunted the bosr for
the past twenty-five years. Their IA
sorite time OF year Cor hunting them
Is IN the fall. when the hrst nippinE
frosts have caused the mast TO fall,
and Bruin. although he is not sverse
20 killing beef and mutton on the
range. has a particular liking for the
mast of acorns, pinon nuts and junt
per berries abundant on the noun.
tain slopes at this season Of the year
Also the hunter knows that Bruin is
lisieiy to be very fat and will furnish
a plentiful supply OF meat for his hun
cry dogs and ""b'ar grease" for bis
camp cooking.
Old Man MeCarty Of Camp Verde
Arizona, a grfzz ed old.timer, was one
Of the best known hunters For twen-
ty years ne had hunted bear in the
Mogollon Mountains, had killed hun
dreds Of them. varying his vocation
by trapping and running down noun
tain lions, for which be was paid liber-
ally by the stockmen. with a pack
Of dozen dogs and armed with a
double barrelled shotgun, heavily
charged with buckshot, and a long
hunting knife, he would pack into
the mountains every fall and return
laden with bear pelts. His method
was, after the dogs had started the
bear, to follow them on horsebacla
across the canons and ridges until
Bruin stopped in thicket OF among
the rocks TO hight on his persuers,
when McCarty would dismount and
fearlessly advancing. would shoot the
bear while he was occupied with the
dogs. II. az sometimes happened, the
bear charged him on sight, he would
wait until Bruin reared on mis- hind
feet within few yards 20 thug" him
and then, fire the shotgun full in
the bears face. II there was any
fight left in the bear after this double
discharge of buckshot, the dogs and
hunting knife soon finished him.
ola Man McCarty always hunted
alone. Never would he have s:ry one
accompany him. and many Of his Ae-
quaintances prophesied that some of
his hunts would be hts last But the
old man merely laughed Killing
bear had become as easy with him as
killing rabbits was to the average
sportsman In the fall OF 1901, Nc
Carty. with his doEs packed into the
Clear Greek country high up Ia the
Aogollons. for hia annual bear hunt
A Wild. rough country Is the Clear
Greek region, fnll Of deep gorges, high
ridges and bear. A few days after his
departure some OF his dogs. badly bit
ten. arrived Al a settlement on the
Verde River, followed by his riderless
horse. Searching parties at once
started out TO hnd the old hunter. but
a light snow fell, covering all the
trails aad they returned without find-
ing him. Ten weeks later, party Of
trappers found his remains in a canoa
on the headwaters Of the Clear Creek
The shotgun With one barrel blown
OF from an overcharge of powder,
his clothing in shreds, and almost
every bone in the upper part OF HE
body broken. told the story. At last
the bears had killed their most invet.
crate foe.
Old man Joyce OF Southern Arizona
also a famous hunter. met death in a
similar way: In the wilds OF the San
Carlos Mountains his Iifeless body
was found by some cowboys. He had
been dragged from out a juniper
tree and killed by bear. His rlhe.
a magazine 44-oallber Winchester, lay
At the foot OF the tree, with one dis.
charged cartri0ee in the barrel, while
the soles Of his cowhide boots had
been torn of, showing how desperate
ly the hunter had elunG to his futile
refuge.
@. J Howard lives In the mountains
near Williams. Arizona. He had
hunted bear for forty years. and, al
though 81 ysan old. went on his an
nuAl bear hunt In the fan OF 1903.
Two years since. this OLD hunter and
party trapped and shot seventeen bear
In the Oak Creek country near viii
+ liams Mountain. one Of which. small
; bear, was killed by Howard himself
wits only his hunting knife.
The Haught brothers and E. Cos
, wick on Tonto HGsin are also famous
, hunters. with their packs OF dogs
they scour the rim OF the Mogollons
which breaks OF into the Basin in
song hog backs" and sheer cliffs two
or three thousand feet high-an idea