The San Francisco call., 1907-06-09
The San Francisco Sunday Can.

at taxldermist's to be mounted. ana
IL was burned UP IN the fre. There
are many other things I'D rather have
lost than that head"
Frank HI. Mayer has hunted all kfuds
OF wild. game, but perhaps he Is mos4
familiar with the cougar or mountain
Hon From a cowboys standpoint"
: said Mayer, this yellow thief has but
one virtue to be commended. and this
is his love for mutton. I've known a
mountain lion to kill over 500 sheep In
less than seven months. He is the most
hated scourge OF the ranges. and the
COW punchers pursue nim relentiessty
whenever they see his tan hide on ehs
landscape. I remember once when
was working for. the Lacey OUTFIT In
Utah. two buckaroos and were riding
for strays on the broken nlesas below
tae La Sal mountains. when one OF ths
men suddenly spied something near ths
foot OF a cedar bluff. and swung In be-
hind IL to investigate Suddenly hs
fred. and then we saw long. uthe.
bounding object directly ahead OF him
and coming toward US. Tionr yefled.
and then we three rode so as to form q
triangle and head the cat OF. He his
the ground like a coiled spring, sssm-
ing to gain fresh impetus with every
squirt of dust that our guns threw up al
his heels. Before he noticed his pre-
dicau ulent the huge cat was almost a.
reCIiY DeIW6eH Us. eiuO ho sew -Ae~ -441
only chance was to keep straight ahead.
Like fash he bounded toward some
timbered gully a mile of. and my horse
having caught the infection by this
time began fairly to eat up the distance
between US and whas seemed an AMI
mated. leaping ball Of fur. Time and
again we all three fred, but with no
effect Finally the lion turned In my
direction, and ripped a chunk
out OF him that made him double
UP with a snarl and that brought my
horse to such a sudden stop tAat
nearly went over his head dred
again. and the lion. turning double
sornmersault, lay still Cougar cours-
ing is fast and furious while it lasts.
but for one OF the felidiae the beast
possesses surprisingly small vitality
and is easily killed in consequences.
Shooting in Alaska
Northern Alaska was Edward L. Bos-
OUTS hunting field for six years. Along
the Alaskan coast from Nome on the
Bering sea to Point Barrow In the
Arctic he had every chance TO enjoy
both the small and big game OF that
rigorous climate "A prospecting trip
years ago is quite fresh in my men,
ory." invitingly began Mr.. Bosqui. For
years the whaling fleet has depended
on it's supply of fresh meat from this
district. the natives trading caribou or
T6tnQeeT. meat -tOF PTONlSAOHS anu oAtA-
munition. 1 reached the Colvflle river
the gath day OF December. having been
so DAYS travelling, from Point Barrow.
1t being midwinter. il was impossible
to locate game of any description. and
from that time until May our diet was
fish one. About the middle OF May
employed several natives and We
started in three native boats (umiaks)
to work through the Ice along the coast
10 the mouth of the Mackenzie river,
where the natives told me reindeer
could be found in immense herds, being
driven there from the interior by tne
flies and mosquitoes. The ice was just
beginnirg to break up. so it was with
great difficulty that we worked our way
aIongssthe coast. seeing many polar
bears on the floating ice. but we made
no effort TO kill them, as we were look
ing for food. and the white bears meat
is never good to eat.
sTae third day out we saw our nrst
ba1A of reindeer feeding on the tundra
about mile froul the beach. We I'M
mediately landed. went with the Es-
kinaos about mile and then waited
while they made a long detour and
drove the. band toward me. There must
have been three or four hundred OF
them. the horns Of both the male and
female still in the velvet As it was
my first experience with that style or
shooting waited until they were with
in 100 yards of me before I fired. for /
wanted TO make every shot tell, expect
ing the whole band TO disappear when
one of them fell. ! was mistaken My
first shot knocked down the leader. The
rest of the band stopped and began to
circle around him. and while they were
going through this curious performances
I killed seyens more. 4. might have
killed so more but as the bucks dress
500 pounds I felt that we had enough
meat for tue SUMMER,
That evening made up my mind to
try for bear, as the natives told me
that by going inland to a range OF
mountains about four miles from where
we were caraped I'd probably get q
chance to shoot one, for the reindeer
were usually followed by the brown
bears from the interior. There was no
need to wait for break OF day. continual
daylight being our lot just then for
several months. so / started out with .
native boy and for 10 hours walked
! without seeing anything but a few
fresh tracks. About to give up, sud-
denly saw what I supposed were three
: reindeer feeding on a hfllock about
mile away Calling the boys attention
! to the objects, he got very excited and
Immediately wanted to go back to our
/, camp for more guns meaning more
men, for native will never hunt a
: bear alone.
1T knew then what the objects were
q and worked around TO get above them.
as they were feeding close TO the top
+ of the HILL 1t took me an hour to
I reach my desired point. and when
, glanced over / was glad to see that
! they hadn't been disturbed. The
. largest one kept feeding toward me.
q but was almost hidden by the berry
: bushes. and as I'd heard that the brown
I bear OF. Alaska is an ugly customer
E when wounded, took no chances, but
waited until he came out on clear
, ground When he did he sat up, looked
! around and began shifting as though bs
: scented something strange fred,
; aiming to hit him in the neck, close to
I the butt of the ears. for was shooting
a 40-65 Winchester and knew IL I
landed there he'd not so rluch farther.
! as soon as I'd fired / lost sight OF the
: bear. hearing him either running or
; rolling down the hill I then ran TO a
} point where could see the whole side
, hill yallav ho1 - l1oL for ro