The Kemper herald., 1908-05-07
HUNTING BEARS IN ALASKA.
Some of the Biggest Of the 6ruin
Family Found.ln Far North.

Family Found.ln Far North.
There is good bear hunting on the
Alaskan peninsula. / got seven grizz-
lies one afternoon, all Of them with
in quarter of mile and not over
half an hours time. The smallest
of them was three-year-old, and l
should say they averaged 1000
pounds. 1t c0ok thirteen cartridges
to bring the seven down"
Grant G. Chase, hunter and pros
pector, who for eleven years has
spent most of his time in the Alas
kan wilds, crossed his knees in rem
iniscent fashion at the Sherman
House this morning and told a few
bear stories on the eve of returning
to his favorite haunts.
Then for corroboration there is the
testimony of Mrs. Chase, who for
several years has shared her hus-
bands life and who has kept diary
wherein is faithfully recorded the
number of bear, caribou, sea otter
and other fur bearers brought down
Qdily anu SdAClul lhOoSNA S'AS''NS ~
the biggest skins.
81 suppose l have killed 500 or
600 bears altogether" continued Mr..
Chase. "Of course a good deal OF
my time has been given to some cop
per properties l am interested in or
the number might have been much
larger. At one time and another
have hunted bear pretty much all
! through the Rockies, but there isn't
another place to equal the Alaskan
peninsula.
big? Well, I'll tell you. Those
bears up there are the largest in the
world. A full grown male weighs
from 1000 to $500 pounds. The skin
| of the largest fellow l ever killed
measured thirteen feet four inches
spread from toenail to toenail. l can
lift as much as the average man, but
I'm telling it straight when l say
that with Mrs. Chase TO help me
/ i couldn't turn that fellow over on
| his back to skin him.
Twenty feet is the nearest a bear,
bent on mischief, ever got to me. An
old female, whose cub l had brought
down, came for me one day and she
! was mad She was sixty or seventy
yards distant and in bunch Of alder
when I took my first shot at her
She got up and came out in the clear
! ing and then she saw me and came
| for me in earnest. l worked my
gun pretty rapidly and the shoots
took effect She was about six PAGES
away when she dropped.
Mrs. Chase and l got scare
once, though, in rather ludicrous
way. l had three camps in a lonely
region where for three years Mrs.
! Chase never saw a white woman.
had put up 'bayrafas, or houses, OF
drift wood, the only kind available.
We were going from one camp to
another when / brought down bear.
eve were in no hurry so we stop
! ped, built a fire and had some lunch.
After lunch-about an hour after the
! shooting-we went down into gulch
where the bear was lying. Mrs.
| Chase was carrying an aluminium tea
| pot. | got her to help me turn the
bear over, and | was about to re-
/ move his hide when the big fellow
! suddenly came to life.
"You should have seen Mrs. Chase
60 up that hillside. The best Of 1t
was, in spite of her haste, she took
! time to rescue her teapot | believe
l jumped about twenty feet myself.
If that bear had been in shape to do
damage there might have been some
/ trouble-but he wasn't. AS general
thing there isn't much adventure
/ it's too "-Chicago Post.