The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-06-28
ELK HUNT
WO1 OCEAN
PASS:
TIaEODOUE DOOOEVHLr

BY
DOUB D0O0BVBLT
the Glsnt In tie -rhttInt season: bot
where undisturbed they feed freely b
the daytime. resting for two OF three
hours about noon.
Next dap. which waS rainy. Ne spent
In getting n The antless and meat Of
the two dad Elk: and shot or the
heads Of Two q thzee blue grouse On
the way homA The following day I
killed another ball elk. following him
By ths ssfone. not uapleasinE. smell.
and hittiag him twice a. he ran. at
about eighty yards. 30 far I had had
good luck. killing everything had
shot at: but row the luck changed.
through no fault Of mine. ~ far a I
could see. and rerguson had his In.
nings. The day after killed this
bail he shot two one mountain rams:
and during the remainder Of our hunt
he killed ave elk-one COW. Tor meat.
and four good bulls. Tie two rams
were with three others. all old and
with 6ne horns: Ferguson peeped over
q lofty pseelpice and saw them COM
ing up Il only afty yards below him.
His two 6rst and 0nest buns were OBJ
tanned By hard running and good
shooting: the herds were On the move
at the dine. and only his speed Of foot
and soundneso ct wind enabled him
to ret near enough for q shot One
herd started before he got close. ana
he killed the master bun By . shot
right through the heart. ~ it trotted
past. q hundred and Afty yards dis.
tant.
Az for me, during the next ten days
I killed nothing save one COW tor meat:
and this Though I huntsd hard every
day from mogning TN night no matter
what the weather. Our M success was
IN part due % sheer bad luck: but the
chief element therein Was the presence
OF great hunting-party Of Shcehooe
Indians. Split into bands Of eight 10
ten each. they scouTod ths whole coum.
try On their tough. oure-fooeed pen1eA
As they slew whatever tAey coaA. but
by preferenee cows and calves. and -
they were vssy psessvsrins. but also
very excitabas and generally poor shots.
% that they wasted much powder. they
not only wrought havoc among the elk.
but also scared thu survivors out Of Ill
the country ever which they hunted.
Day In ana day out w plod0eA q.
In q hunting trip the days Of long mo-
notony IN getting - TIE gro1na. and
the days Of unrsq1itsd ton aftsf Il has
been reached. always TAR 0utnumbef
<1,~> "a NoA%>~ A~v~ - ~v&cr. Elsst a. q
just these times Of failure that really
test The hunter. In the leoS run. con.
nonsense and doggsd perseverancs
avail him more than any other quail
ties. The man who dos not give up.
but hunts steadily and re0oaately
through tAe spells oe had luck until II
luck turns. u tbe man who wins suc.
cess In the end.
| After . week at TWo-0cean PasA, Ws
| Gathered our pack-animals one frosty
morning, and again ct or across thu
mountains. A tWo.dayt jaunt took u
| to the summit oe Wolveelne Pan, neaI
P1nyon Peak. beside q little 0oantain
tarn: each unoening We found M suf.
face Sklmmed with black Sce. foe tn
| nights WeEo coad. Afose three q foul
days, We shifted camp to the msuth q
Wolverine Ck0ek. 10 get on tho hnatlnG
Uoundo Of he Indians. We I'D uood
% cur hast elk-Woae that moentnR. anl
| When ~ Wero within q eoupSo q
hours journey u our intended haltlng.
place, Woody aa1 struck a On foot
Tor q hunt Just before sunset we
came On three o. four elk: spike boil
stood foe . mement behind some th.ck
evssgreeas hundred yards q. Cues
ing at his shoulder. I fred. and b. fen
/ dead aftsr running Q few rods. I had
broken Tho luck, after ten days e III
| success
Next morning Woody and I, with
the packer. rode to wheso this elk lay.
We loaded the meat on q pack-hoese.
and let the packse take both tbe load.
| "a animal and our saddle hoeses back
to camp. while ws made q hunt Cd
foot We went mp the steep. forest.
walked an hour heard two elk wits.
| thing ahead Of a. The woods were
open, and quite fres from under.
! growth. ana ~ were able to advance
noiselessly: there was no wind. Tor ths
weather was still. clear. and cold.
Both Of the elk were evidsntly very
| much excited. answering each other
continually: tAsy had pruoably been
master bulla. bat hAl b0como % ex-
hausteA that thsir rivals hAd Artvea
them from - herda. f@e1nG ths0 ia
remain In seclusiou until they reeain-
ed their lost strength. A. w crept
stealthlly forward. TIE calling grew
louder ana loudef. untfl W could heai
| the Grunting sounds with which the
challenge % TIE nearest ended Hs
was In . large Wall0W. which wA1
| also lick. when ~ Wess still SIXTY
| yards q. hs heard a and rushed
out, but wheeled ana stood . momeni
70 sass. puzied - my buckslia suit
tired into HI throat. heuaking HI
neck. ana down he went IN . Aeap,
Rushing IN aAa turning. called "a
Woody, Hes q twelvepolnAae. bnt
the horns are SMALL" A. I spoke I
heard the roar Of the challenger o. tn
i other ban not two hundred yards
ahead. - II 81 DEFIANT answes 70 ny
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