The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-06-28

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rDpy.:ens: ma By 9. =. Putnazn.s se,s
Prtnasn's eoos. New York ana Los6onl
- ooDY and I started to
hunt over the great H.
w ble-laod. and led our
scout horses up the
nESXH mountAln-side. By Elk.
uGE&&2 traits - bad that shsy
had % climb IKE 0oats.
An these elk-&xails have one otraklng
PECULIARLY. Thay lead through Thick
timber. bat every now and then send
on short. well-wosn branches to some
cli0.edse or juttlng eray. commanding
. view tar and Wide over the country
beneath. E1k lovo to stand on these
lookout points, and scan the Valley
and mountains round about.
Blue grouse ross from beside our
path: Clarke's crows dew past ~.
with hollow. oapping sound. or lit
In the pine-tops. calling and 0irting
their tails: the gray-clad whisky-jacks.
with multitu1inous cries. hoped and
nuttered near ~. Snow-shoe rabbits
scuttled away, the big furry feet
which give them their name already
turning white AZ last ~ came out
on the great plateau. scanned with
deep, narrow ravineo. Reaches Of
pasture alter1ated with groves and
open forests q varying siss. Almost
Immediately W heard the busie Of .
bull elk. and saw 4 big band Of COWS
and calves On the other aide q . val.
ley. There were three hollis with
them. one very large. and ~ tried
to Green up on them: bat The wind
was bainin4 and spoiled ont stalk. 80
we returned 70 our hoeees. noonted
them, and rode q mile farther, toward
q large open wood On hill-slde. When
within two hundred yards w heard
directly ahead the bugle OF Z bun.
ana pulled up short. In moment
saw him Walking through IN open
glade: he had not ssen us- The slight
breeze brought M down his scent Elk
have . stron8 Characteristic smell: II
Il usually gwee& like that oe herd
Of Aldernsy cows: bat In old bulls.
while ruttinG. It u rank. pungent and
lasting. We stood motionless TIL the
bull was out Of sight, then stoae to
the wood, tied cur horses, and trotted
after him. He was travelling fast oc-
casionally calling: whereupon Others
In the neighboehoed would answer.
Evidently he had been driven out Of
some herd ~ The master bun.
He went faster than We did, and
while No were vainly tying Do over.
take him w heard another very loud
and sonosouD challenge 30 our LETT. /,
came from . Eidgeerest at tho edge Of
the woods, among some scattered
clumps Of the northern nut-pine o.
pinyon-a queer confer. growing very
high ON the mountAina, itS multifoeke4
trunk and wide-spEeadin4 branches
| giving Il The foundsd top. and. Mt Z
distance, the general look Of an cal
rather than q pins. We at once walked
toward tho rjdge. up-wind. In . min
ute q two. b our chasrin. We stum.
bled on an outlying spike bull. evident
| " kept on tho outsEirtD q the herd BY
the master bull. I thought he would
alarm all the rest: but, as We stood mo
tfonless. he could not see clearly vital
| we were He xfocna. ran. stood again
saxed ut m. ana trotted slowly on
We nurf,ed forIxrd n East :. =,
dared, ana VIII too little care: for ~
suddenly came n visw Of two Gown
A. thay eahed their heads 10 look
Woody suuatted down whaFe he MA
to keen their attention nxed. vhila
cautiously t13ed 10 slip Oh to ono sidl
uuobeerveA FAvorea hv the neutr.]
tint cf my buckaarln haufhx.ehlrt. vit1
| which NM shoea. lerxins. IA eoft III
matched. I sncce.ded. Al sono =.
| WA ont az saxAt ran n.rd ara r.m1
mn to 4 hilIock cruseed v4th ninvnna
behinA ma I 1udeeA I s1,onN ~
the herd ~ I snoroeched ~ cre.t
| their strunx. sweet smell smote nv
| noa$vsys r. e0r&e.er v.o,v,.o% 49, tAI
| TIM az = uafp AZ nasas4v .ntses~ ana
! neereA cver - 49, v,tn NJ -. :,
w On. oS n,,
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- 49, 49,. - ..ouo Y
snOu'0Ss WAN nD nosuA Ases WtS
| Several cows axouno nims ana one eav
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