The Delta independent., 1910-10-14
DELTA HUNTERS
HOME AGAIN
SEVERAL PARTIES BRING HOME
MEAT-OTHERS NOT SO
FORTUNATE.
Deer Said to be Less Plentiful This
Season Than Ever BefOre-Maj-
ority Of Hunters Fail to Even
Get Sight of Game-Cedaredge
Men Get Largest Buck.

Among the parties going out
from Delta after deer. was one for
Jacks Cabin, on the Crested Butte
branch from Gunnison. This party
was composed of w. E Obert. DR..
Burgess. H. w. Pratt and A. NJ. An
derson, all set with hair-triggers for
deer. The hunting grounds were
reached safely and the doctor began
o file his saw and look to his sur
gical instrument case, which he had
taken along in case of emerengcy.
The first two days were spent shoot
ing grouse and sage hens. as Lang
Spann had gone out with his broth
ers in an effort to get meat for our
hunting party in camp The boys
came in with five deer and a bear.
and as about so grouse had been hit
by some sort OF an accident. the meat
question was regarded as settled.
The party then hied TO Dctor Park.
but found few signs of deer there.
Returning to Mr.. Spann's ranch.
Flat Top mountain. a distance of
three miles from the house, was ex-
piored and plenty OF deer sign found
and also some deer. at which about
thirty-five or forty shoots were fired.
and. again by accident. one of them
was hit. The trip was enjoyed by
every member of the party Grouse
and sage chickens were plentiful.
fishing was good in the middle of the
day and the hospitality of the Spann
family was enough in itself to make
the trip n pleasurable one. The
scribe was lost one night mid
bramble OF fallen logs. rocks. thorns
and bears claws, but was discover
ed by two of his belated companions
Just before II was everlastingly too
late and his hunger had outclassed
the grubb stake. The rest of the
party escaped without serious mis-
hap.
r. w. Curtis and C. II. Dillon of
Cedaredge, and NJ. A. Anderson of
Delta. came in Tuesday from their
deer hunt in the White River coun-
try. They brought in three fine
bucks. one l4-point. one 10-point
and one n 7-point. the largest weigh
ing about 500 pounds. and the other
two close followers. These are the
three largest bucks brought in this
season. that brought by Carl Burch
being next, Il being a 5-point that
weighed go pounds. In all. 8 deer
were brought in by Delta hunters
this season.
The two Watts boys from the
Tribune. and n. II. Castle. return
cd from their deer hunt in the north
woods Sunday night. capturing many
grouse but finding no deer. Thye re-
por' jumping n bunch of ten elk on
the trip.
z. b. and T. A. Worman, Clay
Davis and r. Isham went to the
Tabaguache basin and captured two
bucks. that killed by f. b. Worman
w. A. Davis and Oliver Harris re-
turned Sunday from Mt. Dolores
where they spent n part of the deer
season. They report plenty of
grouse and small game but no deer.
weighing $50 pounds.
The patry composed of DR.. Me-
haffey. J. f. Johnson and others.
came in with two fine bucks.
Bruton Brothers of North Delta.
and their companions got deer
each.
whetzel. Wells. Reed. Hazelett
and Hummer were up at Haley's
cabin. under the basin. but failed to
shoot n deer.
Roy Smith. Jake Clark. C. F. Cum
ningham. Bennett and Smith, hunted
Mt the head of Escalante. but failed
to get n deer.
spent the deer season above the
forks of the Escalante. Joe shot n
buck which ran n little way and
fell dead. Another man found 1t
and would not give 1t up. Joe tells
n story OF man who killed n deer
late in the evening and hung 1t up
not far from camp. He went down
the next morning to get 1t and
found bear eating 1t. He
yelled at the bear and It went up
a tree. He then built fire at the
fot OF the tree, went to the camp
and got his gun and killed the bear.
While relating bear stories 1t is
well enough to print in this column,
the story of minister. rs told one
of our lady school teachers In yell
lowstone Park last summer. The
lady and the minister were inter-
viewing the bears in the park. which
no doubt recalled the little incident
to the mind Of the modest preacher.
II was out In tho muntains." said