Charlevoix county herald., 1911-05-20

for the morrow. Ben. Bert and Heny were to
go to Bens cabin on Big Salmon lake and
spend two days looking for elk. Charles declared
his intentions of trying again for the big bull on
the west side of the river while had picked a
likely-ooking mountain across the gulch from
where Heiny had shot his goat the first days
hunt.
We were out of camp early, Marsh and both
taking saddle horses. We cut out a trail through
and around windfalls across Marshall Creek, and
by ten o'clock that forenoon we'll above the
snow line.
While we were yet some distance below the
summit, tied horses in sheltered spot
and proceeded on foot Deer tracks were numer
GUS in the fresh wet snow, and top of a small
ridge found the tracks of a band of elk There
were eight in the bunch one track showing
plainly to be that of bull, and Marsh allowed"
had better try for him The tracks were cas-
lily followed, but they had fed all over the
ridge, 1t took some time to find in which direction
they were going. Shortly Marsh who was walk
ing back Of me. touched me and pointed out a
yearng which feeding toward us We sat
down and watched this which was soon
Joined by another and another. until six were in
sight. The two yearngs came within sixty feet
before they winded and turned back We
could hear the bull scraping his horns on the
brush. He was in the background. out of sight
We watched them possibly five minutes when
saw what took to be the bull, brushing his head
up and down among the branches of a small pine
/ fired at a point just back of his shoulders Then
came the one disappointment of the trip, for the
animal proved to be a big COW. The remainder
OF the band stood motionless for a quarter OF a
minute, then broke into run down the mountain
side
We dressed the elk and continued our hunt for
goats We were crossing deer tracks every few
feet On coming out into a little park | found
one tra%t that looked good enough to follow. and
had hardly gone ten rods when heard him iumn
out or bed. He came into an open spot on the
highest point of the ridge and stood looking at
me over the top Of some dwarf cedars drew
n bead on his neck and fired, scoring clean
miss. The second shot hit the mark and a ten
point black-tail buck was added to the list. and
went long way toward repairing my feelings
the elk
The reunited party had supper together that
evening. Ben put up goat, elk and venison steaks
10 ORDER After the big feed was over and pipes
filled we sat around the fire in the teepee tent
and planned a further invasion of the game zone
across Marshall creek. The result was Bert's
bagging of the largest goat OF the trim. and
Charles getting back-tail buck
The shooting OF Bert's goat was quite n re
marksble feat. He and Ben had Just about given
up look!ng for goats aud we're standing on the
edge of clif, looking Gown at a trail along the
side OF the ledge, when goat appeared walking
lesuroiy. The animal was about fifty feet hort
7ontaOy and three hundred feet vertically from
him when he shot hitting the goat square be.
twcer the shoulders killing it instantly. Anv
struggle on the part of tide animal would have
resulted in his rolling over the cliff where u
would have been impossible to reach him The
two men crawled down over the slide rock ont
to where the goat lay. and after much careful