Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-04-28

for the morrow. Ben Bert and Heiny were TO
go over to Bens cabin Big Salmon lake ana
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 I had picked
likelylooking mountain across the gulch from
where Heiny had shot his goat on the first days
hunt
We were out of camp early Marsh and 1 both
taking saddle horses. We cut out 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, we tied horses In a sheltered spot
and proceeded on foot. Deer tracks were numer-
Gus in the fresh, wet snow. and on top of small
ridge found the tracks of band Of elk. There
were eight In the bunch, track showing
plainly to be that of bull, and Marsh allowed"
we had better try for him. The tracks were
lily followed but they had fed all over the
ridge II took time to find In which direction
they were going. Shortly Marsh who walk
ing back of me, touched me and pointed out
yearng which feeding toward We sat
down and watched this one which was soon
Joined by another and another. until six were in
sight. The two yearlings came within sixty feet
before they winded and turned back We
could hear the bull scraping his horns on the
brush He in the background, out of sight.
We watched them possibly five minutes. when
what took to be the bull brushing his head
up and down among the branches of 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 big 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 crossing deer tracks every few
feet. On coming out into little park found
one track that looked good enough to follow and
had hardly gone ten rods when / heard him iump
out OF bed. He came into open spot on the
highest point of the ridge. and stood looking at
me over the top OF some dwarf cedars I drew
bead his neck and fred, scoring a 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
over the elk.
The reunited party had supper together that
evening Ben put up goat. elk and venison steaks
to order After the big feed was over and mines
filed. sat around the fire In the teepee tent
and planned further invasion OF the game zone
across Marshall creek The result was Bart,s
bsgging OF the largest goat of the trim and
Charles getting a back-taIl buck
The shooting OF Bert's goat was quite "a
markabe feat. He and Ben had Just about V4van
Up looking for goats and were standing on .ba
edge OF cliff. looking down at a trail along tha
side OF the ledge, when goat appeared waIlIrg
ieisurely. The animal was about fifty feet borj
zontally and three hundred feet yerticsrv So
him when he shot, hitting the goat souara -
tween the shoulders. killing II instantly An,
struggle on the part OF the animal vgoula NV
resulted In bis rolling over the cli9 ybera q.
would have been impossible 20 reach hin, tn
Two meE crawled down over the slide rocl, ~.
% "here The goat lay and after much careful