Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-05-03

for the morrow. Ben Bert and HefNy were W
go over to Ben's cabin on Big Salmon lake anu
spend two days looking for elk. Charles declared
his intentions of trying again for the big bull on
the west side of tho river, while had picked
lkely-looking mountain across the gulch from
where Heiny had shot his goat on the first days
hunt
We were out of camp early, Marsh and l both
taking saddle horses We cut out trail through
and around windfalls, across Marshall Creek and
by ten o'clock that forenoon were we'll above the
snow line
While 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 on top of small
ridge found the tracks Of a 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 cas-
lily followed, but as they had fed all over tho
ridge, it 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 q
yearling which was feeding toward us. We sat
down and watched thda one which was soon
Joined by another and @Anther until six were in
sight. The two yearlings came within sixty feet
before they winded US and turned back We
could hear the bull straping 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
/ fred at point just back of his shoulders Then
came the one disappointment of TIE trip, for the
animal proved to be big COW. Ehe remainder
of the band stood motonless for quarter Of
minute, then broke into run down the mounkain
side
We dressed the elk and continued orr hunt tlr
goats. We were crossing deer tracks every few
feet On coming out into little park I found
one track that looked good enough to follow and
had hardly gone ten rods when heard him jumn
out OF 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 I drew
bead on his neck and fired, scorinx a clean
miss. The second shot hit the mark and q ten
point back-tail buck was added to the list. and
went a long way toward repairing my feelings
the elk.
The reunited party had supper tofsvther that
evening. Ben put up goat, elk and venlson steaks
to order. After the big feed was over and ninea
filled, we sat around the fire in the teeaee tent
and planned a further invasion of the game zone
across Marshall creek. The result was Bert's
baggng Of the largest goat of the trim and
Charles getting black-tail buck
The shooting of Berts goat was ou1ta ro
markable feat. He and Ben had Just about e;von
up looking for goats and were standing an tho
edge OF Cliff looking down at trail along the
side OF the ledge, when goat appeared walking
le1surely. The animal was about fifty feet hor;
zontally and three hundred feet vertically from
him when he shot, hitting the goat SQUARE he
tween the shoulders, killing it instantly. Anv
struggle on the part of the animal would have
resulted in his rolling over the cliff, where IL
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