The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1911-04-28

for the morrow. Ben, Bert and Heiny were to
go to Bens cabin 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
hkely-looking 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 trail through
and around windfalls across Marshall Creek. and
by ten O'Clock that forenoon were well above the
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 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 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
yearling which feeding toward us. We sat
down and watched this one which
Joined by another and another. until six in
sight. The two yearlngs 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
saw what took to be the bull. brushing his head
up and down among the branches of a small pine.
1 fired at point Just back of his shoulders Then
came the one disappointment of the trip for the
animal proved to be big cow The remainder
of the band stood motonless for a quarter of
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 little park I found
one track that looked good enough to follow and
had hardly gone ten rods when / heard him jump
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
bead on his neck and fired. scoring clean
miss. The second shot hit the mark and a ten
point backtail buck 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 venson steaks
to ORDER After the big feed was over and pines
hlled. we sat around the fire In the teepee tent
and planned further invasion of the game zone
across Marshall creek. The result was Rert,s
bagging OF the largest goat of the trip and
Charles getting black-tail buck
The shooting of Berts goat was quite ra
markable feat. He and Ben had just about given
up looking for goats and were standing on the
edge of cliff looking down at a trail along rho
side of the ledge. when goat appeared walking
leisurely. The animal was about fifty feet hort
zontally and three hundred feet vertically from
him when he shot, hitting the goat square he
tween the shoulders. killing 1t instantly Anv
struggle on the part of the animal would have
resulted in his rolling over the cliff where 4,
would have been impossible to reach him. Tho
two men crawled down over the slide rocl, ont
to where the goat lay. and after much careful