Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-01-22

,oor bove disapneared from their former hauAts,
and in much-hunted localities are onlyNk0
found on the highest points wnefe ellnOvi So" So
n ate III season when heavy snow falls pands
! a,its and mule deer are driven from their
refuge in the Yellowstone park and move do"h
m lower grounds in such places as JACKSON
Hole or the valley of the Soshone river woe pe
tide these luckless wanderers If the open seaeon
is still in force for at the head of every pass leau
ing out of the game reserve are armed Dodles Vi.
meat hunters who shoot on sight ola OF youne'
male or female regardless of age, or sex, every
deer that is SEEN More shame is II 10 the au-
thorities who still permit the sale of deer meat IN
the surrounding towns.
Vast herds of deer congregate in the low
grounds during severe winters, and many nun
dreds of them perish for want OF 1000 ~ - ~
uncommon event for kindhearted farmers 10 leeu
numbers of wapiti from their stores OF nay Du'
the exnense of this is more than these hardWork-
ing individuals can stand and something surel!
should be done by the United States authorlues "
nrovide for the needs of these fine animals when
have been driven from their winter leeuiNe
grounds by the settlers and their cattle
The modus operandi of making Trip ave-
wapiti is too well known to need description. Il
,,ndortaken early in the season by sportsman
who is well equipped with men and pack-horses'
the expedition is rather in the nature OF pie"e
ant picnic The climatic conditions IN Septehipel
and early October are generally perfect WhAe 'no
absence of mosquitoes and otner DlllnB hiee hioi0
these regions appear Paradise to one VINO ha9
done much biggame hunting further northwest ~
the real wilds CT North America, which are ohi9
now to be found in northern British Coluhpi"
and Alaska But If sportsman delays MS ZIP
until late in the fall and then camps, as tne
writer has done at an altitude of over Ten 'hou
sand feet he will find the early frosts and sho"
make life In tent, even in Wyoming, rather coiu
er than is necessary for personal comfort
The way in which American pacK'Horse can
thread its way through dense timber, OF loio" .
narrow, snake-like trail across dangerous rooh
slides is little short OF marvellous III Is III nv /,
esting sight to see long line OF these suielo1
animals threading their way in single ME aohe
the face Of a dangerous precipice ofteh ueauile
in loose, rolling rocks, in places where one i"io
step means sheer drop of two Thousand Vi va, ~,
thousand feet into empty space. Yet IL 10 seiuo"
that one falls off the trail. II this does happen,
the owner may bid goodby to his horse anu al
that he carries since rarely anything pu' log
ments are found afterwards on searching the
valley below
Strange to say, although the Wyoming Wapi'
have developed unwonted cunning IN seeAlhe
their living and feeding grounds, the are sun oon'
paratively stupid animals to stalk. Bspecially ~
is this the case with travelling bulls when 'hey III,
running in search OF COWS Then, by means VI
whisung in a very poor initiative style OF .hs
bulls challenge, a solitary bull can often DC caIu
up to within few yards OF the hunter NV
writer and his guide have thus been ehaoleu '.
follow bull for two miles through the ioIes.
answering his repeated call at Intervals UNI
finally they have come face to face rev Earus