The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-21
Oklahoma Big Game Hunter
Has Grizziy Trdiied Fire
Months in Mountains

Months in Mountains
rONCA CtTY. Nov. 2o.-The big
Eest grizzly bear In thc southern por-
tion % the Rocky mountains. an ami
mai that wall weigh anywhere from
l,l0O to 1900 pounds has been CON
Htantly truilrd since June o, under
the Instructions OF one Of OKLA
homn's big game hunters. william
II. McFaddon ot this city former
mayor and vice president ot the
Mariana oil company The man ON
I his trail is g. V. lilly former wcll
known hunter tn l.ouisaun who
/ went 10 the Rockies 2S years nVu fu'
| his health and hoa not slept indoors
night I'm the meantime. LILY is
72 years old and ia cmplOwcd 10y ih"
federal government. the most " N"
time. iu the killing Of cat,ic-k.llins
animals
The McFaddcn hunting party OF
which Lilly was a member. "ncnun
tered this particular grizzly south ot
. Taos. y. NJ, early In June, during
the several months hunt TINT m"
ponra CITY man was leading 1h"
hear was shot bv Ioc Swindlcr who
I "a McFaddcn's dog wranglcr, at
distance of fifteen feet but without
oDDarcnt effect on the animal hl.
thourh Swiudicr was using 3O-aO
rifle Tho bear also Killed two dngS
outright and injured several oth'tH.
travelling tu and FRO over tho
mountains. covering hundreds or
miles Iuly has been trailing inc
bear ever since. At times, too, n"
has been very close on the animal q
whereabouts. oven arriving almost
immediately on the spot where lhe
/ grizzly had spcnt the night nut
with the exceptions " the beds that
he has made and the trail that ne
has hlazcd at times. Lily has other
krp1wledgc of him. His instructions
from MCFaddcn are to keep the
trail as warm Rg possible, hut not
70 shoot him SO that the hunting
party may take up the search again
and be present at the killing. Nat
urally II Is McFa addeu's desire TO fire
the rifle that will do the work
on the hunt through the Rockies,
the past summer, McFaddcn had "a
total Of 60 dogs, 81 OF which were
brought back to poncR city with
him and are being maintained at the
McFaddon camp on the Arkansas
river. % miles southeast Of here.
Joe Swindlcr accompanied the dogs
and is In charge OF them until such
time as McFadden decides to return
TO the Rockies and take up the
Erizzly's trail. Recently II Of tnc
docg we're loaned to Z. B. LOwrance,
a. l.. Began Charles =, Martin and
several other local men for boar
hunt In Louisiana In the Acacia
(RoOsevclD community
McFndden receives occasional let.
ters from Lilly informing him OF
the present whereabouts OF the bear
and giving In detail the country nc
has been covering and telling of the
other game that he has been EN-
. cuuntcrinr The last letter from
Lilly was received during Octobc,
, from Taos. McFaddcn was to!l q
: this letter that LILY was lu9t th"r
! starting toward the Colorado STATE
, line on foot and would double bnol
toward Santa Fe via Santa narba"
; canon, thus giving him the range d
a the bear all the way from COLORADO
to pecos Palda or Tracy's Peak. Thii
trip he expected to cover unless th'
, SHOWS became too heavy and pro
!, vented him Completing the trio q
Santa Fc. Mr. Lilly lays his plans f"I
, the winter as follows.
\ q can take the train from Santa
/, Fe for the @. O. S. ranch and hunt
!, lions during the winter monthH; thor
4
: early; otherwise / viii look mp the
e bears trail and let you kloW his
whereabouts 30 that you can pich
1 up tho trail Immediately
4 Has wide Range.
e The grizzly has had a wide range
2 during the summer and fall months
I A letter received recently fiout a
o friend In Santa Tc tells McFuddrr
. that the big bear was seen thcra
? not LONG AGO This Is 100 miles dis
5 tant. according to McFaddvu. from
. where he was first encountered ~
2 his hunting party
LIlly's luttcrr to McFadd1u are
. very interesting IN giving the d'taIls
OF keeping the gr'Zz.y's rail Ilao-
! ing been I'm the oVCn for 90 many
years In the Rockies he has berome
. a finished expert IN all things that
pertain 90 tho forests and streams
ana all their inhabitants. TIL" slight
. est detail gives hun ample iEtor'
nation regarding the animals thhl
, he may be- trailing and those dpiaill
! he makos use OF freIIurtly In writ
Ing Not long ago he r"turna1 tC
: the sltc OF the McFdddoa cHnr
south Of Taos, wherl IA" grZzlY val
first seen and WA 'hot by Joe
Swindlcr, and iN telling of this tc
McFadden, Lilly wrI'ss;
Il am quite sure | found where
Juc's shot cut a small spruce busf
1 ! In two. when he shot at the bear
! the bush was about two lnchei
, through and where the shot Wen
Through there we're few hTowi
, hairs adhefing TO the bush and tn,
hears bed was right there, with tn,
sldes OF the logs worn where the biz
, animal was accustomed to lie aga MS
them. Evidently the bear had LET
II his bed and was about four to sil
feet west Of his bed, when Joe shot
, The ball cut some hairs, whicl
i, stuck 10 the bush, but the shot wa
, too high and passed 10 the right o
, the animal There were numerou
, other beds in the same place. Whei
, Joe shot. he was west of the bea
, which was going west In a yer