Seward daily gateway., 1925-10-31
HUNTS BIG BEARS FROM HORSEBACK
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the bear fell dead.
 Measurements taken of the nam moth denizen of the wild revealed the skin to be ten feet in length and the nineteen inches. The fur was in splendid condition, MT. Boomhower being exceptionally we'll pleased with his trophy Two other bear could have been obtained the following
 day but Mir. Boomhower was satis fled for he got what he went after, one brown bear. Guide Bill" Kai ser states it is the first time in his career of bear hunting which has been considerable, that he has seen a bear shot, that failed to rise up on it's feet. This particular bear was also one of the fattest he had seen, for a layer of fat, six to eight inches thick, literally covered the monstrous animal. So heavy was the hide, that it required the efforts of both hunters to load it on one of the eight horses. Speaking of sad dies, MT. Boomhower became sore and disgusted with riding on an inn provised saddle made from burlap so conceived the bright idea that riding on top the hide might be more comfortable. With the aid of near by tree he mounted the horse and bear hide, from which majestic point he obtained a fine panarama scene of the surrounding country. so high in the air was he. With respect to this ride, he states if any of the readers have ever rode a camel, it will give one good idea of this mode of travelling.
 Another trophy he secured, and which he values highly, was fine specimen of reindeer. Special per mission was obtained to shoot one of these animals. It was thought by a number of local outdoor fans that MT. Boomhower had shot car ibou, but not so. Mr. Boomhower was asked if he did any duck hunt ing while on the Alaska peninsula. Though it seemed to him, there were millions of them around, he made no effort to shoot bag full.
 Prior to hunting to the Westward, MT. Boomhower spent number of the weeks in the Interior with Henry Stock, guide. On that trip he secur- ed two grizzly bears, one nine feet in length and the other eight feet and three inches. Two sheep were also secured as we'll as two caribou. One of the caribou had 69 points, which nearly equalled the worlds record. From Seward he goes to Valdez where he will decide which way to go after goat specimen. Af- ter this hunt he plans leaving for San Francisco, and later this win ter, it is probable, he will go to Brit ish East Africa for hunt.
 MT. Boomhower has been hunting big game for twenty-five years, and is nationally known sportman. Pri or to coming to Alaska, few monhts ago, he completed a fin mountain lion hunt in California. In speak ing of his hunt in the Territory, he stated he has enjoyed a remarkable fine time, even though it rained all thru his Interior hunt as well, and that in comparison with big game hunting in the States, or elsewhere, Alaska is a virgin field Especially in the States, he said, a hunter will enter the field and sometimes, if he is patient enough, has to wait weeks and month before a specimen can be secured. On the other hand, in Alaska, little effort is required, most of the time being used up in moving dDOuI IIG C14 41IOly. 4<OWnOAC SAoN is there game as is found in Alaska, y | he asserted.
 The horses which he used to the Westward proved to be an absolute necessity for each stream they came to had been turned into river, due
 to the heavy rains. One of the
 horses was brought across to Seldo
 via on the gasboat Brighton, loaded
 on the boat at the bay, from bank
 the horse making graceful jumI
 down to the deck, where he remained
 during the eighty mile trip across thu
 inlet to Seldovia. And it was cer
 tainly a rough trip, it was stated
 for, according to information impart
 ed to MT. Boomhower, the storn
 they rode thru, coming across the In