The Kusko times., 1926-12-25
CARIBOU EASILY FAMED IF
 YOUNG, HUNTER DECLARES
Dawson NeWs.)

a wounded animal after it has been shot is often surprising. One oldtime hunter has stated that on several oc- casions he has sent a bullet clear through the heart of one of these ami mals, only to have the feet-footed beast lunge for the brush, where, in many instances, it very hard to trace them to their death. The chances are that if a hunter crashes a bullet through the neck or, say the leg, of caribou, it will escape into the under brush and eventually die there, but without the marksman ever being able 70 get the faintest clue to it's where abouts. This holds true, of course, provided the wounded animal is en- scaped within forest, where 1t seems q natural trait of their species te take full advantage of every secret of hid ing from their pursuers.
 Another interesting theory is ad- yanced by well known hunters, that a baby caribou will follow a man once it has whiffed of his breath. Julius Stankus, veteran of Alaska and the Yukon, tells of the following personal experience which bears out this state ment:
 IL was during the period before 300, when l was trapping and fish
 ag at Chatanika bay, in the Aleutian
 stands, situated in the Boring Sea-"
 tates the pioneer sourdough, that I lrst heard of the old Indian tradition that one could make baby caribou
 ollow one anywhere by blowing one's breath into it's face I was dubious about the legnd, but one day, while put hunting, I decided to put the the ory to the test. I ran across a band of calves and, rushing upon one of them, flung my arms about its neck and breathed heavily into it's nostrils. 4mmediately untangled myself and started off in the opposite direction Sure enough. The baby caribou was following me. l kept right ons@going until hit my cabin, and still the calf followed in my foot steps. There was small stairway up to my house, so l figured, that my proselyte would halt at the foot of the stairs. Nothing doing. It fol- lowed right up those stairs and fol- lowed me through the front door. To further test the solidity of the tradi- tion I4ambled from oroong. to room, out no matter where it was, the kit chen, the bedroom or the dining room, that little calf was bound to follow. Something like Mary $ lamb. And do you know that in order to get that cussed little calf out Eof the house I had to go out first, then dash back and close the door. The baby caribou whined and whimpered around the yard until I came out again, where upon I fenced off little corral, and from that time on it was the greatest pet I ever had outside of my-limping grouse"
 So goes the story as told by the veteran hunter. Handed down, as it was, as an Indian tradition, he tried it out and it worked like charm, so commenting upon the various characteristics of the antlered herd, it might be appropriate to mention here, by way of suggestion, that those desir ous of capturing a fine young caribou calf should leave their firearms at home and, instead, hypnotize the ob- ject of their pursuit with an attack of warm breath applied in large quantities and at close quarters with the animals.
 Outside of their wandering traits, their greatest resistance when fired upon, their super agility, their .domes- tic qualities, there not much else that can be said in connection with the caribou species. The flesh of the caribou is excellent eating, their hides come in handy. for moccasins, Darkav and other natiya-mada articles