Hungry Horse news., 1955-10-07
Reports on EorIy
South Fork Hvntino
by Mrs. Rhoda Kennel

SPOTTED BEAR-There's that
definitely tangy snap in the air that
tells us summer is gone forever and
winter will soon be upon us. In >
blazing colorama, fall has announ-
ced she is undeniably here for the
duration. So be it; we love it.
With the opening of a special
early season on the South Fork
Sept. Is and an additional area on
Oct. 1, the outfitters are busy as
can be, and a number of free lance
hunters, who brought up their own
stock, are in the woods. So far the
take of big game has been except-
ionally light. Bull elk have been
bullying for full three weeks and
presently there is considerable snow
on the higher elevations, but from
all reports the smarties are hiding
in the brush down low.
Five special moose permits were
let on the Spotted Bear drainage
This is the first year this animal has
been allowed here To date two Of
these five have been taken. Lester
G.. Morris of Whitefish got his the
first day at Limestone cabin and
several days ago Garth Sharp of
Mound City, Missouri, hunting out of
KNL Resort got a nice one a mile
and a half from here.
All lOokouts are now in for the
forest service and the remaining per-
sonnet are battening down for win
ter. A disassembled grader was
flown into Black Bear airport
and is now being put to use
by Adam Funk and Bob Clithero
who will also get in few DAYS
hunting on their time off. ONLY >
skeleton crew remains at Spotted
Bear. All in the area are thankful
we had so little fire damage. al
though it was pretty touchy situat-
ion for weeks on end with no rain
and extreme fire hazard prevalent
This large area which lies to the
south of the South Fork river is q
grizzly preserve-the largest in the
United States. This year, for the
first time (and much to our disan-
pointment) the entire area is open
and we are keeping our fingers
crossed that little damage will be
done in the way of grizzly kill So
far none has come out, but two were
wounded in the vicinity of Black
Bear. One sow with cubs, will no
doubt be hard to get along with for
some time.
Norman Hanson of the M-lazy-V.
Marion, has had several hunting
parties in the area and is at pre-
sent located at Pentagon. Helping
him is John Wartnow. Sam Wicker
of the Diamond R, has pulled his
camp at Black Bear. Packing for
him is Alvin Montgomery of Poison.
Walt Radel of Dayton is also assist
ing and Gladys Keller of Kalispell
has just arrived to cook. At KNL.
manager Walter Cook has been very
busy packing up both rivers, and re-
Gently Spencer Dupuis of Poison
came to pack to the end of the sea-
son. For the emergency early sea-
son Arvid Kipp of Hot Springs is
working as guide and packer for
KNL for their several parties camp
ed in at Three Sisters.
We approach the coming season,
which although it has had an early
start, does not really get into full
swing until midi October, with a
feeling of temerity and a little fear,
no doubt. 1t has been long, long
time since there was a hunting fat
atty in this district, and we hope of
course that it will be much longer.
We OutfitterS strive to keep the re-
cord clean, but we have no control
or even advice to give to the hum
dreds who come into the area who
hunt by themselves. So we can only
urge everyone again - BE CARE
Full! KNOW WHAT YOU ARE
SHOOTING AT BEFORE YOU PULL
THE TRIGGER.