StNicholas [serial] . at itsentrance the men selected the two elk they wishedto keep, and a photographer took their picturesas they are here shown — plunged deep in thesnow, no doubt trembling with fear at thestrange instrument aimed at them, defenselessand helpless, though the open country was be-fore them. When the elk could no longer be driven, theywere caught, bound, placed upon sleds broughtfor the purpose, and hauled to the ranch. Herethey were released in a game corral, and werefed until spring, and until the snow had meltedso the railway could be reached. They werethen hauled to the ne
StNicholas [serial] . at itsentrance the men selected the two elk they wishedto keep, and a photographer took their picturesas they are here shown — plunged deep in thesnow, no doubt trembling with fear at thestrange instrument aimed at them, defenselessand helpless, though the open country was be-fore them. When the elk could no longer be driven, theywere caught, bound, placed upon sleds broughtfor the purpose, and hauled to the ranch. Herethey were released in a game corral, and werefed until spring, and until the snow had meltedso the railway could be reached. They werethen hauled to the nearest station and shippedto the game preserve for which they were cap-tured. In this way, by plunging down with greatvelocity among the animals, scattering themhere and there, and forcing them to breakthrough the snow-crust, nearly all elk are bears and wolves are sometimes capturedin the same manner, though the latter are moreoften followed by wolf-hounds that have beencarefully trained for the .0 Vol. XXVII.—57-58.
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