. The Big game of North America [microform] : its habits, habitat, haunts, and characteristics : how, when, and where to hunt it. Hunting; Hunting; Big game hunting; Big game hunting; Chasse; Chasse; Chasse au gros gibier; Chasse au gros gibier. â )' '-.â '( M^; I'M THE OUIZZLY BEAR. 213 to he lUl, LUd Iges to IS [ten no j rjiice lues, Lit I'd tiie mountains, a hundred pounds is loud enough for a pony. Don't l)urden yourself with great variety of provisionsâ baeon, coifee, flour, dried apples, and oatmeal, with a few potatoes and onions, carried from the nearest settlement, are all you ought t
. The Big game of North America [microform] : its habits, habitat, haunts, and characteristics : how, when, and where to hunt it. Hunting; Hunting; Big game hunting; Big game hunting; Chasse; Chasse; Chasse au gros gibier; Chasse au gros gibier. â )' '-.â '( M^; I'M THE OUIZZLY BEAR. 213 to he lUl, LUd Iges to IS [ten no j rjiice lues, Lit I'd tiie mountains, a hundred pounds is loud enough for a pony. Don't l)urden yourself with great variety of provisionsâ baeon, coifee, flour, dried apples, and oatmeal, with a few potatoes and onions, carried from the nearest settlement, are all you ought to want. A couple of Dutch-ovens will supply you with the best possible bread; and a large lean-to nuide of canvas is less cumbersome and as weather-proof as a tent. As to hunters, Frank (yhattield, Charles Iluif, and Sara Aldrich are nu'U that I have proved good and true. Their address is Dillworth, Gallatin County, Montana, My first hunting expedition included a trip from St Paul (then almost the western terndnns of the railroad) to Van- couver Island, and during that long journey I never saw a Grizzly. One day, coming on the fresh trail of an immense fellow, the Indians promptly refused to take any part whatever in investigating the neighborhood; and as I was a most untrustworthy shot, and had oidy a double-barreled muzzle-loading rifle, all things considered, perhaps this action of theirs was an evidence of their proverbial sagacity. My next essay was undertaken thirteen years after, in 1881. We hadâmy friend and Iâa magnificent trip: rode all over the Big Horn Mountains, and killed plenty of game âindeed, we could not help it. In those days the mountains were full of Deer, Elk, and Bears, too; but somehow n(me of us ever saw a Grizzly. I can not to this day urulerstand our want of success. Six trips I have made since then, but I ne\'er saw half the amount of fresh Bear-signs which we saw on the Avestern slope of those mountains, on a stream named on the maps Shell Cre
Size: 1038px × 2408px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, booksubjecthunting, bookyear1890
