Outing . rilyto abandon their homes, made uninhab-itable by the odor. Everyone told ofthe water in early summer slimy andreeking with decaying elk flesh, andmade unwholesome for man or ranchman asserted that within aperiod of twenty years residence in SADDLE AND CAMP IN THE ROCKIES 189 Jacksons Hole he had seen upward offifty thousand elk perish from starvation. Let us look at the causes that lead tothis condition. It is an unnatural con-dition, and the causes are easily trace-able, though the remedies may not beso easily administered. In the year 1872 Congress set aside theYellowsto
Outing . rilyto abandon their homes, made uninhab-itable by the odor. Everyone told ofthe water in early summer slimy andreeking with decaying elk flesh, andmade unwholesome for man or ranchman asserted that within aperiod of twenty years residence in SADDLE AND CAMP IN THE ROCKIES 189 Jacksons Hole he had seen upward offifty thousand elk perish from starvation. Let us look at the causes that lead tothis condition. It is an unnatural con-dition, and the causes are easily trace-able, though the remedies may not beso easily administered. In the year 1872 Congress set aside theYellowstone National Park, embracingan area of approximately thirty-six hun- Thus was formed a great breedingground for animals to which they couldretreat, free from molestation by theirold-time enemy the Indian, or their newand far more destructive enemy thewhite man. The elk herds of Yellowstone Parkand the contiguous country were largeand their annual increase under normalconditions is about one-third THE SHADED PORTION IN THE CENTER OF THE MAP SHOWS THE WINTERREFUGE THAT WYOMING PROPOSES TO ESTABLISH FOR THE ELK. dred square miles, and later very strin-gent regulations were put in force re-stricting the hunting of any kind orspecies of animal within its boundaries,save of predatory animals in very par-ticular cases and under strict observa-tion. This made of Yellowstone Na-tional Park an ideal game preserve andrefuge, where, under military patrol, itis safe to say no poaching takes place. As previously stated, their winter rangesin the park were limited to small andrestricted areas, due to the high altitudeof the park, its heavy snows, and severewinters. As the early snows began todeepen upon the mountains the herdssought lower levels, the overflow of thelimited winter feeding grounds in thepark drifted out and spread over rangesbeyond its borders, those in the south 190 THE OUTING MAGAZINE working their way across the Tetonsinto Idaho, into Jacksons Hole, alongthe Hoback
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