WOLF HUNTING.
Chasing Wolves With Horses Rnd
Hounds in the Northwest.
A fetter in the Cincinnati Enquirer,
dated, "On the bnake Itiver," Idaho,
says:
In a fair stand-up fight the average
white,gray or black wolf of these West
ern prairies can down the best dog tl a'
ever drew breath. lie knows his own
powers, and will rarely run from a sin
gle dog. But the true prairie wolf, or
coyote, is too cowardly to ever engage
in a face-to-face fight with a mongrel
car even, and will often whip his tail
between his legs and run yelping from a
month-old puppy. The dogs in camp
know these characteristics of the differ
ent species as well as the hunters, ai d
in consequence will dash out alone af
ter a coyote, but unless urged on will
never single molest a gray wolf. When
the dogs are in packs of three or more,
however, all this is changed, and the
wolf declines an interview.
With seven hounds and four hunters
we left camp yesterday morning at
dawn for a day's run after wolves.Thev
are more numerous in this region just
now than any other species of game ;
and although hunting them is not gen
erally included in a list of Western
spoits,t is a highly exciting adjunct
to the pursuit of buffalo,deer and bears.
Our loute led to the rocky rises at
the base cf the Salmon mountains, be
tween the headwaters of the Malada
and McArthur rivers, which is a fam
ous lurking place for wolves, as the
rocks and undergrowth give them am
ple shelter, and the proximity to water
assures them of game when it comes to
the stream to drink.
We were armed with breech-loaders
charged with buck-shot, and were all
well mounted —I am on my buffalo run
ner purchased in Boise City sometime
ago. When an hour out of camp the
baying of the hounds in a coppice to the
right of us told that something was
started, and the next minute a lank
gray wolf, with six cuhs streaming af
ter her .dashed out into the open ground
and ran past us so close that we might
have killed her with a revolver ; but
something like pity stayed every man's
hand, and we let her go by us without
a shot. The cults were evidently four
or five months old, and kept well up
with the mother, who moved over the
prairie'like a gray streak. When the
dogs finally broke coyer she had disap
peared around the face of a hillock, to
the top of which we spurred our horses
in order to see the remainder of the
chase. In the course of a few minutes
it was plain to sea the cutis were loos
ing their wind; one of tlipm falling be
hind so rapidly that he was almost in
the jaws of the foremost hound, and
the others, while keeping ahead, giving
every ev.dence of distress. The moth
er wolf was not moving at her best by
any means, and if she would abandon
her cubs to the dogs might easily es
cape; but instead of doing that she sud
denly wheeled around, while the cubs
kept on forward, and doubling square
on her tracks closed with the hound
who was in the lead and not more than
ten paces from the exhausted young
on. Before the dog could recover from
his surprise she had him by the throat,
her long, white teeth cutting through
skin and muscles. Then closing and
tearing out the wind-pipe, jugular vein
and gullet. It was only a single bite ;
but the spread and strength of her j iws,
as well as the sharpness of her teeth,
made it fatal. Then she humped up
her back, and in ten bounds had regain -
ed the lost ground, and wis again in
full retreat in the centre of her family.
In the nature of things, however, the
cubs could not stand the killing pace ;
they fell behind in ones and twos, and
result was a foregone conclusion—at
least it was so until t:e mothe aaopt
ed a new set of tactics. She started off
at right angle with the line pursued by
the cubs, swerving in her course so as
to bring herself very near to the hounds
apparently with the purpose of attract
ing the chase to liei self. Three of the
dogs accepted the invitation, and pres
ently were out of sight in the rough
country to whidi she led them, while
the lemainiug two busied themselves
with the cubs now left to their own de
vices.
At a rattling pace we set off across
the country in the direction taken by
the old wolf, and presentl" from an ele
yation discovered the chase not far a
head. The dogs were rapidly gaining
on their prey, and we spurred on in or
der to be in at the death Our sport
was not marred by any sentimental
pity for the victim, as the killing of
wolves is a utilitarian service, appreci
ated as well by hunters as ranchmen.
They not only kill asd maim enormous
quantities of wild game, but do not
scruple at entering ranchero's barn
yard and carrying away young hogs
sheep, and even young calves. The
Eastern method of getting rid of troub
lesome domestic animals is in vogue
here against wild beasts to a great ex
tent, and thousand* of wolves are kill
ed through poisoned meat prepared for
them by the farmers.
The run was but a short one, and be
fore one drew near enough fcr the ef
fective use of our shotguns the dogs
had dragged the tired animal to the
ground and were tearing at her throat.
Wolf skins in the frontier market
bring from $1.50 to $3 each and as ev
ery pelt we captured during tie hunt
was to fall to the share of Jim, our
cook, he was probably the most eager
member of the chase. lie rode into the
thick of the fight, and kicking the dogs
to right and 'eft had the skin strapp# 1
from the animal before the blood had
done flowing from its throat. Wolf
skins are the main dependency of many
of the poorer ranchmen during the
Wtdr WtfW, of tfom cfcfltettnug
as many as five hundred pelts from the
beginning of November to the close of
February. Their favorite weapon is
strychnine, which often kills for one
man more wolves in a single night than
a party ol hunters could run down and
shoot in a week. When the poisoned
meat is placed near a pond or stream of
water the carcasses of wolves will al
ways be found near the water's edge.as
the poison breeds an intolerable tliiist
and the water hastens dissolution.
In the course of the morning we ran
down three other gray wolves and suc
ceeded in shooting a coyote, as well as
a cantelopo for dinner. While siietch
ed on the grass smoking our pipes after
dinner was'over, a black w If sulked
into the very borders of the camp . and
made a leap at one of the reekb'g skins
which )itn had hung loHtr
limb of a scrub oak. lie failed to get
it; but instead he got the hounds on
his trail, with us aft2l* them as so >;i as
we could gather our arms and mount.
For the fust few miles the run was ov r
a smooth country; but the noon rest
seemed to have stiffened the dogs'joinis
and slowly but surely the wolf was slip
ping away from them, llis instinct
headed him towards a piece of land
broken by rivulets and coppices, where
he could easily elude the hounds' sight
and make his escape almost certain.
The doctoi's dog—Cruso—who. since
the death of the leader in the morning,
was the tleetest. in the pack, blocked
this little g one, however,by putting on
a magniticieut spurt and presently
bringing the wolf to bay until theoth
eis came up. Then ensued a knock
down and drag-out tight between the
single wolf and five dogs, which lasted
for twentj minutes. Of course our
shotguns might have put an immediate
end to the scriintn ige, but in spite of
Jim's earnest entreaties, who feared ba
the fate of his valuable pelt, we let the
tight go on, satisfied that any five
hounds who could not kill an American
wolf were unfit to be the companions
of sportsmen.
At t he beginning of the fight the dogs
mainly contented themselves with cir
cling about the beast and taking a nip
out of his fimks whenever a chance
presented; but as the fight continued
and they got an occasional caste of
blood, they began to close in and to
make passes at the wolfs throat. lie
kept his eyes peeled, however, wheeling
about like a tee-to-tuin in his efforts at
protecting 11 ink and va 1, and held his
own fa rly well against the five assail
ants until Cruso managed to get a full
grip on one of his hind legs, when he
opened his guard in front and three of
the hounds took him simultaneously in
the throat and fore legs.
Bleeding from the throat wound, and
with two broken limbs, he weakened
rapidly, finally going down after one of
the hardest struggles that I have ever
seen made bv a wild aoini il. T lis was
the largest wolf that we have killed, or
in fact seen, during our sojourn, his
weight being probably above, rather
than under 100 pounds, and as his col
or is black, instead of the usual lupine
gray, his skin, when cured, will not,
make a bad robe.
advice ri> norilßKß.
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