THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BE LLEFONTE, PA, MAY 20, 1909, ATWo OCEAN TH EODORE ROOSEVELT PADS P. Putnam's Sons ler arrangement with G. V s, New York and Lond ICopyright, 1883, by G. Published u Putnam's Sor O0ODY and hunt over ble-land, stout mountain-side, trails bad had to climb llke goats All these elk-tralls have striking peculiarity. They lead through thicl timber, but every now and then send off short, well-worn branches to some cliff-edge or jutting crag, commanding a view far and wide over the country beneath, Elk love to stand on these lookout points, and scan the and mountains round about. Blue grouse rose from beside our path; Clarke's crows flew past us, with a hollow, flapping sound, or lit in the pine-tops, calling and flirting thelr tails; the gray-clad whisky-jacks, with multitudinous cries, hopped and fluttered near us. Snow-shoe rabbits scuttled away, the blg furry feet which give them thelr name already turning white. At last we came out on the great plateau, seamed deep, narrow ravines. Reaches pasture alternated with groves and open forests of varying size. Almost immediately we heard the bugle of a bull elk, and saw a big band of cows and calves on the other side of a val ley. There were three bulls witl them, one very large, and we to creep up on them; but the win was baffling and spolled our stalk. S we returned to our horses, mounted them, and rode a mile farther, toward a large open wood on a hill-slde. Whe within two hundred yards we heard Qirectly ahead the bugle of a bull and pulled up short. In a mom saw him walking through an op glade; he had not seen us. Theslig breeze brought us down his scent. Ell have a strong charac is usually ike that of a he of Alderney ut in old bulls svhile rutting, it is rank, pungent lasting. We stood motionless till bull was out of sight, then the wood, tied our horses, and trot after him. He was traveling fast, oc casionally whereupon in the neighborhood would answer Evidently he had been driven out of soe herd by the master bull He went f: while we i take him we hea: and sonor ! came from a rid the woods clumps pinyon—a queer conifer, high on the u trunk and giving It th distance, rather than a | toward the ri ip-wind. ute or two, ir chagrin bled on an o ike bull, evident ly kept on th ts of the herd by the master thought alarm all the rest; but, tionless, hi not we were gazed I started to the great ta- and led horses up by that they our the elk 80 one 8C valleys of teristic smell; sweet cows; | gion alline calling. 181 were us look of an oak In a min we stur he w 3 18 we stood 1 see clearly ran, stood aga trotted slowly stood, and at ~~ I peered over the crest We harried forward as fast as we dared, and with too little care; for we suddenly came In view of two cows As they raised their heads to look Woody squatted down where he was to keep thelr attention fixed, unobserved. Favored by the neutral tint of my buckskin hunting-shirt, with which my shoes, leggins, and soft hat matched, 1 succeeded. As soon as | was out of sight I ran hard and came up to a hillock crested with pinyons, behind which I judged I should find the herd. As I approached the crest, | but, {and his antlers, We at once walked ! while 1 | cautiously tried to slip off to one side | the Thirty off, behing a clump of ployons, huge bull his head thrown bacle as he rubbed Li shoulders with his horns There wer und him, and one saw and alarm, 1 Bred | Into the bull's shoulder, inflicting an al wound; but he went off, and I rated after him at top speed, firing twice In his flank; very slick, and I brok bullet. An first moments and not get for two or three hundred yards: when once fairly started, he may go several miles, even though mortally wounded; therefore, the hunter, after his first shot, should run forward as fast as he can, and shoot again an again untill the quarry drops. In this way many animals that would other wise be are obtained, by the who has a rifle The elk 1 His body yards stood fn ready several cows aro mediately, took to then he stopped, ¢ his neck with a hesitates surprise and really under fourth elk often in the fright, way of does lost man especially repeating thus slew was a giant was the size of a steer's, though not unusually long, were very massive and heavy He lay In a glade, on the edge of a great cliff. Standing on its brink overlooked a most beautiful coun the home of all homes for the elk: wilderness of mountains, the fmm evergreen forest broken by park and glade, by meadow and pasture, b; bare hill-side and barren table-land Some five mile 144 sheet water known to tl unters Spotted Lake; sedgy pl mation, its two two or 1ich was rainy, we spent id meat t off fifty "yards be est hn! His two first and flu tained by hard shooting; the her at the time, and of wind to get near enough for herd started before he got « he killed the master bull by a right through the heart, as it trotte past, a hundred and fifty yards dis tant As for me, during the next ten days I killed nothing save one cow for meat and this though I hunted hard every day from morning till night, no matter what the weather. Our Il] success was in part due to sheer bad luck; but the chief element therein was the presence of great hunting-party of Shoshone Indians. Split Into bands of elght to ten each, they scoured the whole coun try on their tough, sure-footed ponies As they slew whatever they could, but by preference cows and calves, and as they were very persevering, but also very excitable and generally poor shots, #0 that they wasted much powder, they not only wrought havoe among the elk, but also scared the survivors out of all the country over which they hunted. Day In and day out we plodded on In a hunting trip the days of long mo- notony in getting to the ground, and the days of unrequited toll after it has been reached, always far outnumber the red letter days of success, But it Is Just these times of fallure that really test the hunter. In the long run, com mon-sense and dogged perseverance avall him more than any other quall ties. The man who does not give up, but hunts steadily and resolutely through the spells of bad nck until the luck turns, is the man who wins suc cess In the end, After n week at Two Ocean Pass, we gathered our pack-animals one frosty morning, and again set off across the mountains. A twoddays' jaunt took us to the summit of Wolverine Pass, near Plnyon Peak, beside a little mountain tarn; each morning we found its sur. face skimmed with black ice, for the nights were cold. After three or four days, we shifted camp to the mouth of Wolverine Creek, to get off the hunting grounds of the Indians, We had used up our last elk-meat that morning, and ds were on and only his speed of enabled a shot soundness One lose, and shot | light work; | them, | days, through raln, cold, hunger, and | fatigue, to no purpose, That evening | when we were within a couple hours’ journey of our intended halting. place, Woody and 1 struck off on foot for a hunt, Just before sunset we came on three or four elk; a spike bull | stood for a moment behind some thick evergreens a hundred yards off, ing at his shoulder, 1 fired, and he fell dead after running a few rods. I had broken the luck, after ten days of ill SUCCES, Next morning Woody and 1, with the packer, rode to where this elk lay. We loaded the meat on a pack-horse, and let the packer take both the load- ed animal and our saddle-horses b to camp, while made a hunt on foot. Ve the steep, forest clad mot ide, 1 before we had walked an hour heard two elk whis- tling abead of us. The woods open, and free from under growth, and were able to advance noiselessly; 8 no wind, for the weather was still, clear, and cold. doth of the elk were ntly very much excited, answering continually; had master bulls, but had become ex- hausted thelr riva had driven them from the herds, forcing them to remain they regal ed thelr As we ct stealthlly forward, calling grew louder and louder, untill we could hear the grunting sounds with which the challenge of the nearest ended. He was in a large wallow, which was also a lick. When we were still » yards off, he heard us, and rushe out, but wheeled and stood a mor to gaze, puzzled by my buckskin sult I fired into his throat, breaking neck, and down went In a be Rushing in and turning, 1 called Woody, “He's a twelve-pointer, the horns are small!” As 1 spoke | heard the roar of the chall other bull not two hundred ya: d ahead, as If In deflant answer to Guess. ack we up intalin-s an were quite we there wa evi le each probably Ix 80 they en | that in sect gtren unti gth the INIOnNn lost xty he enger of the iegs hind n ward, broke his neck His antlers nest 1 ever got A facks appeared at the first were couple of whisks crack of tl astonishir g ness of the we rifle with thel familiarity and hunter; t foll unded bull as he dragged his great cass down the hill, and pounced with ghoulish bloodthirstiness on the of blood that sprinkled over the green herbage These two bulls lay only a couple of hundred yards apart, on a broad game trail, which was as well beaten as a good bridie-path. We began to skin out the heads; and as we were finishing we heard another bull challenging far up the mountain He came nearer and nearer, and as soon as we had ended our work we grasped our rifles and trotted toward him along the game trail. He was very nolsy, uttering his loud, singing challenge every minute or two. The trall was so broad and firm that we walked In perfect silence After going only five or six hundred yards, we got very close Indeed, and stole forward on tiptoe, listening to the roaring music. The sound came from a steep, narrow ravise, to one side of the trall, and I walked toward it with my rifle at the ready. A slight puff gave the elk my wind, and he dashed out of the ravine like a deer; but he was only thirty yards off, and my bullet went Into his shoulder as be passed behind a clump of young spruce I plunged Into the ravine, scrambled out of it, and raced after him. In a minute I saw him standing with droop Ing head, and two more shots finished him. He also bore fine antlers, It was A great plece of luck to get three such fine bulls at the cost of half a day's but we had falrly earned having worked hard for ten r customary heedless hey owed the wo gouts were my homecoming to eamp, with three elk-tongues grouse hung at my belt, was most hap | wr. NEXT WEEK: “Hunt-| ing The White-T ailed Deer.” of and a brace of ruffed | | { What to Do In an Emergency. Shipwrecked. ~Go ashore as soon as | possible; remove wet clothing and re- late your experiences to nearest re. porter. Add photograph if possible, Baby, Cat, A Face Of. Re move cat, Train, Run Over By. using force if necessary, Upon re- lease acquaint nearest station master with the facts and proceed as In case of shipwreck. 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