Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 January 1912 — Brought in Wolf Pelt From DeMotte to Get the Bounty. [ARTICLE]

Brought in Wolf Pelt From DeMotte to Get the Bounty.

/ Bert DeMoss was down from Keener township Thursday with a pelt of a she-wolf, which he shok Tuesday near his' home 1% miles south of DeMotte. Sheep and hogs and turkeys and chickens in his neighborhood had been killed during the fall and there were evidences that the depredations were committed by wolves and when the snow came recently Bert decided to go wolf hunting. He loaded his pump gun with buckshot and followed tracks to a point where it looked like the wclf might frequent and there he hid behind a clump of bushes. lie had been there but a short time when, sure enough, along came Mr. Wolf, walking right toward Bert. The wind was blowing the same direction the wolf was going, and it advanced within forty yards when Bert fired. The animal gave one shriek, jumped high into the qjr and fell dead. Bert Ipst nd time in skinning the animal and he brought the pelt to the county auditor’s office in order to file his claim fc: bounty. He will get $lO in this way and has been offered $2.50 for the pelt-if the ears are not cut off. Usually the auditor cuts off the ears to avoid possibility of the claim being duplicated, but Bert thought perhaps the auditor would.compromise by punching a few holes in the ears, thus permitting him to realize for the pelt also. Wednesday he was out hunting again and he spent some time following wolf tracks but did not get a glimpse of the animal. A wolf roundup would afford a lot of pleasure and would prove quite successful if well organized. j.,/ -