Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 34, Number 230, 27 June 1909 — Page 3

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I XCS, ; white on bant with John -Willis, I spent a week in a vain effort to kill : doom '" I Among the outlying J mountains at tbe sou th orn ami nf th Bitter Boot range. Then, as we bad no meat, we determined to try for elk. We were camped with a wagon, as high among tbe foot-hills as wheels could co, but several hours' walk from tbe range or ue game; ror u was still early in the season, and they saa not yez c-ouie auvra rroin ine uiper slopes. Accordingly we made a practice of leaving tbe wagon for two er three days at a time to bunt; returning to get a night's rest In the tent, preparatory to a fresh start On these trips we carried neither blankets nor packs, as the walking was difficult and we bad much ground to cover. Each merely put on his Jacket iwith a loaf of frying-pan bread and a paper of salt staffed Into tbe pockets. iVe were cumbered with nothing save our rifles and cartridges. On the morning in question we left amp at sunrise. ' For two or three Hours we walked up-hill through a rather open growth of small pines and spruces, the traveling being easy. Then we cam to the' edge of a deep rralley, couple of miles across. . Into this we scrambled, down a steep slide, iwbere the forest had grown up among tbe Immense boulder masses, finally, in the afternoon, we left the rvalley and began to climb a steep Igorge, down which a mountain torrent roared and foamed in a succession of cataracts. Three hours' hard climbing brought jes to another valley, btft of an entirely itffferent character. It was several Unties long, but less than a mile broad. ISave at the' moutb, it was wafted In completely by chains of high rockKks, their summits snow-capped: forest extended a short distance & their sides. Hardly' bad we enterthis valley before we caught a (glimpse of a yearling elk walking rapally along a game path some distance head. We followed as quickly as we jcould. without making a noise, but jafter the first glimpse never saw It tajaala; for it Is astonishing how fast si Th crash of tht meeting antlers rewound- . .. tt. .... . . ' I .. . mg tnrougn hm vauey. an elk travels, with Its ground-covering walk. . Br the time the sua set ; we were rare the elk were towards the head of the valley.1 We utilised the abort twilight in arranging our sleeping place for the night, choosing, a thick grove of spruce beside a small mountain tarn, at. the foot of a great cliff. As the first faint streak of dawn aptpeared In tbe dark sky my companion touched me lightly on the arm. Tbe fire was nearly out; we felt numbed iby the chill air. At once we sprang up, stretched our arms, shook ouraeives, examined our rifles, swallowed a v mouthful or ' two of bread, and walked off through the gloomy forest At first we could scarcely see oxir way. but It grew rapidly lighter. Then, as we trod noiselessly over the dense moss, and on the pine needles under the scattered trees, we heard a sharp clang and clatter up the valley, ahead of us. In n little glade, a hundred and twenty-five yards from us. two bull elk were engaged In deadly jcombnt, while two others were looking ion. It was a splendid sight. The great (beasts faced each other with lowered Oiorss th Guanas that covered their Fbilllps Theatre Vccsvllle ntf nra. an FIRST THREE DAYS Vczr GzxCzzra zzl Ttelr Con "D:e" Uzzzl Cct2j SilL 7-oiLza c:s iios-7

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ders. bristling and erect Then they charged furiously, tbe crash of the meeting sutlers resounding- through the valley. The shock threw them both on their haunches; with locked horns nd glaring eyes they strove against each other, getting their bind legs wen under tneni, straining every muscle m their hues bodies, and squealing sav agely. They were evenly matched in weight strength, and courage; - and push as they might neither got the upper hand, first one yielding a few Inches, then- the other, while they swayed to and fro in their struggles. smashing the bushes and ploughing np the soil. Finally they separated and stood some little distance apart under the. great pines; their sides heaving, and columns of steams rising from their nostrils through tbe frosty air of the brightening morning. Again they rushed together with a crash, and each atrove mightily to overthrow tbe other, or get past his guard; but the branching antlers caught every vicious lunge and thrust This set-to was stopped rather curiously. One of the onlooking elk was a yearling; the other, though scarcely as heavy-bodied as either of the fighters, bad a finer head. He was evidently much excited by the battle, and he now began to walk towards the two combatants, nodding his bead and uttering a queer, whistling noise. They dared not leave their flanks uncovered to his assault; and as be approached they promptly separated, and walked off side by side a few yards opart. In a moment however, one spun round and Jumped at his old adversary, seeking to stab him in his unprotected flank; but tbe latter was just as quick, and as before caught the rush ou his horns. They closed as furiously as ever; but the utmost either could do was to inflict one or two punches on the neck and shoulders of his foe, where tbe thick hide served as a shield. Agaiu the peace-maker approached, nodding his head, whistling, and threatening; and again they separated.. This was repeated once or twice; and Z began to be afraid lest the breeze which waa very light and puffy should hlft and ; give them my wind. So. testing my rifle on my knee I fired twice, putting one bullet behind the shoulder of the peace-maker, and the other" behind the shoulder of one of tbe combatants. Both were deadly shots, but, aa so often with wapiti, neither of the wounded animals at the moment showed any signs of being hit The yearling ran off unscathed. The other three crowded together and trotted behind some spruce on tbe left while we ran forward for another shot In a moment one fell; whereupon tbe remaining two turned and came back across the glade, trotting to the right. As we opened fire they broke , into a lumbering gallop, but were both downed before they got out o" slcr'jt in the timber. .The wapiti is, next to the moose, the most quarrelsome and pugnacious of American deer. It cannot be said that It Is ordinarily a dangerors beast to hunt; yet there are instances in which wounded wapiti Incautiously approached to within striking distance, have severely misused their assailants, both with their antlers and their forefeet However, the fiercest wapiti bull, when In a wild state, flees the neighborhood of man with the same panic terror shown by the cows; and : he makes no stand against a grisly, though when his horns are grown he has little fear of either wolf or cougar If on his guard and attacked fairly. The chief battles of the balls are of course waged with one another. Before the beginning of the rut they keep by themselves: Ogly. while the sprouting horns are still very young,' at which time they lie In secluded spots and move about as little as possible; in large bands, later in the season. At the beginning of the fall these bands Join with one another and with the bands of cows and calves, which have likewise been keeping to themselves during the late winter, the spring, and the summer. . Vast herds are .thus sometimes formed, containing, In the old days when wapiti were plenty, thousands of head. The bulls now begin to fight furiously with one another, and the great herd becomes split Into smaller ones. Each of these has one master bull, who has won his position by savage battle, and keeps It by overcoming every rival, whether a solitary bull, or the lord of another harem, who challenges him. When not fighting or love-making he Is kept on the run. chasing away the young- bulls who venture to pay court to the cows. He has hardly time to eat or sleep, and soon becomes gaunt and worn to a degree. The battles between the buns rarely result fatally. After a longer or shorter period of charging, pushing, and struggling . the heavier or more enduring of the two begins to shove his weaker antagonist back and round; and the latter then watches his chance and bolts, hotly, but aa a rule harmlessly, pursued for a few hundred yards. The massive branching antlers serve as effective guards against tbe most wicked thrusts. While the antagonists are head en, the worst that can happen Is a punch on the shoulder which win not break the thick hide, though it may braise the flesh underneath. Wapttt keep their antlers until the spring, whereas deer and moose lose theirs by mid-winter. The bull's behavior aa relation to tbe cow is mere y that of a vicious and brutal coward. He bolltes her continually, and la times of danger his one thought Is for sneaking off to secure; his own safety. For all his noble looks ha Is a very uaamlable ' beast, who behaves with hrutal ferocity to the weak, and ahows - abject terror of the strong. Accordlnff to his powers,, he Is guSty of rae, robteryL and even mjgrder. wl

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iiwrcr ten ine least compunction at shooting a bull, but I hate to shoot a cow, even whon forced by necessity. During the - rut the bulls are very noisy; and their notes of amorous challenge are called "whistling", by the- f rontlonsmen,very .. inappropriately. They begin to whistle about ten days before they tegin to run; and they have in addition an odd LInd of bark, which Is only heard occasionally. ." .Heard at a little distance, and In Its proper place, the call of tbe wapiti is one of tbe grandest and most beautiful sounds la nature. Especially Is this the case when several rivals are answering one another, on some frosty moonlight night in tbe mountains. Once, while in the mountains. I listened to a peculiarly grand chorus of this kind. We were traveling with Se plunged wildly forward. pack ponies at the time, and our tent waa pitched in a grove of yellow pine, by a brook In the bottom of a valley. On either hand rose the mountains, covered with spruce forest It was In September, and the first snow had just fallen. The day before we had walked long and hard; and during- the night I slept the heavy sleep of the weary. Early In the morning. Just as the east began to grow gray, I waked; and as I did so, the sounds that amote on my ear, caused me to sat up and throw off the warm blankets. Bull elk were challenging among tbe mountains on both sides of the valley, a little way from us, their notes echoing like the calling of silver bugles. Groping about to the dark. I drew on my trousers, an extra pair of thlek socks, sad my moccasins, donned a warm Jacket found my fur cap and gloves, and stole out of the teat with my rifle. Two herds were approaching: one another from opposite sides of the valley, a short distance above our camp: and the master bulls were roaring defiance as they mastered their harems. -. I walked staaKhHy up , the valley, until I felt that I was nearly bet trees the two herds; and then stood motionless under a tall pine. I made np my mind, from the sound of the challenging; bow very near me, that one bull

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rivar on my left, who was answering every call. Soon the former approached so near that I could hear him crack the branches, and beat the bushes with his horns; and I slipped quietly from tree to tree, feo as to meet him When he came out into the more open woodlaml. Day broke, and crimson gleams playod across the ' snow-clad mountains lieyotid. At last. Just as the sun flamed red above tbe bill-tops. I heard the roar of the wapiti's challenge not fifty yards away; and I cocked and half raised my rifle, and stood motionless. In a moment more, the belt of spruces in front of me swayed and opened, and the lordly bull stepped out He bore his massive antlers aloft: the snow lay thick on his mane; he snuffed the air and stamped en tbe ground as he walked. . As I drew a bead, the motion caught Ms eye; and instantly his bearing of haughty and warlike selfconfidence changed to one of alarm. My bullet smote through his shoulderblades, and he plnnged wildly forward, and fell full length en the bloodstained snow. Nothing can be finer than a wapiti bull's carriage when excited or alarmed; he then seems tbe embodiment of strength and stately grace. . But at ordinary times hia looks are less attractive, aa he walks with ,his neck level with his . body and his head outstretched, his horns lying almost on his shoulders. The favorite gait of the wapiti is tbt trot which la very fast and which .they can keep up for conntless miles; when ooddeniy and greatly alarmed, they break into an awkward gallop, which la faster, but which speedily tires them.

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