IN THE ALASKA- YUKON GAMELANDS 



In 1910, with W. B. Shore and Johnny Bal- 

 lenger on Hell Roaring and Grizzly Creek, 

 Montana. 



In 191 1, with Will Richard and Snaky Jim 

 Goodman, on the South Fork of the Shoshone 

 River, Wyoming. 



In 1 91 2, with Lawrence Nordquist and Dave 

 (Red) Powell on the Sunlight River, Wyoming. 



In 1 9 14, with Ned Frost and Fred Richard on 

 the North Fork of the Shoshone River, Wyo- 

 ming. 



In 19 1 5, with E. S. Dykes and Fred Brown on 

 Dinwoody River, Wyoming. 



The above named trips for sheep represent 

 some strenuous physical efforts in the highest and 

 ruggedest parts of the Rockies in Wyoming and 

 Montana, each one filled with its regular quota 

 of hardship, toil and that supremest test of all — 

 enduring patience. When I contemplate that 

 some men have returned from one hunting trip 

 on which they have secured as large a number 

 of sheep specimens (ovis stonei and ovis fannini) 

 besides other game in addition, as I have killed 

 on all my seven trips for ovis canadensis in the 

 United States, I begin to wonder if I would be 

 considered a very good sheep hunter — or if my 

 poor showing is not in reality due to the superior- 

 ity of ovis canadensis over ovis stonei and ovis 

 fannini, in relation to their wariness and shrewd- 

 ness in eluding pursuit. 



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