American Big-Game Hunting 



We at once examined the ground, and 

 found the carcasses of two steers, one of 

 which was untouched, but the other was very 

 nearly devoured. All the signs pointed to 

 more than one bear, and the ground was 

 fairly padded down round the carcass they 

 were using. Unfortunately, though, there 

 seemed to be no place to watch from, — not a 

 bush or rock to screen one while awaiting a 

 shot. To cut a long story short, I watched 

 that bait every afternoon and evening for a 

 week, and though it was visited every night 

 I never got a sight of the prowlers. Bears 

 will very often, when going to a carcass, take 

 the same trail, but when leaving, wander off 

 in almost any direction. Taking advantage 

 of this, and being satisfied that they were up 

 in the timber through the day, we hunted for 

 their trail, and found it on an old wood-road 

 that led through the timber. To make sure, 

 we placed the hind quarters of one of the 

 steers just on the edge of the forest, and 

 awaited developments. That night the bears 

 found it, and, dragging it off, carefully cached 

 it; so we determined to watch here. 



As the daylight faded that night I was 

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