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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