American Big-Game Hunting 
over mountain, plateau, and valley alike, the 
higher portions in summer, the lower in 
winter. For elk, the park is an ideal coun- 
try. They frequent the alpine meadows and 
grassy terraces, passing freely from one to 
the other of the open uplands. Where streams 
flow through these openings, or ponds occupy 
shallow depressions, the elk resort to them in 
large numbers during summer and autumn. 
The accompanying picture gives an excel- 
lent illustration of such a favorite haunt. 
In midsummer cows and calves frequent 
the picturesque park-like country near the 
sources of the Snake River. In my opinion, 
the head waters of the Snake furnish one of 
the best breeding grounds for elk anywhere 
to be found. In winter they descend to the 
broad valley-bottoms, where food is accessible 
and shelter easily obtained. In traveling 
over the country about these feeders to the 
Snake, I have been impressed by the apparent 
absence of elk, yet the first heavy autumnal 
snow will drive them from the mountains to 
the lowlands, the freshly fallen snow being 
tramped down by hundreds of elk tracks 
coming from all directions. In the more 
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