CHAPTER XIII 



COLORADO'S DISAPPEARING GAME 



WHILE Colorado was at one time one 

 of the best stocked game States in the 

 country, it may be said to-day that the 

 only section of the State where the sportsman 

 in search of big game may go with reasonable 

 assurance of securing the trophies sought, is 

 that section, including Routt County, which lies 

 north of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad 

 and west of the Front and Medicine Bow moun- 

 tain ranges. By "big game trophies" is meant 

 deer, silver tip and black bears; these are the 

 only big game animals, aside from predatory 

 animals, which under the present law may be 

 hunted in the State. 



It was my desire to visit this region and make 

 as complete a survey of the game condition as 

 a brief side trip could afford. With this in 



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