AN ELK HUNT IN WYOMING 



WHEN I wrote to my old guide Edward 

 Sheffield, I was somewhat apprehen- 

 sive about the outlook for sport, because I 

 had heard that the best part of the Jackson 

 Hole Country had been included in the 

 reserve set apart by the State of Wyoming, 

 where sport with big game had been entirely 

 interdicted. 



I was advised, however, that this was not 

 the fact, and pinning my faith to the good 

 judgment of the guide, I made arrangements 

 for a fall hunt. Before reaching the terminal 

 of the railroad journey I chanced to meet 

 some sportsmen who discussed the sport and 

 commented on the conditions existing in 

 Jackson's Hole. The criticisms were by no 

 means favorable, and various instances were 

 cited of parties who had been disappointed 

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