ELK HUNT IN WYOMING 



ground. We stood quite still and surveyed 

 him carefully, sizing up the head, which had 

 twelve points, but not large nor heavy at the 

 base. The glasses were brought into service 

 to make a more critical examination. A 

 couple of minutes we stood discussing him, 

 when finally he gave a brief snort, which 

 sounded like an expression of disgust at our 

 impertinence, and then jumped up and loped 

 out of sight. 



Shortly afterward we managed to approach 

 close to a very large herd of elk, mostly 

 hidden in the timber. From our concealment 

 we could see a number of the animals not 

 over thirty or forty yards away. About 150 

 yards off were a couple of young bulls exer- 

 cising their skill by fencing with their antlers, 

 evidently in sport. We could hear the fre- 

 quent clash of the horns and often got a good 

 view of the contestants. We waited in this 

 spot over an hour, until despairing of seeing 

 anything worth shooting at before it grew 

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