Hunting at High Altitudes 



and intervening ridges, more or less timbered, are 

 the resort of the black-tails. I have never found 

 grizzly bears abundant in any portion of Montana 

 or Wyoming to compare with any other game, not- 

 withstanding the fact that the females bring forth 

 from two to three cubs each year. 43 Two cubs are 

 nearer the rule than the exception. Not more than 

 ten of these animals were seen by the members of 

 the party during the month spent at or near this 

 camp, and some of these were seen more than once. 

 The numerous willow thickets made it almost im- 

 possible to kill them in daylight. When wounded 

 they sought refuge in a neighboring thicket, and 

 if followed, could always elude the hunter's ap- 

 proach. In this neighborhood four of these bears 

 were killed, two by Messiter and two by me. 



One I killed October 4 in the open and in day- 

 light. He was discovered on an open flat near 

 Cottonwood Creek, about two hundred yards dis- 

 tant and feeding leisurely toward me, but in a 

 quartering direction. Knowing that these bears 

 cannot see distinctly unless looking up, and since 

 he was too far off to risk a shot, I determined to 

 boldly approach him in the open. Watching until 

 his head was down feeding, I walked toward him 

 as rapidly and noiselessly as I could until he raised 

 his head, when I crouched down, to make another 



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