Memories of a Bear Hunter 



Among the elk that I saw on the 27th was a 

 young bull that had not yet dropped his horns. He 

 seemed to be three or four years old. The follow- 

 ing day I spent in camp, 'experimenting with car- 

 tridges, to discover the effect, if any, of a lubricant 

 wad melting and being mixed with the powder, but 

 I could reach no definite conclusion. The next day, 

 while out looking about, I rode up on a ridge and 

 saw three deer approaching, feeding. I dis- 

 mounted, and although my mare was in plain sight, 

 they came up within a hundred yards of the horse 

 before seeing her. This shows that deer are not 

 always as vigilant and watchful as they have the 

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On May i, Catlin got back, and the day after, 

 August Gottschalk rode up. He had come from 

 his ranch near Bozeman to hunt with me, and 

 unable to find my camp, had camped about a mile 

 and a half to the south. After dinner we went out 

 to look the land over, and to the south saw one 

 band of elk and some other game. We spent some 

 time trying to get within good rifle shot, but at 

 last they winded us and went off to the higher 

 benches. We might have had a long shot at them, 

 but the wind was blowing fiercely, and we wished 

 to make a sure kill, for my friend wanted to take 

 some meat home with him. The next morning it 



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