Hunting at High Altitudes 



West of the St. Elias Alps and around Cook 

 Inlet, the principal game animals are the giant 

 moose and white sheep of the Kenai Peninsula, the 

 caribou and bear of the Alaska Peninsula, and the 

 bear of some of the large islands, notably Kodiak. 

 It is in this district that the game laws require close 

 attention and rigid enforcement. 



In the vast interior the strict enforcement of 

 game laws is not so important, because the entire 

 region drained by the Yukon is covered with 

 heavy forests, and the population is largely con- 

 fined to waterways. 



Black bear, lynx and moose are everywhere 

 abundant, but seldom seen along the Yukon River. 

 Sheep are accessible from points on the Upper 

 Yukon, notably at Eagle, and caribou occasionally 

 cross the river in herds at that point. 



The game laws for this district should aim 

 principally at the prevention of slaughter on a 

 large scale for market purposes, and of hide and 

 head hunting. There are very few sportsmen, and 

 the miners and prospectors in the interior are diffi- 

 cult to control. 



Wolves. Wolves are abundant at points on the 

 coast and throughout the interior. In the north, 

 around the region drained by the Porcupine River, 

 they assume very large dimensions, some skins 



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