COLORADO 



OLORADO has an area of about 

 104,500 square miles. The 

 state is intersected north and 

 south by the Rocky Mountain 

 range. The western portion of 

 the state consists of high table- 

 lands, intersected by ranges of 



mountains and valleys. The great natural parks of the 

 state, consisting of extensive plateaus and basins 

 hemmed in by high mountains, and the vast plains 

 make the state a very favorable one for game, espe- 

 cially for big game. 



The Rio Grande and the Colorado rivers have their 

 sources within the state, and the eastern slope and foot- 

 hills of the Rocky Mountains are drained by the head 

 streams of the Platte, Kansas, and Arkansas rivers. 



The character of the country and the climate enable 

 a portion of the big game to migrate from the moun- 

 tainous regions to the plains and back at different sea- 

 sons, giving them good feed and great protection a por- 

 tion of the time. The country above an altitude of 

 7,000 feet is rr ,- or less timbered ; below that is 

 largely bad land and desert. Deer and antelope sum- 

 mer above 7,000 feet, and winter below; elk come 

 down to an altitude of about 7,000 feet to winter. 



Of the big game to be found in Colorado, without 

 doubt the most highly prized is the wapiti or elk, still 

 to be found in large numbers. A prominent hunter of 



