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two months before venturing into other fields. We were told by a 

 number of people that they had taken apples by the box to feed to 

 the elk so it is evident that they fared pretty well on fresh fruit during 

 the first two months of their existence in Owens Valley. 



With the Yosemite elk being so contented and doing so well the 

 Fish and Game Commission decided that they would transplant some 

 of the elk from the Kern County elk refuge, which at that time was 

 greatly overcrowded and, to the writer, it seemed that Owens Valley 

 was a paradise as compared with the Kern County refuge in regard 

 to feed. 



In order to make this transfer from the Kern County refuge it 

 seemed necessary that we meet with the authorities of that county so 

 that we might explain, to them just where an allotted portion of their 

 elk would be taken to and what kind of a range they would have in 

 Owens Valley. Wardens Carl Walters and Eugene Walker and I 

 made a trip to Bakersfield January 26 where we met Captain 0. P. 





Fig. 112. Part of the tule elk herd in Owens Valley. Photo by G. V^. Dow, 



May 20, 1934. 



Brownlow and Game Warden Lester Arnold of that district, and after 

 gathering up some sportsmen and county officials we had a meeting the 

 next day which resulted in their consent to move a certain number of 

 their herd to Owens Valley. 



The first step necessary was to see that proper traps were made 

 at the refuge so the elk could be transferred without any fatalities. 

 Under the able direction of Captain Brownlow a large wire fence 

 was built forming a trap and at one end was a board corral where 

 the animals could be roped and placed into crates for shipping. 



Game wardens Walters and Walker left Independence, February 

 2, to trap the elk and I left Lone Pine February 9 for Bakersfield, 

 where I stayed overnight and there met E. L. Macaulay, Chief of 

 Patrol. The next morning at 6.15 we left Bakersfield for the refuge. 

 At Tupman we met Captain Brownlow and game wardens Arnold, 

 Walters, Walker, R. J. BuUard, W. I. Long and Roswell C. Welch. 



