American Big Game in its Haunts 



organization of the "Elks," is raised to protest 

 against these flagrant acts of vandalism which are 

 taking place beneath their very eyes. 



This visit to the northern forest was full of 

 varied and commanding interest, but the chief 

 occupation of my summer, when all is said, was 

 with California. 



Deer are practically the only game to be con- 

 sidered in these southern California reserves. 

 There are mountain sheep to the east, in the moun- 

 tains of the Mojave and Colorado deserts, but 

 they are almost unmolested by the hunters of the 

 seaboard country, and, except in rare instances, 

 are no longer found in the reserves. Occasionally 

 odd ones are seen, venturesome, determined indi- 

 viduals, on their travels, in the energy of youthful 

 maturity, tempted by curiosity, but these soon 

 realize that they are not secure where so many 

 humans abound, and scurry back to their desert 

 fastnesses. As refuges are created and breeding 

 grounds established, sheep will return, and, it is 

 hoped, make their permanent home in the reserves. 

 There are still enough of them in scattered places 

 for this purpose. I was told of one method of 

 hunting in the desert hills, sometimes resorted to 

 by Indians and white men of the baser sort, that 

 seems hateful and unsportsmanlike. The springs 



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