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would be unheard by any other animal they will catch, as I 

 have learned to my sorrow many a time. Elk are quick to 

 hear but not so acute as deer, while the antelope depends on 

 his sight to guard him and wonderfully well does it serve him. 



A friend came up to go hunting with a neighbor last 

 winter and I joined him and rode up to the neighbor's, 

 eight miles north of I^ay, one day in January. Next 

 morning we rode out and it turned bitter cold. Riding over 

 a high ridge we saw an elk lying down. On our approach 

 he got up and ran, so our neighbor's dog was put after him. 

 After a short run he brought the elk to bay and we came up 

 and I set up the camera and walked 

 up to within twenty steps and took 

 one negative and we were all so 

 near frozen that I was glad to pack 

 up and climb on my horse. We 

 found a band of about 250 and drove 

 them down almost to my neighbor's, 

 when we killed what we wanted 

 and went to my friend's for the 

 night. Elk will go against the 

 wind in spite of anything until they 

 come to something that makes them 

 turn or to a country they don't like 

 to venture on. 



they had lain down. They started feeding against the wind, 

 and I ran down under the hill and got as nearly in front of 

 them as I dared, and got an exposure at forty steps, but it 

 was blurred by a slip of the camera leg. One cow saw me 

 as I raised the camera over the brush and the whole line was 

 instantly warned by her without any visible means. I think 

 they use their tusks or "ivories" as a warning, by producing 

 a squeaking sound with them. Before I could turn the plate 

 holder they ran off and I rode home completely tired out as 

 I had spent the whole day after them. 



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Learning that a band of elk 

 had been seen about four miles 

 northwest from home late one even- 

 ing, I started next morning for a 

 try at getting some new photos. 

 Riding over the hills across the now 

 untraveled deer trails, recalling to 

 my memory scenes of past years, I 

 was soon at the spot and after a 

 short search found the trail of the 

 elk. The ground was thawing, for 

 it was the middle of March, '94, and 

 I could follow the trail on the lope. 

 Rapidly I followed as I knew they 

 were beginning to move toward the 

 mountains. Climbing a steep hill 

 I found myself in full view of the 

 bunch before I knew it, but as they 

 were still traveling and about a 

 quarter of a mile away I saw that 

 they had not seen me, and stood 



still until they had passed over the hill they were crossing 

 out of sight, when I rode quickly after them. They were 

 traveling at a right angle to the line I had been following, 

 owing to the wind changing. They travel against the wind 

 nearly always. Here they bunched up and I thought would 

 lie down, so I climbed the hill and came out on top to find 

 they had gone on and I was again in sight, but they were 

 traveling away from me and did not catch sight of me. 

 While I reconnoitred to find the closest place to approach, a 

 coyote came up to them and they bunched into nearly a ball. 

 The coyote left and I worked up to within 120 steps, where 

 I made the exposure, having to whistle to get them up, for 



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heard elk calling and in the morning 

 I found a large band had laid down 

 for a while within 150 yards of the 

 tent. Taking their trail we followed 

 it until it passed on to the frozen 

 ground and was almost lost. Seeing 

 a band behind us we turned and 

 rode down the gulch to head them. 

 They passed within 100 yards of 

 our large tent, and just as I was 

 about to get a photo of them a friend 

 whom we expected came up the 

 road and they ran off. He had his 

 dogs with him, so we started to find 

 the trail of the bunch we had left. 

 We found it was too hard to follow, 

 and knowing the direction of their 

 travel, rode on in that direction and 

 soon saw a bunch a mile or so away. 

 Making a detour to get in front of 

 them we saw them lie down at a 

 snow bank and by much sneaking 

 we managed to get within about 200 

 yards of the nearest ones where I 

 obtained this negative of them. I 

 counted 187, 1 think, and there were 

 some in the sage brush— I could not 

 tell how many — but then there were 

 about 200 in the bunch. The photo 

 does not show near all, as they 

 covered the plate, and quite a good 

 many off at each end. 



We ate our lunch and planned 

 for our friend to ride round and see 

 if he could drive them past while I 

 took a snap shot at them running. 

 Several of them were feeding and worked up on the hill so 

 when he got round they were up in sight and saw him before 

 he was very close. I was ready and when he had them in 

 about the best shape I took this shot at them. You can see 

 him at the right just coming in sight — horse and man's 

 head. The bunch split in two, and a spike bull endeavored 

 to run from one bunch to the other. This was his chance, 

 so he sailed in and ran him away from the bunch, and his 

 dog took after the elk and they ran out of our sight. Hur- 

 riedly taking down the camera we rode after and soon saw 

 our friend waiting for us. 



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