RECREATION 



Volume XV. DECEMBER, J 90 J. Number 6 



G. 0. SHIELDS (COQUINA), Editor and Manager. 



A BEAR AND SOME DEER. 



S. M. COLMAN. 



We had been prospecting all sum- from camp we heard the familiar 



mer, in Routt county, Colorado, Pard "bump, bump, bump," and away went 



and I, and now had driven up to Co- a family of does and fawns. As we 



lumbine to see some friends who were never shoot them, they were watched 



mining. until out of sight. 



"Say, Sam," said Pard, one even- p rctty soon « cmsh) crash/ , came 



ing ' the boys are about out of meat, from the bmshj and a buck went off 



and our supply will not see us home; through the timber It was impos _ 



so what do you say to a trip over to sibk tQ t a shot> SQ he escaped A 



Sand mountain? The bucks ought to gmall park> a short distance ahead> 



be in fine shape just about now; and was approached noiselessly. Looking 



we might run across an elk or 2. through the timber, I saw a black bear 



When there is a prospect for a hunt and 2 cub ^ The oM kdy wag taking 



you will always find me ready. All Rfe ea whik the cubs were having . a 



right, Pard, I cheerfully agreed; boxing match> We watched them 



"we'll go over to-morrow. awhile and cons idered ourselves 



Next morning I went out and mighty lucky in being allowed to see 



caught our 4 horses, and we were on a better fi ht than j effries and Shar _ 



our way at noon We headed for Sullivan and Corbett, or any 



Sand mountain, which is covered on ^ of human sl ever t 



one side f with majestic pines; on the ^ we remembered that we 



other with quaking aspen. There are ^^ sQme go j drew a bead 



many springs and streams so it is a Qn the w kd and Pard Hned on 



perfect hunting ground. The trail is cub M ^ ^ Qf thg K^ 



rough and leads nearly across the top ^^ * ^ d 



Our horses were well up m j:he art of * p had w 



p-ettiner over down timber, or we nev- , , & ., T , , . , ,-. , 



gqiuuguvci u '-vi -R^w the cub and I had winged my bird, 



er could have gone through, now- & r 7 



1 u 4. *i^ ™;^1* «f fh*» aft^r We hoped the old one would come 



ever, about the middle 01 me alter- tr # 



noon camp was pitched under 3 big ba f after her infant; so we sat still 



pine trees, near which a spring and waited. 



bubbled from the hillside. As she did not return we wen 



The next thing was to take a look down to the cub. The bullet had hit 



at our rifles, to see if they were all him in the back, passed out at the 



rieht Pard had a 45-70 Winchester throat, then into the lower jaw and 



and I was armed with a 45-90, both out again through the top of the nose, 



of us being in love with big guns. He was in fine shape, so we hung him 



Everything was in good shape, and up on a tree The track of the old one 



we started out A short distance was then taken, but after following it 



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