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things were clear, but discovered a spike bull 

 coming up. Sitting down in the snow I let 

 him come. lie was followed by a larger 

 bull. I had the camera with the shutter set 

 held on my knees pointed in their direction. 

 They would look directly at me, but I 

 never moved a hair and they finally got 

 within 25 feet, where they both stopped, but 

 in a low place. I could just see all their 

 bodies, and the camera being so much lower 

 I knew I would only get their backs and 

 heads. I tried to raise the camera slowly, but 

 at the first move they were off like a shot 

 and I had lost a splendid chance, but snapped 

 at one of them in the edge of the timber 

 when he stopped. The next thing I knew I 

 was in plain sight of 2 spikes that ran 

 directly for the main bunch. I hurried to a 

 small ridge and what a sight! Directly be- 

 neath me and not more than 200 yards to 

 the first ones were 500 elk, most of them 

 lying down. I saw the 2 spikes dart in 

 among them, but the only effect was that 

 part of them got up and began to look. It 

 was impossible to get near them for a pict- 

 ure, so I went on up the ridge, and was just 

 going to the top of a high place in the ridge 

 when I stopped short. Over the high spot 

 was a small hollow and then another rise, 

 and just over that, about 75 yards away was 

 a pair of horns, and they were monsters. I 

 could count 14 points. From the lay of the 

 ground I knew he was lying down, and 

 thought, if I could get over the first ridge 

 into the hollow, I could get nearly on top of 

 him, but had hardly got started crawling 

 when the crust broke with me and let 

 the camera strike the hard snow, bump! 



Mr. Bull got up and I was in plain sight, 

 but kept perfectly still. Directly 2 more 

 bulls got up near him and all 3 looked 

 at me, but finally they moved out of sight 

 on a walk. I hurried to the next ridge and 

 looked over carefully. Another sight! Eigh- 

 teen big bulls, all within 50 yards! but how 

 to get the camera in position! They were 

 uneasy, and what I did had to be done quick- 

 ly. So getting everything ready and hold- 

 ing the camera high, I got on the ridge 

 and snapped, but the elk were on the run. 

 It was now getting along into the after- 

 noon and I started for Flat creek about 

 a mile South of me, soon coming out on the 

 edge of the canyon with the creek about 

 1,000 feet below. The hillside, while very 

 steep, was quite smooth and nearly free of 

 snow, with good grass all over it. I shoul- 

 dered my snow shoes and started down, 

 when I saw an elk's back directly below me. 

 On investigating found there was quite a 

 bunch. Leaving my shoes I went farther 

 up and then down, thinking I would get in 

 front of them and wait till they came along, 

 but found them there thicker than ever. I 

 got as close as I could and pointing the 

 camera down the hill I snapped it. They 

 now took alarm, started for the top and 

 came out near where I left my snow shoes. 

 I ran along the rim and took another shot, 

 when they reached the top, and still another, 

 as they started from there. They went back 

 about 200 yards, then turning, came back, 

 went into the canyon, came out and passed 

 below me. I went part way down the hill 

 and took another shot as they went up the 

 creek. 



AMATEUR PHOTO BY \VM. LA CROIX. 



FISHING FOR TROUT. 



