^44 The Mammals of Colorado 
any unguarded domestic animal is liable to be attacked. I 
obtained some very interesting information illustrative 
of the destructiveness of a wolf while in Routt County. In 
the western part of that county, in and near the Escalante 
Hills, there was killed early in June, 1907, a wolf locally 
known as "Old Clubfoot," this name being given because 
it had lost two of its toes in traps, so that its track was easily 
recognized about the kills. This wolf had become so 
destructive that one cattleman had offered an extra bounty 
for it, in addition to those paid by the county and by the 
cattlemen's association. This man, John Chew, whose son 
trapped the wolf, said that the tracks of Clubfoot had been 
seen about the freshly killed carcasses of some seventy-five 
head of cattle and horses, and that of these he himself had 
lost thirty head. He further said that since that wolf had 
been killed, about two weeks previous to our conversation, 
no stock had been killed by wolves. Of course the tracks 
of other wolves had been seen about the slaughtered animals, 
but the fact that Clubfoot's tracks were always so much in 
evidence seemed to point to the conclusion that he was 
the leading spirit in this work. That he was a large, old 
animal is evidenced by the skull which is now in my collection. 
Some idea may be obtained of the abundance of wolves 
and coyotes from the reports of the forest supervisors of the 
wolves and coyotes killed in or near the national forests 
in 1907. This is taken from Biological Survey Circu.ar 
No. 6 J. The figures are as follows : 
State 
Wolves 
Coyotes 
Wyoming 
1,009 
1.983 
Montana 
261 
2,629 
Idaho 
14 
3.881 
Washington 
10 
675 
Colorado 
65 
2,362 
Oklahoma 
3 
15 
New Mexico 
232 
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