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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Jan. 8, 1910. 
Where to Get Grizzlies in the Spring. 
Shooting in Canada for this season is over, 
but the wise man will begin soon to look 
around for quarters to visit in 1910, so that he 
may get the services of good and reliable 
guides, seeing that therein lies half the battle 
toward a successful finale. So much interest is 
being displayed at present in the grizzly bear 
and its habitat that a few words as to the best 
spring shooting territories may be welcomed. 
The first dace to be mentioned is the country 
adjacent to the Ishut River, a tributary of the 
Stikine River. To reach these grounds is some¬ 
what of a journey, considerable time being 
spent in traveling, but the man who can afford 
the time and money to make the trip is certain 
of royal sport. After arriving at Vancouver, 
steamer is taken to Wrangel—a four-day 
journey through scenery which is unequaled 
elsewhere in the world. Guides, canoes and 
outfit having been obtained there, one journeys 
to the mouth of the Ishut and proceeds up that 
river as far as possible. The best time to arrive 
at your headquarters is the end of April, when 
the snow will be off the slides in the moun¬ 
tains, but still lying in the timber. Then the 
bears come out of their winter quarters and 
the skins are at their very best. Do not cut 
things too fine in the way of time when leaving 
home; it is better to be on your hunting ground 
a day too early than a day too late, so that 
camp can be made at one’s leisure, and details 
which insure comfort attended to. Moreover, 
you will get the first choice of territory should 
several parties be visiting the section, or if 
your proposed camping site is occupied, there 
is time to make for new country, and not feel 
that a hunting day is being wasted. This ; s 
distinctly a case of the early bird getting the 
worm, though the “worms ’ are plentiful and 
the “bird” visitation scanty. Both black bears 
and grizzlies will be found, and in the early 
spring bears, being hungry, spend most of their 
time hunting for food on the slides, thus afford¬ 
ing longer hunting hours than in the fall, when 
they generally lie up during the day and are 
to be seen only in the early morning or late 
evening. In the spring they are weak and 
sometimes suffer from sore feet, so that they 
do not travel long distances. 
It is not every one who can spare the time 
and monev, or who cares to travel such long 
distances for his sport, else no other location 
need be mentioned, but a less arduous under¬ 
taking is the Lillooet country, which is reached 
from Lytton or Ashcroft stations on the main 
line of the Canadian Pacific Railroad. The 
little town of Lillooet is about thirty miles’ 
■drive from the railroad by a good road, upon 
which a stage runs regularly, and here can 
Le obtained complete outfits, guides, pack and 
ridiing horses, etc. One of the best places to 
make headquarters is on the Bridge River, two 
•or three days’ journey from Lillooet. Henry 
Schwartz, of Lillooet, a half-breed, but a 
splendid companion, is the best guide in this 
district; as a matter of fact, there is not a bet¬ 
ter guide in the whole Province, and the part} 
that secures his services can set forth with as¬ 
surance that the home journey will be made 
with a goodly array of trophies. One should 
be settled and ready to hunt not later than the 
end of the first week in May. 
Those whose time is limited and who are 
looking for hunting territory near to railway 
communication should visit the Kootenay 
country, a good section being the valley of the 
Spillimacheen River, forty miles to the south 
of Golden. The two best guides in this section 
are Burt Low, of Spillimacheen, and Sam 
Browne, of Golden, who work as partners. 
Their services are in constant demand and all 
who patronize them speak in the highest terms 
of their capacity. Last year Lord Linlithgow 
had these men with him and expressed himself 
as highly gratified with his trip. On one day 
six or eight grizzlies were seen and no day 
passed but that the party saw one bear. Should 
these two men be engaged, arrangements might 
be made with the Narboe Brothers, of Michael, 
who are reliable, know their business and hardly 
ever fail to produce results. 
As to guides’ charges, these vary. Good men 
have often been spoilt by patrons who think 
that it is sportsmanlike to outbid their rivals. 
Of course, prices must vary according to the 
scarcity or otherwise of ponies, the cost of 
horse feed and provisions, etc., which are natu¬ 
rally cheaper near the railroad than some dis¬ 
tance inland. Low and Browne and Schwartz 
charge sportsmen fifteen dollars per head per 
day, which includes food, ponies, guides’ and 
helpers’ wages; in fact, everything, with the ex¬ 
ception of blankets, rifles and ammunition, and 
this may be taken as a fair price and used as 
a general basis. The season in the Kootenays 
is from a week to ten days earlier than in the 
Lillooet country, and sportsmen should be on 
the ground not later than the last days of April. 
Until this year no license was needed to hunt 
bear, but a law has just been passed instituting 
a $25 fee for spring shooting. This is as it 
should be. No man will object to its payment 
for such royal sport, and thereby the indiscrim¬ 
inate slaughter of the greatest of bears will be 
checked. The grizzly is a harmless creature 
and deserves protection as much as any other 
game. It is to be hoped that in addition to 
the imposition of a license fee a limit will soon 
be placed on the number of specimens that 
one man may shoot. Bryan Williams, the Chief 
Game Warden of British Columbia, is the right 
man in the right place, his heart and soul is in 
his work, and if he receives proper support 
from the Government the game outlook for the 
Province is bright while his hand is at the helm. 
Mr. Williams is always ready to answer any 
questions, and his replies are very different to 
those often received from Government officials, 
in that every letter gets personal and specific 
attention. 
It would not be fair to write of bear without 
making mention of the great brown bear of 
Alaska. When specimens are secured whose 
skins measure twelve feet by eight feet with¬ 
out' stretching, it is worth something of a 
journey to get such prizes. The best grounds 
lie about four hundred miles west of Kodiak 
Island on the Pacific side of the Alaskan Penin¬ 
sula, and are to be reached by taking steamer 
from Victoria to Seward in Alaska, a twenty 
to thirty days’ trip, here joining the steamer 
Dora, which lands you near the hunting 
grounds, the balance of the trip being by 
schooner, which is hired with the head guide. 
The Dora only sails once a month, about the 
9th, so that it is advisable to make the April 
boat by leaving Vancouver early in March, 
though if all goes well and no delays occur, the 
May sailing will be early enough. There are 
many men who pose as Alaskan guides who are 
useless, and care must be taken to secure the 
right men, among the best being Peter Larson 
and Michael Uttecht, of Unga, Alaska, also 
Alfred Lowe, of Seward, Alaska. The head 
guide, in addition to supplying a schooner and 
dory, will engage his own second guide. The 
trip will occupy about sixty days if the Pacific 
side of the peninsula be hunted, or ninety days 
if one travels to the Bering Sea. The cost for 
a party of two will approximate fifteen hundred 
dollars from Vancouver till that port is again 
reached, made up as follows: 
One head guide, 60 days at $10 per day.. .$600.00 
Assistant guide, 60 days at $5 per day. .. . 300.00 
Provisions . 130.00 
Three tents— 10x12; 10x8; 10x8. Two 
tarpaulins . 5 0 -°0 
Stove, cooking utensils, etc. 40-00 
Two steamship tickets, Victoria to hunt¬ 
ing grounds and return. 280.00 
Freight on goods. 30.00 
Incidentals .'• • • • 70 - 00 
$1,500.00 
This is a large sum of money, but the re¬ 
turns will be commensurate with the expenditure. 
There may be and probably are other good 
bear quarters, but none that surpass those men¬ 
tioned, and those who visit them in the spring 
of 1910 will only have themselves to blame if 
they come back empty-handed. C. F. Lane. 
Good Sport at Pinehurst. 
Pinehurst, N. C., Dec. 27 . —Editor Forest and 
Stream: The quail shooting is the best in the 
history of the local preserves, added zest being 
given to the sport by the presence of many wild 
turkeys, woodcock and an abundance of doves. 
I11 a single day’s shooting recently two parties 
started twenty-two coveys of quail, J. D. Foot, 
of Rye, bringing in fifteen birds (the legal 
limit), two woodcock and a dove, and E. R. 
Johnson, of Philadelphia, twelve quail and three 
woodcock. On another trip Mr. Foot bagged a 
handsome gobbler, one of seven wild turkeys 
which moved about within twenty-five yards of 
the anxious sportsman, but so located that he 
dared not turn to shoot. Never have these mag¬ 
nificent game birds been more plentiful, and rare 
sport awaits the patient ones. 
William Bryce, Jr., of New York, who has 
been here since early in November, is enjoying 
fine sport, but devoting his time mainly to train¬ 
ing two young Pinehurst dogs, Nell and Lass. 
J. L. Gladwin, of Dijon, France, one of the early 
comers, found birds in plenty in half a day’s 
hunting, and the same rule is general for all who 
have been in the field. 
H. H. Stambough, John Stambough and T. D. 
Wilkerson, of Youngstown, are late comers who 
will spend much time in the covers. H. B. 
Brundrett, of New York, returns for his usual 
sojourn, bringing a brace of fine dogs with him. 
George F. Blake, of Worcester, Mass.; Benja¬ 
min Thaw, of Pittsburg, and A. W. Hayford, 
of Boston, are among others booked for the 
immediate future, for the weeks to come are 
counted the best of the season. 
. Herbert L. Jillson. 
