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FOREST AND STREAM 
SEPTEMBER , 1917 
OUTFITTING FOR BIG GAME IN THE 
ROCKIES 
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passes within a short canoe portage of the 
head waters of the Columbia River, Thus 
forming the letter U or horse-shoe curve, 
and consequently make possible a mag¬ 
nificent canoe trip down both rivers of—ap¬ 
proximately—250 miles. The Kootenay rises 
20 miles south of Leanchoil, a small station 
on the main line of the Canadian Pacific 
Railway, the Columbia runs back to Golden, 
also on the main line of the same railway, 
the two stations being only 30 miles apart. 
The upper reaches of the Kootenay are 
shallow, narrow and winding, but fairly 
fast over gravel bed for the first 50 miles 
or so, becoming broader, deeper and faster 
as several large tributaries empty into it, 
when it becomes a powerful river, with 
stretches of “white-water” that require 
careful navigation, as it is running at from 
ten to twelve miles per hour. The Colum¬ 
bia, on the other hand, is deep and quiet, 
the first forty miles being a series of very 
beautiful lakes, the other eighty miles to 
Golden being deep, sluggish and slow 
through wild-fowl marshes. 
This canoe trip offers several possibili¬ 
ties combined. Briefly, the Kootenay runs 
through a big game and fishing territory in 
the heart of the Rockies, from which side 
trips may be made up its many tributaries 
and feeders; while the Columbia offers 
on lake and river splendid wild-fowl shoot¬ 
ing, including also side trips into the Sel¬ 
kirks for Caribou, Goat and Grizzly. As 
a Range for the hunting of this latter ani¬ 
mal the Selkirks cannot be approached by 
any other on this continent. 
This brings me to remark that the Spring 
months (May and June) are the only 
months in the year when Bear may be 
hunted with every assurance of success. 
Bears are great roamers, not from choice, 
but from necessity throughout the summer 
and fall months, as during these months 
their food is widely scattered from valley 
tp timber-line, whereas in the spring 
months they are confined to a narrow com¬ 
pass on the “slides” from which low down 
the snow first disappears and the earliest 
green food appears. A two weeks’ trip 
at this time is worth two months in the 
fall, being free of all exertion with a pos¬ 
sible certainty of from two to half a dozen 
bear. Their peltage at this time is in prime 
condition. 
And the guides: This is a question of 
moment as on them depends the success 
or failure of a big game hunting trip. This 
will be acknowledged by all readers, as 
well as the fact that the qualifications 
called for in the guides of the East and 
West are as far apart as—their respective 
territories. Although perfectly familiar 
with both and their work, I have neither 
the intention or space herewith to go into 
details on the respective merits of either 
except to say that a first-class Rocky 
Mountain guide is as hard to find as the 
proverbial hen’s tooth; outside of the still 
unsettled North—where the redman yet 
leads the primitive life of his forbears— 
his brother of the South has lost, the 
younger generation in particular 1 , those 
habits and instincts so necessary in a good 
guide from his contact with a none too 
enlightened civilization. Though partially 
civilized, he is still wholly savage in his 
intense hatred of the white-man, whom he 
looks upon as an interloper and destroyer 
of his great game, therefore unreliable as 
a guide, demands the highest wage and 
gives very little service in return, prone 
to laziness at all times and useless in camp 
without his squaw. On the other hand he 
is always silent; knowing how to keep his 
tongue under control in or out of camp. 
It is the creed of many writers that the 
eyesight of the redman is keener than that 
of the white. I believe this to be a mis¬ 
take ; the Indian’s eye is trained, he knows 
what to look for, and is looking for it, 
something foreign to and of a different 
shape, appearance and color to its sur¬ 
roundings. The average white-man who 
takes an Indian with him does not know 
what color or place to look for the various 
animals in the open season, so relies on 
his Indian’s eyes. A working knowledge 
of natural history, however, is required if 
one is to rely on one’s own eyes, and this 
must be acquired by practical experience 
in the field, as it is impossible upon paper 
to teach any man to become a successful 
big game hunter. The best guides obtain¬ 
able are those little concerns who make a 
specialty of the work, trapping in the win¬ 
ter, guiding in the Fall and Spring, and 
looking up fresh hunting and trapping 
grounds in the Summer months. Unfor¬ 
tunately this class of men are fast dying 
out through being snowed under by great 
Limited Liability Companies who pay divi¬ 
dends annually, but fail to satisfy their 
patrons in the majority of cases, for the 
reason that they cannot supply first-class 
guides wholesale —as they are not available! 
There are only three ways in which in¬ 
tending sportsmen can get in touch with 
reliable men of this class—(1) through 
the recommendations of bona fide sports¬ 
men who have hunted in the Rockies, (2) 
through leading magazines like Forest and 
Stream, and (3) through the sporting de¬ 
partments of the great Trans-Continental 
Railways, like for instance, the Canadian 
Pacific or the Grand Trunk, who keep in 
close touch with the best men clear across 
the Continent. 
M ANY beautiful big game specimens are hopelessly ruined in the wilds by 
careless handling or a failure to take the dimensions that taxidermists 
require to make a life-like mounting. Just how these measurements 
should be taken, heads skinned out and hide and bones preserved will be told 
and illustrated in the October issue of Forest and Stream by Robert H. 
Rockwell, of the Brooklyn Museum of Natural History. This article is wor¬ 
thy of the attention of all who go after big game. 
THE MARKET PLACE 
KENNEL MART 
HAVE A FINE LITTER OF FOX HOUND 
pups by Lee II and Bright-Bo. Bright-Bo is by 
Huyler’s Cable, Jr. and Echo. Has been hunted 
steadily and doing splendid work. Am not a 
dealer and will sell at reasonable prices. Pups 
are being farm raised. Certified pedigrees with 
each. J. H. Finch, 93 East Elm St., Greenwich, 
Conn. (Oct. 17) 
REGISTERED ENGLISH SETTERS—Trained 
dogs and puppies for sale. Sold on trial. P. A. 
Dooley, Coatesville, Mo. (11) 
FOR SALE—English Setters, a litter of seven, 
white, black, and tan. Sire, “Santee”; Dam by 
“Starlight Price Cumming.” Males, $25, females, 
$20. All papers. Neal D. Benton, Rokville, 
Conn. (11) 
FOR SALE—Several good Rabbit hounds. 
Twelve to Eighteen Dollars, also several pedigreed 
Beagle pups. Five Dollars and up depending on 
how much feeality you are willing to pay for, on 
approval. Clark Brown, New Oxford, Pa. (1 t) 
FOR PHOTOS AND BREEDING of March 
Llewellin Fourteenth Futurities big enough to 
go to work now, if you mean business. Address 
Dick Norris, Keswick, Iowa. (1 t) 
TRAINED BEAGLES, rabbit hounds, fox¬ 
hounds, coon, oppossum, skunk dogs, setters, 
pointers, pet, farm dogs, ferrets, guinea pigs, 
fancy piegons, rats, mice, list free. Vollet Hill 
Kennels, Hanover, Pa. (Aug. 18) 
FOR SALE—Four registered English Setter 
pups, by Champion Lamberton’s Mac. All papers 
furnished. Write Wm. M. Singler, Oakmont, 
Pa. (Nov. 17) 
ADVERTISER HAS TWO SPLENDID HIGH 
class beagles for sale. These are not bench dogs 
but as companions or pals they have exception¬ 
ally good lines—always ready to hunt—easily 
controlled afield and worthy of a true sportsman’s 
consideration. Address James A. Whalen, White¬ 
hall, N. Y. (1 t) 
ENGLISH PULL PUPPIES, by Quaker Ridge 
Sam. Also a female in whelp by Rockcliffe Uncle 
Sam. Yorkville Kennels, 174 East 82d St., N. Y. 
FOR SALE, Lady Glad Stone, a beautful Eng¬ 
lish setter bitch broken, registered No. 85816 
Sire. Paliachos Pal, 81792, Dam White Stone 
Queen B, 80676. Price $25.00. Apply Jack W. 
Harris, Box 18, Arner, Ontario. 
COONHOUNDS, foxhounds and rabbit hounds. 
Trial allowed on trained dogs; list free. Mt. 
Yonah Farm Kennels, Cleveland, Ga. 
COUNT GLADSTONE GLAD—Noted Bench and 
Feild Trial Winner and producer. Last son of 
Ladys Count Gladstone available. Will only 
allow few more bitches before taking out of 
public stud. R. L. Keesler, Harrisville, Pa. 
BEAGLE AND RABIITHOUND PUPPIES, 
$3.50 up. Broken stock cheap. Trial. George 
Walter, Seven Valleys, Pa. 
FOR SALE—Female Beagle Hound, 6 mos. old. 
Guarnteed Pedigree. $12.00. De Kyte, Mont¬ 
gomery, New York. 
FOR SALE—Setter of Painter Puppies, com¬ 
bining the blood of Rip Rap Jingo and Hessen. 
Sire Gyp Hessen, eligible to registry. Photos. 
W. 0. Gilbert, Wilton, Conn. 
FOR SALE—Airedale puppies, rugged Northern 
grown youngsters; splendidly bred; desirable 
type and character. Prices $12 to $20. Rev. 
Wm. J. Macauley, Trempeleau, Wis. 
HOUNDS”Fox, Wolf, Coon, Rabbit hound, ped¬ 
igreed and elegible to registry; broke dogs sent 
on 10 days’ trial with money back guarantee. A 
fine lot of puppies now ready for shipment. 
Otis Slater & Sons, Oconee, Ill. 
MANGE 
Eczema, ear canker, goitre, cured 
or no charge. Write for par- 
ticlars describing the trouble. 
Eczema Remedy Company, Hot Springs, Ark. 
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PEKINGESE FOR SALE and at stud for $10. 
The famous Red To-To and We Sun, shortest 
face Biscuit in America. Yorkville Kennels, 
174 E. 82d St., New York. 
HOUNDS—All kinds, big catalogue ten cents. 
Rookwood Kennels, Lexington, Kentucky. (9-17) 
