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FOREST AND STREAM 
April, 1918 
IN CASSIAR, THE NEW GAME COUNTRY 
PART THREE OF THE STORY OF THESE WONDERFUL GAME FIELDS DESCRIBES THRILL¬ 
ING KILLS OF MOUNTAIN GOAT AND SHEEP, MOOSE, CARIBOU AND GRIZZLY BEAR 
By HENRY BANNON 
W E next moved camp over by some 
gray mountains that seemed to be 
the favorite haunts of rams in 
order that my brother might get his 
trophies, and from camp I witnessed, 
through the binoculars, my brother’s kill of 
a Stone ram. A big ram had been dis¬ 
covered near the top of the 
mountains early in the morn¬ 
ing looking down at our outfit 
and Arthur decided to go 
after him, so he and Ned 
started on the climb to the 
summit. Soon after they left 
the ram disappeared behind a 
cliff and as he did not show 
himself on the other side we 
concluded that he had gone to 
a basin to lie down. A small 
ram now appeared and stood 
watching our camp intently, 
for the eyesight of these ani¬ 
mals is their chief guard 
against surprise. In about an 
hour and a half Arthur and 
Ned appeared on the sky line 
and we saw them looking for 
the big ram. They spied the 
little fellow and he walked 
directly towards them and 
also towards the basin where 
the big ram was concealed. 
We feared he would give no¬ 
tice of danger to the big fel¬ 
low, but the hunters were too 
shrewd for that, for when the 
small ram was within fifty 
yards of them, they frightened him away 
by waving their hats. And how he did go, 
especially when he struck smooth ground. 
Then the hunters, having disposed of the 
sentinel, went in search of the big ram 
and we saw them locate him and creep up. 
A shot was heard and out bounded the 
ram, traveling at a rapid pace across the 
face of the mountain. A second shot and 
still on he went, a third and he was down 
at over two hundred yards. The entire 
incident was as exciting to the observers 
as to the participators in the hunt. 
Blair had a most peculiar experience in 
sheep hunting. While going 
around the face of a mountain 
on which there were many 
caves, he came unexpectedly 
upon a ram at the entrance to 
one of these caves, and as this 
lookout sped away six others 
rushed out of the cave. Upon 
examination he found that 
they had been lying down in 
the cave about fifteen or twenty 
feet from the entrance. 
A Caribou Bull 
W E decided to move camp 
and went to the old 
camping grounds of 
George Adsit, who was a fa¬ 
mous white guide in this 
region years ago. On the way 
I had a most unusual experi¬ 
ence. While the pack train 
was on the trail a band of 
caribou, composed of ten cows 
and one large bull, was seen 
on an extensive piece of roll¬ 
ing ground. Caribou are very 
seldom found in this vicinity. 
My rifle was unloaded so 
my brother generously gave 
AH heads mounted by Schwarz, St. Louis. 
The sheep at the top is a Fannin ram, shot in the Cassiar country by Mr. Bannon. At the lower left is a true Stone sheep 
shot by Powhatan Robinson south of the Stikine River; at the right is a Stone sheep of the type found north of the 
Stikine River. The close gradation from this so-called Stone sheep to the Fannin sheep leads Mr. Bannon to believe that 
true Stone sheep are not to be found in the Nahlin region and that no hunter should be allowed to kill more than two rams 
