Seated on an old stranded log, which 
had offered an inviting spot to take 
things easy, our attention was at- 
tracted to a slight waving of some 
alders about 100 yards down stream 
and a moment later out shambled what 
looked to be the father of all the bears. 
A silent though hasty sliding behind 
the cover of the big log didn’t quite 
escape the keen little eyes of the old 
fellow and he sat up on his haunches 
to get a better look, appearing, for all 
the world, like one of the uncouth cigar 
store signs with which we were fa- 
miliar in our younger days. This was 
quite good enough for P. who was a 
steady and cool shot, and taking care- 
ful aim he fired and, as afterwards dis- 
covered, only missed the heart by the 
fraction of an inch. At the moment, 
however, the bear didn’t seem to falter; 
but without uttering a sound, broke 
into a run, not away, but straight for 
that log. Two 30-40 Winchesters then 
turned everything loose, and though all 
but two of the seven shots fired found 
their mark, his bearship was only 
twelve paces off, and still coming, when 
he finally crumpled up. Some may still 
say that this was not a charge, but 
only a bluster, but it certainly looked 
sufficiently like business to give P. an 
undying respect for that old bear and 
all of his relations. 
Six grizzlies in all were killed before 
breaking camp, and though, with one 
exception, they were fine big specimens, 
yet, it being summer, their coats were 
in very poor condition. 
As the deep snows of winter come on, 
the grizzly, like other members of his 
family, wanders about until he finds a 
suitable shelter under an old upturned 
stump, hollowed out, cut bank, or nat- 
ural cave, where he proceeds to “hole 
up” and goes into his long winter sleep 
from which he does not emerge until 
the thaws of spring set in. As a gen- 
eral rule he stays abroad slightly later 
in the fall than the black bear; but if 
in the snow you come onto a track that 
‘keeps doubling, circling and crossing 
itself you may be fairly sure that that 
bear is looking for his winter quarters. 
Late in the autumn of 1923 a friend 
of mine found such a track of two 
black bears, not far from his ranch in 
southwestern Montana and following 
their twistings, turnings and circlings, 
finally brought up at the mouth of a 
small cave on a hillside. Building a 
good smoky fire at the lower entrance 
my friend and his companion awaited 
developments near its upper exit. 
Things soon became exceedingly stuffy 
in the “winter palace” and both bears 
deciding to seek other quarters came 
out on top only to meet a speedy and 
tragic end. 
About January the old sow brings 
forth her cubs, generally not more than 
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