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Elk-shooting In Colorado

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Parent Issue
Day
1
Month
October
Year
1875
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

Elk are fonod in alrnost every part of the Park, generally in the tinibered country or on mountain slopes, singly, uiid in bands of 10 and 15, according to the season. With proper care they can be stalked as near as 150 yards, but a good hunter who "jumps" a herd at 500 yards will bag three-fourths of the number before tliey are out of range. When dressed they weigh 800 to 1,200 pounds ; but as a dozen tall fellows, their shapely horns laid back, go crashing and timndering through the thick pine forest, leaving a storm of branches and dust in their wake, each elk may i easüy be estimated to weigh a ton. lf wonnded at close quarters in the timber, they are dangerous foes, and quick and accurate shooting is needed, uuless the hunter prefers to climb a tree, which is an awkward predicament, detrimental to temper and garments, and provocative of unfeeling remarks from comrades when one returns late at night to camp. The beauty and majesty of the stately creature require no description, and often will the hunter grieve over his glory laid low ; yet elk steaks and roasts aro so nice, his hide makes such excellent buckekin, mul his branching antlers forra such an elegant trophy and memento, that tears are seldom shed at his demise.

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Subjects
Old News
Michigan Argus