Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-12-14 | Page 29 | Hunting of Big Game with Camera Requires Courage and Patience

HUNTING 0? BIG GAME WITH CAMERA REQUIRES COURAGE AND PATIENCE Photographer Must Have Knowledge of Habits and Haunts of Animals in Order to Secure Best Results; Restocking of Depleted Sections Sec-tions Furnishes Sportsmen Thrilling Thrill-ing Experiences. Ey TOM A. MARSHALL. Shooting game with a camera! Ted Fowell of San Francisco, ox-game hunter and all-around sportsman, has sidetracked side-tracked his high-power rifle, su-jst'iuitins the camera in '.-apt Jling wild animals. His extended experience and Uncwledge of the habits and haunts of large gv.me are of inestimauie assistance 'o him in locating his photographic equipment, in taking "close tps" of quarry in tneir native lairs. You have all been present at banqu.ns when a flas.iliglit lias oeen. touched on You are expecLing tne exinosioii. yet a thrill, an express. on of pain and distress, widenings 01 the eyes and -i.sLOited let- . tures, depicts vouur fright in the picture. Imagine the flight injecuil lino tne system of a grizzly bear or coiuar wnen he steps upon a ltsat-eovervJ piationn or some other mechanical device secreted se-creted on his runway, wmcn mecliaiucahy touches off the flashlight, releases the shinier of the camera and imprints ins picture upon the sensitive film. The "kodak-hunter" has then added another an-other picture to his collection of tropins, which he displays with the same pride that a real hunter, whose head trophies decorate his walls, recounts his exciting experiences in their capture. Hunting Thrills Absent. More time, patience, courage and skill may be requisite lor cameia hunting, yet the writer believes there is a niarKCd absence of the hunting thrills and sensations sen-sations experienced wnen aiield and the elus.ve objective is suddenly apparent in the spotlignt. Another real sportsman's thrilling experience ex-perience is the capture of wild animau for exhibition purposes, or restock. ng 01 game-depleted sections the matching 01 man's intelligence against animal caution and sagacity. , . A half-century ago elk, moose and cleei were found in great numbers on tne lor-est lor-est covered slopes of Pike's pea". a"a adjacent territory. The advent of miners, settlers and sour-doughs" introduced a food demand and elk were exterminated. The Colorado club of Colorado tP''"gs decided to restock, employing Ted 1 onell and .Harry Anderson to recapture lor them lifty wapua, or elk. This was m the winter of 191li-1317. Harry Anderson guide, trapper and hunter, is employed bv the United States government as an eliminator of predatory animals in Yellowstone Yel-lowstone park. With a pack of traincd-to-the-miuute dogs, a "varmints' doom is -sealed when his trail is once located. Anderson is frequently employed to capture cap-ture grizzly and black bear, moose, el.t and cousar for transfer to the Zoological Zoologi-cal gardens, and was a valuable running mate lor Powell. The animals in Yellowstone park, by association and the companionship ot man, are assured of the uon-injuring or killing inclinations, hence arc semi-domesticated. A confidence is established, and fear, in a measure, is eliminated. Set Trap for Elk. Before winter set in a corral or stockade stock-ade of poles, timber, slabs and brush was constructed. with a chute entrance, guarded by a falling or trap gale, located near the point where elk were in the habit of establishing their "yards' a space kept open bv continuous tramping of snow in a valley at the foot of the mountains. . The thermometer was flirting with 3s below zero, and elk were forced down I from the foothills by the deep snows and inability to secure feed. A light trail of ! hay was scattered, leading Into the ca-i ca-i pcioiis corral, where a slack of salted , hay was placed as a lure. The naif-i naif-i starved animals located the feed trail I which led them into the stockade. When j the haystack was found, an assembly call ! was sound e.J, and the ;i:rd was son feed-; feed-; ing on tne stacked banquet provided, j Hy a rope attachment, the trap gate ! was dropped and the capture consmnmat-; consmnmat-; ed. The bulls then fouyiit, while the does j fed in peace. H became a battle royal ! with the bucks a survival of the fittest. ' The captured herd was cu'.ted, ten bulls and forty ft-males remaining. Klk are timid and easily injured, yet they soon become accustomed to the presence pres-ence of man and adopt surrounding conditions. con-ditions. The transfer of this herd was maae with the injury of but one animal. From the corral of original capture, alter a period of two weeks feeding and man- , handling, the elk were loaded into specially spe-cially provided . wagons and haulefi to Gardiner. .Mont., where a numner or express ex-press ears lay upon the side track, int,o which they were loaded and rushed to Colorado Springs. Enjoy State Protection. There they were met by a number of auto trucks and carried to an improvised corral at the loot of XJike's peak moui tain, under the direction of Keeper Jean Duquette, who cared for them in captivity cap-tivity until prospective family increasea required more extended quarters. Liberated, they now roam ad libitum in the adjacent mountains, enjoying per-petua; per-petua; state protection. The herd, in ti-ree yours, has increased to 132 elk, as reported by the forestry department.