Show Layton Man Mighty Hunter of Big Game Bagging Mountain Sheep Biggest Thrill f 4 7 p 9 1 1 l ib A I h VS ft I 1 4 T 1 r 4 f. f i fj 4 t 41 3 t 4 4 l Del Adams left and A. A M. M Johnson with trop trophies hies of ot a hunt in October 1928 A mountain goat rests on top tcp of the car two buck deer on either side of the hood another goat in left foreground a mountain sheep in right foreground and another mountain sheep in front center a buck the king of ot them all t S Del H. H Adams Tells Several Hunting Experiences Experienc s sHe He Enjoyed LAYTON The LAYTON The greatest thrill and md best birthday present Del H. H Adams big game hunter ever had occurred October 21 21 1923 when he bogged ed his first and largest argest mountain sheep Budd Buddy that was wis some thrill Mr l Adams reminisced We pocked packed miles out o of Meyers Meyer's Cove on the middle fork of the Salmon river in Idaho A. A M. M Johnson was my porter port pert ner er that trip Billy Wilson was guide We fc had six horses end were gone about bout three weeks I doubt i if it any hunt anywhere was more successful ful than han that one We had licenses for mountain sheep mountain goat d deer er erand and nd fish Wo We got them allI alLI all allI I killed my point five buck deer weighing about pounds on October Oc Oc- tober 17 1928 in the timber On October October Oc- Oc tober ober 20 I got the go goat t and on the 1st my ray thirty-eighth thirty birthday the mountain sheep That was happiest birthday I ever had Johnson got gotis his is meat too Goat Hunting Hard liard Goat Bunting according to Del Adams is the hardest kind there is The he wild goots goats are the only animals that lat live in the highest peaks the thel year car around They are warier than sheep i if that can be imagined The layman ayman can gather an m Idea of or the sort of country they inhabit when Mr tor Adams states stoIcs that the goat he killed rolled and bounced feet down own rocky cliffs before coming to a stop top One goat hunt is all I ever want he said That was my first and last Im I'm never going again His hood heart is set on other trophies o of oftie th the tie chase chue Cougar buffalo and the Mexican wild hog have all fallen before Del Adams' Adams rifle His biggest cougar measured 8 feet 2 inches in length It t was bagged in southeastern Utah He le has taken part in many buffalo hunts on Antelope island in the Great Salt lake How many he lie has killed tilled he doesn't know They were shot hot mostly for organizations desiring desir desir- ing ng buffalo meat for barbecue When the he Covered Wagon was filmed on Antelope island Del Adams was in charge of or the buffalo stampede in that picture Asked ked about his closest call caU while hunting he replied that he didn't go goin goin gon in n much for close calls but a n pack packrat packrat packrat rat once saved his and his partners partner's lives Finds FInds Tiny Cabin We came come across a tiny rangers ranger's cabin on top of a n high peak in th the Salmon river country late one afternoon after after- noon Del recalled d. d There was a e alot elot lot of ot wood stacked around the stove and md the place was so small we could just lust squeeze in between the wall vall and the he wood pile to sleep It was lot late lateaU tall fall and arid quite cold We built a good tire ire cooked supper and my partner turned in I was sitting up for lor a Q last las smoke when I noticed a pack rat stick his nose around one end of the woo wood pile I decided Id I'd get Mr Pack Raso Ra Rat so unlimbered my 45 and waited I Iwas It was Q a long lone wait wail About half on an hour hou later he a again ain poked forth his nose but scurried curried back before I shoot I was getting pretty warm and drowsy and was about to give u up when he again appeared Must have hav been another half hat hour He red pea too quick for tor me though From then on that rat kept popping in an out like he was crazy Finally Final he came clear out but before pulling the trigger I noticed something peculiar peculiar liar about him What looked lik like heat waves rose from his body The Th next instant fire burst from the hole hoi in the wood pile The hot stove ha had set the wood of afire ire Had that rat no not kept me awake wed we'd hove have been bee burned alive before belore ever w waking up We got the fire tire out before belore much damage damage dam dam- age was done No I never shot th the rat rot He proved about the timeliest pal I ever er had Wild Hoc flog Hunt Bunt His wild hog hunt in Mexico was another good one The Thi Mexican wild wil hog is similar to the European boa boar but smaller From the tales I heard hear about th those sc hogs attacking a man I Ic c didn't know just what to expect sa said laid laide he e In fact I w was sor sort o of a id Id I'd d get eaten up before I could ge gen get in n a shot they were reputed to be s sast so fast ast and vicious When we finally finall did catch up with some though w wran we ran into a small band They were as startled as we ve were One little fe fel fellow id- id low ow about half halt grown was waS so scare scared he ic came right for me without knowing knowing know know- ing which way he was going I I wanted to take him alive so when h he rushed past I used my feet to stu stun i him We captured him all right but bu buthe buthe he tie died before getting back to Utah We shot several large ones fo for trophies All Mr Adams' Adams trophies ar are mounted in his game collection which also includes pioneer relics relies an anan and an exceptionally fine gallery of game gam pictures A gruesome tragedy of th the is recorded by a photograph in Mr Adams' Adams poss possession ion It shows show the skeleton of or a man lying across the skeleton of or a giant moose The Th two were found near Mont Mori Experts stated the skeleton had lai lain for possibly seven years ears before belore dis covery Evidently a Q prospector had hac shot the moose and grasping rasping it b by bythe bythe the horns to cut its throat the moose moos had suddenly revived and killed th the hunter They both lost that battle Del Adams' Adams life lICe has been a varied varie and colorful l one He has by turns turn raised for tor market muskrats cattle hogs sheep and horses Sheep however however how how- ever have been his mainstay I Ian In Inan Inan an album given to him on his twelfth birthday he Inscribed this sentence Onward in my aim to be a 11 cow puncher He realized his aim on end more In 1926 at the Salt Lake lain tain livestock exposition Mr Adams had the grand champion lamb Iamb which sold to the Hot Hotel l Utah for a pound It set an all time price record up to that date Ive I seen n them sell for or good money mone and Ive I've seen them sell for nothing he smiled My l last st hunt was dowin down dow downin in Mexico when times were pretty good Since then Ive I've been bw busy hunt hun inc ing biscuits for o m my family j r |