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Show I [ , ' Hunting Huntmg Wild Wlld DogFrom Doga ogs.J ogsJ . , , . " IFrom ( Prom From the files of ot the Utah UtahWriters UtahWriters UtahWriters Writers Project WPA WPAI ) It takes but a few generations generationsto to make wild savage animals outof out outof outof of common domestlca domesticated ted dog dogs < ; ac- ac according according ac according - - cording to Carl Fields of Eureka Eireka EurekaUtah EirekaUtah EurekaUtah Utah who with his < ' son 'Ion Ion Heber IIeber Heberhas IIeberhas Ileberhas has hunted the animals tor for sever several . , several , ver veral al years In the North Tintic Tlntk Tintle 1 1 I IllsAccording illsAccording Ills IllsAccording According to Fields the pack of ofwild ofwild ofwild wild dogs which whlch now preys upon uponthe uponthe uponthe the livestock of ot the region had itsbeginning its itsbeginning Itsbeginning beginning about seven years year . , ago agowhen agowhen agowhen when a stray female dog whelped whelpeda a litter Utter of pups in an old olrt mine minetunnel minetunnel minetunnel tunnel tn In ( n the North Tintic region regionThese regionThese These animals were mongrels of o1 ofa o1a ofa a chocolate brown color an 1 I soon soondeveloped soondeveloped soondeveloped developed a fear of men an and a acunning acunning acunning cunning surpassing :5urpassing 5urpassing : that of the thecoyote thecoyote thecoyote thecoyoteThis coyote coyoteThis This early pack became becaml " inbredwith Inbred Inbredwith inbredwith with various kinds of domestic domesticdogs domesticdogs domesticdogs dogs until the present wild varle varlety vane vanety variety ty Is a large strong beast of un- un unbeUevable unbelievable un unbelievable - - believable beUevable savagery These Thee . , ani aniImals animals animals mals hunt In packs preying upondeer upon upondeer upondeer deer calves colts and small ani- ani animals animals ani animals - Imals mals Fields reports that In the thespring thespring thespring spring of 1939 he came across across'twelve acrosstwelve acrosstwelve 'twelve twelve of the beasts in hot pur- pur pursuit pursuit pur pursuit - - suit of deer on the north slope of ofPackard ofPackard ofPackard Packard Peak He fired a rine rifle rineshot rifleshot rifleshot shot at the lead dog but failed failedto failedto failedto to hit It It . , The dogs then turnedfrom turned turnedfrom turnedfrom from the chase and disappeared disappearedamong disappearedamong disappearedamong among the rocks A rf S ! ? v ! ) . > , i OT OTeber t P , eber Pteldi Fields ld . . , t the Ute oD fcwhaa . , b.u bu ns . 'Widefrequent Widefrequent ' ade adefrequent de defiequent fiequent frequent trip tripS trilgl * Into the e h hUH1 hlUgl 1 In in6cx Inceftrch 6cx * of ot the dogs doss . , and has haa haa.kuc haaltuc- haaltuc haaltucefeded \.kuc- .kuc .kucc \ . c-cceded c cceded - c ded efeded efededto in to killing klIUntr a number of tbem tbemqd # them10ft bem bemaid qd aid collecting coUecting the thO bounty boupty tJ ot of ' n&Oper nOper $150 150 $150per $ 150 150pet & pet per head On one occasion Ioxi iori he heC heedptured hecaptured C , edptured tured a pup anught anq brought brougl\t brougl t \ 1t it ithone 1tluqne Ithome luqne hone Intending to raise ralae r it to mamrlty ana- ana ma- ma anaty ma maturity - turity mrlty ty After a few mbnths months how- how however however how however - ever the beast turned faa Ptavage oavage vage and and1J1ad andbad andtad bad to be destroyedFields destroyed i | Fields .Fields . states that th thCdogs ( dogs havemoved hl\\1e hl 1e have hl1emoved havemoved \ 1J1ad moved farther away from tiom civili ch111- ch111 civili- ch111za.tion civilization civilization - zation za.tion . during dur1Qg the p past pastfew t , tew ew years yearswd yearssend yearsond , wd send are rarely seen yThey " < , They are aresometimes aresometimes areisometimes sometimes heard bar barkl barking [ ; high tn in inthe tnthe Inthe the hills hUls , however They are now nowcompletely nowcompletely nowcompletely | completely wild w11d and ha have t tregained regained regainedthe regainedthe regainedthe the prehlstor1Cancestors cunning of their prehlstor1C prehistoricancestors rehlstoric rehlstoricancestors ancestors ; fi + |