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Hunting Regions 
 
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'T^HERE are undoubtedly many sportsmen in the 
 United States who wish to know something of 
 the big game resorts of t]\is country, and where 
 they would be likely to find good shooting. Each 
 year there are m.any who would indulge in shooting 
 trips, if they knew where to go, and probably not a 
 few abandon proposed trips for want of the desired 
 information. 
 
 When the United States Cartridge Co., of Lowell, 
 Mass., was asked to contribute to the success of 
 the Sportsmen's Exposition, it felt that rather than 
 make a large display of cartridges, which can be 
 seen in almost any sporting goods establishment in 
 the United vStates, it would endeavor to serve visit- 
 ing sportsmen in a novel and interesting way, by 
 giving them the privilege of meeting and talking 
 with typical and representative guides and hunters 
 from different pans of this great country, and at the 
 same time enable them to learn something of our 
 game, the best places for finding it, as well as an 
 opportunity of securing the services of these guides, 
 if they so desire. 
 
This Company has made a special effort to bring- 
 to this Exposition, to occupy the space engaged by 
 the United States Cartridge Co., to receive, wel- 
 come, and impart such imformation as they possess 
 to sportsmen, guides who have become prominent by 
 their superior skill as woodsmen, and as hunters 
 distinguished for their bravery and intelligence. 
 
 In this booklet the regions from which these 
 famous hunters come is briefly described, as well as 
 the game to be found therein; some hints in relation 
 to the best means of reaching these sections are 
 given, and illustrations of the most highly prized 
 game to be found in North America. This Com- 
 pany hopes to thus place before sportsmen a means 
 of enlightening them on the best game-hunting 
 resorts, in a manner both novel and pleasing. 
 
 The mounted specimens, skins and other work of 
 the taxidermist shown in our camp are from the 
 establishment of Southwick & Critchley, Provi- 
 dence, R. I. 
 
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MAINE. 
 
 'T^HE STATE of Maine is, without doubt, the best 
 region in the East for big game shooting, and 
 for fishing. Fully two-thirds of the State remains a 
 primeval wilderness, where abundance of game and 
 fish is to be found. While . its coast offers many- 
 attractions for the sportsman, its inland woods and 
 waters draw there annually thousands of sportsmen. 
 The secretary of the Maine Sportsmen's Fish and 
 Game Association estimates the number who visit 
 Maine annually for shooting and fishing as 50,000. 
 Notwithstanding this large number of visitors, the 
 game has in no way diminished; in fact, deer have 
 increased wonderfully in the State, and there is 
 plenty of sport now, and probably will be forever. 
 
 The most important of the big game to be found 
 in the State of Maine is the moose, which is the 
 largest of the deer family. It often exceeds 1,000 
 pounds in weight, with gigantic antlers, sometimes 
 spanning more than 60 inches, making it a prize 
 coveted by every sportsman. Next is the errant 
 caribou, which is sometimes found in mountains, 
 then on barrens, on ice, or in the swamp; an animal 
 of the North allied to the reindeer of the Arctics. 
 The head of the bull caribou is also a trophy which 
 inakes glad the heart of the sportsman. The Vir- 
 ginia deer is the next animal in estimation, far 
 outnumbering the other two. Deer have multiplied 
 
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 SO rapidly that no sportsman need visit the Maine 
 woods and not secure his deer, if he be in charge of 
 
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 Moose. 
 
 a competent guide. Commissioner Stanley of this 
 State estimates that there are no fewer than 21,600 
 deer in the State. Next comes the black bear, which 
 
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 is found frequently and is often killed by the sports- 
 man. Foxes are also abundant throiighout the State, 
 and lynxes, both the Canada lynx and the red lynx, 
 are occasionally found. 
 
 The abundance of large game in Maine generally 
 causes the sportsman to pay but little attention to 
 such small game as the raccoon, the scjuirrel, or 
 the \yoodchucks, but if feathered game is wanted, 
 there are geese, many varieties of ducks, the ruffed 
 grouse, and the Canadian grouse, or spruce partridge, 
 woodcock, snipe, and the various shore birds. 
 
 We have chosen as representative hunters and 
 guides of the State of Maine, two men who are 
 known for their unusual skill as woodsmen and 
 hunters. This first is Jonathan Darling. This 
 famous guide and hunter was born in the town of 
 Enfield, Maine, his father and mother being among 
 the first settlers in that part of the State. During 
 Mr. Darling's youth game was very abundant there, 
 and consisted of moose, deer, caribou and bear; but 
 the means for securing these animals were scarce, 
 steel traps and rifles being luxuries. The arm used 
 by Mr. Darling's father was an old flint lock, and 
 most of his traps were wooden traps, chiefly dead 
 falls. 
 
 Jonathan Darling, when a boy, would accompany 
 his father on his hunting and trapping trips; 
 
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 occasionally he was permitted to shoot a deer or car- 
 ibou, and thus a passion for hunting was engrafted into 
 
 Caribou, 
 the young man. As soon as he was able to liandle 
 the old flint lock gun, young Darling persuaded 
 
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 his father to allow him to go hunting on his own 
 account. The arm was too heavy to hold off-hand, 
 so he would rest the gun over a stump. In this 
 way he killed his first deer. It was not killed 
 outright, but one of the hind legs of the deer was 
 shot off, and the dog which accompanied the young 
 hunter caught the deer. Although young Darling 
 was obliged to work hard on a New England farm, 
 he improved every chance he could to get away 
 into the woods hunting, and as the years rolled on 
 he acquired a knowledge of wood craft which 
 enabled him to surpass any of the other boys in 
 his neighborhood. He made a study of the habits 
 of game, and being of a remarkably cool temper- 
 ament, never getting excited, he generally succeeded 
 in capturing game where others failed. 
 
 Young Darling was also very fond of a canoe, 
 and acquired a great reputation not only in handling 
 canoes but in building them. He also became 
 famous for the snow shoes and moccasins which he 
 made. 
 
 As he grew to manhood he still followed hunting, 
 and probably there is no one in the State of Maine 
 who has killed more big game than Jonathan 
 Darling. He has hunted it in all ways, by night, 
 by day, by water on dark nights with jacks, without 
 any light, by getting close to his game, shooting by 
 
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 guess. He has a wide experience in still hunting- 
 deer on snow. In this mode of hunting it would 
 frequently take nearly all day to overtake a moose, 
 the time depending on the depth of the snow and 
 stiffness of the crust. This mode of hunting was 
 
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 pursued on the coldest days, when icicles would 
 hang to his hair, and his clothing would be wet with 
 perspiration. After this violent exercise, and while in 
 this condition, it would often be necessary to camp 
 for the night, with only a small hatchet with which 
 to cut wood, and sometimes with nothing to eat. 
 
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 Many times while on these hunts, if successful in 
 killing- a moose, Mr. Darling would strip the pelt 
 from the animal and crawl inside of it to keep 
 from freezing. 
 
 When Mr. Darling hunted for hides, sportsmen 
 did not visit the State of Maine to any extent, and 
 there were few opportunities for guiding; but later 
 Mr. Darling's reputation as a mighty hunter made 
 him sought for, and as public interest was awakened 
 in making better game laws and enforcing them, he 
 abandoned skin hunting and commenced guiding 
 sportsmen, building camps in different parts of the 
 State, where the best hunting was to be found. 
 
 Mr. Darling has guided some of the best known 
 sportsmen in the United States, from all walks in 
 life; he has a knowledge of the big game regions 
 from the Rangeley lakes to the eastern coast, and 
 it is believed that no other man in Maine can give 
 better information on the habits of the big game 
 and the best regions where it is to be found. 
 
 Another of the famous guides of Maine is Joe 
 Francis, a full-blooded Penobscot Indian, respected 
 by all who know him, and as a hunter, trapper and 
 guide second to none. 
 
 He was born in Houlton, Maine, and is now 
 forty-nine years of age, and has hunted since he 
 was thirteen years old. He is familiar with all 
 
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 parts of Maine where good hunting- is to be found, 
 and sportsmen who have employed him as guide 
 regard him as a wonderfully keen hunter. 
 
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 Jonathan Darling, Hunter and Guide, Maine. 
 While Joe Francis has engaged in every kind of 
 hunting to be found in the State, his fame has 
 been largely gained by his great success in moose 
 hunting. Perhaps his Indian blood has given him 
 greater skill in this direction, for it is generally 
 admitted that Indians make the best moose callers. 
 
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 Jock Darling, Returning from a Hunt. 
 
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 The writer of these lines has met Joe Francis in 
 a company of experienced hunters, and in giving 
 imitations of moose calls, all present admitted that 
 Joe was superior to any other. Be that as it may, 
 Joe Francis has succeeded in luring the wildest 
 bull moose to within easy range of the sportsman's 
 rifle with his simple birch bark horn. 
 
 A few years ago while Joe was hunting with a 
 prominent New York physician, they heard some 
 hunters calling for moose. Joe recognized the 
 imperfect notes and told the doctor that the call 
 would not lure the moose to the hunters. At the 
 doctor's suggestion Joe called once, and his imita- 
 tions was so perfect that the bull made a rush in 
 the direction of the canoe, where he was shot by 
 the doctor. 
 
 Joe Francis has excellent camps for sportsmen, 
 situated in a fine game country. He is regarded 
 as a representative Indian of the Penobscot tribe, 
 a man of honor and intelligence, and has no 
 superior as a guide and woodsman. His statements 
 in regard to the fish and game of his native State 
 may be relied upon. 
 
 Sportsmen residing in the West wishing to reach 
 the great hunting regions of Maine, will find the 
 best through service over the Lake Shore & 
 Michigan Southern Railway and the New York 
 
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 Joseph Francis, Penobscot Indian Hunter and Guide, Maine. 
 Central & Hudson River R. R. to Albany, thence 
 over the Boston & Albany R. R. to Boston, from 
 Boston taking- the Boston & Maine R. R. to I'ort- 
 land, then the Maine Central, which system will 
 land the sportsman adjacent to the great hunting 
 regions. 
 
 From New York City we recommend the Boston 
 & Albany R. R. to Boston, from there by Boston 
 & Maine R. R. and the Maine Central. 
 
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THE ADIRONDACK REGION. 
 
 "D EFERENCE to the great hunting; region of 
 New York State naturally suggests the Adiron- 
 dack country, a region which has for many years 
 furnished sport for anglers and hunters, where deer 
 and trout still abound, and are likely to remain 
 plentiful for years to come. The Adirondack region 
 is familiar to many sportsmen who will visit this 
 Exposition; yet there are thousands who have not 
 visited this delightful country, and who will be glad 
 to meet a representative guide, well informed on the 
 game and fish resorts, and who can tell them of the 
 best way to reach them. 
 
 We have chosen to represent the great Adirondack 
 region H. H. Covey, who is regarded as a typical 
 Adirondack guide. Mr. Covey was born in 1853 in 
 vSt. Lawrence County, New York, which is situated 
 on the borders of the Adirondack wilderness. He 
 attended the district school until eleven years of age, 
 when he was apprenticed to the blacksmith trade; but 
 the great north woods within whose shadow he had 
 lived since infancy had long held a fascination for 
 him. He made numerous trips into the heart of the 
 forest, and each time he returned to civilization he 
 had a greater longing to return there. He com- 
 menced, his trips to the woods at an early age, 
 
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 having- visited Oswegatchie County in the capacity 
 of a camp helper when he was but twelve years of 
 age. Finding he could not apply himself diligently 
 to his trade, he abandoned it, and became a profes- 
 sional guide in the Fulton chain region, thoroughly 
 
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 exploring all the country adjacent to this famous 
 chain of lakes, as well as other portions of the Adi- 
 rondacks. Mr. Covey is well qualified to furnish any 
 information desired on this great region. For some 
 time past he has maintained a camp on Big Moose 
 
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 Lake for the accommodation of sportsmen. He has 
 entertained some of the most prominent sportsmen 
 of this country, all of whom speak in unqualified 
 terms of his character as a man, and skill as a 
 woodsman. 
 
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 To reach the Adirondack region from New York 
 City, take the New York Central & Hudson River 
 R. R., which Company runs through car service with 
 every comfort and convenience into this territory. 
 
 H. H. Covey, Adirondack Hunter and Guide. 
 
COLORADO. 
 
 'T^HE STATE of Colorado, with its 103,925 square 
 miles, contains some of the best hunting 
 grounds to be found in the United States. The 
 varied character of the country, consisting of vast 
 plains and mountains, makes it the natural home of 
 big game, and their fastnesses will forever prevent 
 their extermination. 
 
 The grandest and most highly prized game to be 
 found is the wapiti, or elk, the majestic specimen of 
 the deer family. Generally two or three times as 
 large as a Virginia deer, the bull wapiti with its 
 well-developed antlers, has often earned for himself 
 the title of monarch, and it is believed that most 
 sportsmen feel that to kill a bull wapiti is one of 
 the highest pleasures in big game shooting. It has 
 many times been written that the wapiti was fast 
 approaching extermination, but that there are a great 
 abundance of these animals left can readily be proved 
 by talking with our Colorado representatives. There 
 are great bands of them remaining, which stay in 
 the mountains during the vSummer months, coming 
 down into the plains as the Autumn approaches, and 
 frequently great numbers of them are killed by 
 ranchmen for their Winter's supply of meat. 
 
 Of deer, chiefly the black tail variety, there are 
 
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 thousands upon thousands, and sportsmen visiting- 
 Colorado have no difficulty in killing- all the deer 
 they -wish, if they are reasonable. Antelope, the 
 
 Wapiti, or Elk. 
 
 swift-footed, restless animal of the plains, may be 
 found in bands of from a few to hundreds in number. 
 
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 This wary, yet curious animal, frequently taxes the 
 skill of the hunter to no little extent ; but an accu- 
 rately sighted rifle in the hands of a good shot brings 
 thousands of them, to bag annually. The mountain 
 sheep also exist in considerable numbers in this 
 State, but at the present time are protected like the 
 buffalo. Of the wolves there are two varieties — the 
 gray or timber wolf, the largest of its kind to be 
 found in America, is frequently found, and the 
 smaller variety known as the coyote, cowardly and 
 thievish, is to be found in great numbers and is fre- 
 quently shot from the ranchman's door or from his 
 camp. 
 
 The bears of Colorado are of two varieties: first, 
 the brown, black, or cinnamon bear, which the natu- 
 ralist recognizes as one species. The color of this 
 bear is black or brownish, its variability in color 
 having given rise to the numerous nominal species, 
 but scientists declare that they are one and the 
 same. The second is the grizzly bear, or silver tip, 
 as it is often known among sportsmen, the largest 
 of the bear family, reaching a length of nine feet, 
 and sometimes exceeding eight hundred pounds in 
 weight. 
 
 The cat family is well represented in the big game 
 of Colorado. First, the American panther, also known 
 by the name of cougar, puma, or mountain lion, an 
 
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 Panther, or Cougar. 
 
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 animal tawny brownish in color, fierce in appearance 
 and savage when cornered; an animal of a carniver- 
 ous nature, preferring as its sustenance the warm 
 blood of animals it preys upon, such as deer, antelope, 
 and sometimes the stock of a ranchman. Next is 
 the Canada lynx, varying greatly in size, far fiercer 
 in appearance than it really is, and next the small 
 cat known as the American wild cat. Of this cat 
 family probably more blood-curdling tales have been 
 written than of any other of our big game animals, 
 and their ferocity has been greatly overrated. It is 
 believed there are more panthers in Colorado than 
 in other States. Great sport has been experienced of 
 late years by hunting these cats with packs of dogs. 
 Of rabbits, there is the almost omnipresent jack 
 rabbit, which — and it is a conservative statement to 
 say — exist by the millions. Some idea of the vast 
 number of these animals can be gained by the 
 report of the number killed last year at Lamar, 
 Col., in a three days' hunt instituted by the Rev. 
 Thomas Uzzell, of Denver, for the purpose of secur- 
 ing food for the poor and indigent. There were 
 6,142 jack rabbits killed on this hunt, and when it 
 is stated that the hunting was done in Lamar and 
 the immediate vicinity, it may substantiate our state- 
 ment that there are millions of jack rabbits through- 
 out the State. 
 
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 There are other fur-bearing animals throughout 
 the State, such as the wolverine, badger, gopher and 
 several varieties of squirrels, the former of which is 
 
 Sage Grouse. 
 
 occasionally found, ^ and the latter are paled almost 
 into insignificance by the larger and nobler animals. 
 For feathered game there are myriads of wild ducks 
 
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 geese, brant and swan, grouse of several varieties, 
 snipe and other small birds. The season for big 
 game hunting in Colorado is between August i and 
 November i. 
 
 The U. S. Cartridge Co. has chosen to represent 
 the great State of Colorado two persons who have 
 become very prominent to the sportsmen of America 
 by their wonderful achievements. They are Mr, 
 A. G. Wallihan and wife, of Lay, Col. Mr. Walli- 
 han has had a wide experience with the big game 
 animals of this State, and for years hunted them 
 successfully, and he is able to impart to sportsmen 
 as much information on the game animals of his 
 State as any person who could be found. 
 
 Mr. A. G. Wallihan was born in Footville, Rock 
 County, Wis., where he lived until 1870, when he 
 moved to Denver, Col. He remained in Colorado 
 until 1876, when he returned to Wisconsin, but his 
 love of hunting and the granduer of the mountains 
 of Colorado drew him back in 1879. After hunting 
 antelope in the neighborhood of Colorado Springs 
 for a month, he moved to Lily Park, where he 
 found deer in such abundance as to astonish him. 
 After remaining at Lily Park for a time he moved 
 to Wyoming, but again was attracted back to Colo- 
 rado, and on his return settled in Lay, Routt 
 County, where he has since made his home. 
 
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 A. G. Wallihan, Hunter and Photographer of Wild Game. 
 
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 In 1889, Mr. Wallihan conceived the idea of 
 photographing the wild game which is so abund- 
 ant in his State, and the success he has achieved in 
 this direction is far beyond wliat it was thought 
 possible ever to accomplish; in fact, his photographic 
 achievements have not only astonished sportsmen 
 the world over, but it has been found difficult to 
 make expert photographers believe he could accom- 
 plish such results. He has photographed elk, deer, 
 antelope, panther, lynx, wolves, which pictures have 
 found their way to every part of the civilized world. 
 Since he has become so much interested in photog- 
 raphy, he has done less hunting, but the nearness 
 to which he is obliged to approach his game to 
 secure his pictures has given him an unusual 
 knowledge Of their habits, and it is thought safe to 
 say that no man in Colorado, perhaps in the United 
 States, is so well qualified to tell sportsmen of the 
 big game of the West, and their habits, as Mr. 
 Wallihan. 
 
 Mrs. Wallihan is also a native of Wisconsin, her 
 father moving there from Massachusetts in 1835, she 
 being a descendant from old Revolutionary stock. 
 Her father was a keen shot and one of the old-time 
 rifle shots who could perform marvelous feats in 
 shooting with his old muzzle-loading rifle. Mrs, 
 Wallihan states that she believes her first interest in 
 
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 shooting was inspired by watching her father mould 
 bullets. She did not, however, aspire to own her 
 own rifle and shoot wild game until she made her 
 home in the West. Her husband and brother 
 frequently urged her to learn to shoot a rifle, as 
 they often left her alone. Her first shooting was 
 with a gun, and in a short time she was able to kill 
 geese and other feathered game. Later, her hus- 
 band purchased for her a Remington rifle, with 
 which she has killed more than thirty deer. She 
 has stood in the door of her own cabin and shot 
 wolves and has killed no end of jack rabbits and 
 other small game. She generally accompanies her 
 husband, both on his shooting and photographic 
 trips, and has braved the fierce storms of the West, 
 camped on the trail, shot, hunted, fished and photo- 
 graphed with her husband, and is far better informed 
 on the subject of big game than most men, and can 
 handle firearms, especially a rifle, which she shoots 
 in a manner to excite the admiration of all who 
 have seen her shooting. 
 
 All that is claimed for these remarkable persons, 
 both as hunters and photographers, can be demon- 
 strated in the magnificent photographs which they 
 have with them. We believe that in introducing 
 Mr. and Mrs. Wallihan to the sportsmen of America 
 at this Exposition, we will have placed before the 
 
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 sportsmen a rare opportunity for gainint>; information 
 of the game and fish of Colorado. From New York 
 to Colorado the best service will be found over the 
 New York Central & Hudson River R. R. and the 
 Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway to 
 Chicago, from Chicago, taking the Chicago & 
 Northwestern Railway, the latter running the only 
 through car service over the Union Pacific system, 
 and the traveler will find the best vestibule train 
 service with dining cars attached. 
 
WYOMING. 
 
 nPHE STATE of Wyoming-, which is compara- 
 tively sparsely settled, contains some of the 
 greatest hunting- sections for big game to be found 
 in North America. In selecting a typical guide and 
 hunter from this State, there were many whose 
 skill, bravery and experience entitled them to high 
 rank among guides and hunters ; but there is one 
 man in Wyoming who has the respect of all who 
 have known him as a guide. He has had an 
 experience which falls to the lot of but few men, 
 and we might say that but few would care for such 
 an experience, for it is fraught with danger, and he 
 bears the marks of encounter with our fiercest 
 animal, the grizzly bear. 
 
 This sturdy hunter is Ira Dodge, of Cora, Wyo., 
 of whom many sportsmen have heard, for besides 
 being a fearless and enthusiastic hunter, he wields a 
 pen with a graphicuess which has interested all who 
 have read his writings. Mr. Dodge is known 
 throughout Wyoming, and by many hunters of the East 
 whom he has guided, as one of the greatest bear 
 hunters of the West. Mr. Dodge was born in the 
 wilds of Wisconsin on November 27, 1858. At an 
 early age he developed a passion for the rifle and 
 gun which brought many admonitions from his 
 
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 parents, but the love of firearms could not be over- 
 come by him, and at such times as he could steal 
 away from home, he would devote to target or field 
 shooting-, on such large and small game as the 
 
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 Grizzly Bear. 
 
 country afforded. He possessed a somewhat roving- 
 disposition, and after becoming thoroughly familiar 
 with the woods and waters in the neighborhood of 
 his h(jme, he had uncontrollable desires to visit new 
 
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 countries, where he would meet larger and fiercer 
 game. He had but little opportunity for schooling 
 in the country in which he lived, and during a 
 portion of the year, in the Autumn and early Winter, 
 he devoted all his time to hunting deer for the 
 market, and bears for their pelt and bounty. In 
 this work he was remarkably successful, far more so 
 than any one in his country. 
 
 In 1881, he concluded to start for the far West, 
 and in time found himself in Montana; this was at 
 a time when the great slaughter of buffalo for hides 
 was going on. Like many others he engaged in the 
 business of hunting buffalo for hides; we admit he 
 did his share in the work which finally exterminated 
 the vast herds that once swarmed the plains. 
 
 In 1883, Mr. Dodge visited the world's wonder- 
 land, Yellowstone National Park. Here he spent 
 several years among the grandeur and beauty of this 
 interesting and fascinating country, guiding tourists 
 to points of interest and taking hunting trips to the 
 rivers and mountains adjacent thereto. When not 
 engaged as a guide his spare time would be devoted 
 to bear hunting, the value of the pelts and the 
 bounty on the head, as well as his love for hunting 
 these fierce animals, made the sport especially 
 attractive to him. It is said that every sportsman 
 'finds special attraction in some one kind of shooting. 
 
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 Black Bear. 
 
 For Mr. Dodge there seems a special attraction in 
 bear hunting. 
 
 An interesting e])isode in Mr. Dodge's life was his 
 wedding trip. In 1892 he married, and his wedding 
 iourney was made on horseback and pack mules, 
 over moimtain trails and the wildest portions of the 
 Rocky Mountains, to a localit}' in Wyoming. His 
 wife thoroughly enjoys hunting trips, and often 
 accompanies her husband. At the present time 
 Mr. Dodge lives on the west side of the Wind River 
 range, near the head waters of (ireen River. This 
 country abounds in game and is onh' two days' 
 drive from the Union Pacific Railwav. It is claimed 
 
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 that no better game country is left in the United 
 States. 
 
 There are elk, moose, mule deer, antelope. Rocky 
 Mountain sheep, black and grizzly bears. For 
 feathered game there is duck and goose shooting, 
 prairie chickens in abundance, and those who enjoy 
 fly fishing will find exceptionally good sport in this 
 
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 Ira Dodge, Hunter and (luide, Wyoming. 
 
 country, the mountain trout taken ranging- as high 
 as five pounds. In addition to the rare sport with 
 fish and game, the scenery is said to be grand. 
 
 To reach the hunting regions of Wyoming we 
 recommend for the best services in going from New 
 York, the New York Central & Hudson River 
 R. R. and the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern 
 Railway to Chicago, continuing from the latter place 
 over the ('hicago & Northwestern Railway, this 
 Company running vestibule train service with dining 
 cars attached over the Union Pacific system. 
 
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SOUTHERN MONTANA AND 
 IDAHO. 
 
 "|\/ruNTANA with nearly 150,000 square miles has 
 within its confines some rare hunting for the 
 sportsman. Big game abounds in many parts of the 
 State, and one has a variety to choose from ; there 
 are the grizzly bear, black bear, wapiti or elk, 
 mountain sheep. Rocky Mountain goat, antelope, 
 deer, wolves, both gray or timber, and the coyote, 
 and the usual variety of small furred and feathered 
 game found in the far West. Many parts of 
 Montana are almost inaccessible, and the sportsman 
 risks not a little by making his hunting trips if he 
 is unacquainted with this region. 
 
 One of the intelligent guides from this State is 
 W. H. Wright, of Missoula, and the United States 
 Cartridge Co, feels no better man could be brought 
 to the Sportsmen's Exposition to enlighten sports- 
 men on the kind of game to be found in Southern 
 Montana and Idaho than Mr. Wright. He will 
 also be able to give information as to the proper 
 season of the year for sportsmen to make their 
 hunting trips, for the mistake of a few weeks often 
 imperils the lives of the sportsmen, as was the 
 case of the Carlin party, which lost one of its 
 number, and the remainder barely escaping with 
 their lives, after suffering great hardships. Mr. 
 Wright was one of those who went in search of 
 
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 the lost sportsmen, and his wide experience as 
 hunter, guide and prospector will make his advice 
 of value. 
 
 Mr. Wright's life and adventures are sufficient to 
 make an interesting book, but the limited space at 
 our disposal will permit of but a brief sketch of his 
 life only. He was born in the State of New Hamp- 
 shire and lived in New England until he was twenty- 
 seven years of age. In 1883 he moved to the West, 
 and first settled at Spokane, Wash., arriving there 
 at a time when everything was prosperous. He was 
 quite successful in his investments, but the reaction 
 came and depression of business caused him heavy 
 losses. While he was successful he hunted for 
 pleasure, and being an enthusiastic sportsman had 
 unusual opportunities to gratify his taste. When 
 business reverses came he still had the fondness for 
 hunting, and responding to many solicitations to act 
 as guide, he took charge of many parties, making 
 trips to the Cascade Mountains, going into British 
 Columbia; sometimes these trips extended over three 
 or four months, and as the country he visited is the 
 home of the mountain sheep, or big horn, the Rocky 
 Mountain goat, the black tail, or mule deer, bear, 
 both grizzly and black, the nature of his sport was 
 exciting and sometimes hazardous. After hunting 
 through Washington and northern Idaho, and having 
 
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 Mule Deer, 
 killed specimens of the game to be found there, 
 both large and small, Mr. Wright longed to kill elk, 
 moose and other big game. He, therefore, made 
 
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 trips East and 
 South through 
 southern Idaho 
 and Montana, 
 where big 
 game, especially 
 elk and moose, 
 is still abund- 
 ant. Mr. Wright 
 being a keen 
 hunter and a 
 guide of imusu- 
 al intelligence, 
 liis trips have 
 been uniformly 
 successful, and 
 his services are 
 much sought for 
 by those who 
 wish a trust- 
 worthy guide 
 and skillful 
 woodsman. 
 
 To reach this 
 territory from 
 W. H. Wright, Ready for the Hunt. New York take 
 
 the New York Central & Hud.son River Railroad and 
 
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 the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway to 
 Chicago, thence over the Chicago Sc Northwestern 
 Railway to St. Paul, thence over the Northern 
 Pacific Railroad, the latter line leaving the sports- 
 man at desirable points from which to reach the 
 great htm ting regions. 
 
 W. H. Wright, Hunter and Guide, Montana. 
 
NORTHERN MONTANA AND 
 WASHINGTON. 
 
 A NOTHER of the famous guides of Montana, 
 "^ who has been brought into considerable prom- 
 inence by guiding parties of well-known sportsmen, 
 among them being many English sportsmen, is J. W. 
 Schultz, whose headquarters is at Kipp, Mont. Mr. 
 Schultz was born in northern New York. During his 
 boyhood he removed to Montana. A love of hunt- 
 ing was inherent in him, and on arriving in Montana 
 he devoted himself almost solely to hunting and 
 trading with the Indians. In his early days in the 
 West the buffalo were there literally by the million. 
 He continued in his business of hunting and trading 
 until the extermination of the buiTalo, when he 
 attempted to settle down on a ranch, near the foot- 
 hills of the Rocky Mountains; but the wild life of a 
 hunter possessed so many charms for him, that he 
 spends more time in the mountains than he does on 
 his ranch, and guiding a hunting party is more con- 
 genial occupation to him than ranch work. His 
 success has made his services sought for, and he has 
 guided some of the most distinguished sportsmen 
 that have visited Montana. 
 
 Mr. Schultz's favorite hunting ground is a country 
 north and south of the Great Northern Railway, 
 
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 Rocky Mountiiin Goat. 
 
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 J. W. Schultz, Hunter and Guide, Montana. 
 
 where it crosses the main range of the Rocky Moun- 
 tains. This is practically a new country for sports- 
 men. The Great Northern Railway has been recently 
 built, and as yet but few parties have learned that 
 the shooting- to be had there is unexcelled. Of the 
 game to be found in this region, there are elk, 
 moose, grizzly bear and deer. This section is also 
 pre-eminently the home of the big horn and the 
 
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 white goat. There is also great abundance of small 
 game peculiar to the West, and magnificent fishing. 
 The scenery of the section of the country we have 
 referred to is by no means the least of its attrac- 
 tions. Some of the mountains are covered with 
 glaciers, and there are innumerable beautiful lakes 
 to be found in the valleys. Mr. Schultz will be 
 found a man of rare practical information, and 
 can advise sportsmen who contemplate visiting his 
 region. 
 
 Sportsmen visiting this region can leave New 
 York over the New York Central & Hudson River 
 R. R. and the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern 
 Railway to Chicago, from Chicago taking the Chicago 
 & Northwestern Railway to St. Paul, then the Great 
 Northern Railway, every comfort and convenience 
 being provided by these lines. 
 
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