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W.E.RUSSELL
Snake Cr. 2400 ft, Snake Range, White Pine
Co., Nev.
June 5 1962
of calling for quail. There was a quarter moon
that only stayed up for about the first
1/2 hr. of darkness. While still light enough
to walk any place without a light and
almost immediately after we started calling,
a Flammulated Owl answered. He was
off some distance & the intervening timber
or brush was thick. Then he quit calling
so we gave it up. In next 1 1/2 hrs. we took
two Flammulatus both in white fir & aspen.
In fact both flew to our calls & sat in
branches.
June 6 1962
Though I know better, started out this
morning to hunt grouse. With the usual
ending to such maneuvers, ended up
with no grouse and not much else.
Used the caller several times and once
had two bucks come from a W.D. mahogany
thicket some 200 yds. away. They crossed
an open sage slope & had came up to
60 yds of the rock when I was hiding.
Saw 13 deer to-day including a very small
wobbly legged fawn. It luffed a faint
bleat as it staggered off.
Am fairly certain I shot at an evening
grouseback. On top of tall tree against the