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W.C. Russell Thomas Cr., 6100 ft, Modoc Co, Calif.
June 9, 1964
Rained all night and all morning
& started snowing in afternoon.
This was too much weather for me -
hunted for awhile but gave up.
Yesterday when driving 3 1/2 mi. E of Liled,
where road crosses the 3 Fork of Pit
River - two badgers ran across the
road in front of truck. One seemed to
be pursuing the other all the while
giving a grunting sound. The assumed
there were some sort of mating antics
going on. However the one taken still
has its milk teeth. Also however there
was a very pronounced musky odor
on this animal.
June 10, 1964
Snowed last night & this A.M. the country
was white - 4-6" of new snow & I
guess all the birds were underground.
One could go an hour without seeing
or hearing a bird. In addition to the
blanket of snow it rained all morning.
Delightful tramping around. Couldn't
use field glasses so just shot anything
I could aim at. Result - some hot!
240 yds