Diary, 1911, of trip to Idaho and Wyoming
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Groveut) Dount Sebastian Thinks that some Certain flour must be set aside for the feeding of the elk as feed if here and then encourage them to follow Bay Creek and seek out. Campscho. Think it was a mistake to feed them in the first place. Suppose a game in Groveut that elk can be hunted like cattle. Elk have balked Lum only during the last 10 days since feeding was stopped tiller. but in then during this elk away from The woods near this place. Munched about 300 up on the hills about 16th of March, after the hills had begun to get bare. June 26 old elk between Mammoth Mtn Spring 4 Yanceys (18 miles) about spring 17 1846. Thinks that there about 20,000 in the Jackson Hole County Thinks they must be fed regularly Thinks that many could be feed about Albert Nelson place and this would keep many elk from going tillers. Thinks of the Swamp could be bought and fenced or as to save the feed. they could be gathered in there. It is necessary for them to keep quiet and some thin energy. If elk were fed in the swamp but it were fenced they would be kept quiet & interested in elk. Say "the e lk have burnt his ranch" Thinks that when fed in some certain ground where they were not disturbed they will become more and more a nuisance. Trapped up a sceneroos in a trail, but during the night all the elk jumped over it and fell over the trail Thinks the elk have played a very important part in the