Jackson May 1. 1911 Interviewed J.P. Pfisterer (Bondurant P.O.) About 1000 or 1200 elk content in Hoback Basin above the Canyon. There was practically no loss from starvation. A few born killed by wolves. There was a fair proportion of Calves. Most of these were "Hoback elk". Many Summer and Calve about the lakes, Granite & Horse Creeks and these go into the Hoback Basin to winter. There has been some killing for meat since season closed. Elk do not bother haystacks in the Hoback Basin. They live mostly on the ridges which have been blown bare by the wind Some wintered on Cliff Creek ridge Some go south of Bear Creek in Spring and several hundred cross them and come back in winter to the mouth of Hoback Canyon. The region is much hunted in fall by outsiders. There is much need for a game