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Thompson Quimault April 28, 1934.
sent the coyotes higher up on the ridge,
I judged, quite the monument. Olson
stated he heard them howling all around
where they had never been before. He did
not know whether they later went
back down.
Timber wolf. Wolves may or may not
now be on the peninsula. They were
poisoned everywhere, even 40 years
ago, by settlers who shot elk and
dosed the carcasses. By 25
years ago, they were practically
gone. Olson commented that the
areas where this poisoning was
done were worthless for fur trapping
for many years afterwards.
Foxes, he said, were never known
in the area.
Cougar. Olson himself has
killed about 50 cougars in the
peninsula. A beautiful 8 1/2 ft. cougar
tskin was mounted on the wall
of the Olson dining room. He said
that even larger ones had been
killed. This one he said weighed
weighed 180 pounds when killed
2 years ago a few miles up the
river. Cougars are found sporadically.
He said he had killed 5 within 2