Field journal, v4159
Page 889
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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