Field notes, v545
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M. Boyer's 1932 Bodfish, 2600 ft., Kern Co., Calif. 72 December 22, 1932 Kern Canyon. I got six Peromyscus maniculatus in my traps, about half of which had been sprung by the rain. Quite a lot of snow was visible as we neared Bodfish, and as we got this (2600 ft.) the snow line came down almost to the flat on the north facing slopes. We got there about 11 o'clock and met Henry and Frank Ross, trappers and hunters in that region for at least 30 years. We talked with them for about 1 1/2 hrs., and more later. The reason we knew of these trappers was because Frank Ross took the last Wolverine taken in this section of California. (1919-20). F. Ross said that he was not surprised to find it in his traps, and that it acted in a very fierce and wild manner, fighting its traps vigorously. He sold it to a man for a neck piece for his wife's coat for $30 and he said it was only worth about $16 at that time. Showed on and myself their trap baits, one for coyote was a bottle filled with sheep liver, asafetida, hook trout, coyote mire, etc.