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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.