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L.M. Boyers
1932
Bodfish, 2600 ft., Kern Co., Calif.
December 22, 1932
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storms, but can be found out otherwise.
He says their beds are basket shaped,
about six feet long and four feet wide
and are made entirely of pine needles.
Faces are dropped in a circle about
the nest in a heavy ring.
It was of interest to note that the
only weapon F. Ross carries when lion
hunting or taking a party out after bear,
is a .38 Police peitwe revolver and
high power ammunition. Says new
high power ammunition is better than
175 shell for shocking power. Always
shoots lions from below, when
they are tired, shooting for mid-chest
and have bullet range upward
than neck and basal skull region.
F. Ross and H. Ross both think
that predatory game control by paid
gov't trappers is bad in more than one
way. F. Ross said he followed up a
creels when a game control agent had
been trapping and found 19 stayed
Skunks killed and thrown away. He has
seen evidence of similar throwing
away of countless grey fox. Impact
gears used to get skunk, grey fox in
numbers and a few coyotes, now are getting