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M. Boyers
1932
Bodfish, 2600 ft., Kern Co., Calif.
December 22, 1932
us with coudor country on an old
road, that they frequently travelled
that lay between Bakersfield and
Caliente
Coolcima.
F. J. Ross also stated that he
had been told authoritatively by
gov't trappers and poersoners that
they had orders to report only
2 or 3 grey fox taken each year
and no more to give a "right"
appearance" to the record, since
no foxes caught would look queer.
Consequently numerous grey fox
we cluched and only the "proper"
no" reported. Just another blake
eye for control measures.
After getting the tent up and
the equipment organized Oss and
I set out traps. I set a live
up over a slope covered loosely
with Juniper, Yucca whipplei,
Quercus dumroza, and Carothos
curcaturus, also Chrysotamnus, and
a scattering of dead grasses.
I sprung a Cottontail out of
a Juniper clump and got it with two
shots. It disappeared under a second
Juniper clump 50 yds further up the