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J.R.
Alcorn
1938
Ursus
2 1/2 mi. S Mt. Rose, Washoe Co., Nevada.
Aug. 29, 1938.
Today as I walked up a stream
to a high pass where I had
set (yesterday) a coyote trap,
I noted large bear tracks
following up the trail
along the stream. This
bear apparently was traveling
and not hunting. Going up
hill N W up and beyond the
head of the stream the
bear tracks continued to
go in the general direction
of the trap which was baited
with a Citellus lateralis. As
I approached the pass, I
also was tracking the bear,
I noted that the bear
tracks went directly over
the pass within 15 feet of
the trap & apparently
the bear did not know
the trap was there or
the bait was not to
his liking because
judging from the tracks the Bear
paid no attention to it.