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Machean
1966
with the hunt, and thus got no pictures.
Frustrating to stand idly by doing nothing.
It was truly impressive when they were
or torment: spooked and started running. I can't
Be middle
describe the many grunts, wheezes,
all those
hooves and misc. other noises, the
vibou was
hunters chased them back and forth
2 & Dall
for a while, firing madly into the
untain
mess. When the herd finally got
&ep!
away it was by camp and Roger,
Burnard got into the middle of it with
his camera. He shot 4 rolls of film,
so we may get a picture or two after
all.
Spent the rest of the evening helping
skin and haul caribous. Returned for
a post-midnight dinner and the sack.
As we were watching the caribou
herd we saw two parasitic jaegers team
up to bring down a passerine - probably
a long spur, took about 1 minute of
constant harassment in flight.
One of the freshly skinned caribou
carcasses attracted several bumblebees -
we collected 1 large and 3 smaller ones
this way.
25 July
Meade River, Alaska.
The final caribou tally was something