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  • April 20/43 [1943] Today saw 19 elk. 2 sheep, 1 deer. Warden A.H. White at Decoigne reports seeing 150 elk in 1 herd to the West of the cabin + that he judged to be about half the total band. In august 1941 a large grizzly chased a cow + calf elk across his cabin yard. Six to 8 wolves were roaming the district. This winter they came round about once a month, on others as often as once a week. This winter they killed two elk + 2 deer within a mile of the cabin close to the road. Shot + examined an aged bull elk. Saw. song sparrows., 6 geese, winter wren 4 bufflehead, 3 mallard. In evening visited Warden Frank Wells to get some particulars on game kills: At mile 30 (near Sunwapta) about 1925 a wolverine killed a moose in deep crusted snow. Rode the moose until it tore open the loin. Astoria River 1936-37 a deer killed by a lynx. and in 1941 Ralph Wells and another man found where a lynx had pulled down a 2 year old moose. It was free of ticks.
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