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Old 09-09-2019, 08:34 AM   #1
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The Missoulian, 19 Jul 1923

TRAGEDY OF YEARS AGO MUTELY TOLD

Skeletons of Moose and Human Found in Glacier;
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Kalispell,. July 18. Mute evidence of a bygone tragedy of the woods was discovered a few days ago by Glacier Park Ranger Joe McKelvey near Many Glaciers.

In a thicket about three miles from the chalets, Mr. McKelvey found the skeleton of a moose and upon closer investigation discovered a human skeleton underneath. An inspection of the position of the bones, the remains of an old 45-70 rifle with an empty shell, jammed In the breech and an old Hudson Bay knife with the shaft broken, revealed plainly enough that the unfortunate, man fired one shot, mortally , wounding the moose which had charged. Upon his attempt to pump in a fresh shell the ejector had jammed. Futile recourse was had to the hunting knife which had been unavailing in defending himself against the charge.

Evidently the man had been trampled to death before the moose succumbed to the gunshot.

Old timers in the vicinity recall the disappearance of a French-Canadian trapper about 18 years ago, but none remember his name. There is no doubt but that the accident occurred many years ago for the man's rubbers were bleached and shrunken with exposure of many years, the stock of the gun was almost consumed with decay and the rust of both knife and gun barrel was plainly the accumulation of years
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Old 09-10-2019, 07:36 AM   #2
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What a way to go.

I had a friend whose idea of a good hunt is to drive into the mountains as far as his 4wd would go then pack in. He packed the elk out to the car. He described one hunt as terrible because he got the elk on the first day and the hunt didn't take a week. If something had happened it would have taken a major effort to find him after someone noticed he was missing.

Maybe this one was like that.
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Old 09-10-2019, 07:45 AM   #3
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Interesting story and photo J_B.

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What a way to go.

I had a friend whose idea of a good hunt is to drive into the mountains as far as his 4wd would go then pack in. He packed the elk out to the car. He described one hunt as terrible because he got the elk on the first day and the hunt didn't take a week. If something had happened it would have taken a major effort to find him after someone noticed he was missing.

Maybe this one was like that.
Sounds like my BIL. When he was stationed in Alaska, he had a bush pilot drop him off in the wilderness. Then he backpacked into where he wanted to hunt. The pilot had instructions to return in 5 days. He was an Air Force fighter pilot and said it was good survival training. (Sounds like insanity to me.)
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I never got into hunting. Went pheasant hunting once, borrowed a shottie and a vest from a guy who must have weighed near 400 pounds. Does anybody have any idea haw many shotgun shells a vest that size holds and what it weighed? Me and my buddy hunted all day and never got a shot off. I think we needed a bird dog. My other experience was Migratory Bird Commission ordered us to remove 2 geese at the fishing / hunting club because we fed the ducks and geese every day and they lived there year round. I killed 1 of them and my buddy killed the other. Well, I'm no hunter, I really felt bad. Don't at all dislike hunters, it's just not for me. I love fishing but kept them in the live well and released what we weren't going to eat. I didn't mind killing them, I filleted countless Grouper and Snappers while they were flopping! We're talking fresh fish!
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