California fish and game (20505447622)

Title: California fish and game
Identifier: californiafishga201934cali (find matches)
Year: [1] (s)
Authors: California. Dept. of Fish and Game; California. Fish and Game Commission; California. Division of Fish and Game
Subjects: Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons
Publisher: (San Francisco, etc. ) State of California, Resources Agency, Dept. of Fish and Game
Contributing Library: California Department of Fish and Game
Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive



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142 CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME The skins and skulls of the elk that died during the drive were pre- served for the U. S. National IMuseuin and these specimens, when later examined by Dr. Merriam, proved to be a new species which he named Cervus nannodes (Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., vol. 18, 1905, pp. 23-26). The cow, calf and the wounded young bull were then moved, without great difficulty, from the corral into a cattle car. The utmost difficulty, however, was encountered in attempting to similarly load the old bull. Merriam's account goes into some detail regarding the….
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Fig. 43. Two fine bull tule elk photographed on the Kern County Elk Refuge in June, 1933. terrific battle that this si)lendid animal, already hornless and much weakened from previous fighting, waged against horses and men before he was finally loaded into the car. The elk were shi))ped in the car by rail to Exeter and on arrival there it was found that the young bull and the old cow had died, leaving only the old bull and the calf alive. The latter was here loaded without difficulty into a crate for wagon transportation 35 miles to Sequoia Park. Not so with the old bull, who again put up a tre-….