Our Past Is Present November 13, 2017

November 13, 2017

            This is “Our Past Is Present” from the Geary County Historical Society.

            It was called the “biggest wolf hunt (or coyote/rabbit hunt) to ever take place in southern Geary County.”  The event happened in late 1920. The area of the hunt was a wide section of territory that extended south to Lyonsdale and Skiddy.  Seven hundred men and boys took part in the hunt with about an equal number of farmers and townsmen. 

            Aubrey Edwards had planned the event and was the captain of the north line.  The round up was in the Boyce meadow near the Hardscrabble School. Five coyote and several hundred rabbits were shot that day by the hunters.  It was reported that one or two coyote broke through the lines and escaped.  A.N. Miller, one of the townsmen said that “it was one of the best managed and best attended wolf drives he had known in his 32 years of residence in Junction City.” There were two dead coyote, which could not be identified as having been killed by one of the shooters. The dead coyote were auctioned off.  Thirty-seven dollars was raised and donated to the Salvation Army.    

            This was a huge hunt to better control the population of coyote and rabbits in the area, which is sometimes necessary to assist mother-nature to keep things in a balance. 

And… that is today’s story on “Our Past Is Present” from the Geary County Historical Society.