Part 44 - Nyeng Sang La tragopan encounter and Sakden capture attempts

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SUMMARY:
The author disturbed a tragopan pheasant near Nyeng Sang La and fired hurried shots without success, noting the local birds are thought to be the rare 'molesworthi' race. At Sakden, half a dozen men searched over four days to capture a specimen, but the birds proved difficult to obtain during the breeding season due to their skulking in dense jungle.

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Ludlow 32 - near the top (Nyeng Sang La)
We disturbed a tragopan pheasant which I had a couple of hurried shots at, apparently without doing any damage. The tragopans here are supposed to belong to a rare race called 'molesworthi' and I regretted very much not getting this bird. At Sakden I have had half a dozen men out during the past 4 days trying to capture a specimen of this bird without success. These birds are very difficult to obtain during the breeding season. Not that they are scarce but because they are such skulkers in such dense jungle.