The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-01-21
GfISrs or TnE ucODs
Advsaiursr in Moose Hunting -Tcmptina the
.ImnIs 10 thCir D ,nlh.

Yrcn ne "Ifn grant and Spot 1 ta IN Cdrddd."
From the 10Th Of September TO the goth
Of October tao season fur l1.e cllliur' anu
the ful ri Co., moon g. the r's. ittr.a the nuls
seldom con-, M to call h,farc sunset. ] have
bad uiO4f success in tn 4 -Nort ID II hour be-
tween sund wu and da L. Iat,r IA u III I, cv
with IT. HouA. At, uo one 70 % ~ snfc o. rs
shot and to roosc. though not very olnl
cult sniu 90 XIII, H., nave "i"1yi thnught'
NOR tenacious ot lie ut this lime oi Year than
1T any other. and requires TO ur Ut In the rirht
spo,. The old bulls leave 90 call the soonest
the youul one have called - o. as the ntst
week In Nov mbrr. Thcv are very puenacious
In the scuscr. and nehi desperately.
On one orc in. had 1t not been for nv impa-
tieoce, si,' uld ave witnessed 90 Of these en-
counters. WIS calling In 2 lttle barren or
o en- space nv the woods, ana durin- quarter
Of an hour % GREATNESS ~ pc. g.. could hear
two bulls advancing toward M from different
directions, and both 40 near ma It was toss
up which would come first AZ last one fellow
came out Into tue open and stood denantly
awaiting the approach Of hi riv !, whom he
could ul.inly hear ramp g'ni through the
troll my imp thence Tor a minute or two' shpuli
no DOUBT have seen settle i,iwc n a. Csc VI
gautio beasts; but 1t Is hard matter FOR tho
sportsman q Keep bis lueer on he trggcr OF hi,
rihe when beast some |, OF u hanus high, ana
with a tuir 4 untlcrs five r. ~ the stretch
wing back on ni- withers and broadside on
within hfv yards. Tue Temptation was too
much Tor me. and m nfcd heard the horns IL
his wouid-he ANTAGONIST CT .nine through the
slider b an MOI nfy yaris or. A. er getting
his death wound he never muNcd whilc one
might count thirty, and then lurchin< heavily
once or twice Ike boat Ia y zen. he c me down
with a crasT. stone dead. On auNt ncr occasion
wounded nun charged me teueatrdlN, IN
most ueieruincd but r thct blInlsfiug way.
tortunaiey vas In the wood ami d no dif,
sculty In nv idig hia attacks hN uOdging round
lho tree. la IL been IN the open uiisht not
have Jared 40 wei.
/ know of nothing more exciting than - herr
moose lnwlN approaching inf'u-h iht woods;
one Is som, ines kcpt ON the ti,tpe ID ,Xpccta-
lion for h.lf an hour or cyt n longer. Fhc still
hess aft,r sunset ia So profound th. ms slight
est movem NJ is distinctly audible. me sports
utn hHrDl. Cafft 10 breathe: Dnt when at last
HtfH HfHUH - ||H on ID II
within rsrV" Is 10 grand rN tncn'. II hnptily he
has not DELAYED his comm, tn too lue to be
miles an az. even IN WOous 80 tnicl, thit II IS
hard tn uid rtnNd now they ct their horns
through. TIE carry their hclds high. noses
well up. aud horn thrown back OF their "itners.
when di-.riO,i thsS muv' IN "a long shemollns
trot, clearing ever, obstruction ia their stride;
they new r jump or gallup.
The Now : .uti 30 Ind rs are the best moose
cellers.in the vol aud am 1if them the Cd
never seen "a White man who could call moose
really well.
Soinetimra moose answer 10 the call much
more realty than AT Others. once brought up "A
young ouil " tearing piece Of nifch bark on =
came w, 80 had no iurtner trouble. have At
different times brought M moose from dis
taDce. who came To my cali unsu~pic.ously,
shape Of a low, half suppressed call whirh tho
more wary old bulls sometime need % bring
them WITHIN shot. These lpw coils, ~ ue when
the moose T. pausing uncefi4ih whether To
come Or 20. close to tue clllvr yet not within
sDOt. feutlI" Tie greatest Shlil lhl.r note. ana
all is lost. | have al times seen an old Indian
trembling with excitement the mall eud ~ his
horn 10 his lias. tne other End un the IT JGnd to
deadtn the suuud-h his face uuifei w with the
volumes II wind lie H. puNtllg IN % his "a Jrn.
which produce u low aud idr-,r sounding series
Of grunts.
As the haunts Of the moose are In thick for
est, where II /. impossible To see any O. sct at u
greater distance on than slNt, or seventy wards,
and as their senses of h.atirg and smell ate very
acute. IL r, a hes more KIN aIt experience To
creep them 10 the itl than ~ doe 70 hunt any
other amin m tins couutrv Ihe NIcNac. OF
Nova Sc tia are bv FAR the best moose hunters.
The hunter Vuuli seem - re- ui.c TWO or three
pairs OF eNts instead 81 one. Ia IIu I steer
clear OF TJt ca sticks. for 10 tread on one is ruin
TO his hopes, and the ground j. covered with
them. A. TIE crccus aONg On fresh trarkA lie
must Keep sharp lookout the aniiual. and
at the same time watch tie wind aud the browse.
Unlike the cIftbOO. who are always travelling
about. ieeding a. they ~ along, the moose.
when the ruttiug season Il over. II not dis
turbed, chO's locality aAnundins wi.i
their fayOrifc browse oung maple and moose
wood remain there for the It-t 81 the year.
contracting their daily rauhl'S in search uf
fp ID a. the snow gets deeper. until Al last the
yard j. unly about an acr" or two IN eN-
tent. tue gria at diucuty ia crorpin. moose Is
wherca~ the Tracks one !. hunilnf are going hi
one direction. the huuicr cannot hc certain
that the moose may not have doubled round
and got h- wind for this reason the Indian
when well H. lecwafd uf the yard. quarters hi
ground against wind much a. a weil-traincd
pointer quarters q rtuhble field.
when the wind Is huwlng through the tree
they are -wa,cd backward and forward. let tn,
hunter tread nn rotten stick and the moOst
will AZ once detect IL. distinguish IL from The
other sounds, and bc Oh.