The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-01-29
MhSOUERAOING FOR MOOGE.
How an Old Maine TrapDer Brought Down
the Wary Animals.

AoT an Oid Maine Tr3pDer brought Down
the wary Animals.
The first time saw Nate Moore was
in 1861. We were driving in sleigh
up the Kennebcc road, above Bingham,
to watch for foxes. Looking ahead III
the road we saw man with an Ak. and
Slung on the aX on his shoulder dead
fox. He was wa!lowing through the
light snow that fell the night before
eighteen inches strong. Ny horse was
also wallowiHg. but Of the two the hose
walked the fastest, and the man and the
fox were overtakcn. NY hat VIII YOU
take for that foE?' SAYS l. q was
buying fur a dollar and half. " says
Nate. for it WAS he. III take him.
says 1; ''where did you get him. and
how. without Il GUn?' 90 says he,
Il killed him with my IA The snow is
so light and deep lie couldn't get away
from me. / drove him into 4 hollow
log and that ended his chicken hunt
That same morning. u little further up
tie river. one OF Seth Adams BOYS saw
4 fox trying to travel not far from the
house, and he caught 4 stick Of wood
from the wOodpile and after him. and
soon overlook and dispatched him. The
fox, ii trying to escape. would turn
sOmerSaultS and roll over and over and
make the snow tly like dust on q dry
road. but he couldn't Get ahead. SO |
bought two in the flesh and had them to
skin and dry.
But to return 10 Moore Twas favor
ably impressed ut first sight with him.
He is well shaped, of solid hunta-
form and carried IN honest face. He
is the best hunter within my knOwl-
edge; almost always successful. He Is
a good trapper, but his forte is the
rifle. Hunting the moose and caribou is
his specially, although he is good on
bear and wildcat. He shot in the spring
OF 1861 ten caribou in Moxy township, in
Somerset County. His manner of hunt
ING them was to wrap himself in asheeb
and stalk in among a nerd. walking
slowly and with Is little noise IS posi-
bic. and if one should lift his head to
listen he would stop. standing erect and
looking for all the world like stub of
Il tree covered with snow. As soon ~
the animal would 90 TO feeding again
Moore would again walk on, and in
this manner he would be able to select
one OF the herd that he wanted. and to-
approach as near as he wished 10 him.
He told me that he started twenty-seYen
in one drove on MoXy pond once and
shot seven of them. They got confused
and came near running him down.
After he commenced to fire they woirl;t
run toward him just Us often Us, away,
and it was lively times for good while.
The melee ended by the remainder Or
the herd making of up the mountains.
1t is wild country between where
Moore lives and MoOSehead lake, but he.
knows ever inch of the ground. When
he goes out on hunt he don't come
home empty-han,icd.
Nate is Il crack shot. too. One time
last year, | think, he took party 10 a
certain pond in the sOltudeS of Somcr-
set County for sporting, and after camp
ing near the pond he went down to get
Il pail of water preparatory to cooking
dinner. and looking up the pond he saw
Il large black ANNA! coming down the
shore toward where he was. He rln
back and told his party what he saw,
and they sent him back with his rifle.
while they kept quiet in camp. Nate
got behind a tree just in time to see 4
large moose round the point in front of
him. and within range. The moose
Immediately smelled him and threw up
his head and swung around TO run. but
Nate was expecting thai manerrveg-. and
quick rs thought unlocked on him. The
moose gave one or two plunge> and fell
over dcad.-Cor. Le,cjstoa (.Ns-( Jour