Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-03-20
THE NORWAY ELK.
How the Norwegians Stalk the King of
Deer.


London Field.
A stalk on the Norwegian plan, when
properly conducted by good hunter, is a
verv pretty bit of woodcraft. Should he
suspect elk to be in certain place, he will
not attempt to get near them until he has
satisfied himself that such is the case by
giving his dog the wind from several diff
ferent locations Having by this means
pretty we'll located the game, and If it
be the right time of day viz, before
about II a. M. or after p. M, between
which hours elk are generally lying down,
and therefore doubly difficult of approach
he will advance cautiously to the attack,
taking advantage of every inequality In
the ground or sheltering tree which can
aid him in the stalk. It must be borne in
mind that all this time he does not know
exactly where the elk is; it may be fifty
yards, or it may be two hundred, but he
follows its spoor with unerring precision,
taking note of every down-trodden blade
of grass or broken branch. In this he is
naturally good deal aided by his dog,
and it is delightful to note now beautifully
a real good elk hound enters into the spirit
of the stalk. 1t is, of course, being led In
leash, and anyone who has ever had to
lead even well-br0ken retriever through
fairly open English covert will readily
see how terribly difficult it must be for a
man and dog to advance noiselessly
through bit of primeval forest. Yet,
somehow or other, these two-I am sup
posing them both to be good of their kind
manage to do it. If fallen tree lies in
the way, over which the man has to climb,
the dog will crawl underneath, and, with
out pulling in the slightest of the leash,
will wait patiently until its master has sur
mounted the obstacle and given it the sig
nal to go on. In the same way, if the
dog gets one side Of a tree while the hunt
er is the other it does not pull and tug,
but quietly retraces its steps and rejoins
him.
But at last the moment arrives when
the hunter judges that tie elk cannot be
far off, and he signs to our Englishman
that he (the latter is now to advance alone.
Then do our friends troubles begin. Up
till now he has merely had to play at fol-
low my leader, but now he is thrown upon
his own responsibility. However, he
noiselessly cocks his rifle and advances
with as much confidence and caution COM
blned as he can summon to his aid. Per-
haps, if he both be lucky and careful, he
may come almost Immediately on his
quarry and get an easy shot; perhaps, on
the other hand he may not find it as soon
as he expects, lose his head, endeavor to
get forward too quickly and so brighten it,
or possibly he may find himself in the ag
onizing position of seeing the elk indeed
but in such position that he cannot get a
shot at a vital part and of having to wait
until the beast moves to do So Or he may
even find he has taken ali this trouble over
a COW, which he naturally does not wish
to shoot; though, as a general rule, his
hunter land he himself after little prac
tice) is always able to tell cow from a
bull by its spoor.
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A company has been formed with "a paid.
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EXTreasurer Coleman, who had been
convicted of the embezzement of $4,000
at Lebanon. Ohio. was sentenced to pay
that amount. to pay the cost of prosecu-
ton and to be imprisoned in the peniten-
tiary for two years and half.