Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-12-23

larssc uumbers of moose in Maine, the northwestern states and Canada, and the sportsman who desirSs to bas; \ grizzly bear may still find aa Occl>ional rnernbcr of the CrSus horribilis family in California and other states
 The Americsn elk, or moose. AS it is more popul9riy known. Is one of the grand est tarssctS the Yankee sportsman everdrawS & bead on. l. eNcels all other existing deer in size and strenSth, and Is wSry and cour- aceOus enough to satisfy the most eNactinS hunters fancy. A biz bull moCsse sometimes has antlers five feet acrCeSS from tip Ia lip and a temper Of immense proportions, eSlS~ ciNlly when he iS wounded aud brought Ia bay by an adventurous sportsman Such big fellow will weigh half ton or morC. and when he luwrrs his immense horns. gets his sharp hOofrj fore feet ready for a deadly strike, and bears down upon a hunt CT in d mad charSr. the latter will find eN citcmsnt enough to last lifetime crowded into the few >eCOnds that follow.
 Those few seconds, toc. may easily be his last if he is not quick of eye and foot and accurate cf aim. \ miSStep, 8 hld attack of buck fever" that causes a wild shot, Cr & cSrtridcr that fails 10 % oil when iI k needed never before and the uimrod may be a dead man in few moments uulrSS he can rvach and mount d friendly trvv. As q usual thing however, the uINO>c cOu>iJcr> IENNEslEN tue lNAktE Nhl NsAtNE sAllA4 N NA-- JrOt away with extraordinary >peri unless enrlSvj by wounds, corurrvI or attackrI in Septeu'bsr and ucIohcr, thc months when the luOUSc pair and when the males arv very trrNc.uuS.
 The female mcJ>c lcavVS the fighting Ia the bulls or,lluartlv. but when with her yOUuS she proves a Ncry u9uSVrOu> tue tO the hunter. September and Mar,h are cCu- siirr,I the bvSs months for moy'>s hunting, l. h O a arch ot the forest Is in his prime. and iu tho latter the crust aids the hunter and makes the nroo>s an easy prey. The true sports man. however, rarely dc,uean~ himself by rsSortjuS to ''cru~; hunting, for in such sport the muO>t' hA> little ChAncS for his life, and one of the honest nInrod . csIr- diuSl principles k that same should uoI bc taken by An unfair adVautaSe. In crust hunting the hunter easily Sllde> over the hard snow 0u >now>Eoc>, but tuc incO>e breaks through and can be run down with comparative ease. When exhausted The bull mooss will turn un the enemy and make a desperate fight for life,
 There arv pgohsbly u!uyr ulooSe ln Maine than iu any other ~tAtc Ot the union. The reason of this k The fact that II costs SlUp to shoot a COW or calf moose at any time ln the state. and bull ,no0>r can only be legally >hoS during Octol'vr, November and ncctmbyr. The rc>'llc ot this far sighted policy Is tGag tGvrc are from 2,5tO to S,OlO moose now raHsl, z the wOOds of the Pine Tr,,c state, IL Is asserted Jhat the Maine mcoSc is a very knowing cryature and thoroughly posted Cu international law. In proof of this statement II i~ said that the moment B Maine ulcOSe learns that Yankee hunter k on it's trail II strikes a fASs trot, makes a bvc,Iue for jls Canadian frontier and never stops JN b.te oil a single JwiS until something tells ]; that the British haS k waving above II. When a Canadian hunter cocS SUuuInS fer this student of the game laws II concludes that there iS nothing the I;.Stter with tEe United States and procvvds to get into Maine with speed aud Ji>rs.ch. Audubon cuce said that the h5s.G of Jht mCO>e Vt~