Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-01-24
HE LASSoOED A MOOSE
And Then Captured the Animal ana
Her Two Young Ones.

AlCi LWO lOuHS OUeS.
The Boston Journal has this interes-
ing story from Waterville. Me. Tba
greatest achievement in the huntinc
line heard Of Is that OF Frank poolo.
of Moose River 1t seems that he has
had more or less experience in the
use of the lasso, also understands tho
the game with which his conntv
abounds, and not long since. SEEING
a moose cow with two young ones al
her side, while he was out In tba
woods, he made up his mind that ho
would secure the whole lot. Instead
Of shooting he left the opening whera
the game had appeared and went 10
his home and secured some oats. With
these he went back and made three
piles on the ground, and then went
some ways back and climbed a tree
where he could overlook the place
and waited. He thinks 1t must have
been some two hours which he had To
remain in this not too comfortable no.
sltion when he saw the COW and her
young come out again and commence
to Craze. At first it looked as If they
We're not going to see the bait but
they worked out a little at time
and finally seemed to smell the oats.
for one of the young ones came to-
ward 1t and stopped, seemed to be
smiling the air, then deliberately ad-
yanced to the first pile and began to
eat
Instead of paying any more atten.
ton to the animals Mr.. Pooler pro-
eeeded home, ate his supper, and some
time in the evening went back with
the second lot of oats and made some
more heaps upon the ground and then
returned home once again. He now
got 1ut his lasso, and taking some
stout cord started back. 1t was not
q very pleasant place to spend the
might, but this is what Mr.. Pooler did,
his patience being rewarded at an hour
before day had fairly dawned by see
ing Mrs. Moose and her two children
appear and walk deliberately up TO the
oats.
The distance of the lasso throw was
some II feet, Mr. Pooler thinks, and
was made at the COW moose. The
moose was successfully struck about
the neck and then came some fun OF
the rough and tumble order. Pooler
and the COW moose were very much
mixed up, for though The lasso was
firmly seated, the strike had not been
sufficiently hard to choke the animal
down. Instead, she put in some tall
sprnting, but could not stand the sec
ond shock received when the full
weight of Pooler's body was thrown
upon hcr neck as he tripped his toe
and fell to the ground. Though still
hanging on to the lasSo, by which he
was dragged some little distance, her
dropped to the earth in a choked CON
dition, so that it took but short time
for Pooler to right himself and go TO
her and tie her legs so that she was
perfectly secure.
The two young ones. which turned
out to be two little bulls, did not rum
to any great distance, for when the
mother beloved. as she did when the
lasso was loosened the young ones
came out of the woods. q short dis
tance away, but could not be caught
at the time.
Having the moose secure the next
thing to do was to get her some half
mile back to his place. This he could
not do himself, he found and so re-
turned home for his wife. who return
ed with him, and then the great feat
of dragging the cow moose to the
eow-pen commenced. 1t took about
day to do It, as only short stages could
be made at time, the moose below
ing all the time, and the young ones
following at no great distance but
lodging back quick enough If any adj
vance was made toward them. They
seemed 70 know that something was
wrong.
Then the cow-pen was reached,
which consisted Of a pole fence some
six feet high. the Enclosure not being
be fixed and the moose hobbled. For
the time being Mrs. Moose was left
united, the door to the pen left open
and Mr.. and Mrs. Pooler went into the
house and rested for a time, also
keeping . lookout for the young moose
In less than an hour both OF the young
ones had entered the pen with their
mother and were made secure, the pen
was put In proper condition and the
old moose let loose. For a long tine
all she would do was to stand ana
tremble, then tried to use her head 70
butt the fence down: but finding this
would not work. she wandered round
and round the pen. For a day she
would eat nothing but then consent
ed TO do away with few oats ana
some cut clover. In a few days the
moose would eat all right. and Satair
day last Mr.. Pooler was in this city
and sold the two young bull moose
10 George Mcguire of Waterville for
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