Arizona republican., 1901-01-24
IN THE CANADIAN ROCKIES.
Hunting the Moose and Camping i,
 Hollow Trees in Wint,r.

Nearly al Inc adventure of the re-
 sion Cf the Rocky mountains comes
 frcm the s1Isfying of the sIcrting ln-
 oGr-t. There is little iawlessness among the resident population, and
 what tk' .e is Is l.rongly curbed by the
 Canadian mounted police. Taere is
 pyaS t't ally no m.n,ng. Mountaia climb
 ing for exploration has probably caus-
 cd more deaths than anything -lse. t!irIvcl through this region ia the
 winter season, while beset with hard ships encG;gh, is ,il muc1 more a2r' e.
 able than in the summer. Hunters and
 trap7srs usually loeat- .n some habita- ' ton, and use it ls a ccElrIl rO.nt, from i which thcg look for gam, travelling on snCw shoes. Even whSn a long jour ncy is nGcsss3ry, thr old, experienced
 tappsr seldom thinks Of '.aking tent
 with alrn, but trusts to luck to find q big Elilc'~ tr-e somewhere for the nlgat. Such trlcs are common in cer-
 tan sections of the Canadian Rockies
 They arg all old and have only thick
 outer shell. An old cak, six feet in di-
 amc,er affords an excellent place Go
 bunk, providing tn opening is not too
 .lrge The experienced hunter always
 lC lks for a tfte with the opening to it
 Cown close to he ground as this pre-
 vents the possibility of wild beast
 climbing in Cn top of aim. Sometimes
 the man finds the hollow tree already rccupi d by bear CT a catamount,
 waich he must fight, as the hollow
 trees are hard to find in the dark by even tha most exp. r!enced hunters, and
 in most cases ths man gets the tree and the skin of ghe wild animal, too
 When the hun.er has completed his work he builds q fire in the snow not far from the hole in the tree, cuts a rlece Cf meat from his vanQushed foe and prppares h.s supper. And never does 8 man par ake of a meal amid more solemn surroundings The air is still and no sound breaks the silence except the cracking of the ice on the snow and the light from the campfire lights up the scene wIh g vivid glare.
 His evening meal finished the hunt CT crawis Into the hsllow tree and gets 1 in to n.s sleeping bag. lying so his had w!ll be close to the opening. And there i he sleeps as comfortable as if he were | in b-d of a Sl0-a-day hctcl in New I York. Such an experience Is usually an | everl, tC mark an epoch in mans , life, and yet to the hunter and trapper | in t2e Canadian Rockies it is an every day occurrence.
 During the winter moose and the wood buffalo aro EIntad along the eastern slope of the Canadian Rockies. Bd h or these animals are still plenti- frl there, and are stafked in much the same manncr as deer. But the hunt ng of th2 moose is more dangerous, and requires all the nerve a man has The beasts are vicious, especially after ! sight wund, They are hard to kin md rifle ball must reach vital spot 70 drcp the game. So the hunter, him .i red at\ every step by cumbersome inOw sho,s, must get quite near When ,he time comes to shoIu he must not Saver, and get he must Ee ready to run n case the beast turns on him. The cast miachance means death, for the rrpse's front fed. ara sharp. It has a s.ck Of rushing at a man and striking Tn outward and downward blow that is likely to cut him in two. Dogs are gen rally able to take care of themselves 's far as moose are concerned, but at hs critical mcment can do little to lelp their master. When the moose, liiven to hay turns, it always makes or the man. seeming, by some strange intelligence to know who is the rad 'nmy. For all this, moose hunting is he most exciting sport to be found m he Amsiican contlnerIs today, and the nan Who loves adventure wiil get 'nough on one hunt to last h,m until mother year. Then he will go after norr moose. But 1t may be that he YiH never come back.--Ainsls@ Mag lZine.