The Florida star., 1902-11-14
ROYAL MOOSE HUNTING
Stories Of the Trophies Secured
This Season.
EVEN WOMEN AND BOYS GET GAME

ers Who Killed n Nine Hundred
Pound Moose In Maine-Great Sport
Enjoyed In New Brunswick-Large
Antlers Secured.
The moose hunting season in Maine
has been a great success thus far, more
of that game having been killed in the
| first two weeks of the open time, be-
ginning Oct. 10, than is generally
brought down in a month, and the
sport has developed many interesting
features, including the killing of big
bulls by women and small boys, says a
special dispatch from Bangor, Me-, un-
der the date of Oct. 2S, to the New York
Tribune. Master E. c. A. Becker, Jr.,
Of Worcester. Mass, is said to be the
youngest moose killer Oh record in
Maine. and his trophy is a good one.
Master Becker recently spent q week
and Charles L. Miller OF New York at
Louis Ketcham's camps on Mammalian
Ia lake, and while there killed an 500
pound moose, with antlers spreading
forty-seven and one-half inches. The
boy, who is only nine years old and
not large for his age, also killed two
deer. being held in the arms of the
guide. George Ferris, so that he could
see to shoot one of them.
An interesting story of the pluck and
skill of two women moose hunters
comes from EuStis, in the Dead river
region, from which party has just
returned laden down with game. The
party consisted Of Forest X. Thompson
of ROndout, y. Y; Sumner L. Patten
of Lakewood, y. j.; Henry L. Steele
of Belmont, Mr.. and Mrs. 5. A Glenn
ent of BrOwnville, Mr.. and Mrs
Charles II. Sherman and Mr.. and Mrs.
Edwin ID. Locke of Union, Me.
The other morning the men of the
party went out in one direction TO look
for moose, while Mrs. Sherman and
Mrs. Locke started up the dry bed of
stream i'm quest of game. When the
men returned, at > o'clock in the after
noon, the women had not reached
camp, and ut 3 o'clock, with only one
hour of daylight remaining, the guide
became nervous and started out in
search of them, followed by their hus-
bands. Just at dark, after miles of
tramping in the woods and the firing of
numerous signal vOl!cys, the guide
came upon the two women. seated on
Il log, while ut their feet lay the car
caSS Of 900 pound moose bearing Il
ssniflrnnt Of l,VS Inn
were not lost, having followed closely
the bed of the stream. but they could
not carry the moose and determined
not 10 leave their prize To any stray
sportsman who might cume along and
claim il. or To bears, and so they stuck
by it. hoping that help would come
The men rugged Il carrier. and before
bcdtim" the party and thu big moose
carcass were back in camp. Both wO-
men had taken a hand in the KILN" of
the moose, each firing five shots. of
which seven took effect. Had cXpIO-
SIVc bullets been used. the guide said.
any one of the seven shots that struck
the moose would haze dropped him.
Great sport is reported by the Ameri-
cans who lave hunted in New Rruns-
wick this season. On the TOhiqUc river
hitccn spOrtSmen got thirteen moose
and two caribou in week. and the
guides say that fifty moose have been
killed on the Tohique and NcpiSiJuit
rivers 10y Americans thus far this year,
one of the heads carrying amtlCrS
measuring siXty-two inches. another
flty-eight inches and several over fifty
inches. Dr. Flagg and Mr.. Muuford
OF Boston rec'OIv returned from the |
Mir Hkcsl Your choh a moose and
"a, NJ q tuJo h H. BenmcS Of |