The St. Louis Republic., 1905-12-10
WENT INTO W|LOS
TO STUDY MOOSE
st. Paul Man Relates Many Inter
esting Things He Has Learned
Of the Habits Of the Largest Of
American Game.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
81. Paul. Ninn.. Dec. 9-A wealth of new
Information concerning the nature and
habit. Of The moose; The iarse:t q A%.,s-
who las just returned from = sojOurn Of
two and a half months in the wtlde Of
Northern Minnesota. on the Canadian
and studied the habits Of the moose. u hici,
may he characterised truly ~ the king OF
tho Northern forests.
Mr. TurnbulI has been hunting and liv-
Ing In the woods a large part OF his time
for the last thirty yearx. In his latest
trip he vas accompanied BY his ls-year-osd
SON.
aStuten6ss Of these animals" said Mr..
Turnb:n In speaking OF tho moose. They
Possesses = keenness Of ecent and hearing
that almost beyond belief and m tntelli-
anyone except those who have devoted
considerab!s time TO studying them and
their ways.
In shc section Of the country where we
were exceedingly plentiful. aud We had
the finest opportunity to ob<erve their
actions. We followed them sron, one pace
to another. end-avorinE not to frtghte',
them. and all the while noticing them
very closely ] have made them my par
ticular hobby for many years and my rc-
cent experiences tend TO show me that the
majority 81 my former conclusions have
1T IL = di!licui, p-opoitioa to give any
one clear understa ndins OF their habits
unless that {"r."n has f-en IN the woods
and has had some former knowledge Of
them. During the mating season. which
commences av"uni September - and ends
about the middle Of October. the bulls are
~xoe-dinsly vicious. while the cows are
ftmiA and seek the deepest forests. being
easily frightened. II - my opinion sha;
fh" males practically Kill many Of their
naiss az this time.
some island Ia order tha; they may rCt i..
disturbed oy wolves or other Wild AMI
naIs Tho snons. .aives arc Ahou, :,s
hom'iy and unsixhsiy rs anything ! have
as their bodies. AMI when they ere or
Z weeks old they weigh abou: rs, pounds.
When "a calf and is mother leave the
island the latter invariably fak-s the
;.c.:ne the former Then they remain to-
getEe: 70: about nine months. tn. mother.
"f ccuSs-. p.ovid:sG food and shelter fo: the
younger animal. but ate. fha; !erSth o!
In or.e. to DO this they NiiI often travel
miles UPSTREAM. 80 ~ 20 leave 10 .c~n:.
ard a. = rule they succeed u. accomplish.
i'ls their purpose.
s"Yn1. whereby shey cal 70 N. cows. 4
mar can in.:aGe the female cal! s?,e: long
practice, b:t no. % perfectly as 10 ce-
ce'se thsm- The only way IN which ;hts
nix the human Call with that Of the
noOoe A. she same time that they make
i:.sir noise. H!aSie you: call WITH theirs.
In fa!s manner ! have called then. u'ier
the branches Q: ths very t:ee IN which
have t>sa sitting. from distances a. g:ea:
as Q n.:ie o: mo:e.
Th- macs also have ar S:5 hahi' =!
striking their an:iers aGA.ns, 'Y.es. rraS-
.aG sound rat r.nss clear a. e~..
s.;e- xaick ;a.j fellow .org ard loud pn
svi~s nigh: shsy can be heard Es.l~s
away s~,i.y. :t.s 10 tt~.r mode o: "1-
pressing :shAncs and cnaIl"nStnG r.sal
to con;es'.
May ard I. Jciy :zey haze a,ts.n'-i ta.:'
'gi. sixc They are :hea co.sr.. with q
kin. o: vs.v~. sh.ca d.saPy>s,p .o,s; ths
- o. S~p;ea.'~. Th.y lose ;ss:T an:l.!s
.-ysh.r- :.c,a she n1.i6!. o: January 10
ias last of February.
4; - ss:o. ssi.!nG so Sc from 60
:h:oax. ;E,- woods xh:;s tearing 'hss. I'm
a.nse branching PROJECTIONS uscn ths;:
reads They calculate the t;s:ah-e e<-
.aeen too srses 10 . Eicesy, And hardly
ever ssrtke them against . s!ag:e sfaacs
b.: s~SsarS she Ss.aaeess pa. oS tfis
rsY.o1naacs 10 sha. the does nc' ser. 10
.ssa.d ssei. eyed IN sha si.Ghtess-
IN ;hs ssmr'e. :h.y sssk ;.e se,e'.
uher- ;hey ~. m: be S.sse.sd ~ hies.
anA s;Ay ,.s:e da:f.g nsnss % ,he waYm
0eaiher. A. ;ksy are 10: boil, IN reach
she grsss With their Avs. s>:a4 rcfJ
h.6A !. the :r-sc:sr'erS. sney fed on hly
pAza roots ~a:s rc:sas ami nsooos napts
during the sv,nD>,. TIE WAasscress gYoN 9
eAk6T IN dsso wafer. And 20 feerh it
hAvs sesa mooD 6ive ta Waaas mon tea
- 0gssso 1ese - 1aUeA. Ssovoa9 ~ snses