The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-30
WOMAN HUNTS BIG GAME.
Mrs. Moses boots Deer. Moose, Caribou,
Bear and Foxes.


With a big game record OF six caribou.
seven moose, ten or twelve deer, one bear
and a large number Of foxes, Mrs. Mabel
Moses OF Tilton, N. H., asserts that in her
hunting experiences in the woods of Maine,
New Hampshire and New Brunswick the
only thing hat has ever given her the
slightest occasion for worry was the pos
sibility Of wetting her feet.
In tramping through the wilderness and
facing wild animals under almost every
possible variety Of circumstances Mrs.
Moses declares she never felt the least sense
Of personal danger. She doubts even IL
she ever saw one Of the hunted creatures
in a really threatening attitude.
AS for BEAR said she to a Boston Herald
representative, Il really think the bear is
the shyest creature to be found. 1 lave
seen a large number, but 1 was able only
once to get near enough to kill, and tina
chap, l think, would ave got away from
me II IL had not been for the dogs thai
attacked him and forced him to turn"
BothM rs. Moses and her husband, William
H. Moses, are earnest big game hunters,
and every fall for the last ten years they
have taken a trip into regions where success
Is likely to crown the efforts of the chase.
At first they sought the bear and deer
OF New Hampshire, then they went to
Maine for moose and deer, and Of late years
they have journeyel to New Brunswick,
where in addition to moose and deer and
bear are caribou. This year they got all
the law allows, bringing from New Bruins
wick to Tilton two moose, two caribou and
two deer.
Besides these they Jaw many others of
each species m could easily AVE brought
down a dozen, but they were well satisfied
with the success they met with, and IL
needed nc stringent law to restrain them
from further kills.
Il go hunting for sheer love Of the sport"
remarked Mrs. Moses. The free life in the
open, the excitement OF the chase, the
nerve n muscle tonic Of the great woods
and the companionship Of my husband
make a combination offering far greater
vacation pleasures for me than l could get
in any other way. Mr.. Moses never has 10
urge me to get ready when the time for our
annual trip TO the woods arrives"
Besides their big game excursions Mr..
and Mrs. Moses have gone in for fox hunting,
bird shooting and fishing. On Lakes
Winnipiseogee and Winnisquam they troll
for togue, and in the lakes just to the north
thew m still other opportunities. This
fall eighteen foxes have been brought
down by members Of the family and during
the season one may nearly always find a
PLUMB bird in the Moses larder.
SO accustomed have they become Ia their
hunting trips that Mr.. and Mrs. MosN, have
com paratively few preparations to make
when starting on. They invariably carry
pneumatic mattresses. having lost ali
iaith, so Tar IA getting satisfactory sleep
II concerned, in the tabled comforts OF
beds OF balmy bOughs.
Mrs. Moses while on her hunting trims
dresses in long laced boots, short skirt,
sweater and leather hunting Jacket, while
her husband pays little attention TO style
in hunting clothing, but gives great heed TO
comfort and convenience. Mrs. Moses
carries a b - rife AND Mr.. Moses a 80.
Next iaiI,s excursion will probably be to