The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-21

no sign of the big fellow. as he had
been too quick for u.s.
Fires the Lucky Shot.
Jim slowed up and called again.
and In just a moment we saw at some
distance away, our moose coming out
of the bush. It was dusk, but we could
see the magnificent horns plainly In the
darkness. The guides padded noise
lessly without lifting their paddles from
the water and approached him. He
was close In the alders, and we got
within seventy-five yards Of him. He
stood facing US, but could not wind"
us. The guides swung the canoe broad
side The big fellow looked at US but
he did not know what we We're 1
took plenty of time and stood up in the
canoe, putting up my gun with great
care. / could not see the bead, so shot
using the white triangle of the middle
sight, seeting it through the peep sight
at the back of the barrel Just as the
moose turned to go Jim said shoot
1 shot and the moose jumped forward
Mr.. Miller then shot and 1 shot again.
Mr.. Miller fired a second shot
The moose fell with an awful splash
and the water just flew The water
was knee deep to man, and the moose
had fallen in the rushes. 1 was ex-
cited. 1 cried out that he was dead,
but the guides said:
NO, he's not deal-don't you hear
the bubbles when he breathes?"
Guide Is Cautious.
l insisted tbat he was dead, but Jim
was afraid. He said that they some
times lie still for a long time and
when the hunters approach them they
charge So the guides stead1ed the ca
noe and L stood up and shot twice
more.
We found that he was dead. One
guide folded up his coat and hung it on
the horns oe the moose to keep animals
from destroying IL You know they
say that bears are fond of a moose,s
nose and will run any risk to get the
nose of dead moose.
The next morning the guides found
that my first shot was the only one of
the first four that had hit the moose.
The 1903 had quartered through the
shoulder. cutting off the top of the
heart The moose had n spread of
Sc inches, and had fifteen points. The
guides called it THE Kid"
Almost Immediately after we had ex-
amined the moose we heard a COW
moose calling mournfuily IN the same
bay. She came quite close TO us and
did not seem to be afraid After that
we called the spot Lonely Widow
Bay"
See Northern Lights.
1t was while we were at this camp
that we saw the Northern Lights. There
was something fantastic and -eerie
about this that gave us a feeling that
we could not explain. They seemed
supernatural, and wonderfully beauti-
full. They have been described so fire.
quently that 1 will not describe them.
By their faint radiance one night we
could see the ghost of he shadow of
a bull moose, and we fired below the
shadow in the hope that we might get
the big fellow. but he slipped away so
silently we did not know what direction
he went.
For six nights after that we heard
bull moose. but they would rot come
out of the bush until it was pitch dark
Several times in sheer desperation we
shot at nose, a splash or grunt,
but, of course. got nothing. Then we
went back to the main camp, because
our time had expired. and it was time
for us to start for home. The last
night as the canoe had TO be brought
from Mocasin lake. Mr. Miller decided
TO go to the lake in the hope that he
might get his moose. remained in the
camp with the Meads. The mkt morn
ing when it was time for Mr.. Miller
TO return with his guides and he did not