The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-09
FOR STILL HUNTING MOOSE.
POINTS FOR TRACKERS OF BRO
GAME IN THE NORTH.

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B~Arks-Camp IRE or Camp steve?-
Advice For . Trip IN mo WOODS.
ANNAPOLIS, Nova Scotia, Nov. a.--wen,
now said Uncle Ned Buckshaw, taking
his oorncob from his mouth, up here again,
chr What Going still hnntingf Not IN
those toys. I hope2
why hoti Because those little hob
nails will advertise your presence every
time they suap on q stope, n that cor
duroy, I don't care how soft and hne It
may be, will screech like silk or canvas
Just when you don't want it to. What do
I wear2
We'll, moose shanks outside OF mighty
thiok stockings pulled way up owe my
trousers, which are wool: or maybe a good
pair of moocasins instead Of the shanlSs.
| No, you can't buy moose shanks IN any
sporting goods store, but next time you
kill a moose just keep the shanks and Ill
cut and tan them for you.
They are better than moccasins, being
softer, warmer and q~uieter. No. it isn't
the lowness of the mocoasins l object to,
for fear Of getting my feet wet. Anybody
who goes into the woods around here at
| pretty much any season of the year has
got to make I'D his mind to get his feet
wet; yes, and keep them wet most Of the
time, too.
You won't catch cold-not il you keep
moving and dry or before you're exposed
to a very cold wind. That's always sup
posing YOU'RE sound. Of course. Real
woods living is nothing for invalids.
HIN, fur lined shooting jacket, ell?
| Now that wouldn't be so bad for sitting
in a duck blind or tending piokerel holes
I on the Zoe. but IL Lhey.' "a a tot man on the
| earth it's the fellow who's been tramping
a hot trail. even over the snow for a couple
Of hours. No. man. leave that JACKIE.
at home and take a common old business
! jacket OF medium weight with a thick
woollen shirt under il, New York treman's
flannel preferred, and under that a medium
| woollen undershirt. And il that irIitates
you wear a light cotton or silk vest just
over the skin.
with wool next or nearly next your
skin you will not take cold. You might also
tie the arms of FOUR sweater around your
neck and lug hat along in case you have
to return in a canoe in the face OF a wintry.
penetrating gale.
The pest thing TO do, however, Is TO
go light in still hunting and rely on move
ment and, if possible, . camp Gre, to keep
you warm until you get back. Liqu or?
Well, I don't know. It's like dynamite.
Properly handled it's all right.
I've known a thimbleful out of a small
sized flask TO work amazing good when
a man 3 tired out and maybe chilled through.
But I make little doubt that Jamaica ginger
would a about the same effect, or hot
tea. only tea has to be made and whiskey
is there ready. So far as helping a man
to go u long ways without getting done up
is concerned, liquor is a big failure. My
advice is, let it alone.
Let's see your uns, boys. Mauser, eh?
Little fellow, too; seven miuimetres, / take
it; about the same as our 30. sos Well,
I've heard tell it was a good rife, but switch
me il l see why a Yankee or a Canuck should
use a foreign rife when we make a blame
sight better ones. And, then, l wouldn't
take a peashooter like that for moose,
anyway
Uncle Ned looked up with a grin at the
shout Of triumph emitted by the hunter
who was not the owner of the Mauser. He
took the others rife In his horny fist.
Aha, that's more like it. Winchester IO5,
isn't it3 On, .35; well, that's about the sam
thing, but quite light enough bullet.
-Oh, don't be afraid; In not going to
launch out on a discussion Of big and little
| calibres for moose. As the fellow said,
I'm not arguing, I'm instructing'
~Oh, yes; I've seen moose tumble over
lead enough with small bullets in their
brains or heaIts. but I've seen very many
more get away never to come back, and
lots Of them, no doubt, TO die lingering
deaths: No, give me a heavy bullet and a
whacking blow.
High power is Of secondary importance
in the East for moose. You don't often
get long shots. What you waLt is knock
ing down power and that comes, not from
mUshrooming, but from a big bullet.
But, say, what dog OH carry twenty pounds
of cartridges round with you for? Belts
all right, but all you'll want in il for one
day will be a dozen shells. II you an
get your moose with those you ought to
utilize you return ticket home as soon as
possible.
Just think what We used to be up against
In old times when we used muzzle loade rs,
or ever later will the heavy single Sharp
or Snider. Now II Indian Sam gets you up
within gunshot Of a yard with three or four
moose In sight you1l have nearly a dozen
shots between the two OF you without re-
loading
Uncle Ned sauntered down TO the landing
in front of the cabin as he delivered this adj
dress, and now cast an interested look at
the two canoes which the guides were en-
gagged In loading.
Slick looking boats, boys, and spick and
span new. Got the bark one round Rear
River and brought the other with you, eh?
Both sixteen feet; that's about right for man
and guide; 60 anywhere with them.
Now, what would that bark weigh. do
you think? What's that? Sixty pounds?
Indian told you that, l suppose. l
thought so.
We'll, boys, you can't fool an ancient
article like your Uncle Ned. That birch
bark canoe weighs seventy-five pounds
II il weighs an ounce. And II you have a
hard trip it'll weigh eighty five before YOU
come back, for that pail Of roein you're
taking along will probably be snleared all
over its sides. together with strips OF cotton
sheeting, and every time The bark gets
lace rated water gets into it and makes it
heavier.
"A bark canoe dete riorates every dav of
its use; IL gets heavie and rougher. " nti-
mentally it's all right-pictureaque. 6o.
Now lust look at that other craft, the
graceful lines and smooth, hard skin. Why.
It seems but the other day that a chap
named Gerrish down in Bangor got out
canoe covered with canvas. painted. Every
body laughed at him, me included.
Well, the State of Maine has made a
lot OF money out OF those canoes, ard /
dom n a man, Indian or white, who
wouldn't rather have one than a bark after
a fair trial Of a fortnight or more. Running
do wn rapids the bark may beat the canvas