The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-09-07
WOMAN HUNTS BIG GAME.
Mrs. Moses Shoots Deer, Moose, Carl
bou, Bear and Foxes.

bou, Bear and Foxes.
With the big game record of six
caribou, seven moose, ten or twelve
deer, one bear, and q large number OF
foxes, Mrs. Mabel Moses of Tilton, N.
H., asserts that in her hunting expert
ences in the woods of Maine, New
Hampshire, and New Brunswick the
only thing that has ever given her the
slightest occasion for worry was the
possibility of wetting her feet.
In tramping through the wilderness
and facing wild animals under almost
every possible variety of circumstanc-
es Mrs. Moses declares she never fel:
the least sense Of personal danger.
She doubts even if she ever saw one
| of the hunted creatures in really
! threatening attitude.
LAS for the BEAR" said she to
Boston Herald representative, Il
really think the bear is the shyest
creature to be found. l have seen a
large number, but l was able only
once to get near enough to kill, and
that chap, l think, would have got
away from me IL it had not been for
the dogs that attacked him and forced
him to turn"
Both Mrs. Moses and he husband.
William H. Moses, are ca nest big
game hunters, and every Il II for the
last ten years they have ia ten trip
| into regions where success Is likely
to crown the efforts OF the base.
At first they sought the bea. AND
deer Of New Hampshire, hen they
| went to Maine for moose and deer,
and of late years they have iourneyed
to New Brunswick, where in addition
! to moose and deer and bear are carl
bou. This year they got all the. law
allows, bringing from New Brunswick
to Tilton two moose, two caribou and
two deer.
Besides these they saw many 9TH
ers Of each species and could easily
have brought down dozen, but they
we're we'll satisfied with the success
they met with. and it needed no strin-
gent law to restrain them from fur
/ Their kills
Il go hunting for sheer love of the
sport" remarked Mrs. Moses. The
free life in the open, the excitement
Eof the chase, the nerve and muscle
tonic Of the great woods and the com.
partnership of my husband make a
combination Offering far greater vaca-
ton pleasures for me than could get
In any other way. Mr.. Moses never
has to 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 fol
fox hunting, bird shooting and fish
ing. On Lakes Winnipesaukee and
Winnisquam they troll for togue, and
in the lakes just to the north they
; find still other opportunities. This
; fall eighteen foxes have been brough'
down by members of the family, ant
during the season one may nearly al
ways find a plump bird in the Nose:
larder.<
So accustomed have they become t
, their hunting trips that Mr.. and Mrs
Moses have comparatively few prepa1
) aticns to make when starting Of
! They invariably carry pneumatic ma,
tresses, having lost all faith, so far a
I getting satisfactory sleep is concern
t ed. in the tabled comforts of beds Q
balmy bouyhs.
Mrs. Moses While on her huntin
: trips dresses in long, laced boots
: short skirt, sweater aid leather hun
ing Jacket, while her husband pays Ii
L tie attention to style in hunting clotl
ing, but gives great heed to comfo'
and convenience. Mrs. Moses ca
: ries a .3O-cC rife and Mr.. Moses a s.
Next falls excursion will probably b
:. to the New Brunswick huntln
: grounds.