Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-02

move your whole body keeping your
neck, shoulders and arms motioness.
Now suppose that 50 far you have
made no mistake and are ready to
call Pick rp your horn, made p$
fcrabJy Of black birch bark. Moistcn
the mouthpiccc with dampcncd fore
iirger. clear Your threat GnaudiblyD.
poih, III" mDIithpiccc Of the nor ]
toward the ground and give low
whine. I do not know exact. itoW
many hundred kinds Of such whincy
or grlnts. there are. IT Is quite i'm
possible to describe tlicIn on paper.
After 80 doing listen attentivcly for
about T. minutes. as most experts arc
Unanimous In mdorsing the theory
that one should not call too often. not
because moose always wait that long,
but because it gives the hunters a
better chance to listen. This is very
important, for YOU sometimes nave to
listen several minutes TO locate 4 trat-
| cling bull.
Should you not receive an answer on
the first attempt 2runt again On say
the third attempt ada long call to the
grunt. There are as many Kinds or
.runts as calls, hut the hest of them
| resemble anything nut the human
| 'oicc. The information is either nasal
or cultural Il combination Of this.
"Waahs." "myarahs.' "OOoOWahs ana
so on. They generally start very low
and increase in volume.
Perhaps on tie first attempt, per
| haps after several trials, you Wilt
YOU have good ears--hear solnethn.
! 1t may sound like striking an empty
barrel with an AZ long. long distance
away IL nay sound very much like q
| frog. or it may simply be that tree
| is broken Oft and crashes % the
ground.
This noise has been made by d bull
moose. and you VIII not lc very ionS
| in doubt as to whether he means bust
ness or not If the sound itself is very
deep in note and the ring of the ant
lels is also satisfactory YOU may be
sure that it is an old bull and that n"
has d good head. If it is net Eery
deep. rather high. in fact it is a
Young enc.
If the moose keeps steadily APP
preaching. you will not call again.
Like enough he viii buck trees en-
route, and. OF he is very eager. lou
| might imagine d runaway team OF
horses or an Immense freight engine
is crashing through the woods ana
carrying everything before 1t. sud
denly all sounds Will cease.
Now YOU must commence to think.
1T may possibly be tnat the moose has
not definitely located your call and is
standing stock still waiting to hear
the whine repeated. or the possible
grunt OF a rival You will therefore
Civ" low whine
This "CoaNing call is often misun-
derStnod. Certainly as it is intended
to coax the moose its tOn- IS supposed
to be most alluring, but this is not the
really important reason for it, use.
Its great use is To- have Il vcrtrllUaua.
elf, Ct often a BUN will pause
couple of hundred yards away, at any
rate FAR enough to be completely MD
den by the foiag" or in an inactesSi-
BE position.
He will perhaps pause in douDt, try
inr to locate the exact position from
" hirh the call WAS made. III III" whine
the cuaNny Srunt is low enough. u"
comes tearing on. In tn;;t mooScS
mind the caller is still hundreds of
wards away. another hundred ut least.
There are many callers who are not
quite clear on this point. logical as it
~
If this low " hinc has no effect and
YOU are near a Lake YOU will cautious
~ approach the shore. Place the tip
Of Your right forefingc' over the
rnouthpiccc OF Your calling horn, fill
the horn with water. raise it breast
high ana let the water pour back into
the lake through the mou:hpece. Gen
orally that viii start him.
You MAY also cut a limb from ii
small bush trim: it all but the tip
dip the tip in tile water ana allow the
water to tricklc back. much "a it
would out If a sponge. This resem-
Dies the sound made by moose whcr
they lit their nose from the water.
Two other tricks to bring out a
doubling bull are. if near the water
t. put the horn under the water and
t. blow through till the bubbles come
to the surface; t" simply blow in a
@aspiEg manner through the horn and
| make one single jump int" some
thickct
This last trick resembles the noise
made by ii COW moose breathing the
first one when she puts her head un-
noStrils and the bubbles arise. You
may top OF the whole performance by
stepping into the water and wadng
about liz" n COW feeding.
Nh thiG time YOU must listen attrn-
lively and il ther" are two or more
in YOUR PARTY do not stand too close
together. 1t such times ones ima.i-
nation is not to be relied on and the
heating of ones heart is most con
fusine.
So Tar VOW have followed your dir.c-
tons to the Letter and il has been
taken for granted on account Of the
nature of the country that YOU have
p'h unable to move from YOUR posi-
t'"n. But II YOU are able to move
ther" IS on" thing Won must do with
All possible speed: pcrhapS YOU should
nay" done it long ago You should
Always go AMI meet your moose
lhtf" ar" tW" particularly good r.a
sons why YOU should do this. First
'ecat'S" IN" moose would in any cas-,
NaFe to travel around tn. far end Of
~" lax and tic wind may change or