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

cnt schools, will resort to other m.tIt-
od-. They viii often go and meet th.
blll!. giving low WhincS IN route
Then. If all cise fails. and they know
exactly where The bull is standing
they will say ii is within q hundred
yards. start 70" his position on the
"ur. "ln"sh everything they can, make.
al I'll" nois" possible. but no""r "p.n
their mouth.
This in Llany cases proves so un-
usual. ami therefore effcctiy". tina.
many moose will stand their ground
and hristlc mp before it occurs L,
then! that th,r !. such a thing as
hight Many a bull has met his fat"
by hestatng Just the number of a"c-
cSSdrN seconds it takes for d man u
run j" Yards.
or course. many voices are not suit
I'd to calling. while others have Il
natural tone. which may b" trained
70 perfection. Calling at night differs
from that nf the morning. When Hou
le.>Ne A calling ground for your second
tAat there is not bull within Il
breakfast YOU are more or less scare
loco %artis
Wien You leav" it in tine evening
YOU are never sure till the next morn
ing, providing IN both cases that You
nae not heard an answer. Such bciT.+
the case. no answer being received
E"u will take particular pains to civ"
loud long call Ust before YOU lcaN"
for tie lantern-lishted trail.
That long call may work wonders,
and i'll the morning YOU may be abb"
70 Lrn@ ii bull within rangc by Il
single "runt ..ll night that bull has
been waiting !or you and at daylight
his interest VIII haze In no way abat
20. Should N"u start bull at night.
even il YOU should start Il number
a'h bring thrm up within loo yards.
under no consideration "reSS .rS-
gu unless YOU can sec YOUR sights.
Get away as quietly as you can Gun.
less You lie. in ii blanket all night and
Wait the coming nf daWh) and com"
hatk as soon as YOU can see Your
sights If You fire and miss. which
~ nine cases out of ten YOU VIII do.
SoI might lust as well hunt another
county for tie rest of the week. II
YOU N; re NJ Observation-Disclosures
dark you Will like enough. find your
bun or bulls lager enough to cunvers'
WIth %ou in the morning.
IN most eases the experienced caller
choices Scnc spot offering Il shot in
various directions, and near some
place moose have adopted for cross
lrs tail. a brook, river. inlet on
outlet OF Il take. Under no cirCunl-
stances she uld q fire DC built within
mile or more of the lake. and even
Linen it should be built in a stove. IT
YOU do not succeed in calling u bull
after repeated trials at some on" par
fIcular spot, leave ii alone for several
days and call somewhere else.
u all the incidents connected with
this sport two are worthy of special
'n"hti"n moose will come as much
as four miles direct to the identical
SPOT where the caller stood hours
after thc WOodSpan has given up for
T he night, and he will not go "a foot
further, but tutn there. \ bull ear
rN,ng an immense spread and having
become suspicious that Tho call is not
genuine. will walk ava" through an
ordinary thick growth OF timber and
not make a single sound by striking
limb CT other obstruction with MS
antl"rS or body. You Yourself if YOU
mad week to d. it in and the arms
81 ar octopus to bend aside boughS,
could not walk 100 yards through the
same piece Of forest without making
Il ton.