The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1911-11-16


ing up fell over backwards. dead.
We were certainly elated. 1t was
not yet 9 o'clock and we had a very
large moose. probably weighing 1,2O0
pounds. but he was quite old and did
not have very good horns. We soon
found the boys. who said that they
had sighted their moose about 400
yards away but had missed and they
hardly believed us when we told them
We had q big one down. We found
that there had been two moose and
the one we killed was not the one
they had shot at. We all spent the
balance Of the day in dressing this
moose. packing out the head and some
meat. And right here want to cor
rect a very common notion that the
meat from q bull moose Ii too tough
to eat. We ate moose meat every day
In camp and can safely testify to its
nne flavor and tender quality.
Early the next morning found Herb
anxious to get away to recover the
reputation as marksman lost the day
before. Mrs. B. and hunted all the
morning without seeing anything and
returned to camp very tired and hun
cry about the middle Of the after
noon. The boys got in after dark and
. satisfied look on Herbs face told US
that they had at least seen something
We were told that they had sighted
. spike bull and killed it and after
dressing that. spent some time hunt.
ting. but saw only a COW and two
calves. which they watched for some
time. even walking to within 200 feet
Of them. We all rolled in early and
were up again betimes. and as Mrs. B.
and Herb had each developed \
'Charley-horse" from too careful walk
ing, they decided to stay in camp, and
Gilbert and ! accompanied by Mr.. H.
Gilbertson. who had come to spend a
day or two with us, started out. We
tramped hard and followed track for
couple Of hours in the forenoon. but
this proved to be a very large COW
and We had to let her go. After eat
ing our lunch, which, by the way. con-
sisted each day Of one large sandwich
and about two ounces Of homemade
candy. we decided to try an old burn
ing a couple of miles further north,
and about 1 o'clock in the afternoon
found fresh track that looked good
to us. Gilbert and I took the trail and
Mr.. Gilbertson started for the farther
edge of the large ravine. We had not
walked for more than twenty minutes
when rounding little point up into
the ravine. saw. about $50 yards dis
tant. standing in a clump Of alder
bushes, splendid big bull with mag
nificent head. raised my gun and
fired. and the big fellow staggered
but did not fall. SO sent In another
ball. and he fell In a heap. He was
dead when We reached him. with two
ragged holes just back Of the shoul
der, either Of which was sufficient to
have killed him in a minute or two
About this time Mr.. Gilbertsons rife
began to sing. and Gilbert and ran
forward but saw nothing. My firing
! had started another moose not far
away from us but too far for Mr.. G.
to get accurate shooting, and he got
| away.
We went back and took stock Of our
moose and found that he weighed
about 1,100 pounds, and had good
| head with an actual spread of 81
inches. don't think that I ever was
i SO thoroughly satisfied in my life as
at just that time. After dressing our
moose and taking of the head. which
Gilbert. strong as a small horse. car.
ried without pack-strap down to the
lake. We hit the trail for camp as fast
as possible as 1t was already nearly
dark At camp of course l staggered
around some and declared that 1
would have to leave my gun In the
tent thereafter or I should have to
| shoot all the moose for the whole per-
ty. etc, etc.
We decided that we should make an
early start the next morning. despite
the fact that the day was Sunday. We