Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-10-18

and in another moment we saw, about
$50 yards away and coming directly
our way, a very large bull moose.
Waiting until he was in a fairly open
spot. / fired with my Winchester 80
cal. G. NJ. 1908. but shot entirely too
high, as / only pulled bunch Of hair
out of his neck. Quickly throwing in
another shell. / took little better aim
and planted ball right home. square
ly behind the shoulder blade. tearing
hole through both lungs and cut
ting OF the large blood vessels, the
bullet lodging just under the skin on
the opposite side. The moose stopped.
stood still for a second and then rear
ing up fell over backwards. dead
We were certainly eiated Il was
not yet O'Clock and we had a very
large moose, probably weighing 1.200
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 a 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 a bull moose is too tough
to eat. We ate moose meat every day
In camp and can safely testify to its
fine flavor and tender quality.
Early the next morning found Herb
anxious to get away to recover the
reputation as a 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 1t 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 a
"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 a track for
a 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 o'clock in the afternoon
found fresh track that looked good
to US. Gilbert and 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 a little point up into
the ravineaI saw. about $50 yards dis
tant. standing in clump Of alder
bushes. splendid big bull with mag
nificent head raised my gun and
fred. and the big fellow staggered
but did not fall. so I sent in another
ball. and he fell in heap. He was
dead when we reached him. with two
ragged holes just back Of the shout