Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-04-28
WAS A POWERFUL HUNTER
WrestIed With Bull Moose and Held
Animal Until Help Arrived.

Colonel D. Douglas Young, Of the
Canadian army, wrestled the frs
moose he ever saw. It was not pug
nacious spirit that prompted the en-
counter. There was nothing else fol
the colonel to do,
Long ago, before there was thought
of game preservation, Colonel Youns
was hunting caribou In Quebec. With
French Canadian guide he had gone
north toward st. Johns. There was nc
limit in those days, and when the colo.
mel saw a herd Of caribou on a small
lake, he shot six. He was a good shot
and he did 1t with nine cartridges
leaving one in his rifle. Hurrying across
the lake after the retreating herd, ht
took off his coat, in the pockets OF
which were his extra shells. He reach
ed the other side of the lake and enter
ed the thick spruce. His guide had
stopped by the dead caribou.
AS soon as he had stepped into the
brush Colonel Young saw his first
moose. 1t was not more than fifty feet
away. Colonel Young fired and wound
ed the bull, which Immediately charged
him.
1t was a typical North Quebec win
ter. The snow was six feet deep. The
bull floundered toward the Colonel
who was trying to find another shell ir
the rifle or in his clothes. When he re-
allied that his gun was empty the bull
was upon him and there was nothing
for him to do but grasp its antlers.
The first pressure Of the bulls rush
was too much for one Of the colonies
snow shoes, and the frame snapped
He could not give ground, because he
could not walk backward with the
webs on his feet. He says that he die
not realize the danger Of the SHARP
hoofs Of the forefeet because he knew
nothing Of moose, and he ascribes his
ultimate escape to the fact that the
snow was too deep for the moose to
strike successfully. Any one who has
seen the coloneps mammoth arms can
understand that they had something to
do with it.
AS soon as he grappled with the
moose the colonel began to call for the
guide. He braced himself with his dis
abled snowshoes as best he could and
held the moose away. But he knew
that he could not last long under the
strain and increased his calls for help.
The guide did not come, and the colo
mel felt his strength slipping.
Then the saving idea came to him.
Beside him was a spruce tree. Slowly
the colonel forced the moose sideways
until the tree touched his right arm.
Then, when the moose had momentari-
ly eased the pressure, the colonel re-
leased the antlers with his right hand,
shot his arm around the tree and OBJ
tanned a fresh grip.
With the antlers pressed tightly
against the solid tree trunk, holding
the moose was comparatively easy
work. and the colonel put more energy
into his calls Leisurely the guide ap-
preached When he pushed through the
fringe Of brush and saw the moose he
was too astonished to move until his
employer had gasped directions. Then
he cut the moose's throat with his
hunting knife and the colonel released
the antlers.
Colonel Young does not believe he
could have escaped as he did had the
moose been able to get all four feet on
solid ground He says the six feet OF
snow made his success possible. al
though wrestling on big, awkward
snowshoes Is by no means easy But
a hogshead chest, Percheron shoulders,
and arms like the legs Of a 2OO-pound
man played their part.-outing Maga-
zine.