The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-12-21
NO MOOSE EVER
"TREED" A MAN
Old Maine Guide Declares AMI
mails Never Attack a HUI
man Being.
EXPLODES POPULAR FABLES
Takes Little Stock in Bireh-Bark Horn
Calls-ln Mating Season Bulls
Will Respond to Any
Noise

Bangor, Me. ~"ordng 10 Old Zen
York, Il famoua hunter and guide in
Maine for go years, no moose ever was
known TO tree" Il man in the sense in
which the term is generally under
stood numerous reports to the con
trary being fables or nj best eXaggera-
tons.
In my day" said Ben York, Il have
seen thousands of moose and killed
hundreds of them. have followed
them days and nights, ut al seasons.
have watched them for days ut n time
to learn their tricks have kept them
wears at n time. and have tanned and
driven them To harness all along the
West Branch More than all this, |
have questioned reliable hunters and
woodsmcn who were alive and active
when there were as many moose in
Maine rs there are hedgchOgS now,
and | have never known or learned
from any reliable sources of single
instance of Il human being being
freed by one Of the animals.
Act Strangely at Times.
During the mating season. says
York, "thc bulls act very strangely at
times, rushing about in an aimless
manner, climbing steep hills, swim,
ming furious streams and placing
themselves in peril of their lives in
many ways. While the fury for com
bat is on an old bull he will crash
through the woods. running his head
against rocks and trees and often in
turing himself seriously. If man
should get in the bulls way at such a
time, why, very likely he would be-
come candidate for the hospital. AT
such time the bull never stops to
note how much damage he has done,
He keeps racing right along at top
meets q rival for the object of his af'
fections.
The stories that some guides tell
said York, about moose driving
hunters into trees and standing guard
over them all night, paving the
ground and believing with rage. are
inventions OF nature takers to awe
greenhorns. | am convinced that nc
moose ever deliberately attacked g
human being, unless wounded ant
| craZed with pain, In which condition
| the meekest OF animals often become
dangerous and whoever tells OF be
ing freed by n moose ut any time OF
under any circumstances is drawing
upon his Imagination.
Il have seen two bull moose fight,
| he says while | stood within a few
rods of them, and keep up the battle
| for half an hour without becomin,
aware OF my presence, At other time
| have padded up TO n mother moos'
when she was feeding on the roots o
and drawn Off half pint Of her mill
without alarming her. have seel
moose fight with wolves and bears
and have observed their extreme SO
|
yet have l seen or known OF n mo0s
freeing human being.
No Use for Moosehorn.
while Tn talking about moose,
York said, II want to say that tax
no stock In the so-called moosehor
for calling bulls To their dcstruc,,o
in the mating season. The COW ,noos,
whose cry IL said 10 be closely i'm
lated by the birch-5ark horn. utter
long and dolorous wall at time,
whatever the time of year. | hay
stood close by several times Will
COW moose We're making such erie
hut never knew IA bun to respond /?
though | have waited for hours. a
through the mating season the bull