Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-03-23
cor Of The Antlered Host

Nre sLaT OF 'iN
- moose. who is king OF all the
20, only in North America, but
entire world. His name OF
: an Indian name, signiyine
cater and it is usually given as
-, in the different Iniian ton
Ills 4 custom among the Amer
r,iians to name tire animals by
- o., their characteristics.
rbus the Indian name often suggests
life habit of the animal.
,,ooswa. the wood-eater, is certain
wonderful king. Theodore Roose-
vino knew al the American big
80 8 few hunters did, named his
American party the Ball Moose
-, This was the only time that the
m r.os. dil not win out and bring
c,ass and glory TO his crown of ant
rrsc,ac. if YOU can this deer, stand
srye, Zee. at the shoulders, his eX-
me length from his long prehensile
re- lin to his ridiculous little tail
tasurinr nine feet and a-half. I'm
inc such a creature charging straight
you through the woods, the under
b,sh breaking before him, his eyes
hzing. his name bristling, and his
strils whstlng-a veritable noun
n of fury. Such is Mooswa when
is aroused.
Now that the buffalo has disappear
from the western plains, moose
hitting is probably the most ambitious
Bort that the American hunter can
Xdulge in Ten thousand hunters go
oh year to the State of Maine to
hit the king, but he is so fleet, so
4tonC. so cunning, that he holds his
IN even in the Pine Tree State.
The deer family in North America
very large, with several branches.
when We say that the moose is the
Slightest of them all, it means a great
bal. The most numerous of the fam
is the caribou, which is first cousin
the reindeer of legend and story.
finest Thompson Seton found these an
bals so numerous in the Athabaska
untry several years ago when he made
trip 10 the North, that he estimated
eir numbers TO be well up in the
illions. This is indeed a wonderful
erd, and if Ii ever becomes available
II meat, it will greatly help the
orld'S food supply. Other members
the family are the elk, next in size
the moose, the black-tail, the ordi-
hry Virginia or Whitehall deer, and
e prong-horned antelope, the small
81 OF ali the deer family.
The range of Mooswa the king is
Try extended. He is found all the
Jay from the forty-third parallel of
orth latitude to the Arctic circle, and
eTywhere he is the king of antlered
Features.
Tie has never been successfully kept
/ parks or zoos because he is a wood
Fter, and it is impossible to keep him
focHtt with browse, and also because
needs a great deal of exercise to
Fgest this tough fodder. So the moose
zen IN zoos are usually small, under,
ped animals, that soon sicken and
MooSwa is very tall. He is usually
rusty brown, or smoky gray color,
color that blends so we'll with the
pnaScape. His gait is always a slash
r. trot, which carries him over the
Found at a race that leaves even the
ot pack far behind.
Where they are found in the same
"nge, the gray or timber wolf often
lhtS the moose, going in packs.
III! cannot catch him in a straighta-
fay run, but often when the snow is
eep' they corner him, and a terrific
auIe ensues. The pack may be able
LEI desperate struggle to drag the
ing down, but they usually pay for
rs prize with the lives of several of
|heir members.
one OF the favorite methods of hunt
l"s tne moose is called moose calling.
'e hunters 90 forth in autumn during
mating season and with long,
&c morn made of birch bark they