The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-12-31

we had found the land of moose
We did not have time to trail ant
adjust the wind conditions so as tt
get into them, so we returned tt
camp in high spirits and anxious t,
get on the trail again Monda!
morning.
Neither the Almighty nor
King George allow a man to
hunt on Sunday In Canada, and
believe me, law IL law I'm that
country. To prove that Joe and
/ still love our wives we decid-
ed to try and get q letter out
to civilization, to do this we
travelled eight miles by boat
broke ice for two miles, walked
over q portage for four miles,
crossed Bear River on q raft
and continued on to o lumber
camp three miles where we
were able to send our letters to
Harrington, Canada, with q
man who was going to town
with the camp mail. It took him
five hours to 60 six miles as he
had to break ice all the way
over Rainy Lake. He left at
noon Sunday and did not get
back to camp until ten O'Clock
I'm the evening. We returned to
our camp late after spending
rather strange and adventur-
GUS Sunday for q preacher.
That we were excited and anx
ious to get to our hunting ground.
Monday morning goes without say
ing, for 1t showed about six inches
Sunday night and that made hunt
ing conditions ideal. We took oul
boat and travelled about eight miles
on the lake, landed and then work
ed due north against the wind, W.
did not travel far before we came
upon two big bull tracks whicL
were also going north. We trailet
these two monsters until about
two-thirty when they gave us thu
wind and we knew we were near tt
them, as that Is a sure sign tina
they are soon to lie down. They
evidently got our scent and aftel
six hours Of trailing we were re
warded only to see them go over {
ridge about mile away. We were
about six miles from our boat anG
about fourteen miles from camp
with only two hours Of day ligh
left. Our guide said we could make
1t, but on our way back we jumped
a big bull and COW and had the JOY
Of bringing down our first bull
moose. We dressed him out anC
continued travelling west, but dark
ness came on and we soon had t.
give up the idea of getting back t.
camp for the night. This was the
first day of the new snow ant
everything we touched would bring
an avalanche Of snow upon us ant
we were wet to the skin, hungry
and cold, with the weather below
zero we soon began to look for {
good place to camp for the night
We found a great high wall o.
stone which projected out over u!
a bit where we made a fire, tool
off our clothes and dried them out
said our prayers and laid down fol
the night under the stars to hear
the wolves in their death chase, tn,
fur animals calling to their mate!
and watch the northern lights IL
their dance of glory. It's a great
thrill to be caught in the northern
woods and have to stay out al
night. At daylight we were on the
trail again just bit hungry but
happy.
After travelling for several hour.
we stopped and looked through the
glasses and we were rewarded t.
see big bull about a mile away
We forgot our hunger and circle6
around him to where we could gel
a good shot, but he saw us anG
made for the timber. We got 6
few shots at him, but he was toe
far away and we failed to connect
Just the ma big buck deer came
running down over the ridge and
stopped for just a moment which
was fatal for him as our guns
cracked and he vent dou1y, u,it1, q