THE ELK IN NORWAY. 135 
trotted off into the forest. Awful was the wrath 
and excitement of the old lady, who saw all her fond 
hopes thwarted by the stupidity of Ole (somehow or 
other everybody seems to be called Ole), whom she 
declared she would bang well with her oars if she 
got within reach of him. 
Amongst other plans to which poachers have re- 
course the followmg is perhaps the most general, 
and most successful :— 
The whereabouts of an elk having been ascertained, 
one of the party, usually the one who is the best shot, 
conceals himself on the nearest hill. For the elk- 
deer when startled instinctively makes off to the first 
piece of rising ground in the immediate neighbourhood, 
whence it can have a good look out-on all sides. 
Meanwhile the rest of the party ‘“‘rmg” the animal, 
and if they are unable to get a shot, one of them makes 
a slight noise just sufficient to startle it, but not so as 
to terrify it. The elk at once makes off to the hill 
in question, where it in all probability meets with 
its end. 
Some poachers, I am told, are able to entice the 
elk close to them during the pairing season by means of 
some peculiar call. 
As above stated, the usual way of hunting elk 
in Norway is with a dog held in a leash. When 
the dog has got scent of an elk, which it frequently 
