IN THE ALASKA- YUKON GAMELANDS 



bulls, etc. In 19 17 Mr. Young's party killed 

 eight very nice bulls, and yet the largest only 

 had a 52-inch spread. There is no doubt that, 

 in order to get the largest moose antlers, one 

 must go to the Kenai Peninsula, and yet of 

 course the difference in the largest White River 

 heads and the largest Kenai heads (in spread) 

 would probably not be more than a very few 

 inches. 



I reached camp at 6 o'clock, where the usual 

 hot soup, venison and other good things were 

 devoured with keenest relish. None of the 

 other hunters saw any game whatever in their 

 travels that day. 



The morning following, Rogers, Longley, Cap 

 and I went up to the moose with pack horses — 

 the former two to skin it out and bring it to 

 camp, and Cap and I to hunt. After taking some 

 photographs we measured the animal — a very 

 ordinary sized moose — with the following results: 

 Nose to tip of tail, contour over body, 10 ft. 

 4 ins.; shoulder bone to hip bone, 5 ft.; shoulder 

 top to bottom straight through (brisket to top 

 of withers), 31 ins.; thickness through shoulders, 

 19 ins.; thickness thru hips, i6>^ ins.; height at 

 withers, 6 ft. 7 ins.; spread of horn, 45 ins.; eye 

 to end of nose, 18 ins.; palmation length, 2 ft. 

 3>^ ins.; palmation width, 14 ins.; points, 20. 



At 10 o'clock Cap and I left the boys to con- 

 tinue their work and began our day's hunt, each 

 selecting different routes, afoot. I traveled 



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