American Big Game in its Haunts 



come upon a female accompanied by another bull, 

 fight gallantly to get possession of her. Their 

 sense of smell is rather dulled at this time, for I 

 have often seen their tracks following the trail 

 which my native was constantly traveling. 



The calves are born in May or June, and are 

 weaned during the rutting season, for the bulls are 

 very apt to drive them away from their mothers. 



The antlers are hardly out of the velvet before 

 the rutting season begins. They are then a light 

 yellowish color, but are later stained dark brown 

 by constant rubbing and scraping against bushes 

 and tree trunks. 



The moose of Alaska undoubtedly carry heads 

 far grander than those found in the East. In fact, 

 the antlers of the Kenai Peninsula moose equal, if 

 they do not exceed In size, those from any other 

 part of the world, and it was my ambition to kill 

 by still-hunting a good example of one of these. 



Calling moose I have never looked upon as true 

 sport, unless the hunter does his own calling, and 

 I am glad to see that many feel in the same way 

 about this mode of hunting. 



After we had made our base of supplies on the 

 shore of the lake, we shouldered our packs and 

 climbed up through the forest for several hours, 

 until we came to the shore of a small lake, where 



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