The Business of Moose-Hunting 



many hours of hard work to skin, dress, cut up and carry 

 the various parts of the gigantic animal to the canoe; 

 and at the same time he has to make camp, feed and 

 chaperon his " sport," in addition to looking after 

 himself. Every move the guide makes is limited by the 

 capacity of his employer to take care of himself in the 

 woods. 



When the professional guide or hunter goes hunting 

 in the Rossignol district of Nova Scotia he takes a very 

 small, light tent, one blanket or quilt, a kettle, salt 

 bread, tea, and a chunk of pork or moose meat. He has 

 plenty of matches, cartridges and his rifle, an axe, burlap 

 bag and pack-strap. He has no boxes of canned goods, 

 no extra clothing, no dishes, camera, game-bags, or 

 fancy paraphernalia. He carries the bare essentials to 

 existence only. He packs this in a small, light, canvas- 

 covered canoe and starts off. He is hunting from the 

 minute his paddle first touches the water. He makes 

 no noise. If it is calm and frosty, he will call any time 

 during the day or night when it is light enough to see to 

 shoot. If the weather is not right for calling, he leaves 

 his canoe at a convenient spot on the shore of a lake or 

 river, puts a chunk of bread and meat into his pocket 

 with a pinch of salt and tea, and with his cup, axe, and 

 rifle starts on his hunt. If night overtakes him and 

 there is bad country between him and his canoe, he 

 simply builds a fire and stays right where he is until 

 morning. If he is in a good moose country and the 

 morning is calm, he will call right from his camp-fire. 

 For supper and breakfast he will eat dry bread, some pork 

 or moose meat, make strong black tea in his tin cup with- 

 out sugar or milk, and be satisfied. 



If he kills a moose he scientifically disembowels him, 

 skins and quarters the animal; and if far from his canoe, 

 cuts out a great deal of the bone and subdivides the 



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