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mebbe fine, mebbe wind get up ; guess pretty 

 calm, perhaps, in morning. Suppose we go and 

 try, or praps mebbe wait till to-morrow." Finally 

 I decided to go out ; for although if there is the 

 slightest wind it is impossible to call, yet any wise 

 and prudent man, unless there are unmistakable 

 signs of a storm brewing, will take the chance ; 

 for the calling season is short and soon over. 



I have said that an absolutely calm night is 

 required for calling, and for this reason : the 

 moose is so wary that in coming up to the call 

 he vnU invariably make a circle down wind in 

 order to get scent of the animal which is calling 

 him. Therefore, if there is a breath of wind astir, 

 the moose will get scent of the man before the 

 man has a chance of seeing the moose. A calm 

 night is the first thing necessary. Secondly, you 

 must have a moonlight night. No moose will 

 come up in the daytime. You can begin to call 

 about an hour before sunset, and moose will 

 answer up to, say, two hours after sunrise. There 

 is very little time, therefore, unless there is bright 

 moonlight. In the third place, I need scarcely 

 observe that to call moose successfully you must 

 find a place near camp where there are moose to 

 call, and where there are not only moose, but bull 



