-je THE DEER FAMILY 



sportsmen are annually rewarded for their labor in 

 pursuing this difficult quarry in Maine. 



The number shipped during the months of October, 

 November, and December is as follows:* 



Oct. Nov. Dec. Total. 



1894 24 8 13 45 



1895 53 21 38 112 



1896 79 19 35 133 



1897 55 37 47 139 



1898 71 77 54 202 



1899 80 63 23 166 



1900 83 63 64 210 



1901 99 97 63 259 



1902 68 no 66 244 



The largest shipments were from these points: 

 Masardis, 66; Patten, 26; Norcross, 22; Grenville, 14; 

 and Ashland, 10. Many white-tail deer were shipped 

 from the same places, Masardis furnishing no less than 

 559 in the years named. 



It is very evident from the manner in which the 

 moose is built that he was not intended for a grazing 

 animal. His extremely long legs and short neck make 

 it almost impossible for him to eat grass. When he 

 desires to eat from the ground, he must spread out his 

 forelegs in a wide, awkward fashion. Like the white- 

 tail deer, with which he associates beside the marshy 

 woodland lakes and streams, he is fond of lily-stems 

 and marsh-plants, and wades into the water for these. 

 When it was legal to shoot deer and moose in the sum- 

 mer, they were more easily taken from boats, which 

 moved silently about on the water by day and on 

 moonlight nights. The open season for moose in 

 Maine now begins October 15th and ends December 



* In the Maine Woods. Bangor and Aroostook Railroad, publishers. 



