THE MOOSE T! 



I St.* In Canada the season is also a short fall season, 

 from September 15th to January ist in New Bruns- 

 wick, Nova Scotia, and Manitoba — a little longer in 

 some of the other provinces, and in Alaska moose may 

 only be shot from September ist to October 31st, and 

 the bag-limit is two male moose over one year old. 

 There has been a shortening of the season for all big 

 game everywhere, and it is largely due to such legis- 

 lation that we have any big game left. 



Since the moose frequent dark, swampy valleys, 

 where it is often impossible to approach them, there 

 are many places where they remain absolutely safe, so 

 long as they do not come out to the edges of the 

 swamps, where the hunter has some chance for a shot. 

 The nature of the ground prevents a successful stalk, 

 and the moose has a wonderful nose and can hear the 

 slightest noise. When alarmed, he goes off at a rapid 

 trot, and usually travels for miles without a halt, and 

 then is alert to ascertain if he is pursued. Old moose- 

 hunters think nothing of following a moose for days, 

 camping on his trail, but it requires an expert to follow 

 the trail, and few city sportsmen care to keep at it for 

 days at a time, sleeping far away from their camp, and 

 enduring the hardships which attend such procedure. 



The moose plunges into any lake or stream, and 

 swims readily and for great distances. He has been 

 kodaked, as well as shot, in the water many times. 

 Monogamous, or nearly so, the moose differs much 

 from the elk in this regard. During the rut the bulls 



* The cow and calf-moose are protected at all times. The term "calf- 

 moose " refers to young animals until they are one year old, and have at 

 least two prongs or tines to their horns. 



