98 MOOSE-HUNTING, SALMON-FISHING, ETC 



CHAPTEE IX. 



SHOOTING IN THE CANADIAN NORTH- WEST. 



IT was my good fortune to be located at 

 Calgary, N.W.T., in the years 1890 and 1891. 

 At that time game of all kinds was so abun- 

 dant that it was conceded to be the " Sports- 

 man's Paradise," which title was by no means 

 a misnomer. Canadian and wavy geese by 

 the tens of thousands made the stubble-fields 

 their feeding-ground, and the lakes their 

 resting-places. Myriads of ducks in endless 

 variety fed in the pond-holes and lakes, as 

 well as on the prairie, while prairie-chickens 

 in large flocks abounded in every direction. 

 Then the jack-rabbit was so plentiful that he 

 became a nuisance to the hunter after better 

 game. Those in pursuit of larger game could 

 find it in the shape of antelope, prairie wolf, 

 at least three different kinds of deer, elk, 



