Woodland Caribou 
aware of your presence in some way, and after that you might 
as well be following the trail of a wood-nymph, as far as your 
chances of success are concerned. 
Still hunting is the most satisfactory method of getting caribou. 
Keeping the wind in your face you wander silently through the 
forest and along by the edge of the open barren and by the lake’s 
margin, keenly searching the skirts of the spruce thickets and 
birch clumps for a sight of your game. If you should chance 
upon a trail very recently made, it is sometimes possible, if the 
wind is in your favour, to follow it cautiously and get a shot; 
or perhaps after following it a little way the direction of the trail 
will tell you the caribou are in all probability heading for a certain 
open feeding ground or lake shore that you know of, in which 
case a cross cut will often enable you to intercept them. 
Caribou are full of inquisitiveness and not very keen sighted, 
and in winter, when the woods are white with snow, some 
caribou hunters make a point of wearing a white flannel hunting 
suit and a brilliant red cap; the caribou seeing this spot of bright 
colour moving among the trees are tempted by curiosity to approach 
within gunshot. 
Varieties of the Woodland Caribou 
There are seven kinds of caribou in North America which appear 
to be quite distinct and geographically separated from one another,and 
all of them certainly different from the reindeer of Europe. They fall 
into two groups; the larger woodland caribou and the smaller Barren 
Ground caribou. The most striking differences between the members 
of the former group are given below, and of the latter beyond. 
1. Woodland Caribou. Rangifer caribou (Gmelin). Description 
and range as above. 
2. Mountain Caribou. Rangifer montanus. Seton-Thompson. 
Uniformly darker than the preceding with the white band 
above the hoof very narrow. Size rather larger. 
Range. Rocky Mountains of Idaho north into Southern Alaska. 
3. Stone's Caribou. Rangifer stonet Allen. Dark like the last but 
with a heavy white fringe of hair on the front of the neck in 
strong contrast. 
Range. Kenai Peninsula Alaska. 
4. Newfoundland Caribou. Rangifer terra-nove Bangs. Uni- 
formly whiter than the woodland caribou, with a white ring 
around the eye. Antlers very massive and widespread with 
numerous points. 
Range. Newfoundland. 
