MOOSE CONSERVATION IN MAINE 111 



1899 166 



1900 210 



1901 259 



1902 244 



In comparison with the above figures the following records 

 for the past five years (1909 to 1913 inclusive), kindly sup- 

 plied by the Maine Commissioners of Fisheries and Game, 

 will serve to show the well-balanced condition of Moose con- 

 servation in Maine: 



MOOSE KILLED, AS MOOSE ACTUALLY 



REPORTED BY GUIDES SHIPPED BY RAIL 



In 1909 239 184 



" 1910 227 225 



" 1911 253 301 



" 1912 143 139 



" 1913 Ill 92 



It is a satisfaction to know that for twenty years the 

 Moose supply of Maine has held out practically- unchanged. 

 That state, with New Brunswick, seems destined to furnish 

 legitimate Moose hunting — of males only, and only one per 

 year for each hunter — for an indefinite period. 



The young of the Moose — always spoken of as a "calf," 

 its mother being called a "cow" — is born in May, and at 

 first is a very grotesque-looking creature. Its enormously 

 long, loose-jointed legs are attached to an abnormally short 

 and diminutive body. The neck is so short that the creature 

 cannot put its nose to the ground without kneeling. Its 

 hair is woolly and brick red, or "sandv," like that of a buffalo 

 calf. 



A Moose calf which I once owned and measured when 

 seven weeks old, had the following dimensions: 



