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covered, and the other struck the water just behind his 

 head. That shot slowed him down, and I succeeded 

 in paddling by him and heading him again towards the 

 landing. Not knowing just where Charlie was on the 

 shore, I was conjecturing as to how to manoeuvre so as 

 to shoot the moose when he did strike solid bottom and 

 come out of water, without hitting Charlie. 



As the moose's feet struck bottom he turned sharply 

 to the left, and the canoe almost ran into him. Another 

 jump and his front feet would have gone through the 

 bottom of the canoe, or worse. I had just time to pick 

 up the rifle and fire a shot into his shoulder. This shot 

 stopped him and a second shot killed him. He was in 

 about three feet of water. 



Charlie came out with a piece of rope, which we 

 fastened to his horns, and towed him to the wharf in 

 front of the boat-house. The water in the lake was so 

 high that it just reached the top edge of the wharf. It 

 took two of us nearly an hour with ropes and prys to get 

 the animal up on the dock. We dressed him, went up 

 to the cabin, and turned in until morning. 



Altogether it was a most exciting and satisfactory 

 moose-hunt. The next morning we skinned and 

 quartered him, backed the car to the dock, and loaded 

 the whole business into the tonneau. 



Charlie is a licensed guide and an old moose-hunter. 

 He said it was the first time he had ever seen a moose 

 " teamed " around a lake and driven ashore right where 

 you wanted it. As he stood on the bank and shouted 

 directions as to where to drive the moose, it crossed my 

 mind (even in the excitement of the chase) that under 

 the circumstances he was too darn particular as to just 

 where I should land that moose ! 



Speaking of carrying away lead, that hide shows three 

 shoulder shots, one paunch shot, one neck shot just back 



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