HABITS, HAUNTS, AND ANECDOTES 



size as he stood there shaking his head, 

 blood running from his mouth and nos- 

 trils. Once again I fired. As the last 

 one struck he went down, the shot 

 breaking his shoulder blade another 

 victim of the 30-30. 



The experience of a young New 

 Yorker will serve to exemplify both the 

 uncertainty of moose calling and the 

 manner in which it is prosecuted. He 

 was hunting in the Bear River woods, 

 accompanied by one of the most expert 

 guides of that section. Two nights of 

 calling proved fruitless. The sportsman 

 frankly told his guide he had no faith 

 in it, and that he did not believe a moose 

 would come to the call of a man. This 

 considerably ruffled the guide's conceit, 

 and he resolved, if possible, to make a 



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