ELK or WAPITI 



Cervus canadensis. 



Seeing a large pair of antlers of this animal, one might easily 

 form the opinion that the animal was of immense size. If meas- 

 ured, their height at the shoulder is only about six feet and a half 

 and the length of the animal less than eight feet and weight about 

 three hundred pounds. Their antlers vary very much in size and 

 thickness. They usually have from six to eight points on each 

 antler and these are long enough so that when standing on their 

 points a man may walk through them. Of course this would be 

 considered an exceptionally large set. They shed these immense 

 antlers each year in early spring, and the new growth is very 

 rapid, being very soft and porous and covered with a soft velvet 

 which remains on until the horns have their full growth and be- 



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