V. 



HUNTING THE GIANT MOOSE 



On September 17 we packed up and moved 

 down the lake several miles, where we made an- 

 other base of supplies, for we were now going 

 upon the moose range. 



The rutting season of the moose begins on the 

 Kenai Peninsula about the i5th of September, and 

 lasts, roughly speaking, for one month. At this 

 time the bulls come from the remote places where 

 they have passed the summer and seek the cows, 

 and the country which they now roam is generally 

 the high tablelands which lie at the base of the 

 mountains just below the timber line. We had 

 timed our hunt to be in the moose range during 

 this season, for then the bulls are bold, and not so 

 difficult to find. 



Bull moose differ from the rest of the deer 

 famliy in not getting together a big band of cows, 

 but pair off. The female remains with the bull 

 only a short time, and then slips away, and then 

 the bulls roam the forest in search of other part- 

 ners. They are now very fearless, and if they 



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