Distribution of the Moose 



New Brunswick running to five feet and a little 

 over in spread. The test of the value of a moose 

 head is the width of its antlers between the ex- 

 treme points. The antlers of a young individual 

 show but few points, but these are long and the 

 webbing on the main blade is narrow. The brow 

 antlers usually show two points. As the moose 

 grows larger the palmation becomes wider, and the 

 points more numerous but shorter, until in a very 

 old specimen the upper part of the antler is merely 

 scalloped along the edge, and the web is of great 

 breadth. In the older and finer specimens the 

 brow antlers are more complex, and show three 

 points instead of two. 



A similar change takes place in the bell. This 

 pendulous gland is long and narrow in the young 

 bull, but as he ages it shortens and widens, be- 

 coming eventually a sort of dewlap under the 

 throat. 



One of the best heads from Maine that I can 

 recall, was in the possession of the late Albert 

 Bierstadt, a member of the Boone and Crockett 

 Club. The extreme spread of these antlers 

 was 64*4 inches. This bull was killed in New 

 Brunswick, near the Maine line, some twenty years 

 ago; another famous Maine head was presented 

 to President Cleveland during his first term. Pho- 



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