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inhabit the northern part of the state, where they still range in spite 

 of persecution. A fine cow moose was shot near the line of the Wis- 

 consin Central Railway in December, 1877" (/. c, p. 256). Strong 

 says, "Found very rarely in hardwood timber in northern Wisconsin. 

 It is rapidly becoming extinct in the state" (/. c, p. 437). In a letter 

 dated January 2, 19 10, Mr. N. Lucins, Jr., of Solon Springs, Douglas 

 County, writes, "Three Moose were killed in this county in 1886 

 and one in 1900, and there are four or five in this county now." Mr. J. 

 M. Sayler, also of Solon Springs, writes, "Three Moose were killed in 

 1886 -in Brulee and one about 1900 on the St. Croix." These were, 

 without doubt, the same Moose referred to by Mr. Lucins. Mr. George 

 W. Zeon of Foxboro, Douglas County, writes, "Moose have been 

 killed in Douglas County, but not for 5 years." Some years ago I 

 was told by an old hunter, whose name I have unfortunately for- 

 gotten, that in 1885 a few Moose were to be found in Burnett, Doug- 

 las and Bayfield counties; this statement is supported as regards the 

 latter by Mr. M. Berg of Cable, who writes, "There was a Moose 

 killed here about 25 years ago." Mr. W. J. Webster, Superintendent 

 of Schools, Park Falls, Wisconsin, writes me that he heard of Moose 

 having been killed in Price County some years ago. Mr. Dan Farn- 

 ham of Manley, Douglas County, writes me that a Moose was killed 

 at a place called Charlie Brook in the fall of 1909. Mr. John Chaff ey 

 of Chaffey, Douglas County, writes, "Several Moose have been 

 killed in Douglas County. About two years ago (1907) one was killed 

 in Township 45, Range 15, that is a Moose." 



Mr. Edward E. Kingsford of Iron Mountain, Michigan, writes, 

 "I have never known of but one Moose in this part of the country. 

 That was in the fall of 1882 in what is now the northern part of Dick- 

 inson County. We saw his tracks very frequently during the winter 

 along with Deer. A few years later a Moose was killed near Flood- 

 wood on the line of the Milwaukee & Northern Railroad, then being 

 built. Moose were plenty 20 years ago in northern Minnesota, and 

 I think it was in the fall of 1897 that a Moose came into the city of 

 Duluth and, after taking in some of the principal streets, went back 

 to the woods unmolested." 



The Moose, which is the largest representative of the Deer Family, 

 is a huge animal, an adult bull often weighing twelve or thirteen hun- 

 dred pounds, and occasionally more. It is very shy and its sense of 

 hearing is extremely acute, rendering it a difficult animal to "still- 

 hunt," as it is called. It has been claimed that no one but an Indian 

 is able to do this successfully. This is not strictly true, but it must 

 be admitted that very few white hunters are as capable. A favorite 



