Fes., 1912. MammMats or ILLINOIS AND WISCONSIN — Cory. 7 
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” (J. ¢., p. 256). Strong 
says, ‘‘Found very rarely in hardwood timber in northern Wisconsin. 
It is rapidly becoming extinct in the state” (J. c., p. 437). In a letter 
dated January 2, 1910, 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 Chaffey 
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, 
“T 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 
