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these animals, and especially a sports- 

 man with a modern rifle in his hand. 

 Both of the moose I killed were in 

 full view of me when I shot them, and 

 instead of coming toward me they 

 turned the other way, but as each was 

 hit in a vital spot they only staggered 

 a few steps and fell. I oniy used one 

 shot on any of the animals I secured 

 I found that it was just as easy to kill 

 a moose or bear, as it is to kill a rab- 

 bit, if you hit him in the right place, 

 and there are a number of places on 

 any of these animals which if hit with 

 a soft nose bullet from either a Sav- 



age or a Winchester rifle will para- 

 lyze him at once. I have shot every 

 species of game, from the Upper 

 lakes in Canada to the Gulf of Mex- 

 ico and from the Atlantic to the Pa- 

 cific, but I never have killed an animal 

 in my life so reluctantly as I did my 

 large moose. I thought as I stood 

 there within a few yards of him and 

 saw his great sides heave in his death 

 struggle, and the steam come out of 

 the bullet hole in great puffs, the 

 massive head tossing from side to 

 side : What right had I to kill this no- 

 ble animal ? Some might call it pleas- 



AMATEUR PHOTO BY HARRY E. LEE. 



AN ALASKA X CARIBOU HEAD. 



