RECREATION. 



XI 



A MOOSE HUNT IN ONTARIO. 



We had been talking about a hunting 

 trip some time and at last decided to start 

 October ist. We left my farm at 4 a. m., 

 as we had 15 miles to walk over a rough 

 trail. Our hunting camp was in the town 

 of Conmee on the edge of the unsurveyed 

 land in a capital game country. We reached 

 it about 3 p. m. and proceeded to make 

 things comfortable. The camp is of logs, 

 10 x 12, with a rain proof roof. 



We were awakened about 4.30 and 

 climbed out to find it was a capital morn- 

 ing, Southwest wind and a little cloudy. 

 After breakfast we set out and soon dis- 

 covered fresh moose tracks. We followed 

 the trail to where the moose had lain down 

 the night before. There we separated, Ed 

 circling while I stayed with the trail. We 

 met again in an hour and decided that the 

 moose was feeding in a valley half a mile 

 away where there was lots of red willow. 

 We approached the spot up wind and on 

 reaching the top of the bluff looked over 

 and saw a bull moose. We dropped back 

 and worked our way around the end of the 

 bluff which brought us within 100 yards 

 of our quarry. Crack went Ed's .40- .65 

 and down went the bull with his back 

 broken. He had fine head gear, 48 inches 

 spread with 15 prongs on one side and 14 

 on the other. We rough dressed him and 

 started to the camp for axes to brush a 

 trail to haul him out over. We got him 

 to the settlement the next day. Then we 

 returned to camp again, for it was my turn 

 to make good. 



It rained the next day and no hunting 

 was done, but Bill told us of a big bull he 

 had seen while we were away. The follow- 

 ing morning broke clear. We hunted all 

 day but had no luck. The next day was 

 my lucky one. We started early and I 

 struck across country alone. After walk- 

 ing an hour I found fresh tracks leading 

 into a poplar bluff. Starting to follow 

 them, I heard a great crashing and saw a 

 bull's antlers showing above the brush. 

 I fired 2 shots but missed, so decided to 

 wait until the animal reached a clear spot 

 for which he was heading. When he came 

 out in the open, I let drive and put a .38-72 

 through his shoulder and lungs. He ran 

 about 100 yards, stopped and fell dead. I 

 dressed him, admired his head, and hustled 

 back to camp to tell the boys. They had 

 not returned when I got back but Ed soon 

 arrived and said he had killed a buck deer. 

 Bill came in a few minutes after, but he 

 had had no luck. We got the buck and 

 the moose out the next day and concluded 

 we had done enough killing for one year. 



Bill could not reconcile himself to his 

 bad luck, so went back alone and got his 

 bull after 3 days' hard hunting. These 

 moose were all secured by still hunting, 

 no calls being used. 



R. H, Clarke, O'Conor, Ont., Can. 



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