96 THE AMERICAN MOOSE 



Paul Niedieck gives the details of a moose hunt 

 near Tustumena Lake, on the Kenai Peninsula, 

 in October, 1906. There had been no hunting 

 in that region for three years, he said. On the 

 day in question, after seeing more than a dozen 

 moose, and hearing others, he finally shot a bull. 

 "When the moose fell," he writes, "the woods 

 became alive about me. From all sides the moose 

 came forward — some twenty in all. They stood 

 and looked at me, each one wishing to satisfy 

 his curiosity. A cow came directly toward me, as 

 if she wished to avenge her mate, and would not 

 leave until my guide threw sticks at her. I was 

 busy removing the antlers, which had a spread of 

 65 inches, when a smaller full-grown bull came on 

 the scene. He gave me time to put a fresh film 

 in my camera, and I was able then to photograph 

 him several times. 



Andrew J. Stone refers somewhat disparagingly 

 to Maine as affording opportunity for "a parlor 

 moose hunt."^^ And Madison Grant writes: "It 

 is difficult for a hunter whose experience is limited 

 to Maine or the maritime provinces, to appreciate 

 how very shy and wary a moose can be."^^ But 



Kreuzfahrten im Beringmeer (Berlin, 1907), p. 216. 

 28 The Deer Family, p. 323. 



^9 Seventh Report N. Y. State Forest, Fish, and Game Commission, 1901, 

 p. 230. 



