128 THE AMERICAN MOOSE 



**One veteran backwoodsman is very successful 

 with a couple of guttural coughs or sobs, followed 

 by a scalp-lifting, blood-curdling wail, the * spooki- 

 est' sound that any mortal could possibly utter."^ 

 The results of calling, furthermore, even with an 

 expert to manage the horn, are by no means so 

 much of a foregone conclusion as some critics of 

 calling are inclined to assert. 



The value of the moon as an aid in hunting in 

 the calling season cannot be overestimated. With- 

 out it the evening twilight will often prove too 

 short, in view of the dilatory tactics of a suspicious 

 bull, to bring the hunt to its logical conclusion. 

 If the calling stand is approached by land, and 

 not by water, it is well to spend the night there, 

 under a light shelter tent, but without a fire, of 

 course. A few calls may be given in the evening 

 if conditions are favorable, but the morning calls 

 are more likely to yield results. Calling should 

 begin half an hour or more before sunrise. The 

 hunter then has the advantage of increasing, 

 rather than diminishing light, and he has the 

 further advantage that there is no fresh human 

 track to be scented by an approaching moose. 



The horn, by means of which the call is sounded, 



« Arthur P. Silver, "Moose Hunting in Nova Scotia, " Empire Review, 

 London, Nov., 1902. 



