130 THE AMERICAN MOOSE . 



began a furious onslaught with his antlers. Having 

 tired of that he turned toward the hunters, and 

 going down on his knees plowed his horns along 

 the ground some distance, tossing them, well 

 loaded with vines, moss, and earth. With a snort 

 he shook these from his head, the dirt falling on 

 and around the two men lying behind the rock." 



But the distance was evidently still too great to 

 risk a shot. 



Again the moose came on, and stood with his 

 broadside toward them, not more than twelve 

 feet from the muzzle of the rifle.'' 



They managed to kill their game with three 

 shots, though the moose twice regained his feet 

 after falling. 



When calling is resorted to by Russian hunters 

 it is usual to "speak bull,'' the caller pretending 

 to challenge his victim to combat with one of his 

 own sex, instead of practicing the seductive wiles 

 of the cow.^ 



Various devices are employed in America also 

 to profit by the bull's combativeness in the season 

 of the rut. 



"The pounding on a tree with a club by the 

 Tahltan or Kaska Indians in northwest British 



'See pp. 327-329- 



