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Of other hunting systems, obsolete or obsolescent, 

 little need be said. Dogging is generally looked 

 upon with legal and popular disfavor, though it is 

 still the usual method of hunting the Scandinavian 

 elk. The practical extinction of moose in Cape 

 Breton is due to persistent use of dogs in hunting. 

 A moose will run from a pack of dogs, even when 

 at close quarters, but he will turn and face a single 

 one, as soon as the dog bites him on the gambrel 

 muscles.^ Thus held at bay the moose would 

 fall an easy victim if the hunter quickly and cau- 

 tiously followed up his advantage, but at sight of a 

 man the moose is likely to take flight again 



Jacking, like dogging, crust hunting, and snaring, 

 is generally forbidden by law, along with other 

 systems of hunting which take advantage of the 

 moose's weaknesses or physical limitations. Those 

 who are interested in flash-light photography 

 may find the jack a useful aid, but as an aid in 

 killing game jacking is not considered "fair chase." 



In jacking the fact should be borne in mind that 

 the light itself has no terrors for a moose or other 

 animal. It is associated with none of the sources 

 of danger which wild animals have learned to 

 fear. A moose will look toward the jack, or 



8 Pattillo, Moose Hunting, Salmon Fishing^ and Other Sketches of 

 Sport (London, 1902), p. 250. 

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