ARMS AND EQUIPMENT i6i 



Clothing and Footwear. — Clothing in the still- 

 hunting season should be warm, noiseless, and 

 adapted to resist moisture. Corduroy, canvas, 

 and leather should be avoided. Many a moose 

 has been lost because of the slight scratching sound, 

 which the wearer scarcely hears, caused by cordu- 

 roy or canvas brushing against the dry underbrush 

 in the thickets into which the hunter is led by the 

 fresh tracks of a much-coveted moose. Moleskin, 

 if all-wool, is excellent for knee-breeches, and 

 all-wool Mackinaw is the most popular material 

 for coats. 



Many hunters favor gray as a color, because the 

 backgrounds are grayer in the season of stalking 

 than in that of calling. Brighter colors than 

 gray, however, as a safeguard against the care- 

 lessness of excitable sportsmen, are not seriously 

 objectionable."^ Some sportsmen object to black 

 clothing, asserting that moose associate black 

 with the color of the bear, an animal dreaded on 

 account of his inclination to prey upon the calves 

 of the moose species. 



*'The chief end of man,'* according to the 

 catechism of the woods, is the end where his feet 

 are. With a pair of helpless feet the clearest 



'''See p. 90. In Saskatchewan and Manitoba big-game hunters are 

 required by law to wear white clothing. See p. 50. 

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