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is frequently on low moist ground, the air is cold 

 and damp, and exercise is out of the question. 



For a moose-hunting trip in November a pair 

 of woolen mittens, with a separate place provided 

 for the trigger finger, will be found desirable. 

 They will occasionally be equally useful in the 

 calling season. 



Minor Accessories. — The smaller deer are gener- 

 ally taken out of the woods with their jackets on. 

 The size of the moose, however, and the diflSculties 

 of transportation, have resulted in many entire 

 carcasses being left for the bear and other carniv- 

 orce to devour at their leisure, the head and hide 

 of the moose alone being taken from the woods, or 

 perhaps only the head. If the hunter is provided 

 with from six to ten yards of cheesecloth, and 

 several strong burlap bags, he will be prepared 

 to protect the meat from flies, if the weather is 

 warm, and will be able to take out of the woods 

 the hind quarters and perhaps other portions of the 

 meat. By this means he will avoid the odium 

 that attaches to the "head and hide hunter.'' 

 Blowflies as late as October are likely to lay their 

 eggs on freshly-killed moose meat. I have seen 

 in the second week in October crawling evidences 

 that such eggs had hatched on dressed moose 



