i82 THE AMERICAN MOOSE 



torial Secretary of Yukon, writes that he has seen 

 the heads, and that the statements regarding them 

 are known by him to be correct. 



Frederick C. Selous shot a moose on the north 

 fork of Macmilian River, in Yukon, Sept. i8, 

 1904, with antlers spreading 67 inches. The 

 number of points was 17+21 ; palmation 20 inches; 

 circumference of beam inches. Mr. Selous 

 had been a successful hunter of all kinds of African 

 game, but he called this "the finest hunting trophy 

 that has ever fallen to my rifle." 



British Columbia's best moose-head, according 

 to information furnished by the Provincial Game 

 Warden, is perhaps one measuring 65^ inches, 

 secured by R. R. McCutcheon of Iowa. A better 

 pair of antlers was found in northeastern British 

 Columbia in the autumn of 1914 by S. Prescott 

 Fay of Boston. The two horns had lain on the 

 ground since the previous winter, a mile or more 

 apart, and the second was picked up a week after 

 the first was found. When held side by side, in 

 about the normal position, the spread measured 

 67 inches. They have 12+13 points. A. S. 

 Reed, whose collection of heads is now in New 

 York, is said to have killed a moose in the Cassiar 

 country some years ago with antlers measuring 

 more than 70 inches, but the head was left in 



