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in 1908, which was the last year when Nova Scotia 

 law permitted the killing of cow moose, and in each 

 succeeding year. These figures may be tabulated 

 as follows : 



Year 



1908' 



1909 



1910 



1911 



1912 



1913 

 1914 



Bulls 



killed 



300 

 (Bulls only) 



Cows 

 killed 



240 



Sex not 

 stated 



148 



Total 

 killed 



688 

 405 

 509 

 617 

 678 

 704 

 109 1 



This legislation protecting the females resulted 

 at the end of five years in an increased kill of 

 moose. At the end of two years, in fact, there 

 was an increase in the number of bulls killed, and 

 bulls alone furnish the trophies which are most 

 prized by a majority of sportsmen. 



At the close of the hunting season of 1902 the 

 writer had authentic information of twenty-two 

 moose killed that season on the head-waters of 

 the Aroostook River in Maine. He had equally 

 trustworthy information that no part of the meat 

 of any of those twenty-two moose was taken out of 

 the woods, — except the two hundred pounds or 

 more which furnished steaks and stews for the tables 

 of himself and his friends from time to time through 

 the succeeding winter. Very little of the meat of 

 any of the moose killed was consumed in camp. 



