INDEX 



397 



304-305; weight of elk, 300; 

 yearly kill of elk, 385; elk in 

 war-time, 384-385 

 Rutting season, 81-83:: 302; 

 growth of antlers associated 

 with, 81, 172, 173 



Saddle, objection of elk to, 314 

 (note) 



Saguenay River, 9, 16-17 

 St. Croix River, moose hunting on, 

 6 



St. John River, moose driven on 



ice, 75, 376-377 

 St. Lawrence River, 5, 6, 28, 30- 



31, 137 



Sale of game, 48, 73, 228 



Saskatchewan, 39, 54, 55; game 

 law, 52; number of moose 

 killed, 50; white clothing for 

 hunters, 47; antlers, 358; big- 

 game refuges, 362 ; moose taken 

 to New Zealand, 368 ; moose at- 

 tacked by parasites, 374-375 



Scandinavia, 332, 339; boundaries 

 of elk range, 288-290; num- 

 ber of elk in, 291; size of 

 elk, 300, 382; antlers, 334-335» 

 344, 382 ; elk killed in war-time, 



384-385 

 Scent of moose, 93 

 Schoolcraft, 29; Indian myths, 250 

 Scientific names for the moose, 



56-62, 236-243 

 Scotland, fossil remains in, 386 

 Scott, Prof. W. B., quoted, 4 

 Seasons for moose hunting, 41, 52 



:: 296; for calling, 120, 122 

 Selous, F. C, 65 (note), 122; 



adventure with a sleeping 



moose, 95; moose antlers, 182 

 Seton, E. T., 184 (note), 345, 386; 



number of moose in America, 



40; area required by moose, 378 

 Seymour, Gov. Horatio, 33 

 Shaw, Otho, moose antlers, 184 



(note) 



Shedding antlers, time of, 171 :: 

 341-342 



Shiras, Hon. George, 3d, 60 (note), 

 378; moose on Yellowstone 

 River, 38; adventure with cow 

 moose, 94-95; jacking, 146; 

 cast antlers found, 171; moose 

 of Yellowstone Park, 172 (note) ; 



on increase in number of moose, 

 361-362; causes of antler de- 

 velopment on the Kenai, 382- 

 383 



Shiras, moose, 60 (note) 

 Shoemaker, H. W., quoted, 373 

 Shoepacks, in hunting, 162 

 Shoshone State Game Preserve, 



Wyoming, 362 

 Shoulder blade of moose, used in 



calling, 131 

 Siberia, 320; ancient home of 

 moose, 271, 343-344; elk in, 

 288; elk migrations, 304; peas- 

 ants' hunting methods, 330-332; 

 antlers, 334-336, 343-344 

 Sight, sense of, in moose, 90 

 Sinews, Indian uses for, 202-203 

 Size of moose, 60, 64-67 :: 281- 

 282, 300; signs indicating size, 

 108; compared with Irish elk, 

 244 



Skins of elk, formerly considered 



bullet-proof, 284 

 Skins of moose in trade, 16-17, 27, 



30:: 292; as leather, 14-15, 28, 



2CI, 203 :: 284-286 

 Skrowronnek, Dr. F., elk in East 



Prussia, 293-294; elk as swim- 

 mers, 303 

 Skull of moose, 88 

 Sledge drawn by elk, 308 

 Sleeping moose, Selous' adventure 



with, 95 

 Small-bore rifles, 153 

 Smell, sense of, in moose, 93 

 Smoked moose meat, 16, 18 

 Snares, used by Indians, 11, 136; 



in Nova Scotia, 137 (note); in 



Siberia, 330 

 Snowshoes, ancient, 138-140 

 South Dakota, introduction of 



moose in, 372 

 Southern hemisphere, moose in, 



367-369 



"Speaking bull," 126 :: 327-329 

 Species of moose, 56-62 

 "Spitzer" bullet in hunting, 156, 

 380-381 



Spread of antlers, 190, 191; not 

 the only test of quality, 193 



Springfield rifle in hunting, 380- 

 381 



Stalking, see Still-hunting 

 Steak, broiling, 208 



