398 



INDEX 



Stella, Erasmus, quoted, 20, 355 



Stewing moose, 209; stewed 

 muffle, 216 



Still-hunting, 99-119, 316-318: 

 compared with calling, 100; 

 need of vigilance, loi; windy- 

 day favorable, 105; special 

 caution at midday, 106; tracks, 

 106; browsing and peeling, 107; 

 hunting in pairs, 107; the hu- 

 man scent in tracks, 108; signs 

 indicating size, 108; teeth marks 

 on trees, 109; indications of 

 sex, no; hunting against the 

 wind, no; hunting with the 

 wind, 112; hunting out a yard, 

 114; importance of seeing the 

 head, 115; possible mistakes, 

 1 16; be sure your moose is dead, 

 118; when walking is noisy, 148 



Stone, A. J., 81, 96, 118, 121, 131, 

 226; moose not in danger of 

 extermination, 32 ; measurement 

 of Alaska moose, 64 



Stuck, Dr., quoted, 56, 221 (note) 



Superior National Forest and 

 State Game Refuge, 37, 362, 

 363, 378, 382 



Sweden, elk in, 290, 291, 295-296; 

 elk in harness, 307-309; hunt- 

 ing with dog, 320; elk drives, 

 326-327; calling by violin, 329; 

 antlers, 337, 339; elk kill in 

 war-time, 384. See Scandi- 

 navia 



Swimming by moose, 75 : : 303 

 Switzerland, elk in, 276 



Tail of moose, 69 



Taming moose, 71 



Tanana River, Alaska, 42, 363; 

 moose increasing, 44 



Tannin in food of moose, 72 



Tanning moose skins, 201 



Tansy, elk fond of, 310 



Taxidermy, 194-198 



Teeth of the moose, 88-89, I09 



Temagami Forest Reserve, 185 



Teton State Game Preserve, Wyo- 

 ming, 362 



Thames valley, fossil antlers, 385- 

 386 



Thompson-Seton, See Seton 

 Thoreau, 164, 246; Indian myths, 

 249 



Ticks which infest moose, 374-375 



1:306-307 

 Timber not destroyed by moose, 



224, 365 



Timber line, 180; boundary of 



moose range, 38 ::288 

 Tobique River, N. B., 187, 365 

 Tongue of moose, 18, 211 

 Topham, Anne, the Kaiser's elk 



hunt, 294-295 

 Tracking moose, 106 

 Trade in moose skins, 16-17, 27, 



30 : : 292 



Traits and habits of moose, 63-98 

 300-315 



Trondhjem, Norway, 290, 384; 



large antlers secured, 381-382 

 Tropics, journey of moose through, 



368-369 



Ural Mountains, 288, 289, 304, 

 331 



UtiHzation of meat reqmred by 

 law, 230 



Van Dyke, T. S., quoted, 159 

 Velvet on antlers, 172, 360 

 Venison, includes moose meat, 

 204; especially adapted for 

 invalids, 205; its commercial 

 importance, 222-223, 225-226 

 Vermont, 54, 55 ; last moose in, 33, 

 373-374 



Vienna, International Sportsmen's 

 Exhibition, 170, 179, 337 



Violin as an elk call, 329 



Virginia deer, 28, 33, 46, 67, 69, 

 70, 72, 74, 76, 80, 84, 115, 224, 

 369; migration from Asia, 4; 

 first met by colonists, 237 



Vitality of wounded moose, 118- 

 119, 160 



"Walking down" a moose, 142 

 Wallow, 83 



Wapiti, 24, 30, 46, 67, 72, 140, 223, 

 239. 369. 371. 372, 382; migra- 

 tion from Asia, 4; misnamed 

 the elk, 237 



Ward, Rowland, Records 0} Big 

 Game, 180, 184, 186, 187:: 338, 

 339, 345 (note) ; Irish elk, 244 



War-time influences in the elk 

 range, 284, 384-385 



