INDEX 



399 



Washington, State of, stocking 



with moose, 371-372 

 Wasteful killing of moose, 25-31, 



42-43, 229 

 Water, moose fond of , 75 : : 303 

 Waterton Lakes Park, Alberta, 362 

 Weight of moose, 66-67 1:28 1- 



282, 300; of antlers, 176, 178, 



180, 181 (note), 188, 191,358 

 West Prussia, extinction of elk in, 



281 



Whitaker, J. R., on moose in 



Newfoundland, 371 

 White clothing for hunters, 47, 



141 



Whitetail, see Virginia deer 

 Whitney, Hon. Wm. C, moose in 



preserve, 35 

 Wind, in still-hunting, 105, iio- 



Wisconsm, 55; moose m, 36; 

 Menomini Indian myths, 255- 

 257 



Wolves, 13, 42, 44, 136, 181 (note), 

 296 



Wood, William, 136; verses on 

 New England faima, 12-13; 

 describes the moose, 13 



Worm, Olaus, misbeliefs about the 

 elk, 353 



Wounded moose, danger from, 76, 

 80; vitality of, 11 8- 119, 160; 

 the "Dawkins trick," 143 



Wyoming, 176, 223; moose in, 

 32, 37; game law, 51-52; num- 

 ber of moose increasing, 51; 

 Alces americanus shirasi, 60 

 (note); State game preserves, 

 362; moose sent to South Da- 

 kota, 372 



Wysotzki, K., "An Elk Drive," 

 271 



Yards, 97-98, 114. 37i 

 Yellowstone Park, 60 (note), 172 



(note); increase in number of 



moose, 38, 51, 363 

 Yentna River, Alaska, moose at, 



43 



Yukon, 54, 55, 65, 95, 98, 122; 

 game law, 52 ; number of moose 

 killed, 52; utilization of meat 

 required, 230; antlers, 180-182; 

 increase in number of moose, 

 362 



Yukon River, 42, 44, 54, 258-260 



