I September, 1922 
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I thought the moose might emerge. I was 
I hardly ready when about seventy-five 
>ards away the long peculiar nose sud- 
I denly appeared behind a point of trees 
' that extended out into the lake, and pres- 
ently he stepped out boldly into view, 
plunging right across my line of aim. 
As he entered the water a bullet into 
the shoulder brought him down and he 
fell dead, sinking in the lily-covered 
water of the pond. All that remained 
visible was a small patch of hair which 
showed above the surface of the water. 
The echo of the shot had barely died 
away when to my great astonishment 
another large bull moose walked out in 
tbe exact trail of the first one. Two 
bullets stopped him just before he gained 
the opposite bank. This was indeed a 
banner day and to say that I felt excited 
and elated at the results is putting it 
very mildly. Success had surely crowned 
our efforts, the thrills were over and 
now the toil commenced. 
Removing two fifteen— hundred-pound 
moose from the deep mud of a swampy 
lake involves much strenuous work and 
nothing but a small axe and John’s in- 
genuity as a woodsman saved the day. 
We constructed a raft from four dead 
spruce trees by securely fastening them 
together with cross-bars at each end. 
Willow saplings were then twisted 
around the cross pieces to hold the logs 
together. It was not until the two 
moose were dragged up near the shore 
that I was able to measure the antlers. 
The steel tape registered 60J4 inches 
spread with thirty-two points on the 
larger head, while the other measured 
fifty-four inches with twenty-five points. 
We spent several hours up to our 
waists in icy water and mud trying to 
turn these two huge beasts over and get 
them up on the dry ground. We at last 
succeeded but we were both exhausted 
and chilled to the bone. As darkness 
' approached we decided to return to the 
camp, but before leaving the animals I 
placed the paunch, viscera and livers at 
different points along the banks to en- 
gage any prowling animal that might be 
disposed to destroy tbe skins. It proved 
to be a proper precaution for when we 
arrived at the spot the following morn- 
ing distinct evidence showed that a large 
bear had made off with the bait and 
buried what he did not eat under a great 
heap of brush. A spot twenty feet 
square was torn up v/here he had gath- 
ered roots and moss to cover his cache. 
If he had not been able to obtain his fill 
on the meat I had placed out for him or 
his kind I feel certain that two good 
moose specimens would have been de- 
stroyed. 
That night we slept on the shore near 
the moose. I had my gun handy and 
I loaded but bruin failed to put in an ap- 
I pearance. The following day Jimmie 
came up with the horses and we finished 
skinning and measuring the carcases and 
later packed the meat, skins, and bones 
back to camp. 
Fine weather marked the beginning of 
the long journey back to McCarthy. I 
walked much of the way, at times' lag- 
ging far behind the others to revel in 
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