THE GUN AT HOME AND ABROAD 
but it is well to carry a light portable tent for camping out on distant beats. 
A few wild reindeer are still found in nearly all the high mountain ranges 
from Saetersdal to Finmark, but the chances of meeting with good bucks 
is somewhat remote owing to the competition of local sportsmen. In the 
Hardanger Yidden there are still many wild reindeer which can be killed 
by taking one of the small stone huts scattered over the high plateaux. 
There are also a few about Upper Sirdal and on the watershed between 
Laerdal and Hallingdal. The most reliable grounds are those preserved 
by Dr Heiberg (Urienborgterrasse, Christiania), who controls some 200 
square miles of reindeer territory between Stavanger and Saetersdal. His 
best shootings are Lysehei (40,000 acres), 4-14 reindeer; Kleggedal 
(30,000 acres), 4-8 reindeer; Aurevand (45,000 acres), 3-6 reindeer; 
Holmevand (20,000 acres), 5-8 reindeer; Nessehei, 8 reindeer; Opstadhei 
(30,000 acres), 8 reindeer; Ljosedal (45,000 acres), 6-8 reindeer; Gyhei 
(35,000 acres), 5-8 reindeer; Hovand (30,000 acres), 4-6 reindeer; Nome- 
Iand (25,000 acres), a few reindeer. The season lasts from September 1 
to September 14. There is also good trout fishing and excellent ryper 
shooting on some of these beats. 
Owing to the natural forest conditions and a measure of protection 
red deer have greatly increased of recent years. Formerly they were only 
numerous on the island of Hitter en and the adjoining coastlands, but now 
there are numbers of red deer from Bergen to Throndhjem, principally 
near the coast, whilst some are found at intervals as far north as Namsos 
and Mo. There are also a good many on Nord-Fjord. The stags of Norway 
are not as fine as those of the Continent, but they are large animals with 
somewhat better heads than Scottish deer and require careful and arduous 
stalking in the dense forests. There is very good ryper shooting in Norway, 
the best being on the Lofoden Islands and in the Saetersdal district, where 
bags of 500 brace have been made in recent years. Wildfowling in Norway 
is not of much account, as the coast fjords are all too deep. 
SWEDEN. To those who like wild sport combined with strenuous 
work the chase of the elk with the “ los-hund ” offers considerable attrac- 
tion, but elk are, on the whole, much scarcer in Sweden than in Norway. 
The best elk are found in Jemtland and Narbotten, and the season is from 
September 1 to September 10. There are no wild reindeer in Sweden, and 
bears, both in Norway and Sweden, are now so scarce as not to be worth 
hunting. Good ryper shooting up to 300 brace for the season is to be had 
at Edsossan and other estates, and capercailzie and blackgame are found 
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