THE GUN AT HOME AND ABROAD 
any animals look so fit or have such a noble appearance as the moose 
in the national park at Banff, Alberta. 
The greatest detriment to a stock of elk or reindeer in Norway is the 
advent of a herd of tame reindeer to any district. When this occurs all the 
elk immediately leave it, whilst the wild reindeer join the tame ones and 
are shot. Wolves, too, are far from being extinct in the northern provinces 
where elk are found, and do a great deal of damage to the young calves, 
whilst they kill a certain number of adults during the time of deep snow. 
There is also a bad law in force in Norway by which the ripa and elk rights 
are let separately. This gives ample opportunities for poaching on the part 
of local youths whom I have met on the fjelds armed with Krag -Jorgensen 
rifles and who stated they were merely shooting grouse and hares. Elk 
are very easily poached, and as many of the best elk grounds are isolated, 
it is not difficult to carry away a carcase without detection. It is well, too, 
that the prospective elk hunter should know something of the farmers 
with whom he is dealing, for many of them will, if he is unsuccessful, 
employ others to hunt during his temporary absence. The Norse farmer 
wants meat for winter consumption, and is not as a rule particular how 
he gets it. 
Albino and partially white varieties of the elk are not very rare. I have 
seen five or six in collections. A pure white elk skin from Narke in Sweden 
was shown recently at the Baltic Exhibition in Malmo. 
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