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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Aug. ii, 1906. 
“FOREST AND STREAM” SECOND PRIZE MOO'SE HEAD. 
Killed by Mr. James Lyle, Sept. 25. 1905, at Trout Brook, N. B. Measurement from point to point of rakers, straight across, 59% in. Width of palms, 15 in. Length of 
palms, 30 in. Twenty-six points. 
Very much more accurate shooting can be 
done with a single-barrel than a double-barrel 
gun; in fact, an expert using a repeating shot¬ 
gun can shoot with remarkable accuracy almost 
equal to that of a rifle. Does Mr. Kennedy sup¬ 
pose he could do accurate work at the target 
using a double-barrel rifle with the sights placed 
along the rib between the two barrels? 
The recoil from a single-barrel gun is in a 
parallel plane directly through the center line 
of the gun from the muzzle to the butt; this is 
positively not so with a double gun. Did Mr. 
Kennedy ever notice when he shoots' the right 
barrel, that his double gun kicks over to the 
right side, and that he has to hold hard on the 
fore arm with his left hand to keep the gun well 
over to the center, the reverse being the case 
with the left barrel? This is one reason why a 
single-barrel repeater shoots further, harder, 
closer and straighter than a double gun, i. e., 
the recoil is in a direct plane through the center 
line of fire. 
Especially for trapshooting, duck shooting and 
long-range accurate work the repeating shot¬ 
gun has the double gun outclassed. The re¬ 
peater being a “slaughter gun,” as Mr. Kennedy 
terms it, is so only in the hands of a fool shooter. 
The double gun is just as much a “slaughter 
gun” with a fool shooter, as this class of 
nuisance is invariably slow on the trigger and 
don’t begin to shoot until the birds are well out 
of his reach. 
Mr. Kennedy should wake up and become 
more progressive. A double-barrel, double¬ 
trigger gun is out of date. He seems to forget 
that he shoots a different length stock every 
time he shoots a different barrel. The single¬ 
trigger, double gun is very much the nearest to 
periection. and why—why, simply because it 
comes the nearest to the single-barrel repeater. 
P. Emerson Waddell. 
Woodlawn, New York City. 
This Moose Carried a Compass. 
Brookfield, Nova Scotia. — Editor Forest and 
Stream: Last winter near the town of Shel¬ 
burne, Nova Scotia, on the farm of Mr. Cornelius 
Swanberg, a moose was shot by his son George, 
and when the creature was opened up the con¬ 
tents of the stomach had discharged through a 
rent made by the bullet. Among this half-di¬ 
gested material appeared a small brass compass 
114 inches in diameter with a cover, but in good 
order. Spots of green rust were evidence that 
it had been swallowed at least two or three days. 
The young man, whom I know very well, pre¬ 
sented me with the compass. No doubt the 
animal had been picking up the scraps about a 
camping ground and gathered up this trinket in 
her loose lips. Such an occurrence must be ex¬ 
tremely rare. Very likely that no other moose 
had ever roamed the forests with a compass in 
the stomach. Had not the stomach been torn 
by the bullet in this instance, the discovery of 
the instrument would not have been made. 
R. R. McLeod. 
Death of a Newfoundland Guide. 
Jamestown, N. Y., July 25.- — Editor Forest and 
Stream: John Strout, who was among the oldest 
hunters, if not the oldest, of Newfoundland, died 
at his home, at Alexander Bay, July 5. He had 
done no other work but hunting. He killed 
meat for the men who built the Newfoundland 
Railroad from St. Johns to Port Au-Basque, 
about 550 miles, hunted both sides of the track 
for almost the entire distance and met with 
many adventures. After the building of the road 
he acted as guide for a great many sportsmen, 
hunting with some of the noted visitors from 
Europe and America. 
John Strout had a happy, genial disposition, 
and was respected and beloved by all who knew 
him. Well do I remember his hearty laugh and 
his merry jest and the many quotations that he 
made from “Bobby Burns.” His hearty voice, 
his willing hand and untiring zeal as a hunter 
and guide, had earned him many a friend on 
both sides of the Atlantic, who will sincerely 
mourn his death. His neighbors will miss his 
genial smile and helping hand in times of dis¬ 
tress. Hunter. 
Wild Pigeons Reported. 
The Duluth Evening Herald, Aug. 1, says: 
“After an absence of over thirty years, during 
which time not a single specimen of the species 
has been seen wild in these parts, the wild 
pigeons which once frequented the Middle West 
are returning to their old haunts. Lumbermen 
report having seen large colonies of them along 
the Cloquet River in Minnesota and numbers 
have also appeared in the woods of Northern 
Michigan and Wisconsin and along the shores 
of Lake Superior.” 
The Forest and Stream may be obtained from 
any newsdealer on order. Ask your dealer to 
supply you regularly. 
