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FOREST AND STREAM 
SEPTEMBER , 191? 
SKINNING THE CAT and 
OTHER SKIN GAMES 
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too dad-binged far. After he said that I 
felt I could speak freely and I did: 
“Ed,” says I, “I’m almost too much of a 
gentleman to tell you what I think of that | 
moose head and besides I don’t like to 
speak disrespectful of the dead. But since 
you insist on it, I’ll say thisif I ever 
saw a punker job of taxidermy I can’t re¬ 
call where it was. That bull-moose head 
there with one eye tryin’ to look into the 
back of its head and t’other gazin’ up a 
tree—with its ears both badly bent and its 
horns on backward—with its jaw dislocated 
and cotton-battin’ and excelsior streamin’ 
from its ears and nose—I say, Ed, that job 
is sure a awful libel on that noble forest 
monarch, the grand and graceful old bull 
moose.” 
Thereupon Ed consigned me to infernal 
regions and stamped off to the cabin mad- 
der’n a wet hen. I followed him shortly, 
but it was not until after supper that he 
spoke to me. He thawed out and became 
real friendly, but you bet he didn’t mention 
that moose-head and you bet I didn’t 
“ditto!” Before we hit the balsam we 
planned a hunt together for next day over 
to Caribou Deadwater, five miles distant. 
We got an early start and hunting slowly 
hit the shore of the Deadwater by noon. 
Tim had literally blown the beak clean 
off of Ed’s prize 
Before sitting down to eat our lunch we 
looked it carefully up and down for game 
—diagonally across from us standing knee- 
deep in water was a big cow moose and 
her awkward, overgrown son. We watched 
them through the glasses for a few minutes 
and then sat down on a log to feed. 
As we sat enjoying our after-dinner 
smoke in silence a late spring fawn poked 
out of the brush and stood revealed to us 
about 50 yards distant as she browsed some 
green twigs to her liking. Ed nudged me 
and we sat still and tight while we watched 
her. The wind was in our favor and she 
didn’t know we were within a thousand 
miles of her. Nor did she know that as 
she nibbled away, one of her most deadly 
enemies was stealing upon her! Neither 
did we know that—until a big gray lucivee 
sprang from cover and launched himself 
through midair for her back and neck! 
But it was a long spring and the lynx’s 
aim was bad—he fell short and before he 
could gather himself for another try, the 
little doe flashed away—with bounding 
heart, I’ll bet! 
The lucivee stopped still and looked after 
her, humiliated and ashamed, and that 
pause was his undoing. Ed’s rifle cracked 
and the lynx dropped where he stood with 
scarcely a quiver! 
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