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will do almost equally well. Though it 
appears perhaps a trifle amateurish 
when any of the old-timers are on 
hand, the deer will carry quite well. 
There is another method of back- 
packing a deer utilized to some extent 
wherein the deer has the legs crossed 
and is carried ACROSS the body of 
the hunter; that is, the deer’s body lies 
horizontally rather than vertically; but 
though this has one advantage of being 
ess liable to spill blood upon the carrier, 
it has several disadvantages so that 
when compared with the first method it 
is voted out of the running by the old 
| hands of the western woods. 
Effective Moose Loads 
(Continued from page 660) 
shot at Steer Lake by Mr. Vann and 
Mr. Tenney, of Syracuse. Mr. Vann 
used a .405 and his companion a .38-55. 
The moose stood four shots from each 
rifle, practically every one of which 
went home. Mr. Vann, an experienced 
hunter, was using the .405 and practi- 
cally all of his four shots were well 
aimed body shots. I saw the animal 
skinned, and no one would believe that 
any living creature would need that 
much shooting. Of course, on snow, you 
can let them go. On bare ground, they 
get away in thick scrub unless they 
bleed, and sometimes a_ mortally 
wounded animal that will not travel 
fifty yards does not bleed a drop. This 
is especially true if the bullet does not 
go all the way through. 
HE other Triton Club moose that 
caused trouble in being stopped was 
'shot by Judge Andrews, also of Syra- 
cuse. He and Mrs. Andrews, better 
known as Mary Raymond Shipman 
Andrews, had had a very successful 
trip. The Judge had already obtained 
a bear and a caribou. He was using 
a regulation Springfield, with, I think, 
the 150 grain soft point bullet. He 
shot a good sized bull through the body 
and knocked it down. He approached 
it carefully, accompanied by his un- 
armed guide. When within a few 
paces, the moose got on its feet very 
quickly and charged. This is the only 
absolutely authentic case that I know 
about where a wounded moose did 
charge. The Judge fired again, hitting 
the moose in the face, below the brain. 
It checked its rush and tore its jaw 
bones to pieces, but did not go through 
to the body that was just in line, and 
did not stop the moose. He aimed lower 
the next shot, striking the animal in 
the breast. The bullet penetrated the 
body cavity and ranged nearly through 
lengthwise. It went down for good, so 
close that the Judge could touch it with 
his rifle barrel. This incident occurred 
It will identify you. 
in open ground. In the brush, the 
moose might have made off in the thick 
growth, to die a lingering death due to 
too light a bullet. 
E could cite a good many more cases 
where moose were slow to stop, 
even when the shooting was pretty 
good, but the above are perhaps 
enough. I have known of very few 
cases where a moose died easily, ex- 
cept when hit exactly right. Buck 
fever saves very many. A New Bruns- 
wick friend, Mr. Charles Cremin, the 
well known guide, told me in 1920 that 
a couple of years before he had had 
a sportsman shoot a couple of maga- 
zine’s full at a moose, broadside, within 
a hundred yards and not hit him at all. 
Then the moose moved into the brush, 
because, apparently he was tired of 
staying around. Nervousness some- 
times results in clean misses, but some- 
times it means a broken leg or a body 
shot too far back, and more bait for 
the ravens. In the hands of a nervous 
or poor shot, the big slug, going fast, 
is much more likely to bring home the 
bacon; and with a steady, experienced 
hunter, a heavy bullet saves picking 
out vital spots in difficult shooting and 
reduces cripples to a minimum. 
Big Game Cartridges 
(Continued from page 653) 
am not saying that it will not do it, but 
simply that it doesn’t happen as often 
as is generally claimed. The best way 
to shoot at game in the brush is to 
pick an opening if possible. When 
shooting in brush you need no excuse if 
you do miss, and you need not feel 
greatly humiliated. It is some good 
shooting and a lot of luck if you hit. 
The high speed loads are not as good 
when you want deep penetration. They 
give less recoil than the regular loads. 
Any of the above cartridges (except 
the .25-.35, which is none too big for 
deer with any of the new loads) when 
loaded with ‘the regular heavy-weight 
bullets speeded up—what I referred to 
as high-power loads—are_ excellent 
loads to use where one may get shots 
at game larger than deer and black 
bear. These loads have great killing 
power, deep penetration, and are very 
dependable. They may be used on elk 
etc., but if one were getting a rifle espe- 
cially for such game he would gener- 
ally choose one of greater power as a 
.30-.380, .380-.06, .300 Sav., ete. 
The Winchester Company have 
speeded up the regular weight bullet in 
the .33 to 2,200 f. s., making this ex- 
cellent cartridge still better. It has 
power aplenty for most anything found 
in America. 
Recent developments in the bullets of 
our highest velocity cartridges make 
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