| Show j THE An d x r 3 r rAn SE I IBy By Barn Barnest st Ip Sayne Bayne I I Nov and then gs through the Blu Bl ue tot forest t I norm upon a cLer which by r of the great gret of UK its ye yeU legs I higher than 4 taU S It Is ill ii coarse e bristly 1011 longest On the ne neck k and shoulders and it has hast 11 t ugly ng nose which distinguishes It at once from all other kinda of deer from the throat or of thee the male hangs a II ap known as the bell and In inthe th the fall tad winter he has haa at also o a pair or of Ide very navy neavy and much or Be Bel l is A S a irest o i through under growtH and over fallen trunks like a king ot of gian or It if alarmed he speeds peeds sway at an amazingly swift I swinging trot and wit it crashing which resembles the sound of falling tr trees Stroh h is the moose the largest ot of aU all deer living or br extinct t The moo moose e Is an animal ot of the northern woods the southern urn Jim it of its range being the head ot of Green river Wyoming It la is also found In northern Now Brunswick South rn Canada Idaho British Co Ce Alberta Yukon ad Alaska It is strictly a dweller of tits tIt e forest seldom venturing to tree ea plains s It lives for th the most mast part by browsing On an the leaves twigs and baik of af trees particularly young trees treas In order to reach the tops of tall tuR saplings the moose rears up against them str straddling them with his long legS and th t down He Is tand fondest st of af birch hem lock alder aspen willow and maple He also eats mo mosses es and itches but buthis buthis his legs are re SO ga long that when Wishes to eat 4 fram th the ground he Is obliged to kneel In summer he fre frequents frequents the shores ot of gulet dered lakes and streams where he eats the lUy pads and nd splashed him himself self with wate possibly to keep deep off att the flies files In May the cow caw as too the female moose is called gives birth to a long legged tat calf cal calto to protect which the tIte mother will wUl fight any woodland creature to the death Sh She has nt no antlers but she can use her great sharp hoofs with the skill Of ofa a prizefighter and has b been en known to pound to death a large black bear II and fairy trample his b ds i into the I The calf lt R stay file I mother for tor two or three years rear or 01 tin tinUI I UI tU he wonders wanders off to seek a mate for j himself One day last summer I came cam I suddenly upon a cow moose moos standing knee deep in shallow a pond while from rom beneath her neck h hr grotesque looking cat calf peered out at me with eyes wide open as if ith astonish astonishment ment I b home and returned a 3 camera but when I reached the spot they were gone gane Like all American Beer d r the bull buU Sheds heds and ren ws his antlers every e Ory year They full grown hard and sh ip about t 1st ot of OCo Oc tuber the 1 of the he breeding s season a on At this time or of year ear the bulls are very and not only fight furiously among th am but are area a apt t to atta k anything or anybody I f wha hoo cornea COmes In their way ovay The call of the bull buU is a bawl with rs oral elal loin grunts at the end ens If there is aCO a coon within hearing sh wIn will a answer with a 10 low cry a and nd the bull bUIl WIll meet her Hunt ers rs aten aften take advantage of this thi fact and attract the bull by an imitation tion or of the call o of the cow caw executed on a horn ina made e or of birch park bark Lying on the bank banle or of a lake Or stream thE they give out the eaU call and when the bull comes within range gc they shoot him But as a this trick k Is usually played at night sad and andas sadas as the bull sometimes uever gives gies an any warning of at his coming until he Is al almost almost most on the spot the Sport Is apt to 1 b dangerous Th bun bull at sich a time hi inno mood to be trifled with and unless the hunter js is coolheaded and a shot the moose is n not t only j uIn t but y ry able le t o kill and a him a Ito to tobe be on an the spot Probably the 3 rest moose Or 01 w there is reliable e record was shot by Mr Carl the animal painter er In New ew Brunswick in This great beast seven feet hi high h hat at th the s shoulders and the length ot of i its s shead head and bod together was nine Dine feet seven niches Inches The Alaskan moose mOOde have the largest antlers and one pair from an anim animal l shot sho on the Kenai PenInsula has a spread of seventy eight and a half Inches and has thirty tour our points With the dry skull tl to which they ar aril attach attached d th these se antlers weigh and a a Quarter pounds a weIght which nothing but an animal of t gigantic strength carry at top speed over the roughest ground and through count country In the winter when the i e not Is deep the moose sops f p tI n families together will gather gatner in iii 1 cat section of woodland and nd be breaking out aut for th themselves m over n a space or of perhaps several acres anras form brat known as a 3 yaw ard inhere h IQ Jl t not disturbed d they m may stay for tor weeks tog together B BUt t the tp oae o e ets ts is able ble to travel well weIl at all se seasons sonS and even in deep SIlO snow h his faU B lang ions legs enable move moe ata at a pace which will astonish hunter who run him dOtt doin on scow shoes A wild tree free jive Is the or I oDo which a moose can lIve and In captivity it i is much le less nervous th than n most mAst deer and i is disposed to be e gentle and even cven Putt lutas as asa l la a rule rulee it will live but u a short time f even though rt it gets Use the s me i food which it had in its native woods |
