. With rod and gun in New England and the Maritime provinces [microform]. Hunting; Fishing; Hunting; Fishing; Chasse; Pêche sportive; Chasse; Pêche sportive. and the Maritime Provinces. ;}'J have been enough authentic ones recorded, based on actual weights and measurements, and not on guesswork, to give a good idea of what this monarch of our northern forests really is. " A large moose, undressed, will weigh nine hundred pounds, a very large one, one thousand, and an unusually heavy animal will tip the scales at twelve hundred pounds. The height of such a specimen would be six or six and
. With rod and gun in New England and the Maritime provinces [microform]. Hunting; Fishing; Hunting; Fishing; Chasse; Pêche sportive; Chasse; Pêche sportive. and the Maritime Provinces. ;}'J have been enough authentic ones recorded, based on actual weights and measurements, and not on guesswork, to give a good idea of what this monarch of our northern forests really is. " A large moose, undressed, will weigh nine hundred pounds, a very large one, one thousand, and an unusually heavy animal will tip the scales at twelve hundred pounds. The height of such a specimen would be six or six and one-half feet. 1 have heard of a weight of thirteen hundred pounds being attained, but the record was not authenticated ; the weight of the antlers of such a moose would be about sixty pounds.*. Plioto. by Will. T. Juiiklns. Did you ever catch a Moose asleep ? * Forest and Stream, in its issue of January , 1807, describes an immense head that came from Alaska, as follows : — E. A. S. "The skull has been split for ease in transportation, but fitting the two halves together, the spread of the antlers is 70 1-4 inches. The length of the right horn, measured from the brow antler to the most distant prong of the palm on the posterior side of the horn, is Sf) 1-2 inches; the length of the palm, measured along the curve, is 41 inches, and a straight line drawn from the burr to the most distant point of the palm is 40 inches. The circumference of the shaft of the right antler at :5 inches from the burr is 7 1-2 inches. The width of the palm, measured along its posterior side following the curve, is 43 inches. " Another large head of a moose killed by Dr. G. H. Gray, of Lynn, Mass., at Togue pond, in the vicinity of Pockwockamus, on the west branch of the Penobscot, had on one of the antlers 21 points, and on the other. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance o
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