. In pine-tree jungles; a hand-book for sportsmen and campers in the great Maine woods . Where the Moose Are, 59. Drcssiiii^ Deer. deer form yards or roads in the wintry mantle by keeping it troddendown so they can feed on the tender twigs and browse of cedar, hem-lock, and other trees. The Virginian deer wears a coat of soft,brownish gray. It is a swift runner, and makes remarkable progressthrough the thickest woods and undergrowth. A good buck willweigh 275 pounds. If you come looking for moose in midsummer, you will find themfeeding on succulent hly-pads and roots somewhere around the lakes
. In pine-tree jungles; a hand-book for sportsmen and campers in the great Maine woods . Where the Moose Are, 59. Drcssiiii^ Deer. deer form yards or roads in the wintry mantle by keeping it troddendown so they can feed on the tender twigs and browse of cedar, hem-lock, and other trees. The Virginian deer wears a coat of soft,brownish gray. It is a swift runner, and makes remarkable progressthrough the thickest woods and undergrowth. A good buck willweigh 275 pounds. If you come looking for moose in midsummer, you will find themfeeding on succulent hly-pads and roots somewhere around the lakesand sluggish streams of thedeep wilderness. It is nota very hard feat then to si-lently steal up near enoughto get a shot, but it mustbe only a shot by camera,for the State law makesmoose-killing illegal beforeOctober 15. By that timethe moose have forsakenthe waterways and must besought along the hardwoodridges, where they feed and p,,tt,„ Game.
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