. The emigrant and sportsman in Canada [microform] : some experiences of an old country settler : with sketches of Canadian life, sporting adventures, and observations on the forests and fauna. Hunting; Fishing; Chasse; Pêche sportive. m( MOOSE HUNTING. 153 The cows liavo soinctimos one, goiierally two calves, in the montli of i\[ay, and llie calves remain with their mothers for one year, and then go off on their own ac^connt. The hair of the moose is of two different sorts—one long, coarse, and brittle; the other or inner coat, is of a soft, woolly nature, and is manufactured by the squaws in
. The emigrant and sportsman in Canada [microform] : some experiences of an old country settler : with sketches of Canadian life, sporting adventures, and observations on the forests and fauna. Hunting; Fishing; Chasse; Pêche sportive. m( MOOSE HUNTING. 153 The cows liavo soinctimos one, goiierally two calves, in the montli of i\[ay, and llie calves remain with their mothers for one year, and then go off on their own ac^connt. The hair of the moose is of two different sorts—one long, coarse, and brittle; the other or inner coat, is of a soft, woolly nature, and is manufactured by the squaws into gloves and stockings. The hide is the most porous of any skin that I have seen, and when well dressed by the Indians with oil, soap, and above all, hand-rubl)iug and camp smoke, it is as soft and pliable as cloth, and makes famous mocassins. The green hide is worth five dollars; for this hundreds of moose are butchered in the deep snow, and the carcases left to rot. As the haunts of the moose are in thick forest, where it is impossible to see any object at a greater distance off than sixty or seventy yards, and as their senses of hearing and smell are very acute, it requires more skill and ex- perience to creep them in the fall than it does to hunt any other animal in this country. The jMicmacs of Nova Scotia are by far the best moose hunters. The hunter would seem to require two or three pairs of eyes instead of one. He must steer clear of rotten sticks, for to tread on one is ruin'to his ho])es, and the ground is covered with them. As he creeps along on fresh tracks, he must keep a sharp look-out for the animal, and at the same time watch the wind and the browtse. Unlike the cariboo, who are always travelling about feeding as they go along, the moose, when tlie rutting season is over, if not disturbed, choose a locality ab(mnding with their favourite browse^—young maple and moose wood—and remain there for the rest of the year, contracting their daily rambles in sear
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