The sports of the world, with illustrations from drawings and photographs . pplemented byits long and specially formed dew-claws,, form alarge bearing surface capable of supporting a heavyweight on soft ground. The weight of cariboustags in high condition in Newfoundland is saidto range from 400 lbs. to 500 lbs. as they stand,and certain men have guessed that certainstags weighed as much as 600 lbs. The BarrenGround caribou is a very much smaller animal,and its weight is said to be less than half that ofits Woodland cousin. It is rather strange that whereas, according tothe universal testimony
The sports of the world, with illustrations from drawings and photographs . pplemented byits long and specially formed dew-claws,, form alarge bearing surface capable of supporting a heavyweight on soft ground. The weight of cariboustags in high condition in Newfoundland is saidto range from 400 lbs. to 500 lbs. as they stand,and certain men have guessed that certainstags weighed as much as 600 lbs. The BarrenGround caribou is a very much smaller animal,and its weight is said to be less than half that ofits Woodland cousin. It is rather strange that whereas, according tothe universal testimony of the many well-knownsportsmen who have hunted it, the Europeanreindeer is an extremely keen-sighted and waryanimal, which can only be approached by carefulstalking, its near relatives, the caribou of NorthAmerica, appear to be, as a general rule, verydull-sighted * and less wary than any other wild * There is, however, a considerable conflict of opinion on thissubject, the caribou of Eastern Canada having been describedby some authors as wary and keen-sighted OVA RIVER) NEWFOUNDLAND CARIBOU. 131 animal which has been hunted by man for a longperiod of time. I have been told by membersof the Canadian Geological Survey, who havemet with large numbers of Barren Ground caribouin the desolate wastes of Arctic America, thatthese animals are so tame and stupid that oncethey are found they can be approached and shotwith the greatest ease ; in fact, one gentlemantold me that there was no more sport in shootingthem than there would be in killing sheep in anEnglish meadow. I presume, however, that itwould be necessary to approach them against thewind. This was the one point that I found itnecessary to study when hunting Woodland caribouin Newfoundland. These animals appeared tome to be fairly keen-scented, and all I saw which got the wind of human beings at once took their sense of hearing did not appear to meIn be at all well-developed, and their eyesight Iput on a
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