. Big game hunting for boys, North America and Asia. Hunting. THE CARIBOU Hudson's Bay Fort the caribou took three days to pass. One can imagine what a herd it must have been. To try and cross such a band would be certain death, for man and horse would be trampled under foot in no time. The caribou is considered the most valuable of all animals found in North America. Its skin makes the best winter clothing, while its meat is good eating. The Indian has known of the caribou's usefulness for ages, for he gets his new coats, tents, mittens, moccasins, fish-nets, snares, canoe lashings all from t
. Big game hunting for boys, North America and Asia. Hunting. THE CARIBOU Hudson's Bay Fort the caribou took three days to pass. One can imagine what a herd it must have been. To try and cross such a band would be certain death, for man and horse would be trampled under foot in no time. The caribou is considered the most valuable of all animals found in North America. Its skin makes the best winter clothing, while its meat is good eating. The Indian has known of the caribou's usefulness for ages, for he gets his new coats, tents, mittens, moccasins, fish-nets, snares, canoe lashings all from the skin of this animal. It is doubtful if the Indian hunters made any real inroads on the caribou herds, for they were too lazy to go after them to any great extent. The Indian of the North West won't hunt until he has to. He loves the luxuries of the white man but he is too lazy to trap the fur-bearing animals whose skins he could readily trade at the posts. It makes all the difference whether the hunter goes after the caribou on the Barren Grounds or in the mount- ains. Shooting caribou on the Barren Grounds is but little better than butchery, while trailing the game through the mountains is real sport, for the herds are much smaller and the beasts more cautious and difficult to approach. If the herds are much shot at they may suddenly leave a district altogether. It also frequendy occurs that the herds go away for no apparent reason a-t NEWFOUNDLAND CARIBOU. Very Heavy Specimens of Horns. Number of Points 37 From a photograph provided by the Am. Mus. of Natural History. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hyde, John, 1874- [from old catalog]. New York, McLoughlin brothers
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