Guide book to the Megantic, Spider, and upper Dead river regions of the province of Quebec and state of Maine .. . d bringingones heart into the m^juth, and setting the canoe vibrating from the rapid pulsations; the guide quietlyturns the light in the direction of the sound, and glides the canoe steadily along toward the spot fromwhence the sound procieded. The first thing noticeable is what appears like two small balls of fire in thedarkness, the reflection of the light upon the deers eyes. Slowly and steadily the boat is pushed on, themoments seeming lij^c hours to the expectant hunter, till
Guide book to the Megantic, Spider, and upper Dead river regions of the province of Quebec and state of Maine .. . d bringingones heart into the m^juth, and setting the canoe vibrating from the rapid pulsations; the guide quietlyturns the light in the direction of the sound, and glides the canoe steadily along toward the spot fromwhence the sound procieded. The first thing noticeable is what appears like two small balls of fire in thedarkness, the reflection of the light upon the deers eyes. Slowly and steadily the boat is pushed on, themoments seeming lij^c hours to the expectant hunter, till gradually the form of the deer becomes outlined,and the animal looms up nearer and nearer. If the hunter is new at the business, the guide generallygives the signal ij-heu to Are, and the animal is dropped. From reading the above, one would imagine that it was easy to kill a deer by jack-hunting ; but suchis not alwaysXbe case. Almost invariably a sportsman will miss the first deer he fires at in the night, andsubsequent anes till he becomes more composed, and takes a more careful aim. Much also depends upon. 111 11 I r-jiuij —- - H mllil ^ ?• --i Li- ? 1 — -=-^--j=-»»^ - :=»?. HUNTING MOOSE BY JACK-LIGHT. (Spider River,) ,Mse will at ouce inform the deer of danger, and he will disappear beforethe guide, as the slightest rjg^ breath of wind wafted toward the deer will warn him of danger; or, ifbeing plainly seen. The lea«^Q ^^ ^^ swing or sway the lantern, the deer will become alarmed, andthe boat becomes unsteady-.^g ^j-g j^ warhorse. disappear snorting and blowi ^^^ ^y|. gtand so quietly at an approaching jack, and then they are hunted Late in the season, dec^g ^eiug attached to it in such a manner that the lantern can be quickly with a dark lantern, a strj^^p^ g^g ^j^g 1^^^^^ jg ^j(;iji^ range. This method is the common one for and noiselessly opened as^^jg^ g^^.g ^^^ g^ j^^^^j ^^ gg^ ^^p ^^ ^g (jggj^.^ jf g, dark lantern is used. The jacking moose, which, as £pt
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