Habits
Haunts
and
Anecdotes
of
The Moose
and
Illustrations from Life
By Burt Jones
Founder of the National Sportsman
To
E. A. D.
This volume is respectfully dedicated.
Copyrighted, 1901,
By
Charles Albert Jones.
Press of
Alfred Mudge & Son,
Boston.
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YOUNG BULL MOOSE NEAR RUSSELL POND.(West Branch Waters.)
Photographed from Life.
NOTE TO THE READER.
I wish to extend to the following well-known sportsmen my sincere thanksfor their kindness in contributing to the illustrated section of thisvolume: Mr. G. E. Harrison, of the New York Press Club; Dr. O. H. Stevens,Marlboro, Mass.; Messrs. Harry L. and Louis O. Tilton, Newton, Mass.; Mr.George M. Houghton, Bangor, Maine; and Mr. John E. Barney, Canaan, N. H.,who[Pg 10] secured the photographs facing pages 55, 61, 83, and 127, the oneopposite page 55 deserving special mention, as, in my estimation, it is thefinest photograph of live cow moose and calves in existence.
The entire collection is copyrighted, and any infringement on the same willbe prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
PREFACE.
"This is the forest primeval." "It is my home." So spoke the moose. Sufficeit is to say, that a prize trophy over one's fireplace is an object to beadmired by one and all. It brings you back to a last hunting trip, and welldo you remember, as you gaze thereon, what a chase it had led you in life,through bog and alder swamp, until at last an opportunity presented itselfwhereby the[Pg 12] deadly missile from your rifle sends him to his death. As theblue rings of smoke from your brier pipe float up and away, you are carriedin thought to the North Woods wherein he roamed. There he lived, a monarchof all he surveyed. The excitement of the chase, while it is on, knows nobounds, but at the death it subsides, and you return to civilization torecall the event only when the time arrives that another pilgrimage to thehappy hunting grounds is in order. On the other hand, you find him as asubject for your camera. An excellent one, too. Exiled in his domain for afew weeks and a wealth of enjoyment is yours, as, during the long winterevenings,[Pg 13] you may open your album and see him before you as he was inlife. The smoke from the same pipe will float up and away, and you can fora moment realize what a happy pastime you have enjoyed while a guest ofDame Nature in the Haunts of the Moose.
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