Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 December 1895 — Moose Hunting in Maine. [ARTICLE]

Moose Hunting in Maine.

While I was hunting in Maine, my guide, Frank McKinney, of Patten, went out to get some partridges, taking for the purpose a Frank Wessons 12-inch barrel single shot 22-calibre pocket rifle, using short rim-fire cartridges. and loaded with smokeless powder. He got back home about an hour after sunset, having fallen in with and killed with this weapon a bull moose over thirty-eight inches across the horns, it happened thus: On the way back to camp, say an hour before sunset, ho thought he would have time to go out and get a saddle of deer we bad hung in the woods. He bad got within fifty yards of the deer and was making no pretense of hunting or of going still, when over the ridge came a rustling of leaves and smashing of branches which put to shame the little noise lie was making, and out came a good-sized bull moose witli hair pointing the wrong way. The moose came up to within twentylive feet, turned broadside to and looku# at him. Frank proceeded to open tire with bis pigmy rifle. He tired seven shots before the moose concluded things were getting too hot and started off. But at. about 150 yards lie fell. Frank crawled up to within fifteen feet and got in three more shots, when the moose started off; but this time be only went about thirty yards and lay down. Frank again crawled up to about the same distance as before, and put iu five more shots, when the moose gave a last shake of the head and died. On opening him we found that several of (he bullets had gone through Ills lungs and lodged on the opposite side from where they entered.