CALLING MOOSE 187

what an infernal fool you were not to bring one. I may
say that the need for a telescope is almost as urgent when
after caribou, and to a lesser extent for sheep.

It is only within the past few years that ‘“‘ calling”
for moose has been practised in this Province. It was a
common supposition that they would not answer a “ call ”
as they will in Eastern Canada. As a matter of fact, the
natives of this Province never found it necessary to
acquire the art, nor had the few whites who lived up in
the north. Nowadays, however, both whites and Indians
practise “‘ calling’? with a fair measure of success, though
it is doubtful if they have acquired the same degree of
skill at it that the eastern hunters have. From what I
have gathered by reading, and been told, it would seem
that ‘‘ ealling” in the east necessitates exceptional skill,
as the bulls there have become so wary that they imme-
diately detect a false note, or too frequent or too loud
calls. Though my experience in the east is nil, never-
theless it is easy to understand that this is the case.
“Calling? has been in vogue there for many years, and
every season numbers of young bulls are called up and
let go; possibly the same bull is fooled several times
in the same season, so that by the time they arrive
at mature age they have learnt their lessons and are
not to be deceived by anybody except a thorough
expert.

For several seasons now I have been doing a little
“ calling”? myself, and with a considerable amount of
success. From what I have done it would appear that
in this country it is a most simple matter to call a young
bull, and by no means hard to do the same with an old
one, provided he is in full ‘‘ rut” and not already in the
company of a cow. In the latter case they will pay no
attention to your efforts other than to grunt or grumble
back at you, or maybe to thresh their horns against a
tree. Under favourable circumstances almost any sort
of a “call”? will produce results, whether it be that of a
bull or a cow, a good imitation or a bad one, or whether
the “‘ calling ” is kept up continually or at proper intervals.