Identifier: biggameshootingi00radcrich (find matches)
Title: Big game shooting in Alaska
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Radclyffe, C. R. E. (Charles Robert Eustace)
Subjects: Hunting -- Alaska Game and game-birds -- Alaska
Publisher: London : R. Ward
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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50 yards towards us both bulls stopped, evidentlylistening. The leader was a splendid animal with atremendous spread of horns, beside which the second oneseemed to have but a small head. Between us and themoose stood hundreds of dead fir-trees, killed by the firewhich had swept over that spot. The bare poles were sothick together that it was only possible to get glimpses ofparts of the moose as they walked. When they stopped, thewhole body of the leader was covered from my view by thetree-stems. In spite of this, and also the fact that if theyremained quiet the moose would probably come nearer, bothnatives started saying, in loud and excited tones, Shootquick. Hurry up. I was furious, and cursed them sottovoce, but they would not be denied. Meanwhile, seeingthat the moose had now really heard us, and that when theydid move it would be any way but in the right direction,I hastily shoved up the 300-yards sight, and remained stand-ing, keeping my eyes fixed on an open space in the trees
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Si D X h 220 BIG GAME SHOOTING IN ALASKA chap. about two yards ahead of the leading bull, into which he mustwalk if he came two steps forward. Alas ! he did exactlywhat 1 was afraid of—that is to say, turned short to the leftand walked away covered by the trees, only presenting hishind-quarters to me as he moved over the brow and out ofsight in a few yards. Immediately the other bull prepared to follow him, butnow, being desperate and catching sight of some part of hisbody between two trees, I fired. He immediately stoppedand looked round, the bullet evidently having hit some ofthe innumerable tree-stems near him. This was fatal to thebeast, as he stood for a second showing part of his side andshoulder. Taking as steady an aim as I could standing, Ifired again, and much to my surprise down went the bulllike a log. The distance was, as near as I could pace itafterwards, about 330 yards, and considering how little ofthe beast I could see, I was pleased with my performance,for I do not

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