WAPITI AND MOOSE.
THRIVING IN SOUNDS. (Pbr Press Association.) INVERCARGILL. May 3. The first wapiti secured in the Southern Hemisphere were shot in the West Coast sounds b.v Mr W. Donald (Masterton) and Mr L. Murrel (Manapouri). The best of three obtained was a fifteen pointer, the spread oi the antlers being 53$ inches, length 49 inches, beam inches and weight of head 27 pounds. The? hunters also saw a moose cow in Supper Cove, and in other places saw plenty of traces of these animals. Mr Donald estimates that there nonare 118 moose and 2345 wapiti in the fiord country, his figures being based on the breeding habits of the animals. The original herd of 18 wapiti was presented by Colonel Theodore Roosevelt and liberated in George Sound in 1905. Reports by fishermen and others indicated that the animals were doing well, hut Mr Donald’s is the first comprehensive report. Mr Donald considers that the fiord country will be the finest hunting e-round in the world, because abundance of virgin feed is necessary for deer and moo&e.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17032, 4 May 1923, Page 11
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