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MINNESOTAS 1918 MOOSE SEASON Tlie buck moose season opened in Minnesota on Monday November 11 and closes on November 30 The limit is one nntlered moose Minnesota is the only state in the United States that has an open season for this big animal A note of warning is sounded by the supervisor of the United States Superior National Forest L M Brownell to the effect that the moose giant of the deer family is rapidly following the buffalo along the sloping way that leads to obliteration The big game animal of the Minnesota pineries lias for years been tlie moose Jri the heart of that region lies the Superior State Game Refuge with its 2000000 acres of land and here in larger numbers than anywhere else in j this land have been found these hermits of the i animal kingdom pacing solitary the forest aisles browsing on maple birch and willow or in sum ¬ mer hock or shoulder deep in lake or stream baffling the stinging flies and munching tlie tender shoots of lilies and wild rice And now says Mr Brownell they are moving on some to tlie Canadian woods butmore from their unhappy hunt ¬ ing grounds in Minnesota to the happy nohunting grounds in oblivion
