| Summary: | yard 'A moose "yard".with its broken bushes and peeled trees; for sometimes when the snow is very deep and difficult for them to get through, they break down and browse closely the tops of young fir trees five or six feet from the ground, and where they are two or three inches in diameter. They also reach up and peel and browse ten or twelve feet high above the ground, raising the fore legs and allowing the weight of the body to rest on the hind ones. Although so fond of browsing the fir, they never eat the bark of it, yet they seldom kill any other tree, as they generally peel only one side off those they use for food; they also break down the bushes in one direction, pulling them towards them, so that the direction the moose has taken is known to the hunter by this sign, when he first app roaches a "yard." PRINTED ITEM G.M. Story JUN 1970 JH JUN 1970 Not used Not used Withdrawn
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