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hunting snowshoe
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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See 1924 quote.
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1680
Mar. Letton is to Deliver Foure Moose skins to the Albemarle Friggt. for the use of those who goe for New Severne, for to make them hunting shoes.
1867
. . . the Indians . . . on their large hunting snow-shoes, almost skimmed over the surface of the snow. . . .
1921
The track-beater's snowshoes, which were the largest used by any of the brigade, were Wood Cree "hunting shoes" and measured nearly six feet in length.
1924
The "hunting" snowshoes are very large. A big man will wear shoes of at least six feet by twelve inches. The Takudh Kutchin make them of willow. They are not used for breaking trail, but for running over the unbroken snow, hunting or exploring. They only sink three or four inches in the powdery snow, and a man can follow the moose all day over deep drifts and through thick brushwood impassable in any other fashion.