Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-05-30
BEAR.HUNTING IN SHOKAN,

A well.consttuted Catskill Ursus
dmricdnus has about as good time Us
any animal | know OF. He has mag
niticent country to roam through,
there are not too many other bears to
divide the spoils with, the climate is
not too hot IN midsummer, and in mid.
winter he can curl up in some snug
retreat, suck his paws, and sleep till
vernal mildness culls him forth to new
wanderings. He is not bothered with
many vistors-ba barring the hunter and
bis hounds If could not be but
teify, | should like to be bear. 1t
amounts in the end chiefly TO choice
between being caught in a trap and
perforated by rihe.ball, or captured
in a silken net and bayoneted with a
pin.
The bear is born in February lusu-
ally with single twin brother or
slster,) in some cave or hollow under
the roots of q tree, where his mother
had "holed up" in state OF partial
Information when the first heavy SHOWS
came, and the cold iroze up the spring
holes. The old bears 90 INTO these
winter caves excessively fat, and seem
30 when they ccme out but their long
fast and the nursing of the young soon
reduce them, so that they often have
n hard rub to keep alive If the spring
is slow and their diet of roots and bulbs
is held tightly locked by late frosts.
At such times they frequently become
very bold, making repeated attacks
upon the farmers sheep and calves.
Enos Brown last spring had five sheep
taken off in rapid succession. He there.
fore stopped his farm.work, applied
himself TO trapping, and soon five bear.
skins graced his shanty's walls. His
sheep were avenged. During the spring
and early summer the bears live by
their wits-rather poorly-and are lit
tie hunted. They are shedding their
hair, so that tho fur is not in good
plight, their flesh is lean, and their
young accompany them about the
woods, The time to begin to hunt
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non' W" WV
o'g'" 70 ''Pen' -. -.
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If n, ali ihrough ;,s sunerior cndur'
nnce The buSter knowing This fol.
Iows as host no can with one or two
tougb little doys. mere wbifIets. which
d.s5 unond nin tho hear behind When
Bruin ,nrns around in am.zement and
INDIGNATION the little dog is not there
but returns the instant the bear stars
ON. and TINS worries il into stopping
and attemnting 10 fipht its minute and
pertinaciens tormentor until the hun.
Ter cou es nm and can shoot. A large
dog will attack the bear boldly, and
hold on until he is hupped to death
the speedy and almost inevitable re.
suit of his incautious courage. A bear
hunt of this kind is full Of adventure
and fascination for the sportsman. vet
the chance of gettinp the bear in the
end is a doubtful one. You are sure.
however of n sinew.testing chase and
nerve.testing struggle at the end. If
an enraged bear rs not pleasant fel.