The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-10-17
WHERE HuxrIvo rs RrtLLY SPORT
a Deer Running into IL village and Hrenkfnst-
lug In ~ Stable Yard.

MfIFORp. Pa. Oct. -. Under tho new
Game law ~ PENNSYLVANIA. tho hunting season
IN this state opens today. Door hunting is
prohibited ia PIX County for ihrco years This
IL 81 give deer chance to Increase continuous
hunting 81 them both legal and Illegal for ility
years uHst having almost dcp0ru,atcd the
forests ri this county ~ that mobile game. This
law wls passed through the cfroris Of II newly
Organized game association of Pike County
While meeting the APPRECIATION Of all true
srortsmen. ii has aroused bitter feeling Of
orr, among the pot hunters and those
WHO hunt Tor ucruniary gain. One consequence
Of this feeling was the recent poisoning in this
village of a largo number of valuable dogs
Poison was Distributed about town. the plan ot
the roisoners evidently being ~ get at the dogs
ni the leading members Of the game society.
One morning. not less than twenty dogs were
found dead throughout the village. The Town
Council have offered liberal reward for the de-
lection II the persons concerned in the poison
ng but as st 40 arrests have boon mad. The
law forhidiling the killing " deer in Pike
County authorizes any person to Kill dogs found
chas nv deer.
I'll Kill all the deer ! get a chance Mt q" said
n we'll known hackwoodr hunter Of this county
lew days sinco and If ! cutch any man XIII
Ing dog ~ mine. or hear u his killing "a dox
OF mine I'll tut n ball through him"
This hunter lives In the heart " the famous
Shoholn deer region. llc k"rts from eight to
hunters and fishermen. They hive long been
known "a killers ot deer In and out 81 season.
one year they captured twenty "a s"nson. and
slaughter Il seven IA the drpiii OF winter alt'r
the law IVES up. There are plenty moro like
thom IN the county and II The Game Associn-
ton il in cnrnrst II VIII have "a lively timc deal
INK out Justice To these pcrtOns Tor violations Of
Tho game laws.
From all nraounts uariri,i.,c shooting Will bn
unusually COOL IN Pike County this season.
Last winter WIS an open one: thoro were no
llrrs pa the woods during Matching tim.. aud
uau'e, LackawaNcn. kitihlo'-. Pine Grove aud
liHWey are all excellent sruri NJ &c utr's where
si"I's'ii,u rom N'W l"5h i"y ma Eui' l's .hd
HALLWAY. at Narrow burg. Co 'hertnn, Cniiiroon.
Han ucki oE ihiorucdiair stations. the hunter
wni iln himself n th" midst 0i good partridge
tl'u'tng. having Oh" ldvdui9g" al the covers II
N"yne County. Pa. and OF Sullivan and Deia-
Mont clio, y. S. is unsurpassed a. a centre
- partridge hauuis. Sullil IN County. especially
in the vicinity ot Biark Lake and IN the noun.
ing. On,y Friday last. "a urg" buck. frightened
from us covert on the sullivan County noun
talns ty hunters ran into ia" large village %
Port JcrN,s. and took It's breakfast with the cnt-
lie in cN. Mayor George BrodAcads stable yard
Started 10y ne appcuran Of the hired man, IT
fed toward the Ncycrsink River plunged in the
stream. and was swimming across. Nat
Murray, squirrel hunter, had Just started out
Tor the Shawlngunks in quest ui his favoritc
game lie was wniking along the Nrvcrsink.
and heard tn" splash made 10y the deer Is IT
l,nprd IN the water. He saw only the head Of
rcls II his gun az H. Tho shots proved fatal.
and tac hunter secured the body of the deer.
nni Las It now displayed in Fred. Nebngcr's
butcher shot IN Port Jorvis.
That part Of sullivan County traYersod 10y the
Midland Railroad is also one 81 thu best deer
and small game sections in the state. Falls
hurch. Liberty. Murrston. WurtShoro. and FL
l"nvillc are convenient and popular stopping
places OF slIoriemcu
The prohibition q deer hunting IN Pike
County will awaken m interest among the
hunters in tho more dangerous. and consc-
yurnty more exciting sport 81 bear hunting.
Tho beech aud oak woods OF the hack country
MAKE excellent feeding places Tor this iicrcs AN
imal, AMI the numerous dense and Imprprira-
Die swaiups in Booming Grove. DnIman.
Green. Parker. Iobnlan. AMI Delaware town
ships uncr him safe rctroats when too holly
pressed 10y hunter and hound.
Uncle Jonas Shoffer, the hero II a hundred
tussel- with wounded bears. and the father
% Jonas. Gil AMI Brook ShofIer. all pr1f,s.
slOnal boar hunters. " The stones H. all turned
M round orr country 10y the bars lookin fr
crickets AN grutS. The scrub OAK. = squnshcl
down Toy thor thrashiu' Of OF akcrns. an var
can hardly nnd q bee tree Z amt boon sampled
ly some ode roslentcr Of a bar. lalier Pine
swamp. lin'hoi swamp. nm Nil them swAm,s
round The knob is fui 81 EN- this iil. 1
c rluic tw, u have some lively ole rasscis f0ro
ia cold weather drives 'rm into their holes. to
suck their duru greasy paw~ all winter