Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-03-09
I'M NJ ENSE HERDS OF DEER
THE BARREN GROUNDS OF CAN
ADA SWARM WITH GA E.
Twenty Acres Covered With the AMI
mails Standing Thickly Together
"A Vcritable Hunters Paradise.


"A Veritable Hunters Paradise.
3. TYRELL, of the Geological
Survey, and his party, says an
Ottawa correspondent of the
New York World, tell marvel
Gus stories about the game they saw
on their recent journey through the
great "barren grounds" of Canada's
Northwest. No one dreamed that
Canada possessed such immense herds
of deer as were seen by Mr.. Tyrsll' 8
party.
''The sight at times was marvellous, ;"
said Mr.. Tyrell. "When we reached
the edge of the woods north of Lake
Arthabasca, in about the beginning of
August, we commenced to meet q few
deer every day. One evening, just
after gong into camp, deer was
seen standing on o little island not
very far away, and my brother went
over and shot it. 1t was very poor in
flesh nevertheless we found it
made pretty good meat. On the fol-
lowing day, MS we were padding along
a moderately large lake, one of my
half b. eeds drew my attention to what
he thought to be the earth moving some
distance away, and on looking through
my glass | saw that it was an immense
herd of reindeer. We equipped our
selves with firearms, padded ashore
and walked toward them. There were
thousands in the herd. They were in
bands of two or three hundred each,
and crowded as close as possible
together. 1t was presumed they did
so i'll order to partially escape the tor
ture of the black flies. Walking in
between couple of bands we opened
fire, and they stampeded in every
direction. One of the party was OBJ
liged to take refuge behind some heavy
brush to prevent the deer from tramp
lingupon him. Wekilled about seventy
of them. Many We're too poor for us,
but the fatter ones furnished rich,
juicy meat. The choice meat of each
deer, when dried. would average only
about twelve pounds.
"After remaining there two or
three days, during which we were
engaged drying the meat, we started
taking photographs. We could walk
right into the midst of the deer As
we did so they would push little way
to each side to allow us to pass, and
then close up the ranks Immediately
behind us. The sight was amazing.
There we stood, surrounded on every
side by the deer, swaying their long,
slender horns to and fro. As far as
we could see there were countless
herds, covering about twenty acres
each, and standing as thick as they
could mass together.
''As we proceeded further north
herds were constantly met with graz
ing on the sides of the hills. The
weather was something like that of
November here, but the ground was
always wet. In the summer the deer
live on grass and in the winter chiefly
on moss. After the month of August
we shot very few. the old ones we saw
being wild and almost tunapproachable.
In the fall and winter they make their
way to the edge of the woods in order
to get shelter from the fearful gales
that blow over the barren ground.
"Those deer differ considerably
from the ones in this part of the coun-
try. They are about the height of
the Virginia deer, but somewhat
stouter and heavier; their horns are
larger and more branching. They
shed their coats in July, and at that
time are often very rough in appear
ance and poor in flesh but towards
the end of August, when they g, heir
new coats, they begin To pick NJ and
fatten. Their skins are good and
warm, but the hair, being brittle,
breaks off and renders it valueless as
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