The Portland daily press., 1894-10-23
ELEVEN DEAD DEER
Passed Through Here ON One Train
Last Night.

Last Night.
The Hunting Season at Its Height-Or
Last Mondays First Snow Five Mer
Saw Thirty.six Deer and Shot Seven il
One Day-The Extreme Variety OF
Hunters Luck-A Maggoty Fox.
The hunting season for big game,
though begun only at the first of this
month, is now fairly under way, and
the visitors from other states are al.
ready coming out of the Maine woods
aden with the rich spoiIs of the chase.
AT least eight hunters passed through
the Union Station ON their way home on
the o.35 train yesterday. and with them
were eleven deer. Five of the hunters
had eighJ of the deer. Their homes are
in Manchester. NH. They had been
when they left Jackman Plantation, and
had come over three railroads-the Cana
dian Pacific, the Bangor & Aroostook
and the Maine Central.
They had been in camp near two adj
joining lakes, about IS miles north of
Jackman, on the edge of Canada, Penob-
scot lake is in Maine and Portage lake
in Canada.
They reached tine lakes by riding
horse back, canoeing and walking. They
remained there a week, and had four
guides. 1t cost them 81 day apiece
and they were amply repaid. On Mon.
day of last week, soon after their arriv-
al, about an inch of snow fell, and the
forest presented a net work of tracks
which they could silently follow. The
situation was the best possible for still
hunting or stalking deer. That day they
scattered in all directions, with their
guides, and when they returned to camp
at night they had seen IS deer, and they
brought in seven of them. One of the
party saw five of the graceful creatures
follow each other in splendid leaps over
a wind fall. Another OF the party was
following trail down hill when he
STUN bled and fell. Immediately a doe
dashed away from thicket close by.
He decided to keep on the first trail,
as he wanted buck with antlers. He
had gone but a short distance, and sat
down to rest, when less than 100 yards
away, a large buck came into view and
stood there looking at him. He killed
it at the first shot. 1t weighed 300
pounds. Soon after another large buck
was seen about 200 yard away. He fred at
it but MISSED.
The snow lasted but two days, but the
rest of the time there was rain and
wind. What little sound they made
on the wet ground by walking was
drowned by the wind in the trees, SO
the five men got eleven deer in one
week, or rather four of the five got the
eleven deer. One man was so unIucky
that he didn't even get shot at deer.
1t must have been awfully exasperating,
while his companions brought in two
and three apiece, and one of them who
had got three, might have shot two does
but Iefrained.
But this unfortunate was more than
unlucky. He WAS sitting still when a
fox came trotting by within so yards of
him. He fired, knocked it over, and car
ried it to camp. When the guide put the
knife to it he found that the skin was
full of maggots, and the odor was so bad
that he couldn't stand it. Whatever
caused the poor animals wretched condi-
tion, it was certainly due to that that it
paid no attention to the hunter, but al
lowed him to shoot it at close range.
One of the deer shot was fired at six
times. The sixth shot took effect, and
the deer fell The hunter rushed for
ward, and as he was about to lay hands
on the fallen doe it jumped to its feet.
He seized it and held on, though his
arms were badly wrenched. The wound
ed animal struggled fiercely, but the
hunter was too much for it. The bullet
hole was foun close underd the jaw, and
there was DO sign of the bullet or place
were it came out, it was concluded that
it must have come out through the
mouth.
The three other hunters on the train
last night got their five deer at Schools.
and were bringing home three of them.
Their home is in Dover, NH.