Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-10-30
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True. Durkee Of Bethel. a lad about
is years old. shot two deer, last week,
near his house.
Reggie Hinkley Of Phillips, lad 16
years old, shot deer on the road in
East Madrid. less than mile from his
home one day last week.
Coon hunting is getting to be quite a
craze in some portions Of York county.
PARTIES go hunting every night and
sometimes get as many as four coons.
Frank johnson OF Atkinson shot re-
Gently. on his own farm and within
few rods of the buildings. moose that
dressed $50 pounds and sold in Boston
for $40.
A reward of five dollars has been Of
fered by Game Warden Berry for the
destruction of the heron which IS
catching the trout In the brooks IN
Winthrop.
1t is probable that a bill will be pre-
scented in the State Legislature TINS
winter, asking that winter nsnihs d.
Green lake be prohibited TOT aho'iiei
term Of five years.
The sportsmen Of Lagrange ana VI
cinity have organized the Lagrange
Rifle club. The officers are: Herbert
]. Banton, president; Frank X. Dan
forth, treasurer: D. N. Dyer, secretary.
What the cartridges on Mt. Desert
island lack in numbers they make
amends FOR in tameness. At Hall
Quarry one very obligingly flew up to
Morton Perkins, and allowed him to
kill it with a stick.
While George Wilcox of Rangeley,
was crossing his field recently, he saw
perched on stub large bird. Bring
ing his rifle to his shoulder he brought
down the bird, with ball through its
shoulder The bird proved to be an
owl which measured as inches from tip
to tip and % inches from head to tail.
A good many of the Old Town In
dian guides are returning home having
finished their services with Boston and
New York parties who have been hunt
ing since the open time for Maine
game commenced. The unusual cold
and damp weather is driving some of
the sportsmen home before they in
tended to go.
A deer hunter at Camp Kibby. Eustis,
tramped through the woods the other
day without getting a safe shot and
finally started for camp early in the
day, planning to do little reading and
rest up for another trail. AS he neared
the camp he saw what proved to be
deer. quite distance away and he
started for the spot by roundabout
way, but before he got within rifle
range of deer number one, he met two
others on the carry. He shot them
both.
Fish have gained in numbers in the
last 20 years" says Rufus Crosby, the
Rangeley guide. More fish in the lake
than there We're 30 years ago when l
first came here On Kennebago spawn
ing beds there are three times as many
fish as | ever saw there before. If the
streams are kept closed and all re-
strictions, as to amount of fish allowed
to be taken, removed, / do not think
the fishing would play out in 10 years,
so but what it would be better than in
the Adirondacks.
The Weld Fish and Game associa-
ton are doing lots of work this fall.
They have secured $4,000 trout spawn
and at Westbrook they have nearly 200
trout ripening. The association found
that large number of salmon as well
as trout were running down the river
To prevent this they have screened the
outlet of the pond making a space of
As feet for the water to run through
Above the screen they have placed a
boom in the form of V which keeps
the leaves from the wire. Above this
they placed long boom which will
prevent driftwood and ice from inter-
fering with the screen. They have a
trap at the mouth of the river to take
what fish run there. They also have
traps at the various inlets and will dc
large business this year in restocking
the pond.