The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-01
WOW FOR the n1e NAIVE DEER.
Chiefly Does and FawnS KILLED So Far
Three Disappointed Eidars.

Chiefly Does and Fawns KILLED So Far
Three disappointed Elders.
NoRcRoss. Me-, Oct. 30.-November 10 the
hest month In the year in which u TO get big deer.
Though almost 600 deer have been Killed
In Maine every day since open time.
Oct. /, began. and though no honest hunter
can complain of bad luck, the proportion OF
large bucks has teen very small. More than
one-haif OF tho slaughtered animals have been
docs. while o! the remainder nearly all were
young fawns, not over six months OF age. Tho
carcasses that were brought out have weighed
all tho way from rs 10 $50 pounds. with q few
going % pounds higher. One deer that cane
down from PemadumGook two weeks ago was
said To 10 a 600. FOUNDER. INT the man rho shot
1t would not have 1t put on the scales when. the
men around the station began to make bets.
The love making season for Maine deer be-
gins about Nov, l and lasts some six weeks, dur.
ing which time the great bucks. which have
been very shy till then. will forget their BASH
fulness and 90 across townships hunting for
mates. A buck deer in love 10 said to be tho
cra2iest animal that runs at large. Last ycar M
antlered buck came out in the road between
South Penobscot and OrlRnd and followed tho
stage for u mile and Il half, assaultinR the horses
repeatedly, and causing their driver to get down
and attack his enemy with clubs and fence rails.
Though the animal was repeatedly beaten of 1t
continued to pursue the stage to orland village,
when II nlmbly leapsd the fenoes and disap-
Last sunday the early worshippers at tho
orthodox church In Brooksville heard the sound
the back OF Tho church building. Fearing lest
their horses had got loose. three church mem
Per I'VE. wsnt eo eIt .a and 81 70, fSar Wood 2 HGed''i1'd buck Ia
The men who made the discovery were sorely
psrp!sssa What hat to so do I Il Snsy XIV Ei,ls s.m the deer
and be subject to a ine Of $40 and costs. II they
let the deor escape. some g9dless man WIZ pre-
f sss Az EI1 I. ssd 70 s gSlas 70 t Ssnrsh wo Of ,s aenSs-
They compromised by shutting, the shed door
and fastening, tho deer Ia until Monday. After
with guns at daylight Monday morning. when
they Would kill the deer aud divide the ,~venison.
The first man TO arrive found the shed door
open and drops Of blood spatteTed sround.
showing that the deer killer had been there
ahead OF him. In y few minutes the second
Drcsking tho agreement. While they were hay.
Ing hot words the other member OF ths, party
after sunrise, calling one another very hard
names. and went home 90 mad that none OF
t wSIia ' Ed bIii II ss0 Who T iivsa aero across @i sSc stream Mssn,
in Sedgwick, Is feeding his family on ysn,son
and having a laugh At the expense OF the
n the shed. aud killed. 1t and carried Il homo
as soon as the meeting broke un.
will be filled with carcassss OF large deer and
the tAxidermists will have their shops Allied up
with great antlered deer heads for mounting.
nearly 200 deer heads.. This year he expects TO
get more. Other ta~Iidermists, in Maine mount
from twenty-five TO 100 deer heads every sea-
son. Thus far they have received very few
orders. except for moose ana caribou. but they
fcisncy and give them work enough to last
until next June. The Bangor marketlnen are
s SSs selling ! aasn hest T gSts Of sh ysn Ssst i9 9S. Is sv 70 90
s, sS:r city y y sosS ~. sSs sVsa ~ Il ss sE' Ssia ss' been