The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-12-13
eAMB IN TEE xoRrHWssE.
The Kinine or Deer saia TO ne the Great.
Get or Reoord-The Human Casualties
Smaller than U-uai-Vcuison In sueh
Quantities That II Has Gone Rergiug

NAaNAS tNSuh IN VuNS
Quantities That IL Has Gone raj
MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 3.-The deer shooting sea-
son in the Northwest is over and the last days
n which vehison could be distributed law fully
arc also gone, so that something Of u roundup
of what Ia said to be the greatest killing over
recorded In the country can be made. Probably
not Tower than $4,000 deer have been killed In
the Statcs of Wisconsin and Minnesota and in
the upper peninsula Of Michigan In the sixty
I've days of the collective open season. with
this tremendous slaughter Of game and the use
OF the new and highly dangerous small bore
rifles used for the first time In Western woods
this year, there have been fewer fatalities
tn hunters than for many seasons. A man
who goes into the Northern woods after
deer frequently takes his life in his
hands, by reason of tcndcrfoot hunters. who do
not know n deer from the top OF n hat or It's run
from the football of q man crushing the twigs.
Six men have been killed this fall in northern
Michigan. eleven in Wisconsin, and from ten To
thirteen In Minnesota. This is considered q
small record. Besides these there nre, of course,
q number who will come out OF the woods, after
n sojourn in some out-of-the-way hospital or
improvised camp, with q finger gone. q leg
wounded. a too shattered. or some other wound.
Probably not more than twenty-five men hnvo
been seriously wounded this season. These fg-
ures are lower than usual.
1t has been the most favorable season for
shooting for a number of years. At the begin
ming OF the Minnesota season snow fell and
remained on the ground the entire time. aiding
greatly In tho tracking OF the deer. while in
Wisconsin the weather was 30 nnc In the latter
half OF October that nil the hunters In tho
northern part of the State were out and busy.
In Minnesota the hunting grounds were north
of the main line OF the Northern Pacific road,
running west from Duluth. and more doer were
shot on the new lands of the coded Red Lake
reservation, around the upper waters of tho
Mississippi, and in the choppings north OF Brain
erd, than anywhere else. This country is full of
swamps OF cedar and tamarack. in which there
are islands OF poplar wood. and in these islands
the deer sought refuge. running out at night
for food. SO plenty are tho animals that not
withstanding the tremendous killing OF the
year. m to be not less than 5000 car
cases in Minnesota alone, indications are that,
with a good winter and with no serious fires in
the woods during the coming summer, there
will be as good shooting in 1897 as now.
During the season inst, closed not fewer than
1000 animals we're killed and brought out from
the Park RAPIDS country. More than 500 were
carried down to Duluth from the Duluth and
Winnipeg road, and nearly as many more came
from other lines centering there. Every train
that pulled out of towns west OF the Red Lake
Reservation carried from fifteen to forty car
casses. More than l.u9O were sent out from
49,. "'.' hihhJ ioto
from Grand Rapids. and every little town along
the northern roads furnished its quota. In all
such II eurteit o: game that the choicest saddles
have sold at from = to 3 cents q pound. dressed.
and dnil snim ~ b. hung up IN the woods have
lazy to go back after them at from 90 cents to
twice that q amount; Though i is against the
dies sent East and south, in trunks;
dissn dS%puf IN every Dnss; p UosfS e was. for a ,he
game wardens have been more active this
year than ever under the energetic lead of
Chief Sam Fullerton. 1t will be TO Fullerton.
II to any man. that sportsmen may direct their
thanks il game shooting in the woods of Mime
u thing of the past in a few years. Never be.
fore in the history OF the Game Commission of
f ane. s snd returns nss lst from 1"s eona i yteG g same sae
besia1lnE e I The dee season, they wee
double that amount before the close OF the
winter. 1t has been very hard to fight the
Commission. and the express companies. which
have heretofore been in league with the pot
hunters. nre now so well trained by frequent
and heayy losses that they are unwilling to aid
There is a close season in Minnesota for sew
eral years on moose and caribou, and these anil
frequented paris OF the Slate, though despite
the utmo-t vigilance. there are constant in
often to be had. while an occasional head for
j. to he secured in the far districts.
The open season il Wisconsin closed Oct. 81,
but there has been more or less shooting since.
along tho Minnesota line. where the
saddles could be got out on the plea that they
were taken on the western side OF the State
line. 1t is claimed that more than 500 deer
have been killed in the two northwestern Wis
consin counties OF Douglas and bayfield, since
Nov. /. Not II single arrest has been made for
Illegal killing Of game this fall in these coun-
ties, though there are deer offered for sale
s sha, bs Hs''y of :" H., iae sia,e. on on the the illness iines Of
tie Northern Pacific. Duluth. South Shore aud
Atlantic. nnd Omaha. running east and south
from superior. there have been seen during the
season rs many rs 500 carcasses hanging at the
trnck end of trails from hunting camps. Away
into the west central part OF the State.
about Nar-hileld and the great oak country
east OF the st. CroiX river. where the ground is
thickly covered with the favorite food of the
hunting ha- been OF the best, and the markets
OF Chicago and Milwaukee have been largely
are supposed to have neen killed this fall in
despite the fact that the open season
cut in two Ivy the fact that no sportsmen
knew 1t was on till 1t had half passed.
Every train for the last two weeks has brought
into upper Michigan points its load OF deer.
Are being inane DAILY TO- the
aud the East from every town and hamlet
along the lines Of the Duluth. south Shore and
that penetrate the timber country. IN one day
more than 200 were carried into Mackinaw City
from POINTS along onH road Only; AZ Swsnzey.
sleigh load. often from six to eight in II load.
so II has been all over tho upper peninsula.
In ali three States report the shooting
than for years. and marvel ut the num-
orr of animals they see. II is supposed that this
apparent increase is due more to the forest fires,
hat have driven the deer to restricted lucali- |
than 10 any increase of deer themselves.
With all the shooting. continued more or less
Explorers camps. 1t does not seem possible that
his most delicious game should last more than
rest all immediate fears OF a shor. supply.