The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-03
DEER IN PLENTY IN MAINE.
Few Hunters. However. Are Likely TO XIII n
Moose or = Caribou This rail-.

Few Huntera. However. Are Likely TO kill n
Moose or = Caribou This Fall.
NoRCEoss. Me-, Oct. 1.-The hunters who are
coming TO Maine this fall looking for deer will
find all they want. Guides. lumhcrmen and
tourists who have passed months In the north
ern woods agree that deer were never so plenti-
full as they are this year. II this evidence is not
satisfactory the photographers are able 10 pro-
duce conclusive proofs. Rhodes Of Old Town
has Just secured a Il by 2 plate which contains
sixteen deer, nine of them with antlers. J. X.
Osgo0d Of Harlton has Just developed a
plato which shows twenty-onc deer feeding
among the lily pads of Duck Lake. He has been
photographing live game for ten years and has
secured hundreds of negatives. but the snapshot
on Duck Lake beats ali previous records. f. W.
Cram, the manager Of tho railroad which runs
through this region. counted 1856 deer in a two
days canoe trip back OF Katahdin Iron Works.
Jock Darling. the oldest guide and the most
famous hunter in Maine, says there are $50. 900
deer running at large on the wild lands OF the
State. and believes that everybody who comes
here, this year can get his two deer without
trouble,
prospect for getting moose and caribou Is far
from good. Anticipating a scarcity. the Fish
for moose and caribou hunting six weeks shorter
than last year. It will begin Oct. 10 and close
lasts from Sept. 10 to Oc. IS, two weeks
were taken on from the beginning o. the
fi sasS BY 80 calling sHfh the wl Gi,''S D SS@ln not w os
ihelr game on rs snow. About 900 hull moose
lasted twelve weeks. II 200 arc captured this
year the old hunters will be SURPRISED. Big bull
can bring a hunter within range OF ono viii 10
able easily to earn 5000 cash in hand. There is
tha. have survived tie slaughter. but they
are shy and hard to get at; o. the hunters who
go to the Maine woods this fall not one in two
one in tfty will SEQ a moose. II a man is bound
TO have n moose and wants some show for tho
to northern New Brunswick or Labrador. 1t
costs TOO much in time and money to find the
right kind OF moose in Maine.
Carbon are as plentiful IS they have been for
the past twenty years. Once or twice in a life
time a hunter finds a herd of from 200 to 500,
ont moving out OF his tracks. For the rest OF
tho time ho may hunt season after season and
never SEQ q caribou. Two weeks ago Warden
Smith found the cRrcGsscs of twenty.scven carl.
bon in a swamp north OF Mount Katahdin. The
been cut out for immediate use. The foxes and
crows took tho rest. About 300 caribou were
gear the hunters will do well II they get half
Tie native rufred grouse and spruce partridge
arc not at al common, and are very shy. Wet
weather in May and June prevented the eggs
from hatching. SO there are very few young
but have now gone south. Men who are expert
wing shots are making good bags OF snipe and
woodcock, both OF which are fat and tender at
this season. Bears and raccoons are so plenti-
thcir corn crop is ruined. The skunk
hunters complain Of a poor harvest and
say that the animals yield very little oil. Wood.
Visitors bill Of fare in August and September.
have filled themsclHe with sccond-crop clover
and denned up for the win'er. Jack Gilpatrick.
the near hunter of Clifton. says he Ia earning SO
n day killing wildcats for the State bounty. He
is sure, there are poicGats enough, within ten
miles OF his camp to make him a m illionaire.