The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-01-24
NEW GAME LAVISH MAINE.
IMPORTANT CHANGES PROPOSED
TO THE LEGIsLATURE.

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Licenses TO ne Required from Owners OF
Ca~ps snd frivate hun"ns hoases. es
wen ron S N go
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| huousTA. me-, jan. Ss'-ihe oon on
inianu Fish ana came Is slowly getting OH
INTO shape 10 report 10 the Lesisieture. Az
already indicated In iHE BUN tno ne" Ia" VIII
uiner "iuoy from any ever oeiore onac'eu IN
MAINE. IL VIII shorten up tne ope,A,'ohs On
oeor moose ana caribou ABOUT one-n"i' ine
present law allows these animals 10 DC hun.eo
from oct' 10 Jan. OF every year. inc pro
posea Ia" taxes OH tho month vi Do-
oomoor from ooer huhtink' anu MAKES N""o"
oer tho only month In wnioh moose anu
.srioo" "Ay 10 khiou. ~ s'so proh'',.' tho
k,iineo OF cow ana caii moose ana caribou ..
al seasons' pho penalty Tor ku'lnR aeor anu
car'oou OUT Oh season - maae s4V iof eVeiy Of
ience' rs now put tho hhe Oh sloo anu Gust. ior
khnnR moose mas peeh takoh on ana imprison-
mont ior from tnirty 10 ninety uayb ~ tno
oioaSuro OF the Court mas ooen suost'tutea'
iho new Dill provides ror tho examination anu
licensing OF all guides employed ID tne mA'ne
"oous' before man may serve 40 au'ao no
mus. to oeioro 'no COMMISSIONER anu pao'
sAt,siac'ory examination as 10 MS SKIN IN "oou-
GRAFT COOKERY ana the general duties OF camp
Hie' s"u e"o" n'msc'i iarn''ar win .ho kook'"-
pny anu game ana nsn resources OF .ne regions
10 MENUS W '''s' hsvi"k oouo '"'' "o to'
ou' license, pays % ior tho SANS o"ys
oaaeo. "h'oh ne must wear AZ ~,
Tunes III INC "oo"s' anu I" eRahs oau'ppou
ioi oho year. oh MS return il"m trips WIN
pe'',o' no must mako gu. On oianhs propNfou
Ior 'ro purpose an account Oh ms ,ou,neyhRs
giving tno names ana residences OF inc peop'o
VINO hIreu h'm' tho places 'steo, anu tue
amount OF game or fish captured. In case
guide is detected in tho act of killing game ille-
RahS' or IN aso hoiaiis 10 report 'ne iieRai CON
duct OF those who employ him. he shall DO hned
80. ,or etery onen nee, Anu sun. 90 '''au"'neo
rum serving as suiuo LOT ono year
with the owner, Of sporting a cam p. and prra,o
,nn,tn. 49,. rh.. -. -, -, 81,
,sh, on, i,e.ns,. sImi,sr 10 ,no.a rsou,r.S -,
the guides but they must also give heavy bonds
N In,nr, . .,rIct com nl,anc. Win IN. ,av To
heavy fines. While many doubt tho wisdom
OF TINS provision inc commissioners oeheVeH IL"
the only way to stop rich clubmen ana camp
"ne "no .w JUL. ou' VI '"' S.a.1 run n,,ns
,a.se san,o NJ WI seAsohs AT hrseit was oenesea
moose n fec Of SOS commis,ioner C,rl.ton
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voted by his associates. Later Mr.. Carleton
yIelded and substi,p,ed IN, ida. NJ tax,no
,nor,ino csmn, from sos 70 Sion . y,,r ~.
squirting camps from go 10 sioo year. ne
was argued out OF this also. and the now law
will simply require the camps 70 t,k,out license,
p.' ,, W ''Se'e'
anu give ponds IL Will DC on trial Tor twoyears.
and should II prove inadequate. more stringent
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IL TINS ohange 10 close time on big game Is ef-
INT, for avery bun,.r q, N,i,. h.. hi. o.,
-, - A'.' "a ."a"e ""' Ms Wv"
make public. The bill as ignally drafted set
Speh time on deer BACK Two week. anu made II
in December, and making open season three
months. as now. Ihen the men who had seen
as raised orT SAYING 70 v"a ths sp
kill all the deer inside OF i've years. No sooner
was this settled than Commissioner Carleton
than one Thousand deer carcasses were hang.
Ing In the Maine woods on Dec. awaiting
shpmeht TO Boston and New York by the un-
foreground railroad, The way the present law
was vioi&ted In Maine last Deem Der wa. sur.
prisinr' warden Neal OF Pittsneld testified that
deer TO New York under the law that every
ueer OUT OF the State IN open time. VI course.
ia not Tx that The invalid VIII. wa: I iSeks
enoueh 10 get TWO. IN spite OF this he
allowed the sia deer to go because there
was nc law 10 Stop them. lie Also sa,d that no
couid buy two deer In Norcross last November
Tor 81. They were Rood good sized s deer not inwns
Isil from No,ero,s to Ashland last fall she saw
the bodies ct forty-iwo deer banging up by the
~ appears That deer were casier tn Kill and a
great deal cheaper TO buy than sheep During
the warm spell IN december hundreds OF car
cases hung and rotted on the trees. because no
one came along VINO would take them as gifts.
, MT. Ihrieton believes that the danger TO Maine
deer Is much greater In December. when they
may De frozen up ana shipped, than II 10 from
water shooting in September. when nobody will
XVI more than he wants TO eat lie has there
Tore taken December out or the list OF open
months ana made close time begin Dec. /. For
similar seasons he has restricted the open time
TOT moose ana caribou To one month year-No-
yember The trouble with moose IL that the
head ana antirrs OF big bull are worth tive
Times as much as the carcass. II has been
tho practice Tor hunters To 20 Into the
woo1s early IN september and call the
oulls up ana XIII them. rms meat was eaten In
camp, aud the head; di'ested OF flesh, was
treated with SAT- and hung up TO dry. a month
or TWO later the nhnters came BACK and brought
out the coveted hntlers IN open season. Mr..
carleton believes that more than half the moose
Killed IN Maine last season were slain in Sep
TENDER. from 40 weeks TO month before open
time began. Caribou are so scarce and shy that
IL was thought best To make tho moose law
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