The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-05
SIGNS OF GAME IN PLENTY.
DEER NIPPING THE LILY PADS AND
BEARS SLASHING TREES

Hin ntafnLnb 4 IndIcnttopa That aooa a.... /.
Awaiting the Hunter I'm OId.T,mc r.,or,,.
Coyerts-rhc-Tre MARKING unb,t ar nc,r.
MANY Deer and birds seen I'm the yyood..
l,cr,v,xrx pa son, T., ,-
"a ooni,, sv,,,on mo, ."' p'.ne
oior, tnr .trns trsta"'ima ,ouS"ne ", -
- IT, -. - - s ~ 1919 VI uoo
wy ~ - =" Wv" VA u Prom.
"I ~. ."9"' Wv "on0
."" 49, nj. 49,, o"' ~ guy uu-
-. aua ."" Ivy ".s urseoNef ~
~ - 49,. .o".. "l"",. panls .roppou Close
o,a =, -" 81 - "'' .n' vus.o VI pohu'
."N ~" "oI. 90, W. ~ ",A ncsn-
= u u,n iio." Y ' up noir .runNs' men
- "" 80" 80 y y. y, ~ Uno "o"uS'
os .''"l w =. ""''rh''.s VI the
1H"9' :. 80 '"' ,topPI" "ooi it""'e n"o" ,hae
III " ~" 'oe y ,'non
w ".0" 'N."'"s ,"i' M" ,ooo'nS VI 'ne
pI"lo "", ,io'Ns' ~ S'uI''" frees herA
""''o ou'NS n"No r"o"uu thcr c".sro"h" anu
''' "e","o. vi. io"En ""rn F." "hs'ch 'ho rV
"''"' - '"' h"s'fihE ,cNct "hich h"sprp
'.'''' II hoInS "ur'hH 'heir 'enner growing
s,"eo' w, "hcn' Nv" i"Rsoo anu u'Sngur'nR'
u"o L'""' ''N 20 ,"p"''n' W .nro" OH Iron
''' y" NV p'''''" n"i'"'' vi 'ho pcrtec'eu
pio"e" u" VI. wv oeNpcric"ccu "oous'
- ~ W. y" "''',V" Wy 'cr'"'n otheE
oih"o ~ may u's'o'', ''cn'u On tree 'runks'
noi VI con'o"hu 'heh, win lhosc maze oy
nv a"'',r vi inpatient p"chs' inese others
vi oo uo"pcr ,h.the DARK, even sunk into tha
"oou i'Sch' WIN rneScu sphh'ers irctting their
erra.ic edges IN THESE khe woodsinnn VIII read
u plainly as IL were printed therc in living
letters that bruin Is abroad, and is posting the
fact boldly az he takes his walks.
u why ID pear mus puo''ciy assures who.
over may BIO able to recognize his marks that
o,o,. The n,a :" - IuS 10 ho. oNac.ty
.e"'' iHo ,""iN' "' "'""!S iioh' BIN 10 eishe
feet from the ground. Sometimes there will
othor two ,hron norhons a.. n.,'o
othcr-two' three, perhaps four inches apart.
friond,r oowna,I,ton ar,amr h"au % 'uonoe :.
one can leave the impress of his claws the high
est on the bark. Other woodsmrn reject this
theory Of competitive tree scro,ch,ra ma a.
clare that the scratches made thus by bears on
trees are measuring marks; that just before a
osa, seehs MS uen II II iun 10 oesin MS long
o %,H her h sipGp t no n ans . nim s up ph against aims a tree
49, M -. - a., a..
up as ne can reach' ana that "hen ne wakes
does ia to 90 r. rho troc md neos,,ro his haiuhs
aSs;r IN ths same monnsr - e%S aut ~ she e,
he has grown any during his protracted nap.
These are Pike county theories both md
nesther one OF them may be the true explanation
of this curious habit of the bear; but whatever
.he sruo eNplahat,oh may De- the presence,o f
these nervous slashinRs IN the woods is indubi-
table evidence that bears are there, just az
~. 80 p"nt' NJ thiaripie
sisns illh. accr arc mhklhS lhelr haunts In the
ioGnlaties where inc stshs are found.
cer rnf s'Eh'n NH he oil rlhstdmrSsc ihaicntons being
certnin' a1 VII pc chTGring 70 an sportsmen
"llhih rSach oiHno his anu WOODS OF P1k0
county, "a, Sullivan county, \: V, and adja-
cent localities TO near the news that 1t has been
many q year since deer and Dear signs, as well
"a convincing eTinehces or the ABUNDANCE OF
sIet game. n9.apiy rni,ea grouseEthe pleas
ant OF pcnnsylvania and the partridge" Of New
! ork S'ate.have oeen SO common in all the
taVorite hunline regions as they are this year.
suniclehl 10 whrraht !ne craving OF TINS INFER
enSe IRON lhem oy iocal hunters, deer, boar,
aaan6aos SINAI game nave oeen giving almost unpre-
Unusual nunlpeIs Ials year mus INCREASING the
lnpauenco OF hunters ior inc opening OF tho
game season.;
Two New York men who have an interest in
M kim RIfI Station; on the H on branch Of
last week TO Visit me locality. Al Do Groats
clearing they started three deer that had come.
OUT OF the WOODS ana were ieeding IN an Old pas.
lure lot with cattle and further on surprised two
more Lnat were cIpPplng Ine via grass along
inc border or an OLD wood road. In the same
after the hey ma anaare Of their kind. were saS esera MtahlGn;
SAINT. At T rsif!o,d IN n Lake; four oro miles dEar from the
week three deer came IN 70 reed on the lily pads,
aiihost IN sisht OF I.o"iahu nm. Inc same day
q o.acR pear ttossen tne road near the sam
p piS ana ahotner one on. MAS seen IN a neid on ne
3u crimes place. l ne honesaaie branch OF thS
y Sruhs tnrougn 1ne Iaupack huntlhs ground
OF flke county; ana oetwsen inc branch and the
ma ~ Iine Ies .ne Nlost nope ueer range. inc
hacha"aAeh rover Is SIpse 70 one side OF the
Si innG br ro ~ Ian ,ana IN II tb ni Rthe n aorups raupack
the r9adbed having been cut in their face; 10
na9 oIlneFLH d onn oc'uiIente o ueer Q