The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-20
DEER In APPLE ORCHARDS,
FOREST ,PISITORs TO ABANDoyrp
FlRMS IN MAINE

Hear Alao to he Found scarchinc ,",
Fruit = A Hunt That Secured n Iyr,
skin, Iiesidse Venison-hunters' Mistake,
"One thing that n deer likes above all o,h...
Is an apple orchard sald q New York commo.
| cial traveller recently returned from 4, trIn :,
Maine. apples are so much to It's tnstc t,o,
! II will take great risks TO obtain them D,,,a'
the omen shooting season in Maine the count
papcrs In the big game region prln, yootr'
accounts OF farmers who have killed dear :.
their orchards. sometimes literally shootin.
them from their doorstep. But mostly tho dn..
| resort 10 the old orchards ON the nhondonos
farms along the skirts OF the lumborjns
region. Thore are many OF these pl,ca,
witch the owners found unprootablo -
| keen up after the lumbermen pushed trs'
| Their back into the woods, and ceased to bn,
| their hay and beans and potatoes. 40 ,ho.
moved away and left the farm buildings :.
| tumble down and tho fields to grow M to fern,
and bushes. But the orchards have stood anS
| still bear fruit. and TO them the deer and somir.
tela and porcnpines come in the autumn for, -
pies. Somctlmesa bear comes out OF the wood,
to visit The sweet apple trees, and. taken nlto.
gether. the sportsman who has not time or in.
G NINA ION 70 t max a d .Ssrp into ,nr s she lakewood.
game in these old orchards, i"
Staying in Foxcroft. with a. couple Of DAYS
at my own disposal. l yielded to the voice II
the tcmpter and went deer shooting with John
Robbins. the fishing guide. He knew an ola
orchard in the township OF Barnard, twenty
mites away. where deer would be likely 10
tbere 70 watch ,or : n,eht On ths o Mo would 30
.hS HIST 70 . Watc" p aorS n,s h.S on tue enance OF get
ting a shot. hoopins had a winchester rifle
n, bucrs bot 10 n snrer won non for nirht IL,
, ~, p .sSn . sia a. u S"'e. weapon ior nieh. shoot
the back Of the buggy l saw Robbins STOW
among Il two lanterns wrapped in BLANKETS s'O"
What are those for p 1 asked. Are We
going TO jacklight the deer2
Not a bit OF It, he answered. Those are
our stoves-ioot stoves. You'll see the use Of
them before tomorrow morning
m.nt n tho wooIs 49, ~ ou Nv haah u. set,e-
orchar I'd nv dnyIight 'It vas on.rnn "
liz ~, H. asah W.. waa ausl1er ora
Of III it. Having sdp rec recon ~e% EDITH tse on r rore" 'i n"I
s ssl e iSrns eqs T Saa e wh p,as'; we we ,. dFo ts. a t %Ils
hnct 70 the orcSepS ana "' too, we went
position we had chosen, behind a fallen
stone wall overgrown with bushes. Theirs
i Ssf ,SE came ii in to; pay dap II T Mss n hehf w sas' cS SHF
with frost already glistenipg on tho grass. and
Sitting peGiectiyS still, as as we've We had SddSs to. w f40'S a
lighted lantern placed between the feet anda
blanket tS Mrp heDs = about bout, the th;,, legs and wPistto
Portable. This is an old Maine hunters trick.
and q handy one to know whether one be-
until midnight. .andior six mortal hours We sat a
on that log. with no sight or sound Of adeer.
Something tast came and rustled around be.
for : m the aep bat tT r. nro gsSe =, 1s b 9 thrill pIir Of r. hone
cupines browsing about among the fallen
apples. We watched the, ddipper in the is SKY
OF owls. and once the cry OF a ioup' ceryier'
came to our ears from the woods about us. An
cfrcling. swooped three or four times close To-
our heads az II he, had an idea OF taekling one
& e. q 81 ts hen m fSRge ds STa s0h back into the woods
Now Keep Your eyes open for a deer, Rob.
bins whispered.
stiffness a in a ths or 81 arr h0 The an 1 ws heard edri tEs
sound OF something moving am9ng the
sans at ts ssSdy w we a 1hs 5aFte 6pps Sic; our Mlt hld H"F
FER ferty yards away; was g sweet, appls
Il, and we. Knew tRat il what We hearS!
It seemed an hour that we waited,
caves; but seeing nothing Of The e%reature thas
'auseds i, Then the leaves ruetled steadily
IS suddenly as II L had grown out OF the dark
,ess 1 saw the sweet apple tree the form
y .ueeI WIN dHtierS.
" We fired together. / letting go with botl,
,Sarrels as quickly as / could pull trigger. and
pumping his Winchester at the deera a.
ong as IL was within hearing, The animal was
tut of sight In an instant. For a few seconds
heard 1t plungi9R and crashing in the up.
ounds died away and we heard no more Of
hem. ..g- -,
Tone of our shots struck him at any rate
aid Robbins; as he clipped fresh cartridges in
foundered In the brush the way he did.
Inless he'd been hit. But to get him Is an
Their matter
~ Of course, was OF no use to try to follow
tation and, watched two hours longer and
hen as no other deer made its appearance we
tent back tot farmhouse where we had en-
aged a bed. In the early morning we started
ut to look for our deer. taking with us a young
'ere blood marksion the ground showing that
ne, deer had been hit. and we could tell by the
brakes and underbrush where II
GODS, The hound TOOK 70 the trail finely, Of
blow him by his cry. Half a mile
head he stopped, and his cry changed
|, barking. When we came up with him ne
standing by the deer, which lay dead In a
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