Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-11-03
BEARS AND DEER
Killed by Hunters in Several Vermont
Towns.

Alec Rogers, IL, Of WRlpole, Brought
Down in Plymouth n Big Black Bear
which "ShOwed Fight" AFTER Being
wounded.
Alec Rogers, II, son of H. c. Rogers of
| Walpole, shot black bear while hunting
for deer in the mountains at Plymouth, VT.
Oct. "a. The bear was some distance
away when discovered by young Rogers
and the first shot hit bruin in the eve. The
animal howled and thrashed about in pain
moment or two and then started to rum
| followed by the youthful hunter. The
bear soon turned and with loud growls
made a charge on its pursuer. Young
Rogers dropped on his knee, and when the
bear was within a few feet of him fired
again, bringing down the beast with a
| bullet in the breast. One more shot finished
the bear. Rogers then took off his sus-
| penders and Harvesting himself to the dead
bear dragged the carcass about a mile, to
the nearest house. The bear weighed
about 200 pounds. The young hunter will
get a bounty of $12 and will have fine
skin for rug.
VIM. A. Young brought into Rutland Fri
| day a black bear weighing nearly 300
pounds, and also a handsome deer. Mr.
Young and his brother were out looking
for deer in Mendon, but they were over
half a mile apart. The brother suddenly
came upon a herd of dozen cattle feeding
and among the herd was a deer He was
afraid of killing COW instead of the deer
from where he stood and in working around
to a vantage point he ran plump on to three
bears. He does not think the cows, deer
and bear all together covered an acre of
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other. He shot several times but his rifle
was too light and the bears escaped.
The biggest one of thu three in his flight
ran into the range of w. A. Young, who
was waiting for deer at a distance out of
the hearing of shot, and he proceeded to
| give him two bullets. The bear started to
run but Mr.. Young saw he was weakening
and getting closer finished him with one
more shot. When he fired the first two
shots he was about 25 rods off and he had
little hope of hitting him. Later in the
day Mr. Young's brother shot the deer.
A wood chopper named Douglas from
New York, who was staying at Henry
Blanchards, was sitting on a log in the
woods at Plymouth waiting for chance to
get shot at a deer, when he heard the
crack of a rifle and a bullet grazed his
thigh, blowing a deep furrow, but not max
ing a serious wound. Douglas jumped and
started for the nearest house at full speed,
without stopping to fnd out who fired the
shot.
Alvin Eggleston of Mendon shot a buck
in that town Saturday and brought the an
imal to Rutland. 1t weighed 2S7 pounds.
Louis D. Surd 17-year-old boy living at
South Wallingford, also appeared for honors
with a 175 pound buck. The antlers of
Eggleston's deer were long, very thick and
handsome. The buck was thought to be
about four years old.
A Bethel correspondent writes: The
open season for deer shooting as usual got
a big start here, the adjoining town of
Stockbrdge being the scene of the first
captures of game. 1t is said that Ed Rey-
nolds brought down the first buck Sunday
in the Stony Brook district but nothing
was seen of it here. Two beautiful animals
were killed Monday, one near Edmunds's
mill by Albert NJ. Newell, the other by
Harris Holland in his pasture towards
Pittsfeld. Mr.. Newell brought his to town
early in the evening and sold it to q. II.
Topper and g. l. Abbott, who shipped il
to Montpelier. Its weight was 255 pounds.
Many thought it the most perfect specimen
they had seen. Mr. Holland surprised
everyone Tuesday morning by showing the
head and skin of a still larger one, for
which he claimed weight of 800 pounds
The antlers we're of remarkable size, indi-
eating an age of at least six years.
Roy Smith of Bridgewater, II years old
shot large buck, evidently several years
old, on the third day of the open season
Several deer have been shot in Plymouth,
Sherburne and Bridgewater. Henry Saw
age brought one down in Plymouth which
weighed 27S pounds and had seven points