The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-27
ADIRONDACK DEER HUNTING.
Eject of tho Law Aboiishing the Use
OF Hounds.

OF Hounds.
SARANAc LAKE, Nov. 20-Tho estimates
Of the number Of deer killed In tho Adirondacks
during tho hunting season which clio last
week have been merely Wild guesses .ccauso
no one has been interested suficieatly in them
10 collect trustworthy returns from tho various
hunting resorta Even such q tabulaton would
DO incomplete, for II Ii notorious that many pot
hunters In this country shoot a. many deer az
they can and naturally. they say nothing about
Il 90 that they may not DO prosecuted under The
game laws
The number Of deer killed this fall Is generally
estimated as larger than during any other season
since tho anti'hounding bill was passed. and this
Is explained on tho ground that tho deer and tho
hunters have both multiplied. Tho easy access
to the mountains, now possible from every diroo-
ton. brings each fall q greater number Of hunt
ers In the old days, before tho Adirondack
branch Of the Central Railroad was put through
II took q Now York hunter two days OF hard travel
70 get thore II didn't pay man then to come into
the woods for only two or three days hunting
Tho Increased number Of hunters this year and
tho way In which they work have been respon-
sible for an unprecedented number OF fatal shoot
Ing cases Twenty-three hunters and guides
have been shot fatally. Such accidents arc I'M
avoidable In still hunting When bounding was
Themselves a
runways or near the lakes. and the place Of each
man In hunting party was known 10 every other
man II seldom happened that two rival parties
hunted the same ground The unwritten law OF
hunting with hounds that the party which
owned the dogs should have the exclusive right
oil shooting the deer unless the race was a wild
one. leading into some other party's hunting
ground. II usually went hard with a hunter
who attempted 10 poach deer before somebody
else's dog
Tho objections to tho practice Of bounding
even tho hotel men who favored bounding ave
satisfied with the new game laws, and their chief
wardens 10 enforce them. Dogs were run This
fall In tho Adirondacks and hunters who think
ihn' shey are beyond reach q the game warden,
here that dogs. were used all during September
and October in the hills around lake about twenty
by half dozen wealthy men. One Of Tho OWL
ers was reported to DO In camp there during a
an easy matter to turn a hound or two loose hack
In the woods without exciting suspicion and tho
owner alyays has the defence thai the dogs broke
loose and mai he Is not responsible for their run
ming deer. HOUNDS are not worth keeping now
that they may not be used legally for deer hunt.
dog or two the owner does not feel that he has
paid an eauayasant price for his deer; Half
$50 70 sl0O EACH and during he hun,1r s.n mom
they commanded very high pricca For tho
resi- OF me year me owner OF hounds had 10 keep
1t has bcen asserted that The big forest fires
here last iall killed many deer and drove many
There is no authentic account Of a Single deer
having been Killed by the forest Ares and tho
1s Ss SSst wss NJ! the FEEDING ground
SaIanao Lake. and between here and bloominE-
dale, and down on the north branch Of the Saranno
ground had all been Numbered" and IL Was covered
WIN dry brush and small second growth which
partridge. No timber u any value was des1roy"d
n THIS part OF the Adirondacks, and because Of
The grsa. clouds Of smoke Ina, hung over thcss
II would have been stupid deer thai would have
The STATE Fisheries, Game and Forcs, Commits.
sion held meeting in Albany several days ago
6s s y nSs ma, ms Is gnS TO mex
game laws. While II is true that the numbry
o, deer IN Tho A. Adrondacks has apparently in.
men here say that in reality the number has do
wocdsman, there were large Tracts Of almost S 1s
explored COUNTRY, in the Adlrondacks and there
y, ,Ssou deer ,t thvSd The railroads have gone
and and many n big hotels have been erected Good
and ,Ss fs hsv1 I'M up right in the woods
20 move on TO new FEEDING grounds From this
SaIanac region the deer have been driven north ,
cut down and consequently Il appears as II th.
number OF deer had increased / believe ,bn3
with properly enforced game laws they win IN
crease rapidly but do not agree With the ueonir
n wSS t ssy ifss there are more deer in the
Dor Is smaller" ' 'ii'" NUM-
Inc numbr OF fatal shooting cases has called
wilich DO not resemble, in color the game ihcY
srek' Som OF tn fatal accidents This faiI wr,,
que 10 carrlesSnrss in handling Grcnrms hui
morc were NE result Of the hunter Icing miSi,lsn
, 20. S,"G ~ distance Of POO yards through
h., n,u S man aHng dark colorcd can or
nat anu VIC cow ntonhl snuH roiorcd shnni,n,,
coz, my ~ mistaken very easily for a deer XIII
s 90 man NY hunrts prowling through the woods
s e would he Die pan Of prlIifn,r 10 ~ ,,co,
s'0'S mat may be distinguished from The game wear