Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-02-08

doctor, don't you want couple? You
wouldn't give man away who owned up,
and we all know it ~
But preached to this friend of mine
and he is good boy-until he saw that he
and his friends were killing the goose
that laid the golden egg He has quit it
Yet am quite certain and l have ways of
knowing, of course, that come to a ply
stefan, NV no is also in small way a sports
man, that do not come to all men that
the work done about here last year by the
commissioners of fish and game has
stopped by so per cent the shooting of
partridge and woodcock in close time If
| am right it is surely great praise, though
| am sure they had little idea OF the
amount of illegitimate game carried into
Bar Harbor and vicinity, or the amount
they have p evented this year, yet | admit
that may be misled as to their know Ledge
of the subject
The truth is though it may not be COM
piimentary, that have the confidence of,
If not the most, at least enough OF the
hunters rounda bout. "up river and
down :, who kill for pay, to keep me
fairly well posted as to no does it,.
They fo0lshly or otherwise believe that !
will not give them away in regard to
what they tell me freely, and by faith, |
VOL But over against this, am sure,
very sure, that | have by diut of threat
and reason, stopped good score from
hunting for market IN close time. Per
haps because it IS true that the ruffed
grouse Is i'll way migratory bird
Though if So. in a limited sensel there is
not the decrease that one would expect
Yet hundreds are killed while small and
wholly for pay, and in manner also that
would make true sportsman full of
shame, in the same mean manner or lack
of skill shown in numbering deer in crust.
Yet am not sure, taking our country at
large, but that late fall shows a far less de
crease in numbers than one would expect.
Deer are constantly increasing in Han
cock county; about that there is no ques
tion Forty or fifty years ago, When
woods were alive with wolves, when with
in three miles of Ellsworth post office
forty eight hours after a snowstorm the
tracks of wolves were as abundant as those
of rabbits are now, deer were out around
tho holds and settIopents o,,or,,,,boro
driven there by these beasts And men
recount the pientitude of deer. One GER
tain year, the wherefore cannot explain,
than,b much yyo,,ta lil-o 10 l.n,,,
wolves passed out of our history For
years deer We're hardly known in the outer
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of many heinz, uI,..-,sd p.l,a,., I'M.
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north OF Moosehead and some in ARGOS
took II wished to hunt deer rather than
larger game, am far FROM being alone
among men he have hunted different re
gions in saying that Hancock county of
fers chances of getting d,ec, far and away
better than the regions above spoken Of
| am sure that the chances of getting
deer or the legal limit in week are far
better in Hancock county with Nose
Smith or his cousin Percy, or mike, or
Lon Giles, il one could get him, or any one
of dozen others Who live in town, or
tn any one of twenty five up river bows
whom | could name than in any other
portion of our state in which have been
One Of the reasons that We have such ex
cellent hunting and fishing privilege