Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-01-16
WOMEN WHO HUNT.
Modern Dianas Are Numerous in the
Maine Woods.
accompanied by Professional Guides
the Fair Disciples of Nlm.
rod Go Forth to
Stay.

Though women have been hurt ting in
The state each fall with good success
;Dr the last ten years. women have not
before this vcntured III unless with
male escort. These women who are
stepping up beyond the Depsiconneag
dead wafer" are some very sclt-rcliant
women from Massachusetts. They work
~ some Of the stores in Il populous city,
HHd, being sI!EStcrs, decided to padGie
their own caa&c this season. One or
Two reliable guides accompanied them,
md, according TO all reports, they are
1aoing extremely well. One of them
'ouchsafed The information to a pass
ing sportsman that they were doing "a
:riesSed sight better than If they ha;.
"alf dozen men tagging them arounC
% see that they didn't wet their feet OF
;jlow their heads off with their rifles
But" remarks old Jed Hawkes.
there won't be any spruce gum left i!
kat neighborhoOd. Lord, how thos,
women are yanking. They say they
save chcwed n great deal of gum il.
ihCir lives, but that they never knew
That the clear quill was Till they came
Town here into the state Of Maine.
while they're about it they are going TO
Jake back ali they can dig. buy or ncg
10 the city. Even the tail 1lccs cant
hide their big Jumps away from th>aa
"Cmen. Three Of them wear 1iComcrs
aud have lots Of muscle and they kin
climb anything that comes along, from
;rces to catamounts. Those women are
>.;tfe enough"
1t is said that half the parties that
went into the Moosehcad region last
AL had women as me mbers.
You see, the women have for so many
ears heard their male friends tell of
he ecstatic delights of hunting in the
i"S Maine woods that their feminine
curiosity has been excited and there
HaS been veritnble clamor to be al
owed to go in. Once in awhile there is
enc woman who finds the trip enough
tolnst her for Il lifetime. The fun isn't
Al all as she has expected it would be.
The woods may be good enough for he
men, but as for her, she prefers the
boulevard and the shopping district.
Then there are other women who
meet the most ferocious weather the
Maine woods have to furnish; who are
Irenched every other day to Tie skin
and who get dumped out of a canoe two
Or three times just by the way Of w.
7iety.
These women go home and tell all the
folks that they have had just the MOS.
!oVely time and that they are all i'm
:htience for the year to roll around, so
nat they may go again. These are the
iind' Of heroincs that can extract fun
rom every mishap. They are the only
Find that should tackle the dubious:
treasures Of the Maine woods. For tina,
"."ss-and IL is an extensive onc-tha!
Hjoys roughing it, there is no enjoy
lent in all the world like the autumn
crest. But the person who goes in fer
lie first time without proper concrp.
i:on Of the nature of the fun will be su-
premely' miserable himself, or herself.
nd will make all the folks around more
miserable still
The women haven't commenced to 90
INTO the AroOstook and the Pamadum-
look wilderness yet to any great cX.
tent. Last year several parties went in
from StacyNille TO the vicinagc Of old
Natahdn and remained several weeks
Until the snow came. The women we're
sites, though they were from the city
aud said that they had the best time of
their lives.
And the ladies have had pretty good
,uck up that way in the shooting line
Dne Lynn doctor has been ming down
INTO Maine every fall for years after a
moose.
He has been able to shoot deer
cnough. But deer have got TO be too
mall game for him. Last season he
rought down his niece to sec HIM get
he prize, for he felt sure chat at last
lis patience was to be rewarded.
One day while they were coming down
black stream the niece. who was little
lay ahead in canoe with one Of the
guides. saw a moose standing near the
waters edge. The animal was side on
md presented splendid mark. Up
went the little rifle, and though the
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