The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-09-30
NAMES HUNTING SEASON:
FINE PROSPECTS FOR THE moor
ING or DEER AND MOOSE.

The Open season for Big Game opens To-
mo~rrow-Hunters Limited In the Number
OF Animals They MAY Knl-Caribou shoot
Ing Not Features Of the sport.
BANGOR. Sept 20 The open season for big
game in Maine will begin on Monday, Oct l..
and there promises 10 be plenty Of sport for
any number Of hunters, 80 far as deer and
moose are concerned. Caribou are out Of the
question entirely now The law forbid- the
killing Of these animals for stN years dating
| from oct IL. iSpa From all reports that have
been received from the great game region norlh
and east ut Bangor, deer are more numerous
than at any time within twenty years, while
moose are more plentiful than for some year,
although few OF them ar" gOod--iled bu s..
Many of the - urt~uCu who come annually
To Maine for the shooting are already rncainl ed
in the game region, some of them having been
there all through Sci TENDER, In which month.
under Il law which has been IN operation for
two seasons. any sportsman may kill two deer
for consumption a. or near where killed
These hunters viii be- ON the ground tor the
first of the regular -hootiug, aud ought not TO
have any difficulty in getting the two deer al
lowed to each Of them before the moo~" hunt
ing begins, on Oct Is The regular deer sea-
son opens oct and closes Dee Is, the moose
season running from oct 10 to Dec. l.
Formerly the open season on deer. moose and
caribou ran from oct 10 Dec 81, but in the
effort to protect the game and insure its per-
petuation as a source Of sport for hunters and
revenue for the state. the legislature has cut
the moose time down one-half, shortened the
deer season two weeks and forbidden the kill
ing Of caribou altogether for a period Of six
years. There is also u perpetual clos" time
on COW and calf moose, without which this
species Of game would soon be- eXterminated
Nonresident -port~mcn going into the Maine
woods to hunt or fish, and to camp on The wild
IHud- Of the state, must be- accompanied y "A
10 October, inclusive, but this docs not az Ply
TO hunters SlorI .ng at registered can't and
Iug fire, IN the woods EesIdeut~ of the state
are not required To employ guides. while nom
resident owners OF wild lands may hunt ON their
own land without guides, ana may invite their
friends to DO 50 All persons keeping camps
or other places for the entertainment Of hunt
Iug or fishing parties reoblged to UHNalCehse,
aud no one j. allowed 10 act a. a guide unless
he has been registered 10y the Game Com
mts~iuners OF the state
nciwcan oct IS and Dec any sportsman
may legally kill one bull moose having AZ least
tWo proug~ on hi horns, If he should kill more
than one he l. liable 10 u fine of not le-- than
$500 or more than sl,no', or 10 imprisoumcnt
Tor not more than four months. This severe
penalty has been enforced many time~, and
-eN eral natives who were unable to pay the
fine have spent four months i'm Bangor jail
one bun moose or parts Ot the animal may be
shipped out Of the State without being accom-
panied 10y the owner, provided it Is marked
with a special official shipping tag, supplied
by express agents or station agents, at a cost
Of s. When the owner accompanies the game
neither tag nor shipping fee l. required. The
penalty for falsely stating the ownership OF
moose in transit or for failure plainly to mark
tho game with shippers name l. $40 Moose
meat can neither he sold nor given away for
transportation out ~ Maine. under a penalty
Of Slu1 for each offence
nrA l.aT f,ay no LrlnA in Gant aVYhar for
food purposes, To be eaten in the neighburhood
whore killed, and the head and hide may be
kept, by each holder OF a special llCens" which
may be obtained Al agencies in all towns, or
at railroad stations, at an expense of 50 for nom
residents and 81 for residents. Between Oct;
| and Dec. Is any sportsman may legally kill
two deer, In addition to the one that is allowed
under the September Law Deer may be shipped
out of the state when officially tagged, the cost
of the tag for "A whole deer or part of a deer
being 80, no tag il required when the game l.
accompanied by the owner. The only legal
penalty for Illegal killing is ~, with a like pen
atty for disappearing ownership in trans
portation. Deer meat cannot be sold or given
away for TRANSFORMATION out OF Maine under a
The quantity Of game killed in Maine has
steadily increased ever since exact records
were attempted, in 1874, and there il no telling
when the Increase will stop. In 1894 the ship
ments from the principal game region OF the
State that north and east of Bangor were lO0l
dee and ~ moose In ls3s the number had
increased to 1917 deer and 2O2 moose. while in
1874 3.7jB deer and 1853 moose were shipped
from that region. This shows a falling of i'm
moose. resultant from the more Stringent laws
for the protection of COWS and Young bulls
coming under the head of calves. In the course
OF q few wears. II il expected, more moose than
over before will Ice killed. for great numbers
uf calves AZ" now growing M.
No one knows how many deer there are in
Maine. Jock Darling. the greatest hunter that
ever lived in the State. used To say that the
number was in excess of 10000, and others
have placed the number as high as 10000.
There is no very good way tp get at the actual
number, but Dsrling's estimate i entitled TO
woods and the big game than any one else. The
deer Increase very rapidly, in spite of the
large number killed every year. II Is also dit-
ncIlt 10 estimate the number of deer killed in the
state in q year. II is said that in 1890 not fewer
than 10000 sportsmen visited the State. and
good judges say that about 1900 deer were 1
Killed, Of which perhaps 4.ONO were shipped
out OF the State Not more than one-third |
Of the deer killed are ever shipped by rail
or by any conveyance to any great distance
from the places where they are killed. II is i
said that the 1000 sportSmen who come To
Main every wear from other States spend not |
less than 500 apiece, on an average, in the |
state. not taking railroad fare. into account, |
and The champions Of the present game laws |
assert that through those laws a revenue has
been secured to the State that otherwise would
have been lost, which is far greater than the
profits Of the ice trade and nearly equal to the |
profits OF the States great lumber crop.