Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-03-31
STATE HOUSE.
Winter a Hard One For Big
Game of All Kinds,
Heavy Snow Gave an Excellent Chance
For Poachers.
A Call Everywhere 10 Have Old Hume Week
Observed in Maine.


| the winter has been a very hard one
! on the game The conditions have
| been decidedly bad. Reports from the
northern section of the State have
! shown that the snow is from to I
! feet deep, in solid, compact mass.
! and that it is impossible for the deer
! to move around much, or the mooS"
! either. Reports have been received of
! quite a number of moose being fol
| lowed ana invariably have injured
/ Themselves in the deep snow. 50 that
their death has quickly rcsulted-this
has been true also of deer
\ great many people who do not
seem To possess any Of the instincts Of
a sportsman. or tn" skill to kill a
moose or deer lawfully in open season
have taken advantage of these condi-
tons ana butchcrcd them in the deep
snow. This has been done not by non
residents hut by our own people.
The mark"tm"n in Boston told M"
On several occasions, this winter. that
ever in the history of the markets
ha1 AZ f"W deer been shipped from
W ~" in 4 single winter as during the
Ilv-cnt winter.
"A gentleman from Boston, who has
= camn at R,no.Iav writes me this
u,nrninr. i b,y. iI,st returned from
nv ,,ur ~ p,r,,oI,,, ,nd ,.orat J.,
,.nort th,t corsidnr,I,I. .,.rustinn, has
hnon dnnn in that rncinn soon after
my arrival NJ my ,ann I WIS informed
+h,+ AVA daor bad h,an killed IA
,iJya hacl. of pnund nond ANN, ANVIL
c,sio, n l,ol, tho r,,tt.r mn ana f,,rI
upr,ist,lablo nr,nfs tbat daar L.I
bnan killed IN Tho ,.crfn,, o,,,., s,,,.l'
aisn rnnnd MI carrass nf h.,,
h,I,i.d IL I'LL snnv. , HIN. ,,.,,. frn,,
my conn I s,v no ,,ac1,s If tb,....
r.n v.bo had n,ot,bl,. cbasoL tI,,sa
doom.
..>.u- ,hi, on,,.. frar, p.,a.l.,.
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,f ,,ar,. .,i1as ~, H., ,.,r.' 49,,
,.i.I,tinns nf ,ha low. tb.r.. ana th,.
tho ,.oi.tration of guides Mn. m in
eu1t VI tba,n
rha wor14ns h.ya b..n .sn.ri,II,.
active ana have worked o,...r Tim.
NVar1,.r ballard rannrt.J m. ntba,
Ia1- that ha bad nnt b,l Ii. e,.,u.
shoes off .xc.rt ~ sIpen fn,. tbr... ,la,..
H. h1s nm d,un ,nd c,nt,,r.d ,,,.I
convicted about = dozen noacharc
One COW moosa was fnI1ovad f,,. -
miles and onto the ice in Soutb lin
coin. when frund W. hadI1 ueal ~,
taken to a nearby stable ANA a,-.,.y
thing possibIa done but eba ,1i.d IN ,
short time Dawn in yyasbir.rto,,
county Warden poss has baau y..,,.
active ana has srccaad,l ia ,ra,.anti,,.
the shipment Of game tn ! very graf
extent. and has captured many nofo-
rious poachors. Wardens Hnuston and
Perkins are on their second trip
through from Ashland ia Port,ra 1,kr
Fort Kent III tha aIInrasb 4,
Churchill. and on the border ana m
as far as Baker lake and the st, Johns
ponds. and will return down the north
branch Of the Penobscot. Warden Neal
is active as usual in Hancock. portions
of Waldo and Penobscot counties.
Warden Jones of Stratton and Phil
lips of Eustis. are in the Wilderness
in that direction, while Warden Durgin
Of The Forks is very active in that d.
rection Warden Nichols is on a trim
to Caucomogomoc lake. The commits
sioners are straining every nerve and
the wardens are exceedingly active
and doing everything possible that can
be done to protect the game. which is
said to be practically helpless in the
snow
Many more requests than usual are
rtcelNeu loI PERMISSION 10 Keep ute'
thdt nave peeh Iouhd by pdrileS' helP-
less III the deep SHOW perfectly help-
less, ana nave heeh taken care OF by
the parties fndlng them.
Two wild deer were recently placed
in the State Park at Monmouth. Mr..
.Iudkins of the kinco house, with seven
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edition il entirely exhausted, and at
tbc earliest nossiblr moment | shall