Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-02-26

heroine tainted and unfit fo, r.,
year or two ago an enterprising traaa,.
gent q schooner Of this ,,
meat to st. Pierre and sold if u, !.
French fishing vessels TO be usa, ~
bait for perinlnkle traps in IL. ,,,
fishery Oh the Grand Banks ~. ,t.i-
he was fined Sio0. the export az va,;,,.,-
being forbidden, hut many q carco.., l..
+. stilI saluggled out for the .,,,,. =
pose. and IN the harbors on H. III
coast the meat is 50 abundant ~.
! fed to the dogs during the v;nta.. - -
recially if the quantity cxca.ds -,
/ local consumption.
/ Though the numbers of ,,r;t
tie island ale admittedly large s,;u - -
! Is clear that sucn Il reckless but,I.o,.,.
rs TIE foregoing indicates must o.,..
/ talniy bring about the early dani.tion
Of the herds. The governor ana I..r
ing authorities are now movino - 81
cure some much needed protccti,.. III,
/ the lorGly monarch Of the fo,on,
! it is now til" slaughter is unrastrai,,.',
| To be sure. the residents ana .
! e!s are limited as 10 the ntr,l,,,.,,
can Kill. but IN the trackIese ;,.n;.
| with no observer but his guido III,
| ordinary hunter could Scarcrrv ,.,ris.
| the temptation TO let fly al . ,,,.i,,,,
/ with an artlcred crown of ey.erti,,,,,
attiacuNeness. even if he had eho, hi,
| limit. Most hunters do XIII = et,o ~.
two over their total on tn. cba,,n, ~
| getting an extra fine head ana -,
camp is broken the least daei,aII, a,.,,
left behind. Another fertile sarr,.. 80,
trouble is the failure of hun,ins. ,...,,
ties to bury the carcasses of tho 1oo,
t"ey cannot use a pefnicious practice
because the fostering mass poignns thu.
ar ana drives the other caribou far
from the spot. making it Worthless for
hunting purposes for another Wear
The most Wantun slaughter ho,.-
ever IS by our own people The gam.
Wardens rarely interfere with thorr
ana on the uplandS it is impossihIa fo,.
watcher to be everywhere. tn. ti,.n
arms are most primitive. anciant .,,,,.,
z!e-loaders. which are filed win .l,,
erS of iron, old nails and other rar,,.,
II bullets are not obtainabla pis
charged into a herd of deer. The ,efact
OF such a charge can be in,a.ircl
rour or five are wounded to one ,b.t
Is KILLED ana the wounded make thni,
way INTO the far rccesses of the rn,-
est. maddened with pain and lisu,ll,
10 perish mi*crably. 1t frequently or-
cili that when Il deer has been killed
ara : beirg cut up. pieces of these
piutai charges are found in its flesh
proving that It had met prey ious in-
jury AT the hand Of man.
II is now proposed to modify TIN
1lN a1I
another stag and abolish killing en
maSse. Traders supplying men for
deer-stalking expeditions will be for
bidden. and middlemen shipping ear
goes Of Venison viii cease. Every
hunter can ship two carcasses. nut
must accompany them To market. and
rs this would take all his profit. such
provision should give the traffic II,
qu.ctuS. Guides and wardenS will be
licensed and subject to government
regulation. and completely in any in
fraction of The law or failure to renort
1t viii cancel one S license and rende,.
him ineligible for further service.
heSe alne udmentS are expected L.
hcip materially in lettering the cu1ai-
tions for The genuine sportsman. with
out operating harshly against the Set
tler.