The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-10-20
BELLED DEC0YS UP IN MAINE.
NEW TRitk THu mas BfF\
ADOPTID m ON ~ NTIRS.
It's tint, Discovered b, = t.uids. Who
caught . euag Deer and FASTENED .
Nell To ls Need just Tor Fun Nav Ne
Has Man, Imitstsrs IN TITS Nv state.

Noscsos-. Me Oct IN The VS.. u
bells as an aid Ia securing large and small
game - sn innovation that IL finding much
favor among Maine hunter. aud while
the practice Is not widespread. those who
have follO~-d 1t to suy extent Aud that
they -scur- lar GET tags a. less trouble
from telling their gam. than they can
from, any other method The first man
TO use belle In hun'ing deer IN Maine was
Sidney G-rrish 81 kstahdiu l~ronwurk-.
who made his discovery bv aCyident
During ia. summer Of iser. when close
time was on deer. he caught a Young doe
that vas -utangl-d among n mas ~ float
ing brush In a small lake The animal
was not only badly exhausted from her
Struggle. la the water. bat she Nar so lean
as to lie unfit to eat Iyiug the deer 90 a
tree on the shore with his h-lt. he went
to the COW pasture, aud removing n l+ll
from on. o. the cattle. hucklod b. about
the neck ~ the dc. and turned her loose
10 e. where she pleased
After performing hi- duty hV the deer
he thought M moro 10 The experiment
although he heard the clsngur ~ the hell
sounding In the woods nearly every dav
He va swsv ~ith n fishing party guiding
through August aud September A. the
beginning ~ open season m deer he tool
two sportsm.n from New York to the
woods. and before they had gone a mile
from camp. he heard the bell coming
through III. trees st rscehOrse speed lie
hardly had time to tell III. hunters the
story Of the bell-d deer and 60 caution
them 20 refrain from shooting. when a
herd ~ seven large bucks broke out Of the
woods and CROSSED the clearing. followed
nv the do. which wore the hell Three
fine bucks were secured before the woods
on the other side swallowed up the herd
Gerrish a. once i~nferrsi that the doe.
seeking company. had followed the animals
10 her species with a d.sirr to A~s-nciate
With them, but he wary bucks. hearing
the hell and s'sp-cting that Il, was some
new device Tor killing deer. had fed from
The sound IN terror. Taking hs cue from
the conduct ~ the d.~rr. Gerrlsh made II
a point tn follow the sound ~ the hell when
he went GA, with a party for game Al tn.
end 81 he season the men whom he guided
had secured twenty-siN deer. more than
twice The numh-r shot under any other
guide In th. region ~ well pleased were
his New York patrons with the work he
had performed hat they sent HIM a. a
Christmas present one of lie i-.-, rifles
could buv On the stock ~ the
rife Vas M. figurr 81 = deer ~ith a hell on
IT. mech. all Ia gold From that Tim" until
his death. ~ lsss. O.-rtiSh had more work
q, guiding than 10 could attend 10. aud
since hts deea-. I've ~ h~ s.ft- have grown
rtch a; IN. business
A. s,on a. the -nCc-'.~ ~ Ger rash l-can"
noi.-d through the No-Si- h~ had nun,rr-
IA. di.ripl.s ~ho folluNssl me ~am- m.thut.
all 80 Nhom hsN- met with suoss--
4 few wears lat"f ~am Work ~ htugfnau
made q departure 'rutn the Original t'ritt-h
pisu aud lu,gau hunting rasr,ppn- With
i-ll. lofk- plan involved the sSIsadi-
- mof- titn- sud 0sw than t,-tf t-h'-.
Is,, ere, u-ul's uiiatps-i fully wauant.-i
he outlay Norki- ~aV as ~ catch q
rpc-spun ~i-u e. ~as Young aui bring be-
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