Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1902-10-03
BEARS BECOMING PLENTIFUL
Good sport Hunting Bruin I'm Penns,s l.
wanna and New York.

~ania and New York.
"Rcars are getting thicker every year
I'm the AdirOndacks. and in Few years.
II the woods have proper care there
ought TO bc good sport bear hunting
again" said one OF the guides nc the
recent sportsman's show.
The same is true OF Pennsylvania.
he continued. land they are thicker
there in the mountain country now
than they have been before i'm years.
How DO you account for its' the
guide was asked.
ITS mostly n matter OF fires" he
replied. "Of late years there's been
special attention paid in Pennsylvania.
and up in the north woods. 10 pre-
venting any burning over OF the
ground. whether II has been numbered
/ or not. and this is the best thing that
could happen Tor the hears.
There's nothing will put bears out
OF business like forest fire. and some
years ago. when nobody cared much
whether the woods were burned ont or
not. these animals were mostly wiped
out
You sec. . fire can't be lodged nor
rim away from once il gets a-going.
ana when a She bear and couple OK
cubs get caught In n patch OF woods
that's on fire. it's good-by Bruin- The
old one might have sense enough 20
get Co stream or lake if there's ono
handy. aud 1.-Two through 10. but the cubs
get dazcd. and are as liable 20 run
straight into 90 as not. Scar cubs
don't have much sense anyhow, and
some az the old ones. however much
cunning they have in some things. are
about the easiest footed of any animal
alive.
When n fire IS coming an old bear
viii sometimes make for a hollow log
or q holc under q rock. and then. IL us
3 much OF a nrc. the chances are that nc
gets So sunocated with smoke that nc
: makes a break for the open. only "a
b get singcd and finally roasted. I've
2 seen bears l-ht q swarm of boss or =
e biz snake and got away with them
p but I've seen lots of bear carcases OF
e. frcSh-burncd patches 81 woods
s. Another thing. which goes 20 show
q that bears amt real cute. is that thel
D have no end OF curiosity. which is wha
D. used 90 DO for the deer when they ha'
e jack hunting mp in tho North Woods
4 You take a long. square box. hcavil.
T. built. and drive spikes through int
(. one end. which is left open. with IN
n spikes siantcd downward somewhat
IS ard then fasten "a piece OF meat i'm III
IL other ord of tie box. and you've got
.e frst-class bear trap. Along comes oil
NIr Rruin who sni1s the box an
pokcs m his head as far as ne can. on
end which is left open. with the spike
N catch him n the neck get tangled
III his hair. and an he can DO is to wadd
ii and -oll and go backward. II the bo
Il. is chained. hos I'm for lie and il
"a easy to 20 and finish him.
II. You'd De surprised how fast a bc.
VIII travel Take 90 in the woods tn
~ have been numbered. So there are op'
Am spaces anl plenty 81 room IN The II
Il drrcgowth. and an old bear viii NAL
80 eight orr ten miles an hour while n ca
VIII make six without painting a d
ST., I've sighted bear, when thc first sno
~, came and chased them for two day
rc they gaining AN the time. or conr
n, vaen there's much snow they cal
-, make such rood time.
81 was out a few days in the Per
b.. syivania woods and helped get an
ri. boar and two cabs this wear. I w
IN tol1 that not less than My 20 seven
,.,. five had been killed in the northern u
az counties next 10 New York 81.
49,, this wear. If the fires can only
,-, prevented there ought 20 be as 20
go sport bear hunting in q few years
49, there ever was. They'll never
Ia back 90 tho Ad.rondacks SO thick
they We're forty years ago. Their
700 many philadelphia Tin
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