The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-15
HUNTERS STILL OUT
No Word Is Received From Men
Who Left Monday in Quest
! 49, of Deer.
Woman's Experience With the Dep
uty Game Wardens-Ducks
T.. Rapidly Going South.

Practically nothing has been heard from
the nimrods who pushed out into the
northern woods in search Of deer, Monday.
1t Is perhaps a little early to expect re-
ports from the hunters, but inasnluch as
this is the first time in some years that
four days have elapsed since the opening
Of the season without word of some kind
from one or two of the hunters, some sur
prise has been manifested among the deal
ers in athletic goods.
1T is strange" said one gentleman, who
Is employed in one of the best-known
sporting goods houses, that no word
has been received from the deer hunters.
have not known a season in many years
when we have not received one or more
deer within three or four days after the
opening Of the season. It Is true that
there has been no snow UP to date, and
on that account the hunters may have
found it hard to locate the deer. More
over, the hunters are in most cases some
distance from postoffces and telegraph
stations, and probably they do not want
to bother with sending down word until
they get some game. In day or two we
ought to receive some game or hear from
some Of them, as deer are said to be very
plentiful.
Fair Woman in Trouble.
1.-THE game laws have something to dc
with this. Under the existing laws a
man cannot send down game, unless he
accompanies it on the same train, without
having it confscated. The deer season
only lasts twenty days, and naturally a
hunter does not want to make more thar
one trip. In this cold weather he car
keep his game almost Indefinitely, and Of
course he will not quit until he has hi;
fill of sport. or until he kills the three
deer allowed by law. That probably ex
plains the silence of the Nimrods.
"a peculiar incident happened the othe1
day, illustrating the workings Of the game
laws. A lady telephoned to the office
asking for me, and when I took up the
phone. she said: DO you know Mr.
Johnson?' I replied in the affirmative
whereupon she said: Well, l am Mrs
johnson. My husband has been up il
North Dakota shooting, and expected t
return last night He was detained, ant
as he had a large lot Of game which h,
was afraid would spoil, he sent it down
by express. Well, those horrid gam
wardens got hold of it, and have confis
9cated it. What would I better do? tol'
her that it was against the law to shi
game unless the sender accompanied 1t
and that she had no recourse, except t
go to st. Paul and confer with Mr.. Fuller
ton.
"'But for heavens sake she exclaimed
all those ducks will spoil. WELL, sal
I, II you have any influential friends VIII
can explain, the matter to Mr.. Fullerton
you may have your game released, bu
otherwise you will have to make the hes
you can of it, I don't know what sh
did, but would hate to be Sam Fullerto
and depend for reappointment upon tina
woman"
,~ Ducks Driven Southwark.
The cold weather has driven the duck
southwark, and few are to be found il
northern Minnesota. Duck-shooting
still good around Minneapolis, however
in fact, 1t Is better than it has been sine
the local birds began their annual flight
In South Dakota also good sport has bee
enjoyed during the last week or two, an
the last Of the northern ducks probabl
will not pass until the last of. the month
In northern Minnesota and North Da
kota the annual freeze-up has occurred
and the ducks and geese are going south