Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-10-30
NEWS OF VERMONT,
More Important Events Grouped for
Free Press Readers-Many Deer
Being Shot in Southern Yer.
mont.

Being Shot in Southern Yer.
mont.
A despatch to the Boston Globe from
Williamstown, Mass, says: The opening
of the deer season In Vermont which Is
tho last IL days of October has sent many
Massachusetts men into the Vermont
woods and several Of them have been for
tunate and returned with fine specimens.
From present reports, deer are quite plen-
tiful in the Green Mountain State this
year and If as many are killed all over
the state as have been taken from the
southwestern extremity, there Will ba
great slaughter there. In the town of
Pownal, Just over the Massachusetts line
no loss than six deer have been shot al
ready, and the probabilities are that this
number VIII be enlarged during the re-
mainder of the open season. The number
or hunters in the state, judging from the
southern part. is larger than ever before,
and several have returned because of fear
CT being shot. One man, from the east
ern part of this state remained in the
woods long enough to learn that there
Wcre ~ hunters sitting about clearing
across which deer were liable to pass,
when he shouldered his gun and started
for the northern portion of the state,
whore he hoped to find fewer hunters.
Wednesday morning. the first day of the
open season, rife shots were heard every
few minutes. and no less than six men
shot Mt one deer. which was finally stop
ped by Nilliamstown man with shot
gun Halfway between this town and
Pownal, just over the dividing line of the
two States is a hollow in the hills COM
monty known as the dugway," and this
seems to be the home of the deer. Dur
ing the present fall several have been
seen thore. frequently trains of the Bos-
ION and Maine railroad have passed them
Il II. I1,# no.
Decn Killed. This hollow has been mead
quarters for hunters Is consequence, and
some Of them made no mistake in going
there. There were as many as y hunters
in the dugway" long before sunrise We'd
mes lay morning ard few deer that were
IN the hollow escaped with their lives.
Three Pownal mon secured one each. one
Wiliamstown man took a fourth, a North
Adams man captured another, and
stranger shot the sixth. The following
morning deer was seen lmpinE along
the railroad tracks OF the Boston and
Maine, and In less than half an hour there
were a dozen hunters on MS tran. Ihe
md led them a mer,w cbose incidents
sttcr,,i,,c tbn b,,,,ti,,,, Sro interest;nc and
the inability of some men who own splen-
dld guns TO shoot is amusing deer APP
peared Thursday morning in a clearing on
tho Vermont hills above this town, and in
Z
NY. ana IN" pals were HE'hs t.lck am
49, uIV no. o"e toucHeu NJ dullnd' az"
l' SPou away IN sally. "o !ieu oI.r
IRON W IIl",nS'o"n' alter wdl'H!S t "o
with one in the woods and Immediately
one of them sent ball into the animal.
He badly wounded the deer but 1t was
able to limp away Tho men followed
Closely Knowing that the deer would not
| survive long, but had proceeded but
| short distance when they heard loud re-
| port, and a second later came upon
| young farmer, who stood over the deer
admlring ms game. lie had sent charE'
| OF buckshot into his neck ana ended the
| misery of the animal. The hunters at
| tempted to claim the game nut the farfn-
er would not consent to their having IT,
| and the hunters went away disgusted,
while the farmer secured heip ana drag
| Ged his quarry nome rms section mas
seen an unusual amount of hunting TINS
| year and better success than usual mas
! necn reported. Gray squirrels have been
! round in large numbers, ana there are
| many partridges.
| OF ,Nc FOL, DID ,,r-rr rpopO IjOSpr-
''''-' TAI
DR.. w. Farrar Cobb the eminent spec
| ialist, ana Thomas FOX, Boston archl-