The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-14

Fight to y Stand,tin NTH a Zig Mus.
kailonse delight OF Milwaukee Men
In Cisco Fishing by Buck
on . Guide ODD Things About Catch.
ing Fish-Good Rifles Badly sighted.
The deer-shooting season which closed in
the Northwestern woods on Dec, l was bad
There were plenty Of deer-under rigid
protective laws the animals have increased
greatly-but the weather was almost uni
formly dry and still-hunting deer in dry
weather Is difficult
Every leaf then has It's rustic every dried
twig its snap. 1t is practically impossible
for any man to make his way through the
woods in necessary silence.
The only human being able 10 approach
silence under such circumstances is an
Indian. His mo"casined feet fall softly in
the worst Of times. little bit, of wood do not
crack under him and the fallen leaves. which
lie two inches thick. scarcely stir beneath
him.
Some white men wear rubber boots corh
ing half way TO the knee, Others wear leather
hunting shoes and others wear Inoccasins,
but they are not Indians and are never able
10 initiate the Indian stealth
In dry weather not only is it exceedingly
difficult for the white sportsman to move
quietly, but the deer leave very slight trails
Their hoofs do not indcnt the ground in bare
places and make little mark on the leaves.
Herein, too, the inherited ability of the
Indian aS a trailer j. Of value
He can the ehadowy imprint of the
split hoof on "A leaf and mark the slight
scratch made by the point Of the toe on n bit
of mould or moss. The common Caucasian
not only cannot find these marks. but can
not sea them when they are pointed on, to
him. That i Il blind trail To him which the
Indian will follow AZ dog trot
The Northwestern woods form a WONDER
full forest stretching for hundreds of miles
east and west oud in many places more than
hundred mile vide north and south. While
hinoermen haze U"'H at work in them for
years and much of the most valuable timber
has boon Gus out, there j. enough left 10
supply IN" world with lumber for a long
time 10 come.
Along tie few railway lines are some
small towns, but back from the railways on
each side stretch L. 'cs of unhrokcn woods.
All OF th' northern Ucciduous and evergreen
trees are there and the ground is thick with
rotting remnants OF dead generations of
giants Between the trees are acres of
underground, with tamarack swamps in
number and mU~hcS and reedy lakes
II Is hard to imagine more arduous toll
than making way through this forest
and he is a stout walker from the CITY who
can do his twelve miles between early break
fast and late supper. Great PROSTATE logs
and windfalls bar progress and when the
lnav IRA dry . l,.,. II.
as ice.
The woods do not grow on a level, but
contain high hills and ridges with COR
responding depressions, and surrounding
and descending these adds much to the
labor, One day the deer are on the ridges
the next day they are in the swamps, and
the hunter must Know when and where
to look for them or 90 dccrlcss
Deer hunters in the Northwestern woods
are armed entirely with rifles. These arms
are of all calibrcs and pcnctrations from
the old-fashioned 80, which used 10 he
buffalo gun, to TIA" 80 which carries "A lead
pencil bullet and will throw through n
fftcen-inch hemlock. Despite the charac-
ter Of the arms and thu ineXpcriouce of many
of the men 'cidcnts W re strangely few the
season IN TINS respect having been much
less fatal than the Adirondack season.
This Is to be- explained only bv the fact
that in the Northwestern woods ,horn IL
much more territory To cover No you a.
fewer hunters to cover H. In Nnvemhcr
ltOi in Wisconsin alone. nearly twcutv mon
were shot presumably moi throu,b ;n'
tention. DESPITE In. fact tha, NOV mas
of them wcr,. hurt this wear il is iibaly
that III, Iagislotiir.s az Viean >,f
gan and Minnesota AZ thoir nnxt sos.;o,' va
will take some action looking +, ,ho 49,,
ulation of arms 70 be carried 10 do uI,,,s
during the deer season va "'''''
No dogs are permitted i, tho r,oods
In fact the Wisconsin, sta,m,o doo, "oo's,
hound 10 he n common ,',;eo,,oo a a,aiVs g., a
man NAV kin il M any ti,no Cors'n',a, ".,,
the mon hunt ,uaiJrd .ayo Iy ~ 10y
decr-scnsn AMI ,.,rrrirnCo ~ '"'' own
There oro ius, Two wo,s l., ,,,,;a, Al
sort of hunting may H., dcro. !" "na,n .'l,n
find n fresh track .,,d foiian. 4, man ,,,in
until he iurnp. III. animal ar .ocs !, 49,,
Il Jumps or ne ,uay Ind ~ r,,,,,o,, a,,, ~,
sea, or stand nrnr !, wai,iro, -,
for hours for ~ dnnr 70 co,,o It ,'. ''"''
When ~, mon aro Lnn,i "r ",D s,l,
will hide hlm-rlr nr,,. r',,,,.o, III h
other GOO an "a, iran H., , ",'.'t ;, NV.
will le ant ia di-t,,i, 80 u ". ,ts
he secs and ono, or r ~ III , Ill .iit'
ably take Tho r,i,,vn,. ,o,,inr, ,,i WI '.
walk or gcntIn TO, ~ '', LIZ u"Mn !. az u
runway has Iis .v,. oi',,, b. NH 'nn on .i'
fectly still until ia. dn.r ba. oc,, w