The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-07
CERTAIN LIRE FOR DEER.
\ Turnip and cabbage Patch VIII Bring
Them Within Range

man who has cabin in the North
western woods can get deer, or as many
deer es he wants, during the shooting season
without stirring more than twenty feet
from hiS front door Ii is necessary only
that the shack be located in the heart Of the
forest, sufficiently far from a town or rail-
way To induce in the animals belief that
their steady enemies are absent
II VIII lie necessary, too, 10 plan. near the
cabin IA small patch Of hardy late growing
cabbages, or rutabagas, or both. OF these
vegetables deer ara passionately FOND and
they stand no chance TO get them except
by invading :, m ones patch
They viii take great risks to feed on
cabtages or mrnips, and once having tasted
them, will return again and again. Indeed
1t II dlftcult to friGhtCn them so on any
night that they will not return within an
hour
Their hour for visiting the patches is
between 10 p, NJ. and A NJ, and they vii!
come IN the black dark or bright moonlight
with equal freedom. There is no law in
any Of the Northwestern States against
shooting deer after dark, though there is
law against the Use of headlight. and a
man who knows where his patch is can
nearly always make out the outlines of the
animal with suHc.ent clearness to permit
good shot.
Indeed. If he wishes to get game, it will
he better for him to leave the light alone
opening the cabin door suddenly, stepping
out quickly and closing it behind him, then
standinR in the dark and surveying his
patch closely. He can sometimes get n
better view by squatting a nd trying to bring
the form Of the deer between him and
the sky. The distance is 20 little that a
fair shot ought not to miss with ri fe even
though he cannot see the sights and with
shotgun charged with low mould buckshot
he ought to kill ten times out Of ten
Many OF the bin dwellers in the north
woods, men who have taken up home
steads far from civilization, to whom fresh
meat IL an object, get their venison in this
way, They work too hard on six DAYS of
the week to permit Of hunting and are too
tired at night for tramp. even il they
possess headlights, which most Of them
do not
They have the cabbages or ruahaeas
planted within ten yards and they sit up
until midnight listening for the tread Of
the deer, which in coming TO tho patch is
80 eager that II makes little attempt at
stealth or concoalment. The beat Of the
loois is distinctly audible, even through
the cabins thick walls.
Sometimes two or three deer will come at
once and they are nearly certain to snort or
leap or give some other sign of their antici-
patcd on oyment. The woodsnan who hears
these sounds merely rises softly, takes lis
loaded gun from the corner. steps out
quickly and peers
1t Is possible that the deer see him. bu, If
80 either they are not able to make him I, ut
in the dark, or else they want fresh vege-
tables so intensely that they do not care
what or who lie IL. Even if thew take fright.
which they do rarely, and leap away. they
VIII stop shor, after half q dozen bounds and
return slowly II he Is still
u one Of them is shot and killed the others
will run away, but will come back in an hour