The sun., 1903-11-08
SULLIVAN ALIVE WITH DEER.
AND THE WOODS IN THE COUNTY
FILLED WITH HUNTERS.

Moro Deer Killed In tho First Week OF the
Open Season Than During the Entire
Season OF lOOz--I haries simerson OF
This City Shot and Killed In Runway.
MONTICELLO, N. T., Nov. THE season
for killing wild deer In Sullivan county
opened on Sunday. Nov /, and will con-
tinue for fifteen days This is the second
open season in tAis county In seven years,
last year being the first. From Nov. I to
Nov. Is, 1902. over one hundred deer were
killed and many moro fatally wounded.
At that time it was predicted that there
, would be few deer to hunt In Sullivan county
In 1908.
These predictions have proved incorrect.
for during the past week more deer have
/ been killed In the towns Of Thompson,
Highland. cumberland and Forestburgh
than were killed during the entire open
season of 1902 in the entire county, These
towns are alive with deer. and 1t Is not an in
frequent occurrence to see them feeding
wita the farmers COWS in the pasture fields.
sometimes In largo herds and at other times
In twos and threes.
During the summer and fall the farmers
living in the deer country were compelled
to watch their crops night and day to keep
the deer from devouring them. In num-
ber Of instances whole fields OF cabbage.
buckwheat and rye have been destroyed.
An old farmer from the town Of Forest
burgh was in Monticello recently TO consult
a lawyer as to whether he could collect
from the State for damages That deer had
done to his crops. He said:
'Why, the pesky things, they jest poster
me and my family night and day nigh to
death, eatin' my crops up. We drive them
away and they come right back again.
The tarral things have swallowed all my
winter cabbages and buckwheat and We
darsent shoot them because the law 10 on
Every farm house is filed with the hunters.
Mai.y Of them sleep III barl.s and wagon
houses. and some camp III the open air.
tho humber, ard they seem 70 enjoy watch
iI.g a runway as well as the men. Quarters
for huntt.g 6 parties had been el. ga ged a. long
as q year before, and Others were spoken
for months and weeks IL advalce. Several
farmers leased their entire premises for
the fifteen days.
1t Is safe to say that TO less than Ave
hundred hunters participated IL the open
i.g Of the deer season. Andrew Dunn
sad it sh smnded him of The Fourth July
filed with guruers that ii a deer is started
l. ia lucky If It doesn't get al least twenty
five shots fred at 1t. Ore party Of hunters
returned 10 Monticello Friaay Light. vel J.
Il ey ss S put thai napBs al. i9 s.saPs fu Of yx
bullets and buckshot. Many Of the deer
have been killed at hight at their feeding
grounds or on their ruI'ways, and 1t Is
difficult to estimate the number thus far
killed.
reports have come from Forestburg
that two hunters had been shot, one badly
wounded and the ether killed. The man
killed was Charles Sinners OF New York.
who was shot while standing on runway.
lost. having been absent from camp three
days.
The nrst deer brought into Monticello
was killed by Ell Rundle and was brought
to town Monday morning; TT 1t VA was rsss fine
Rundle and Lynden Hatch.ron Monday
Lester Falock killed buck weighing
100 pounds. Joseph Cortland q New York.
shot l.e pound de- 1--WE Two King brotheTs
on Monday. Fred Norris Of sacket Lahe
killed q small buck on Tuesday. A man
Of the name Of Ferguson. at Fowleryille.
shot a spike buck on Tuesday. William
on HorfTm TmesdaS. % and siias Demo emo -est shot 100
poyn John a o'Neill of New York /. reported
to have brought down large buck on
Monday: Howard Van I, KeuTen nns Of MMangaup Ma!gp
A party composed OF Walter Rardwick.
Emil Sauter Of New York, Ellsworth LIE Roy
Clarence Porter. Edward Russell and Bruce
lie Roy of Fallsburg. Ernest Rue and DR.:
". H. Barringer. OF New York, were located
at Medock Pond. The party killed three
deer.
Bruce lie Roy ehot twelve pronged buck
which weighed 22o pounds The big animal
was shot five times before II would lie down
to die. Thomas Walsh, retired New York
policeman, killed fine buck on Friday
while cunning on the Matthews farm. In
the town Of Forestburg.
The deer have been hunted 50 closely
that they have become crafty and have
have gone into Chapin's preserve and
Merriewold Park, where they are protected.
The guard at Merriewold Park said he
saw five going into the park at one time.
PAROLED FOR WIFE'S FUNERAL.