New-York tribune., 1904-10-02
MAINE BIG GAME SEASON
Promise of Good SpOrt-Pr0ft to
State from License Lac.

Bangor Me-. Oct (spec!ap.-The big game go go
son In Maine began to-day. and aIreacy MAJ
sportsuen from othsr States have arrived N'u't1S
and camp owners say they have had more inquiries
than usual for services aud accommodations anu
all who have to So with hunting are Of the opiA-
ion that more sportsen frc-n outside VIII come u
Maine this year than in 1855 for there Is Nio'e
game to shoot than there Was year sgo--eSte-
cialy moose. aud the antasonisIn 20 the non-reSl-
dents license law which kept some away last
yenr has now died out Nonresident sportsmen
generally have come rcalizs that tho license law
is good thing for in 1909, the first year OF lis
application, it yielded 10 the State the sum o.
s2425i. all OF which has been expended in the last
year IN maintaining and extending the warGen
service. without which the game would soon be-
come extinct. Tls commissioners must set money
from some source with which to pay the expense
os projecting the big game. ana as nearly all OF
the annual State appropriation OF S2J,OtC Is uSed
for the propagation OF game fishes some other
source Of revenue had to be created The annual
tax Of SIS upon non-Tesidcnts for the priTieSe CT
shooting moose and deer has solved that fiaanciai
problem, and the hunters will get the worth OF ts''
money in better sport from this time on.
Reports from all parts CT the game region say
that deer are nunerous-Inore so than ususi-ahd
that moose have greatly increased IN numbers
since last year and of larger size than since
iS9l Plenty ~ deer be found almost any
whers in Northern or Eastern Maine. and moose
OK lalf S4Le can ne SHct II IS6aShS S~"''S "~
by rail-! but to get 'odtmer'-a bis rioos"
a:th fire antlevS-t Is always necessary to so BACK
a long way into the forests. The deer season Is
froil October December ID inclusive. the moose
season from October Is to December i 4he use
OF dogs in hunting either moose or deer Is promo
tied in this State no moose may be killed at
any time nor any bull less than one year old. at
which age they generally have at least two Pronss
on their horns There Is a six years close time on
caribou expiring on October Is 1895, but II has
accomplished nothing toward restoring those AMI
mails. which have been practically extinct IN MAINE
for ten years. No one knows why they disap-
peared but long ago the whole caribou family emil
grated to Canada. and uD to date has shown no
inclination TO return
The PENALTY for the Illegal killing OF deer Is
fine OF $40 and costs for each deer so killed. while
the who breaks the moose law-which Is
much more vigorously enforced than the prohibit
org liquor iaw-may expect to pay fine OF 500 20
Sceo. or even go TO Jail for four months Most OF
the moose poacheTs are rich men. who WllhnGIy
pay the fine. and that let's them out. No one ever
heard Of rich going to Jail for killing
moose. The fellows who get into Jail foF that OF
fence are OF the class VINO don't have as much
money as 500 in the course OF many years.
/ sst year there shipped on the Maine ralI-
roads about six thousand deer and two hundred
aud fifty moose. AS there are two or three deer
killed for every that IS shipped By rail. the
total kill OF deer last xeaF must have been some
where between twelve thousand and eighteen
thousand AS there at least hundred thouS-
ana deer in the woods OF Maine. and as they In
crease almost as fast as rabbits. the killing Of
eighteen thousand year is no serious drain on
the stock.
sportsmen from out OF the State spend several
hundreds OF thousands Of dollars annually IN the
Guest OF deer and moose. The deer hunters spend
from SO TO $50 apiece in railroad fares hotei ana
camp bills and guide hire. The Voose Fdnter5.
who are generally men OF means. spend more the