The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-12-27
New Hunting RISKS.


The return from the woods Of the
deer hunters has brought out some STAR
Ting information concerning the dangers
incident to the use OF the steel-cased
bullet and the recklessness displayed by
some of the glnners. The modern rife,
with its stell -cased bullet, having great
carrying distance and power Of pene-
tration, has range or danger and de-
str4activeness that is remarkable.
In the lower part Of Toga county,
John Lowering and his wife were driving
home from funeral. In passing through
strip Of woods Lowering heard the un-
nistakable ping Of rifle bullet as
il passed his head. The next instant
his horse rolled over dead, second bull
let having pierced the animals body
and lodged in tree, where it buried
itself five inches deep in the wood. A
third bullet was afterward found jam
med between the hub and the axle.
There were no hunters in sight nor
hearing, but later it was learned that
party of gunners 5bo yards from the
road had fred at a target against a
tree, the bullets from their guns being
the ones that killed Coverings horse and
imperilled himself.
Near the line between Toea and Potter
counties, Mrs. Mary Barker, wife Of a
farmer, was carrying water in a large
dipper Suddenly rife ball pierced the
window, passed through the dipper, then
through a corner of tine stove and inn
beddsd itself in the opposite wall of
the ROOM It was learned that this
bullet came from the Qifn of a hunter
f,.fIxr Z, ~ IS Ia rhf.
had shot at hedgehog that was scam
pering down hill in line with the Barker
farm house.
Perhaps the oldest story resulting
from the use OF steel-cnsed bullets is
that OF Theodore Robson and Jasper
Little, members Of the deer hunting
party in the Armenia mountain district.
Robson and Little stationed on run
ways at least 600 yards apart.
Little assumed PROSTATE position,
while Robson sat hall hidden behind i
stump. At the end of an hour Littla
heard the breaking Of twigs near him,
and, as he raised his head to see wheth-
er the noise was being made BY a deer
or man, he saw Robson fire his gun.
At the same instant a splendid doe leap
ed into the open not a rod away from
Little, and there fell dead.
That's a fine shot, Little yelled TO
his companion, but Robson dropped his
rife and ran along the top Of 4 ravine
+; to a point where D four prong buck lad
fallen. 1t was the latter at which Rob
son had shot, and the bali from bis
rifle had gone through that deer, then
across the rayine and had killed the doe
ON Little's runway"
Then arose the question Of penalty
The law provides that any one man sl,all
shoot but one deer in the same seasa.
and. az a matter Of Tact. Robson 4
violated this provision Of the law. IS
in submitting the question to legal
thorities it was agreed that the I'll
ing was clearly an accident, sa
there could be no Interpretation 81 81
violation of the law.
An effort will be made BY tn
season to have gnnncrs return
ld-fashionea lead projeetile
balls kill at a god distance,
seldom pierce game. These
/ bullets. though, are objected 70
sportsmen on the ground thss
fattened by twigs and little 81.
which they come in contact.
this reason their eiFectiyenes
stfoyed. Rochester Post Express.
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