Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-10-26
BUCKS KILLED NUMBER "a
WINDHAM COUNTY HAS FUR
NIsHED GOOD SPORT.
Record of Last Season Already Nearly
Eoualled Dummerston and Putney
Have Each Furnished Four-Iows
Killed in Several Towns,

In spite of unfavorable conditions
during the past week "A good number Of
deer have been killed in Windham
county, the number reported up to date
being "a. As this is only five less than
weer killed during the entire open sea
son last year there is likelihood that
this county will surpass its record OF
1905. Since Monday an army of hunt
ers has been in the woods and while
many have been successful a much
larger number has returned empty
banded. Reports gathered by the ne
former show the number of deer killed
in the different towns rs follows: Put
nev 4. Dummerston 4, Guilford 3, MARI
boro 3. Townshend 2, Londonderry |,
Windham ., Wardsboro /, Vernon l,
Halifax /, Newfane l, Dover !. In
Stratton two hunters in search of deer
came upon two old bears and two cubs
and succeeded in killing one Of them.
Our Townshend correspondent writes:
On Tuesday the door of the meat mar
ket was locked while the meatman
roamed the hills in search of deer,
and deer wandered about the streets
of Townshend in search of the meat
man. Earlier IN the day the buck was
roaming the pastures of the Harding
place but as luck would have it Herbert
Barber was roaming in the same pas
lures and with his gun persuaded the
buck TO accompany him home, take OIL
his skin and stay to dinner. The deer
weighed l42 pounds and had two prongs
on its antlers. Ralph Beebe also shot
a deer in the same locality 1t had hve
prongs on each antler and weighed over
300 pounds.
From Putnev comes the report: A
large number of our citizens have been
hunting deer this week. Monday Clay
ton Coane killed buck weighing l3O
pounds, Walter Kent one weighing 3OO
pounds and Leslie Wood one weighing
l7j pounds. Fred Hannum killed one
Wednesday that weighed ll9 pounds.
A writer from South Londonderry
SAYS: The result of the deer season SO
far in this town has been one deer
shot by Clarence Marden on Tuesday,
one COW owned by A. 2. Cutting shot
by an unknown party and heifer shot
near Rawsonville. Cuttings COW was
total loss, he not being up to the
times and so failing to ship it to the
Burlington Rendering company
Our West Dummerston correspondent
sends the following: Hollis Blanchard
and Arthur Wilson shot and killed two
deer the first of the week on the hills
near this village.
A note from Windham says: George
Dutton killed deer Monday morning.
From Stratton comes the report:
While hunting deer back of Bullard
hill Tuesday afternoon Ralph Parsons
and Edward Brown of Wardsboro came
upon two old Dears and two cubs. Fhey
were successful in killing one of the
old bears and the two cubs.
South Wardsboro: The deer hunters
are out in force this week. Monday
morning Frank Kidder brought in
four-year-od buck weighing so pounds.
Brookine: Several are hunting for
deer. F. l.. Potwine got a shot at one
but lost the prize.
Our West Halifax correspondent
states that Ernest Fairbanks killed
buck in that town Wednesday morning.
From our Vernon correspondent
comes the following item: William W.
Brooks shot deer Tuesday morning
about clock in his potato field on
his farm about one mile west of Yer
non Center. The deer dressed about
$50 pounds.
From Guilford: Clarence Thomas
shot a deer Wednesday night some
where in the south part of the town.
He is the grandson of Henry Thomas,
who at the age of 50 brought down the
first deer shot in this town during the
open season of three years ago. Dana
Weatherhead killed a buck weighing
237 pounds Wednesday.
Our West Brattleboro correspondent
sends the following: Among the deer
hunters in this section who have been
successful this season are Charles Cox
in West Guilford and Bert Akley on
Ames hill. The one shot by Mr.. Akley
weighed about 100 pounds and was only
short distance from his house. John
Thaver shot a buck early Monday morn
ing and his brother, Henry Thayer. an
other Monday evening near their home
in the North pond district. The
weight of these were reported as lou
and 175 pounds,
Wright Plimpton secured buck in
Wardsboro the same day. Walter Kent
got one in Dummerston Monday. John
Lewis killed l90-pound buck in Viii
Evansville Monday. Another was shot
in West Dover by H. A. Palmer of Put