Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-10-03
MAINE HUNTING SEASON
Good Sport Promised In the
 Big Game Country.
DEER AND MOOSE BOTH NUMEROUS

Bears Also Seem to Have Greatly In-
 creased In Numbers-Three Chief
 Regions Where Deer Abound Most.
 Waiting Hunters Leave About e1,-
 100000 In the State Each Season.
 The lawful season for shooting deer in Maine, which recently opened, con tinues through till Dec. 15. says Ban gore correspondent of the New York Tribune. The moose season opens Oct. 16 and continues until Dec. 1. Hun dreds of men and not a few women, mostly residents from other states, visit Maine during the hunting season.
 Reports from all parts of the big game country say that deer and moose are numerous, while bears seemed to have greatly increased in numbers. One bull moose at least one year old and two deer constitute the legal al lowance of big game to each hunter. Cow moose are perpetually protected. There are no caribou in Maine. The penalty for illegal killing of deer is $40 fine for each deer 90 killed, for illegal killing of moose fne of $500 or $1.O0C or four months Imprisonment for each moose. Nonresidents must pay $15 license fee for the privilege of hunting big game. They may ship their legal allowance out of the state and need not accompany 1t if the game bears tags or coupons detached from the IL cense.
 So many people have been killed or wounded by reckless gunners in the woods that the legislature has enacted this law:
 Whoever while on . hunting trip or in the pursuit of wild game or game birds negligently or careiessly shoots and wounds or kills any human being shall be punished by Imprisonment not exceed ing ten years or by fine not exceeding u.0oo.
 Violations of the game law are be- coming more and more numerous ev- cry year. and the wardens are kPt on the jump rounding up poachers of all classes. There are four classes of poachers. First there is the man who shoots merely for the sake of killing something, 1t matters not what It may be q bird or a squirrel or just as likely a COW moose or deer, and the wanton killer often leaves hIs game to rot where 1t falls. Then there Is the hide hunter. who kills hundreds of moose and deer in season and out sim ply for their hides. The hide hunters do most of their killing in the far North woods along the Canadian bor- der. and it Is difhculty and expensive to catch the;n.
 A third class Is composed of trappers who hill deer or moose for meat to bait their traps with Then come the So called summer hunters. who live in the woods all through the fishing season and subsist largely upon deer meat. It is also claimed that the lumbermen hill many deer every winter to supply the camp tables with fresh meat. but as . rule this killing Is exaggerated Most lcezers care little for venison. preferrinx the pork and beef which are now supplied plentifuily by the lumber operators.
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