The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-07-17
ADIRONDACK DEER HUNTING.
A Natives Protest Against the Thirty DAY
-Poatponeauent of the ODen Season,

Postponeanent OF the Open Season.
To II EprroR OF THH 6uN-1Sir, I notice
an article In The SUNDAY Sun OF June 10 on
the Adirondack season and the new attrac-
lions offered by the North Woods. I Am not
o polished writer, but I want 10 say q few
words In answer to that article
I can hardly understand what position In
life the writer occupies. He certainly cM-
not be an Adirondack guide. II no was he
would not sanction laws that tend TO deprive
him of his best customers. He cannot be a
pot hunter. He must either belong to that
very small class Of sportsmen who own costly
and elaborate winter camps In the Adiron-
dacks and desire to u game In the spow
or he must be o newspaper correspondence
who writes from his own observation without
being familiar with all the conditions.
The writer says: "The amendment to tho
deer hunting law by which the opening OF
the season 10 postponed thirty days this
action IN the face Of the actual increase In
the number Of deer) Is one Of the steps Of
Woods q refuse for fish and game and a grand
camping ground for the people,
This sounds we'll, but let Us look at It from
the point of view Of the man who wants TO
do the camping. and also as regards the game
to be protected. In the irst place. what
month in tho year would the camper s~electp
In the months Of July and August the flies
arc 700 tniCh lot tnd buJOy Incup VI camping.
A camper can catch trout IN those months,
but he cannot hunt deer. In the month OF
September, when the flies are gone and the
weather 10 most delightful In the Adirondack.
the camper can neither catch trout nor kill
deer, and he has got to maintain his camp
on salt meat and salt fish. Who wants to go
into cam under those conditions?
1t does seem q great pity that the month
Of September. the most delightful month in
the whole year TO be In the woods and the
month when the deer are protected by a full
foliage and II requires the most skilful hunt
ing to get one. should be cut OF by our Game
Commission, and that i've days In the month
OF November should be added when there Ia
no foliage on the trees to protect the deer,
and when there Is sure to be snow on the
and shoot them down at will.
II the man who wrote that article could
on tho Sn1 border Or eur Of the Adirondasks and nati's See
during u The last, days Of hunting IN the month
that thss month MOI fh"s are. more I fatal 70 Tie deer than
vi " action % " the & cemmission i IS really seiy
no Z pr DteSt n f az the sts acme; The writer will
IN The woods. It was my pleasure to spend The
e sa1ns % maa' one q Its ssI'e Wilsor a q P SSisRsf n
st. Lawrence county. N. Y. who was one Of
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ram only n dsy.Hand Es killed Just !One
night When he came II. from lis unsuccessful
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eeSsn e ,t Gn ss% es% Ss s = sood Rffs rssz sf IL the s iass
days Of september' and on October It
rifle and 'hlied the mi M aeaginne With
Il think 1t held fifteen) and started
out soon 500 .a after an s ensrly breakfast 8 ! heard
' came s1i II e4 Rs hs Sf' iili fsf Four 9's dssr " sed
y rs Ss n eaef1,s sxs 10 oth ssn ;m and he had used the
''f The ear troabie " VIII ill., . fasaa game. and forest
commissioning Is that they do not keep. up with
the deer In the A%dirondacks are not nearly
az safe In the woods as they were twenty
nn sars il ss ares Tnsr' . md s siSn . q Ss esSs am lIas, on
With no foliage 70 hide him. the poor dec;
is not safe though his pursuer MAY DO sew
The idea.that deer, are on the ncreasein the
AaIteF fIyss on Il tie sSnTe ssse 3 u %'; IT, Moo ons. and dh L.
il the section from which he writes, and NJ
NOR more f a2sa ons-Sali II a. s1 many n1' deer erin n tS III s &c.
tion as there were ten years. ago. II the
s R1s'eRSe e1 lsm Is n eisn sSt.ss s sra t sss o Sp 9sF
ten years more the State Of New York viii
have an expensive Adirondack Park without
any game.
assume It Ia the aim Of the State to pro-
vide a park in the A~dirondacks for the ac-
commodation Of all classes Of people, and I
do not suppose those who made the game
are aware OF the fact that as the law
now stands the A~dirondacks are made attrac-
tive to no one except the pot hunter. and
q very small contingency OF young and vigor-
GUS rich sports. who have constructed
camps suitable for winter use and desire to
go into camp for winter hunting. No man
of moderate means can afford to maintain such
a camp. and no man, unless he Is quite young
and husky, or a pot hunter. cares to take
the chances Of camping or hunting In the
Of the A~dirondacks after October l..
Under these conditions q very considerable
class Of people who have heretofore made a
point. Of camping In tho woods during the
month Of September will be obliged TO look
for other fields. of sport.
We whit. feel that the pleasures Of the Adj
rondacks have been taken from us have only
one thing to look forward TO for relief, and
that Is the fact that the open season for hunt
deer includes election day, and here on
the border Of the woods nearly all the hunters
are Republican,. have 1t fairly estimated
that there will be from ! 800 to 1000 voters
In their camps on election day who would
rather hunt than come out to vote. and we
hope. and trust falthough we have always
voted the Republican ticket there will be
enough OF us to make q change in our State
administration that will result in giving us
more reasonable game laws. n. L, IVES.
PoTsDAM, N. Y, July 10.