Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-23
By Herbert L. Jillson.

minimized. Light SHOWS may be expected
any time after October l. and the early
season offers climatic conditions which are
far more agreeable to the average visitor
than those which come later. It's all very
well to talk of crisp air, but the forming
of ice in ones wash pail is not necessary
to make the trip success from the stand
point of enjoyment, and the novelty OF
breaking ice in frozen streams is not suffi-
GENTLY entertaining to make it necessary to
an enjoyable canoe trip.
The deer season opens October 1 and the
moose season two weeks later, the former
closing December - and the latter Decem-
Der l. If you watch the records you will
discover that the number of visitors Is
about equally distributed throughout these
periods. The writer's advice would be to
come early, and, if you are fussy about
your trophies, plan to stay late. It's much
better than coming late. There is no ques-
ton but man is a child of nature but the
fact remains that if he is somewhat unac-
quainted with the parent he enjoys her
most when in her agreeable moods, and
these moods may be best depended on dur
ing October In northern Maine Mother
Nature seems to lose a great deal of her
warmth and hospitality after November
has fairly set in.
AS for the proper rife, there Is still a
good deal of discussion about small bores
and heavy bores but in spite of it the we'll
known 1855 continues to maintain it's pop
ularity and do the work, and holds its place
as the best all-round caliber rifle of aver
age weight. To be sure, the small bore
with mushroom bullet is hardshooting
gun and a light rifle, but 1t is decid-
eddy in the minority. If the sportsman
cares not for heavy rife the "A, even
the 1870, will fill the BILL in fact, there
never has been rifle that would shoot
better and give greater shock than these
calibers. all things considered. Men who
follow the woods a profession still swear
by them. and many sportsmen are forsak-
ing smaller bores in favor of them. In
fact the heavy bores are much more in use
than the smaller. For big game, such as
moose and bear. they unquestionably
superior, but for all-round work the .3S-55
Is the sportsman's arm. The automatic
rife is much in favor, but there is no de-
nying that it is a dangerous weapon in the
hands of an excitable novice
If small game is sought shotgun should
be included in the hunters outfit, or If he
is a clever shot a small-bore rifle will do !;
but the average sportsman is undeniably a
very poor marksman. Not only does he
suffer from the peculiar affection known as
buck fever, but his eye accustomed to
the short range of walled in cities and arti-
fetal lights. is wholly untitled for plain
work, and a great many of his misses are
due to this fact. 1t is astonishing how
six weeks in the woods will improve one s
eyesight and his shooting. This is the one
particular thing in which the woodsman
has the city dweller decidedly at a disadvan-
tage, and why the guide is so essential in
game long before it could be seen by the
sportsman, and he is able to accurately es-
innate distances, a thing that the average
sportsman never quite masters, and which