The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-03-17
DRIVING DEER AT CORBIY PARK
 PART II.

PART H,
 Last week we left our party of some forty deer drivers, advancing in skir- mishing order through the woods, to- ward Central Station" Corbin Park, driving the deer before them toward the traps
 As the march continued more and more vigilence was necessary in or der to prevent the animals from break | ing through the line and getting back into the woods: Deer are highly ner- vous creatures, and, when driven in deep snow, as I have described, quick ly exhaust themselves in their efforts to escape. have often seen them, when very tired, refuse to be driven further, preferring to wait until the drivers came quite close, and then de liberately dodge through the line mak- ing one last, supreme effort to escape their persistent foes. On this occasion only few broke through the line, and most of these did SO only in the last few hundred yards, when rendered des- perate by the sight of the wire fencing which formed the wings" leading to traps Most of the deer on reaching these fences followed them nervously, with lowered heads, looking for an opening through which they might es- cape, eventually making their way to the trap; but a few became panic stricken, and plunged into the wire netting at full speed. That they did not break their necks or legs, is proof positive of the wonderful manner in which deer is put together. Usually, after one or more of these frantic efforts, a deer would brave the line of approaching men and make a dash for liberty. At such times, of course, the men closed in, and by shouts and yells endeavored to turn the animal to the front again. Such an incident oc- cured close to my end, soon after we came in sight of the trap. saw big buck plunge slap into the wire fencing, then pick himself up, and come back at the line, as though released from a catapult. The men nearest did their best to head him off but he would not be denied and jumped clean over the arms out-stretched in front, But the efforts cost him the last of his strength, and almost immediately he stopped, panting, open-mouthed in a snow-drift. I Two turned and started after him on their snow shoes. As they drew near, the buck made one last effort but in vain, and he was captured on the side of a hill in the deep snow, At first he struggled and bleated pitifully, but soon he quieted down, and three men carried him gently and liberated him in the small enclosure or trap" into which some thirty of his fellows had by this time found their way. A tall wire gate was closed, and the first drive" was at an end It was now about noon, and the drivers strolled in to Central to get lunch and hot coffee.
 I decided not to go out on the after noon drive but to hide. with my cam era, near the entrance to the trap and get some photographs of the deer as they came in.
 DG1is time saw the men depart on foot in two parties one of which was to swing around either end of the woodland to be driven, spreading out as they went until the two lines met on the farther side, practically making surround When they had gone. built "blind" of white pine bougas, and behind it a couch of the same mat eral, and eere I lay with my camera trained down on the opening to the trap. After waiting perhaps an hour there came to me some faint sounds | which recognized as the voices of the men calling their numbers. Soon these sounds became more distinct, but l again they died away, intercepted no doubt, by intervening ground,
 A moment later l saw a great dark brown animal moving rapidly over the snow towards the trap" Even at 8 distance there was no mistaklng the long, swinging stride-it was moose | and big one. WitE1out pause he ran l straight through the entrance, and as | he came within range of my camera took a shot at him. He evidently heard the sound of the shutter for he changed his course instantly, and head | ed for patch of woodland on the l farther side of the inclosure.
 The next game to be bagged were two deer, which paused for a moment be- l fore the entrance, and then as they heard the shouting close behind them, 1 leaped lightly into the trap and dlsap- Il peared in the woodland, The men were so near by this time that it was easy to distinguish their numbers when they shouted, and within the next few minutes to perfect drove of deer came plunging into the trap. The last few were so excited that they leaped into the fence, and before they could recover themselves, several men closed in and caught them, carried them to Central | and put them into crates.
 Next morning, number of the deer were to be shipped, so l went up to the traps to see them caught and crated. ] They were driven through gate, up a narrow lane having a tall fence of netting on either side, into very small l irclosure In one corner of this there was a doorway, and as the last deer | jumped through it the door was closed, a,,z 4l,a oar,t;Xpas fn1ind them selves in A