Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-23
KINEO. Moosehead Lake, Me-,

september ~, .lJJO
The coming week will witness the begin
ming of the annual influx of sportsmen, and
all nortern Maine is prepared to welcome
the visitors Hotels, sporting camps and
farmhouses throughout the entire northern
section of the state are ready, and the
spirit of fall and the hunter is in the air.
There is no indication of waning popularity.
but, on the contrary, every probability that
more sportsmen will tramp the woods this
fall than ever before and that the total kill
for the season will surpass the records
| which have been mounting merrily upward
| for ten years past, and the big army Of in
| vaders will include recruits from all sec
tons of the country-young and old, men
| and women. veterans and novices.
| In spite of the fact that 4,634 deer and POI
moose passed through Bangor last season.
reports show very conclusively that big
| game is as plentiful as ever, and the i'm
| mense kill has made no perceptible dminu-
ton. To the average mind the natural
query is. Where does the game come
| from?' but the answer is simple enough.
| The wilderness is vast in extent and almost
unbroken. Natural conditions are ideal,
breeding stock Is plentiful and nearly every
doe deer that survived last seasons hunting
has during the summer added two fawns to
make good for the deer killed by hunters.
| In a word, if there are 10000 deer in the
| Maine wilderness Ga very low estimate by
| the way and half of them are does (more
| than probably, nearly 10000 fawns have
| been reared during the summer. AS for
| the deer. woodmen insist that hunters can
| never diminish their numbers. SO rapidly do
they multiply, and the only thing they
really fear is a scarcity of food. In word,
| they fear natural conditions more than
rifles. and are rather in favor of an annual
clearing out Of surplus stock than other
| wise.
for fhn}r 10 naf l.,
rapid but their difficulty of access and their
| natural wariness impose hardships upon
| the moose hunter which. together with
protective laws during the close season,
have been responsible for a very noticeable
| increase in numbers during the past five
years. In word. there nearly twice
as many moose In the state as there were,
say, ten years ago.
| AS for bears and the like, no one spends
enough time in hunting them to make any
particular difference in their numbers, and
owing to this fact the state finds it neces-
sary from time to time to offer bounties for
| bear scalps, so obnoxious do they become In
| certain localities.
The first questions the novice asks are
"When shall 1 Gomez" and Where shall ]
go?" and the answer to either Of these ques-
tons is not an easy one. First Of all, the
selection of a starting point Is dependent
| 1
! combine canoeing, camping and hunting
real woods roughing it. Kineo is the starting
point, for 1t Is from here that the greatest
canoe trips In the world open up If one
| wishes to stop at a hotel or sporting camp
dog cabin accommodations, consult guide
book to the Maine woods or ask friend.
| Deer are everywhere, but the bucks with
good heads must be hunted for and, in con-
| sequence, a good guide will have much to dc
not only with the success but the pleasure
of the trip as well. The moose hunter must
work-no doubt about it-and he must &C
where the moose are Get in touch with q
good guide and depend upon his judgment
but don't plan to make the trip in ten
days and don't plan to cut down its cost
too closely. If it is small game that Is de-
sired strike into the wilderness, camp upon
some pond and shoot ducks at evening and
cartridges during the daylight hours, Incl
dentally finding deer enough for camp use
and head to take out and with the posi-
bilty of tempting bear two into traps
| set nearby.
| AS for the best time" there is such
thing The first of the season possesses ad
| vantages which the later season lacks, OIL
! vice versa. To be sure, there are leaves
that rustic during the opening weeks, but
| these same leaves conceal, and II the sea
son happens to be wet one the noise Is