Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-10-17
HUNTING IN VERMONT.
StnrtIirs Revelation of tho way ItnI-
inn Iumbcrnen Violate Game Law.


the boHntN on bear iVnX' fox ana
other Wild animals III vermont "
party "i roar hunters trappefS anu
spruce $HW 3atherers spent SIX weeks
Time III N'tohcr and NOVEMBER rowing
over III" BACK BON" OF the Green
Noun ta'hs IN bennington ana fu'ia'o
counties they carried light tcnt'
sheet-lron stove aud cooking d'shes IN
S'u' H. SI"eplhG paSS' f"'her '""s
leEsoa boots and rubber SUITS some
bacon nour. spices SAT- na'cneS ann
sun glasses ana mint and steel Ihey
'ach had nsnt repeating rlhe anu
plenty or cartridges long bamboo
loihted gum pores ana par ol lkht
'eiephone pole climbers Inc whol'
o"'n' n'n"c load OF ABOUT oV pounu"
each besides the guns axes ana pores
span " mountain h'rSoS anu i'E
sle" hauI'' th''f ki' t'h iu'"S mo
INV "'""S ana th'N c''hpeu III d" VI"
''e Snan'N on one Oh the mountain
P""pS' inc territory had oee'' mostly
! cut over some years before t"r inc
, Solt lnp'' ana Wnat spruce an" n"l-
sam hr that was too scrubby FOR lnm-
Dor. bni produced good spruce gum
and liquid halsam. Plenty of good
that done service on the pond. trout
ifshine having CLOSED ana as ther'
were no partridge, rabbits squirrels
or othef small game as far BACK III
inc WOODS as they were they dld NOT
expect I" SAoot any eataol" gam"
save bear and perhaps deer in tho
last week Of october. But they hNed
up tho camp by spreading tn" tont
/ ~ no Il a lsFlN IN
| branches for q bed. They dug hole
and put IN" food into II and covered
| 1t with stones on side NH near by.
Then they set lot Of snares, dead
falls and a few steel traps which they
mad and commenced 10 gather gum
and haIsam, going IN pairs and diNii-
ing the territory 50 a' 70 cover 1t an
They We're having good luck the
weather was fine and the FUR they
caught was MINK hsher an" one pear
Wnich was la' ana soou eatihs.
They had about secured the forest
for days Journey all around and
were contemplating h'ding' their gum
palsam ana furs IN big hollow tree
ana moving ON h"r'h' men Just at
night strange dog with his mead fulI
OF hedgehog PuiIis Nnped INTO camp
winning ara soon "iacK swarthF
ltalah WIN Shot gun ana sUihS
OF me trout came up a pair OF
p'h'crS soon heIped 10 get the pnIlis
"ut Oh '"' "'t an" '"eh the i'ailah
said m" cot net up pond me get all
hsh me want me set he' III orook'
hsh run m rNlu''.'N he was ron
plhs the spawning peas o. trout tie
SAID you go near III log trap up
brook come 'h'F s''''eu ana ha't
NH" brought tA"m To toe iog trap
with 2oo pouh" pear IN H. Ih"N
SKINNED the p'ar S't 'hr trap ana
TOOK the mans ElN'hB IN" i'a""h toe
rest re thanked tn'h ana Sa'o you
come via me I'VE leet'e way on
mere pointing almost horlh' ana as u
was not much "Nf OF 'h''r way they
Went ON the h2hk al 4 brook 'hat
moved northwest S'oou MS shahtN
maze OF boards from an o'u Darn
nearhy' on one 'no oi inc Darn
hung the carcass OF Dig PUCK d'cr'
and on inc ROOF was the hlu'' IN the
shhhtN ne had Il Wlrc ana TWO boys
also barrel OF corn hecr' maze from
corn ana molass"S ana II "oulu XIII
I" rods. put ne Sa'u IKE III! Soou
strong IheN trl"d I" ten MN IL
was against IN" law 10 ca''n HSn an"
XIII deer nut ne II" TOT stand III" lK"
meat me ike hsh' IN" got plenty
easy ANA theN Had 20 IeaNe nm
ana go
Next morning TWO. game "aroehs
cam" In and looked the camp al over
pretending to think the Dear meat
was Nenlaon, but When tHeN Sd" the
ride they gave in and SAID mat ueeI
were beng killcd around the pohu
ana they mad better get out or theY
would be suspected, and when asked
II they had been at the ltaliah camp
they said yes and that he mad tod
them that our gummers were eaten
ing trout and killlnG deer ana snow-
In the brook and also the head and
inwards or deer when toid what
they had seen the night before the
wa'uens laughed and said: These
Italians are honest TheN work TOT
one or our friends ana ne says ne
never saw better men that they were
working every day cutting wood and
logs ana earning big money, but you
fellows are sneaking around killins
or the game and are liable to ourn
up the whole forest letter move