Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1907-10-31
The DEER SEASON.
Large Number OF Bucks Taken
Many Accidents Reported.

will be received by State Game Commts-
sioner n. g. Thomas and an official state
ment given out by him regarding the
number killed, the indications are that u
has been a record season. The number OF
buck deer shot is roughly estimated at
over 700. Three lives have been lost ana
a number Of persons more or less serious
Iy injured. Some half dozen bears have
been killed. one wild cat and an extra
large hedgehog. Many does have been
killed contrary to law and at least two
cows. All in all it has been strenuous
week and the hundreds OF amateur hunt
ers, armed with high power rifles, have
made it a risky matter TO be in or near
the woods.
Con Howard Of Pomfret, aged II years,
was accidentally shot Oct % but not seri-
ously wounded. His companion. boy
of about the same age, was handling the
rife when il was discharged, the bullet
passing through the calf Of Howard's left
leg.
Robert Bourne, a young man who re-
sides in Burlington, was badly injured by
an accidental gunshot wound received
Sunday. Oct. 20. He was hunting in the
woods near Pleasant Valley, Cambridge,
when his weapon in some manner was
discharged, the bullet striking him in the
thigh. Bourne managed to crawl on his
hands and knees 10 the home Of Fred
Stanley in Pleasant Valley.
Robert, the fourteen-year-old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. 4. j. Boynton Of Rutland.
while getting over fence in Mendon sat
urday afternoon, Oct. 10, was accidental
liz shot over the heart with a 32-calibre
rife. Several of his playmates say the
hammer of his gun hit the railing Of the
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left hand between the thumb and index
finger and went directly over his heart.
When located by means OF X-rays, il was
extracted near the left armpit. After be-
ing treated in a farm house, the injured
lad was taken to his home, where he il in
a critical condition. The boys father i
manager of the Berwick House.
Joseph q. Emmonds OF Hartford.
Conn, who was accidentally shot in the
leg by his son, Joseph, in Shrewsbury
Oct. 20, while demonstrating the points
OF a gun. and who was taken to the Rut-
land city hospital, died the following
Wednesday. He was 81 years old.
Henry German Of Richmond was rafh-
er careless Oct. n when after deer and
shot himself in the foot.
4 serious hunting accident occurred
Oct. p in Woodbury.. Aleck Syioer. in
company with another hunter. was walk
ing along viii his gun cooked. He
reached his finger to the trigger when the
gun Unexpectedly discharged, the bullet
entering the calf Of Spicer's right leg.
The man was taken TO Hardwick.
where he underwent an operation for the
amputation OF the leg al the knee.
Senator Redfield Proctor, who Is IS
years old, went out after a deer. He
mas hwm rs ina NJ a
lodge on Mount Pico.
Daniel Sullivan OF Roxbury. charged
with shooting a doe in Roxbury Oct. %.
pleaded not guilty. He denies the shoot
ing. Another dead doe was found in
Moretown.
Mr.. Allen OF Grand Isle killed 4 deer At
the mouth OF the Lamoille river in Mil
ton that weighed 500 pounds and An
drew Hagar Of WoodfOrd secured buck
weighing 800 pounds.
Frank Sguires and w. 4. Griffith Of
Rutland. who were hunting in Dorset last
week Wednesday. each shot bear weigh
ing about 40 pounds. They saw two
other bears shortly afterward.
Allen Briggs. the boy bear hunter Of
Sesrshurg, has brought in his third bear
this season.
Fred Fleury OF Bolton brought in q
large bear last week Monday.
Zuel Kenyon had unusual success
while hunting a. Basin Harbor. getting =
loon which measured five feet from tip to
tip OF wings.
Mrs. I. :. sullivan Of Rutland shot 8
deer in Mendon Oct. y weighing 300
pounds. Just a. the deer fell. q wildcat
pounced upon 1t. Mr.. Sullivan. y no &C.
companied his wife, Immediately shot the
wildcat.
On r. +. ID. route No. 3 from Spring
field postofiioe. which covers a large part
OF Weathersfieid. nine deer have been
shot by patrons Of the route. and IL re-
ports are true this j. only about a quarter
Of the number shot in Weathersfield.
-Four hunters al Essex Junction united
in firing on a 20o-lb. buck. bringing him
down.
Homer Balm Of Middlebury lost a COW
last week, which was shot by some hunt
er. who mistook the animal for a deer. /
Ten deer were killed in Chester and ten
in MiddleseN during the season.
The deer hunting season in Windham
county was the most successful on record
Over fifty deer were slain. nearly all be-
ing large animals. Two were shot with
in the limits of Brattleboro. The largest
deer reported was brought down on Black
mountain in Dummerston by a Mr.. Whit
ney of Westminster. 1t weighed $50
pou Ids.
It fell TO the lot Of Charles Seaver Of
Proctorsville to follow implicitly the COM
mand OF the law as TO shooting only deer
with horns and at the same time to get a
doe, which the law didn't intend he
should have. Mr.. Seaver was hunting
one of which had horns. the others being
recognized by him as does and not legiti-
mate game. He finally shot the horned
quarry, bringing down a deer from
whose head protruded one horn about five
inches long, and he was very much sur
prised to find he had not a buck. The
animal dressed about $50 pounds The
single horn was covered for its entire
length with thick skin, and there were
indications of the previous presence Of an
other horn, which had been broken off.
George Brown, who lives in the west
ern part of Morristown, reported to State
Commissioner Thomas Oct. "a that he
had seen three caribou near Sterling
1t was known that there were
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