New-York tribune., 1908-10-11
HTNTS OF BIG GAME.
Blaine and Northern Ontario -1Iiur-
inc to the Hunter.

The autumnaI season has become the chief
big game season for sIortsmen from Maine 10
the Canadian Northwest. This may be due IN
a measure to the lure of the landscape. for this
is the season when the miracle of the burning
bush is repeated. Added to it IS the swapping
frost to lend ginger to existence and send the
blood IeapirG through the veins. The world in
ternalIy and externally seems all aglow.
But there ere less poetic reasons for choosing
the fall of the year for tn" journey into the
Maine woods r. the Canadian Ro kes in search
Of happy hunting grounds. In some sections OF
the broad ,... ans, IF game country along the
Canadian border the hunting Of game is re-
stricted by law t. the rau season.
In Main. tor instance. or" may shoot mo Sc
onlv between October - and December l. deer.
between october and December II. dur5. be-
tween September | ANA January /. ruI"i
grouse. i:..,..I-. 4ul wood h. lr.w".u S'p-
tembar - aaf us..na. / ou. however if h"
IS sufficiently .r.' H.,'-,t~+ e. h" able - Use
tingIli~h ti,s birds from ntl r '.arHer"d htr"tS
aboundtrg ~ th- N.1. a..I.. Hhrn hn has his
sights ranged u,.a. .r.-. r.a, shoot plrv"r AMI
snipc between AUGUST aad Mas |. Mink. -ahl"
and fisher may l, rll.u 1.t~..r October H. and
Nay Will. th.. ur--ar.t- D. subject to the hIl-
let of Niur.I ..t9r,a December ard Ma. !.
Maine however, ,f,r. t..r tn- .Is'rr Nh'
really tmr-rtrs for .Nrt.-iu.ut auI His -trn'
tn. ur.yiirE. of taking bears. WOLVES amt wilde
cats uherr.-r and Whenever they ar" f'rnI
The law ol Maine. 1t may u. added. maxi, he
open season for luadruI-Is ana f.lrher.d HIp"t Is
the closed season for men -'}h ever" reads
the law. while ON hunting trip 'r ia pursuit
OF wild game or game birds ur=l-"ntlE or care
IessIy shoots ana wounds or kills any human uo-
ing. shall be- punished ny imprisonment not *
ceeding ten years OF o.. fin. not exceeding
= Ts ID. 2. and
for human being serves to make hunting in
Maine NOR satisfactory than tr otherwise would
b.. for it means that there Al, h" mor" game 70
b.. shot and NOR" huu'--+ 90 g., th" shooting.
According 90 th" reports rf su.l.- Aari,n- and
others. Notwithstanding rar thousands Of moose.
deer and bear shot aua.a.ly IN Main. these
animals ar. actually .u .r..-Iu- .r numbers.
Canadian gam. Is also rr tr,tod. although
SOM. might br uul.r ,l, impression that q
country S., abouIt.r- ir lakes ana streams on
shrucd in i.r--. Hlrdrru,s-.s would Hot urcI
to guard its game hy means .f closed seasons.
Even in tE, Cassiar district. which lies north
OF British Columbia and is To b, reached only
by boat along tho I'ay5I, Coast tho gam" is
protected This is counted one Of the great
iuatin, districts of the world H. ,his Far West
district one finds the moose. q" caribou, noun
tain sheep and goats and grizzly and black
bears Last season - uon-rc-ii-nts went in
and took l. moose. 81 caribou - sheep 81
goats grizzly bears and : black bears an
average Of - animals to zach person who
actually shot
In the L-iIlooet district. which j, in British
Columbia in the nci=hborhp,d of Vancouver
one Of the deputy game warI~us last spring
saw 24l deer in one day. ana in the course of
six days observed S44 deer and ~ mountain
sheep