Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-11-19
THe pEEa SEASON.
About 1000 Bucks Thousht to Have
Been Killed Last Week.


that this years open deer season proved
record breaker. Many deer were ille-
geIly killed. Those that were 10 condi-
ton we're ordered sold and the others
shipped TO the Swift Beef Co. in Burling-
ton.
The largest animal reported was q 500
FOUNDER shot by Fred Wiseman in Swan
ton at daylight Monday. Ransom Chap
lin of Enosburg shot buck weighing
nearly 400 pounds.
Mrs. Dexter A. Gleason, wife OF q we'll
known lumber dealer in Bennington,
achieved the distinction of being the
first woman hunter to kill q deer ia Yer
mont. Mrs. Gleason was accompanied
on the hunting trip by her husband, bat
he failed to bring down q deer. Mrs
Gleason shot buck weighing $50
pounds.
Frank Herrick Of wiIIiamstown,
Mass, was arrested in Pownal BY de-
putty sheriff on the charge OF shooting 9
2OO-pound buck late Sunday afternoon,
Nov. s. He claimed that he had made
mistake in what he supposed was the
opening day OF the season.
Ernest Brown, fifteen-year-old East
Pownal boy, lost one hand and one finger
while in the woods. lie was standing
with his hand cIasped over the muzzle of
double-barreled shotgun when the
weapon was accidentally discharged.
Frank Draper of Morrisville was deer
hunting when his rifle, which be carried
in his left hand, exploded in some I'M
known way. The stock was splintered
and the barrel was bent up to his hand.
Draper's clothes we're badly burned and
filled with powder.
4 - 4 y
years. is dead as the result OF preparations
for the deer hunting seaEon. He was
employed by Frank Talcott, and with a
fellow laborer, Gus Weliinger. was look
/ ing over weapons. Wellinger, who is
about 25 years old, was fixing revolver
which be supposed to be empty when 1t
was discharged, the bullet striking For
tune over the LETT temple. He was taken
to the Mary Fletcher hospital bat died
before reaching there.
Joseph Geners OF Wolcott was the vic
tim Of q deer hunters bullet while driv-
ing toward his home. He heard q shot
and turned to look back to see IL be could
discover the source " hen hunter on a
hill q short distance from the road fred
at buck in a herd which was feeding be-
tween the two men. The ball passed
through Mr.. Geners' thigh, making a
clean wound. A full moon was shining
80 that the hunter could easily disting-
uish the deer but did not see Mr.. Geners
some distance away. No arteries we're
severed or bones broken by the ball
The first accident which occurred near
Rutland vas when Arthur Tatreau had
his left hand badly mutilated by the ex-
plosion of an old Springfield rifle. The
man was taken to the Rutland City hospi-
tai. Although the surgeons are trying to
save the hand, it will probably be stiff.
The third finger was blown on at the sec
ond joint, the thumb was almost blown
OF and the hand was split between the
second and third fingers and the flesh
badly lacerated.
large wildcat was shot on HerriclI
mountain in Ira Wednesday by Francis
Labelle of West Rutland, who was hunt
ing rabbits with a party Of friends. The
dogs, three in number, surrounded the
cat, and LabeIls, coming up, shot IL. The
sBimal measures three feet and three
inches from tip to tip, and weighs 50
pounds.
A handsome buck trotted through the
most prominent streets Of Barre city Fri.
day, to be finally rounded up in
a mans barn on Washington street.
One Of the youngest deer hunters in
Vermont was Robert Branehaud OF Hut.
land. Robert laid low 200-pound buck.
Leonard S.lBradley, young merchant
, Of Bridgewatsr Corners, was struck by Z
stray bullet Thursday in Plymouth. The
ball hit him in the right side and in
flicted q severe wound, which is not
however, dangerous unless blood poison
ing results. Two doctors were sum
moned and dressed the wound at thu
. camp where Bradley and q party o.
friends had been during the week hunt
ing deer. He was taken to his home Fri
day.
Paul Dow Of Middlebury shot a larg,
deer Friday. He was alone at the tim.
and not being able to carry his prize, b
I set out to get assistance from his neigh
bors four miles away. On the way b.
met Ave hunters, whom he told OF BIZ
good fortune. As soon as possible he re
: turned to the scene OF his exploit witt
I three friends, only TO find his deer miss
! ing. The thieves were tracked, half I
: mile, where all traces were lost.
! The deer season which closed Saturday
was the most successful ever known il
, the state. Old hunters, who estimate
that the number killed in the state viii
reach 1000, say that the unusual success
this year is due to the fact that the oper
season came during the mating period
. when bucks are roaming everywhere anc
. are less fearful Of man than usual
Mendon was the banner town in west
. ern Vermont. There are already a. buck
and four does reported from the town
ship.