The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-10-29

No time was lost by local hunters il
getting into the woods Monday morning
and though the open season did not begiI
officially until 624 o'clock the anxious
ones were ready to indulge in target prac
tice at a moments notice. One adven
turous hunter made trip up the river
in his boat in the grey Of the morning
and ensconced himself on the shore wait
ing for a shot. After he had acquired a
sufficient degree of cramp in his frame he
stood up only to be startled by the ejacu-
lation of a farmer nearby who informed
him that the only thing that prevented
hun from stopping a softnnsed bullet
was the fact that he wore a rcd Hat. The
farmer had noticed rustling in the
bushes and was only waiting for sufficient
light to try his skill. The man with the
red hat lost his appetite for venison and
came back to breakfast. Not so with
Mr.. johnson, like several other local
nimrods, had been privileged to gaze upon
the famous white buck during the past
few weeks and like the others had
planned upon being the man-on-thesp
Charles Stockwell of West Brattleboro
was likewise one of those who had gazed
with longing eyes upon this king of Yer
mont forests and he, too, proposed to
own the white buck. A few minutes after
the hands of the clock announced that it
was legal to shoot deer in Vermont Mr..
johnson and Mr.. Stockwell found them
selves upon the farm of Samuel Sargent
in West Brattleboro and though some
distance from each other each evidently
was rewarded at about the same moment
with a sight of the white buck. Both
fired. The albino specimen was about 5O
yards from johnson when he fired and to
him fell the prize. When he reached the
animal he found three shots had reached
the mark. When the white buck was
sighted he was accompanied by two does.
The animal was brought to Brattleboro
where it excited much curiosity as it hung
in the Office of the American Express
ployed. 1t has been known for several
months that white buck was in this
region and the suggestion had been made
that whoever was lucky enough to secure
it might win fame by presenting it to the
Brattleboro library. A local taXidermist
had volunteered to mount the animal if
it should be presented. While self-con-
stituted committee of ways and means
we're discussing plans for obtaining the
animal A. M. Richardson of Bellows Falls |
heard of Mr. Johnson's success and nego-
tiations resulted in his purchasing the
animal for $780, While the buck is of the |
albino type and is rare specimen it is
not the white buck that has
,een seen. by many hunters in this re-
yion during the past few weeks. County |
1ame Warden Roswell Frost says that
he white buck which has been seen by
many, including himself, was a much
arger specimen and that he had but one
,atch of brown and that was on the right
onward shoulder. The animal shot by
Mr. johnson was notified in several places
- e
hree years old. The larger buck seen by
ears old.
Before the curious throng had drfted
way from the animal hanging in the ex
,ress company's office returns began to
ONE in from the woods. DR.. f. R. Lynch
vas one of the early prize winners coming
n with buck shot in Dummerston
.eon White captured a ll7-pound doe in
lewfane and the telephone told of his
uccess Clarence Bruce of Brattleboro sent
n word that he had got 25O-pound buck
n Jamaica and DR.. c. r. Aldrich brought
n small male specimen from Putney.
William Leonard journeved to Dummer-
ton and brought back buck, and n. NJ.
hastings captured l5O-pound doe. Jo-
eph Stark a l9-year-old boy. was high
lan on weight Monday with a 2S0-pound
uck shot in West Brattleboro Earle
Veatherhead captured l5O-pound buck.
'uring the day Monday reports from
earby towns showed that great success
as attending the hunters and the stories
I'D about town stimulated the timid
mes who were telling themselves it was
angerous to go into the woods BY noon
uesday everyone who knew how to load
gun had secured weapon and an
vered the call.
Word came Tuesday that Cant f. j
7aterman had secured buck in Wind
IT county. Fred Fox of West Brattle
BRO took % minutes vacation from his
lties Tuesday and the result was a good
zed buck. H. II. Everleth made trip
Putney and brought back a 20O-pound
lck L. Streeter o. II. Ellis, and Ed
ard Reed also secured specimens during
e week. Sherman Abbott was one of
e heavyweight winners with a big
lck shot in Marlboro and r. A Brown
ought back a buck from Halifax.