The sun., 1909-11-17
ADIR0NDACK KILLING RECORD.
Five Men Dead as q Result OF the Deer
Hunting seasOn-Eieyen Others Hurt.

UTICA, Nov. 16-Five men were killed
and eleven others were seriously injured
by bullet wounds in the 1909 Adirondack
deer hunting season, which closed last
night. Those killed were:
Jess Mayer. who accidentally shot him.
self at Chase's Lake on September IL.
James Stoddsrd OF Oak Bluff. Canada.
was near Malone on October when a
gun he carried exploded accidentally.
Henry Lewis proprietor OF the Wayside
Inn. at Clear Lake junction. was mistaken
for a deer and shot at Little Fish Pond
on October Q. Frank Tansley OF Rock
wood on October 7s stumbled on a log
and his exploding gun sent bullet through
his abdomen, Frank white, a farmer
residing at Malone. accidentally shot and
killed himself on November IL while oSer
hunting at Duane.
Among those injured was Albert Fisher.
Hunting on Roger Mountain near Saranac
Lake. he was shot through the body by
some person unidentified who evidently
mistook him for a deer. On September
~ Charles osler OF Tupper Lake while
trailing a rife along the ground blew
of his right hand and part Of his arm.
On November Charles DeLong OF Fort
Plain accidentally shot himself in the right
side. He is still in a critical condition.
The open season for deer hunting in
the Adirondacks began on September 10
and the period set apart for killing does
terminated October 81. Under an amend
ment OF the game laws made this year.
however, hunters got fifteen days longer.
the period Terminating last night In which
to shoot bucks. The majority OF sports
men who hunt in the Adirondacks be-
lieve that the change in the game laws
extending the open season for bucks
until the middle OF November Ii an unwlse
measure. looking at the matter from the
standpoint Of game protection. and are
OF the opinion that the season for the deer
should end on October 81.
So far as can be learned the extension
has not been very disastrous to>the deer
this year. as the conditions for hunting
have been unfavorable during the last
two weeks. In the average year. however.
the killing OF the animals would be as
great during the first half of November
as il would be In the preceding six weeks.
Ordinarily there is snow on the ground
in the Adirondacks early in November
and as hunters under such circumstances
can readily follow the tracks Of the deer
| a greet deal more game is had than can
be got when the ground is bare.
There has been little snow In the woods
thus far this fall. II may also be noted
deer hunters in the Adir0ndacks during
the last fortnight. a fact which probably
is accounted for by the unfavOrable
weather conditions.
Other objections have been raised to
the present law concerning the killing
OF bucks In November. Experienced
hunters know that 30 far as four out Of
five which one sees in the woods are con-
cerned 1t In difilcult to tell at long range
the sex Of the animals and in consequence
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during the additional time in November
when the feet footed animals may be shot.
Further than this. men who should
know say that there is no such prepon-
deranoe OF bucks in the Adirondacks
as TO warrant their slaughter while the
does arc protected. II 10 believed that
the total killed during the opening season
this year will not equal that OF last year.