The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-10-24
OPEN SEASON FOR
DEER BEGAN THIS
MORNING
Many Hunters in Camp in
Mountain Cabins
HILLS COVERED WITH SNOW
Conditions are Right and an Unusu-
ally Large Amount of Venison
VIII Probably Be Killed

The first deer, two year old buck,
reported by a Bennington hunter, fell
about 1880 o'clock this morning be-
fore the rifle of Ray Barlow who is
member of a party Of five which
made headquarters yesterday at the
Telephone Camp on the He'll Hol-
low stream. The other members of
the party are Eugene Graham, Sidney
Jones, Samuel Noyes and Edward
Stone The buck was shot on the
Hotchkiss clearing.
There is a good sized party in
camp at Hunters Rest including DR..
b. c. Jenney Grant l.. Harbour, Fred
Harmon. Seymour Wood and c. A.
Wood. Jesse and Truman Mallory.
Henry Marsh is presiding at The cook
stove.
w. H. Bradford, Joseph NJ. Ayres
and T. Z. Gregg went into camp yes
ierday at The Ayres- Gregg camp in
the Dunville section. ). II. Blackmer
and Arthur II. lockwood are encamp-
I'd at the Blackmer cabin with Joe
Cranstcn in full charge of the culin-
airy department.
II. A. Lyons and two sons, Ward
and Grover, and VIII H. Nichols with
cook and two horse load of proyis
ions, took up their headquarters at
Deerview cabin.
J. A. Jubb and G. p Endress are in
Searsburg, having left town Early on
Sunday morning. Mr.. Endress has
hunted several times in that section
with good results. 1t is highly prob
able that they will return before the
end of the week with a prize.
peculiar incident occurred this
morning when George Gregg telephon-
ed to his son from Coleville TO pro-
cure a license for him at the town
clerks office. Evidently George did
not think that it was necessary to
procure license until he reached the
tall timbers. Perhaps he wanted to
see if he could shoot one before he
spent his hard earned money for a
license.
Alonzo Bent, Lawrence Galipeau
and Joseph Seymour are camping at
he Lon Bent cabin in Coleville. One
member of the party went TO the cab
III OuuQdA UNl ltihl Htu b0lttt HiEill
with real cold feet. He returned this
morning after the sun had risen sew
eral hours. Hunters had excellent
luck i'm Coleyille last season and deer
have frequently been seen in that sec
ton this year
Earl A. Howard of Gage street has
gone to Salisbury to hunt with his
father. Freeman Howard on the
salisbury mountain.
Mail Carrier Turner Cranston is in
Sandgate and Clerk Herbert Arm
strong of the postofiice force is in
Pownal
The first deer to be brought into
the village was 1S5-pound buck
shot near North Pownal by Harry
Rudd
The conditions this morning were
right for a successful season. The
mountains east of the village were
white with snow and on the west
side of the valley along the upper
slopes of Mt Anthony there was full
ly an inch of snow. AS the hunters
will thus be able to track the deer it
is likely that large number of kills
will be reported to morrow.
Up to noon today four Arlington
hunters had come in successful. Enos
Lathrop secured a young buck Law
renee Cole a big one with horns and
Joe Thomas and Jerry Sargood each
got a doe. All were killed on West
mountain. 1t is reported in the vii
lage that a party of Bennington hun
tiers secured deer on the same
ridge.
In SALISBURY a doe was killed by
c. L. Hulett near his farm on the road
to Arlington 1t is reported that
Amos johnson secured a deer in the
Maple Hill district in SALISBURY. A
deer is also reported to have been
shot on the Grout farm on the road
between SALISBURY and Arlington.
Three hunters shot sat a deer on
the George Mattison farm on the
SALISBURY road. George was one of
the three who shot at the animal and
he got the deer
Three doe were killed in Stamford
by Leon Bliss, Eugene Sweet and AL
gle Landfear.
Five deer are reported to have been
killed by Manchester hunters but the
name of only one of the successful
nimrods is known, S. NJ. Adams.
Eugene Graham shot a spotted fawn
on top of Glastonbury mountain one
minute after sunrise this morning.
He wounded it and chased it seven
miles east into Rake branch swamp.
when he discovered that the animal