The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-10-20
MOOSE HUNTING SEASON OPENS
IN NEW BRUNSWICK.

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MOOSE HUNTING SEASON OPENS
IN NEW BRUNSWICK.
The ST. John Globe of September 27,
in an article on the opening of the
moose hunting season in New Bruins
wick, appears to think this year will
be record-breaker. The excellent
game laws and care taken in their en-
forcement for years have now borne
fruit, and there is no doubt of the fact
that there are more moose, caribou
and deer to the square mile of forest
lands in New Brunswick than in any
other part of the Dominion. The sea-
son opened on the 18th, and previous
to that date for some weeks a day
seldom passed that travellers on the
section of the Intercolonial Railway
| between Moncton and Campbelton
did not have a sight from the trains
of one or more of these animals.
To see The array of guns and other
hunting paraphernalia arriving
day or so previous to the
18th in the custody of
sturdy and determined looking gen
tlemen, who represented nearly every
state in the Union, and many also
from abroad, one would imagine all
the wild animals in the country would
| be killed, but the guides inform us
that there are plenty for all. 1t is
said several hundred licenses to non
| resident sportsmen were sold the first
| day 10 the many waiting for the privi-
| lege, and one vendor in the town of
| Newcastle is known to have issued
more than a hundred. Many of the
| ,tr for N
| to the woods, vet it appears moose
| can be shot close to the settlements,
| for two young men, not at all expert
enced hunters at that, went out on
| the morning of the 18th, not far from
| Moncton, and returned the same night
with a fine moose, deer and num-
| ber of partridges. Still, as the season
advances, the animals become more
| wary, naturally and the guides prob
| ably know their business when they
| advise sportsmen to go further afield-
| Again, half the charm of hunting
| trip is in building a camp fire far from
| civilization, and besides the actual
| hunting the inducements of the north
ern woods attract hundreds, and have
| for them fascination all its own. To
| lovers of beautiful scenery also the
| New Brunswick woods are well worth
| visit, particularly at this time OF
| year, when the varied colors OF the
| coverings of the naples and other
| hardwood trees are like nothing ever
| seen elsewhere. Men who understand
| the captivating mystery of the woods,
| the physical enjoyment and exhiiara-
| tion of a hunting trip, and are lovers
] of nature, can find no better or surer
way to lose the tired and enervated
i feeling which is the lot of the ordi-
nary business man after a summer
| spent in the busy city.
Many of the sporIsmen who come to
| tie Miramichi and Nepisiguit country
have snug camps prepared by the
| guides, to which they go for their
| hunting, and others, just as well able
| to surround themselves with luxuries
under any circumstances, prefer the
open tent under the big pines and the
| healthy 'roughing it"
There are many ways of getting into
| the heart of the New Brunswick
| woods. A glance at the map shows
that nearly all the streams and larger
rivers in the hunting territory head
| up to the slopes Of the Bald Noun
tains, in the northwestern part of the
province, and the lakes which are at
the heads of these streams are the re-
sort of the very large animals. The
best places from which to reach the
head waters and the lakes are Bath
urst, Campbellton and Newcastle.
Fairly good roads. made years ago by
| the lumbermen, reach far up the Mira
michi, Nepisiguit and Restigouche, and
the tedious journey up stream against
the current, so tiresome that one who
has ever made it will do almost any
thing rather than repeat the expert
| ence, is thus avoided to q great ex-
| tent.
AS we write it is learned that sew
eral parties of sportsmen who went
| into the woods at the first of the sea-
son have already returned and carry
some fair-sized trophies home with
them, but so far the record for an
antlered head. 6S1s inches, made on
the Nepisiguit in 1907 has not been
broken OF course we have yet to
hear from parties further afield, and
possibly when they come out another
story will be told.
| If any sportsman requires informa-
tion about hunting in the territory
mentioned above, the booklet. Fish
ing and Hunting will be mailed to
| him on receipt of a two-cent stamp for
| postage by r. w. Chipman, New Eng
land Agent of the l. C. Ry., SOC Wash
| ington street, Boston, Mass.
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