El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-03-02

I Swamp of louisiana 1t has been over
run this winter by a lot of hunters who
shot the deer for their skins alone
More than 500 carcasses already have
been found and this is known to be
| only a portion of them The people OF
| the community are up in arms over
this pot-hunter invasion. and II prob
ably will result in some additional pro-
tective action by the Louisiana legisla-
! ture.
The other side of the game law ques-
! ton is shown in the experience of the
. farmers in Shelby and adjoining coun-
| ties Of Iowa Here the game laws have
| been enforced SO rigidly that 400 deer
! are running at large and annoying the
| farmers by their depredations The
| bucks in some instances have become
so ferOcious as to attack school chill
! dren. This splendid herd Of deer has
/ grown from a few animals which es-
| capped from a private park in Ayoca.
! Iowa some 10 years ago.
Only 5000 Buffalo Left.
Out of the countless millions of
American bison which roamed over this
continent in the 18th century, less than
1000 now remain as somber sentinels
of dying species. a bison census TAX
en- by William T. Hornady two wears
ago showed 1141 in the United States.
$50 in Canada and $50 in Europe. In
addition TO these there were 345 NV
birds called cattaloesA "a cross between
| buffalo and cattle
The last buffalo which is known 70
have associated with the great herds
that roamed wild over the prairies of
Canada. was Sir Donald the veteran
bull of the Banff herd. He was killed
recently for museum purposes This
animal was captured in 1872 by lanes
Mackay- All those which survive Sir
Donald were born in captivity. In
Alaska the caribou still roam wild. and
herds containing 10000 animals are fire.
quently seen.
Deep Sea Fishing.
For deep sea fishing the Wha1ar Ct
Lawrence broke the worlds record last
winters by capturing 31S whales in a
single season OF these 241 were hunp-
backs. Sc sulphur bottoms 10 fin-backs
and one sperm whale. With all this
great catch there was not a single ser
ious accident.
The modern whaler uses the latest
goth century methods in his work He
raises the dead whale TO the surface
with compressed air. An incision is
made in the body and a connection es-
tablished with the air pump When the
carcass is sufficiently buoyant the in
cision is plugged up with oakuu, and
g buoy with a flag is attached: the car
cass is then turned adrift until the
days work is over. when the whole
catch is towed TO the whaling station
II has been said that in the great pack
Ing houses everything about pig is
saved but his squeal; at a modern whal-
ing station everything is saved but the
spout
A western inventor has patented a
steel trap for catching fish 1t is
very much like the ordinary steel jawed
fox trap. except that the jaws are per-
pendicular instead of horizontal. A
hook is baited. and the trap let down
into the water: the moment fish
touches the bait the jaws close and the
victim is held secure.
Another inventor has patented a trap
which catches the body of an animal
as well as a leg. 1t consists of four
upright pieces extending above the
jaws Of the trap.
Kaiser Sportsman.
When former president Roosevelt
goes TO Berlin he will find Emperor |
William no less enthusiastic sports |
man than himself AS hunter the |
kaiser has had some exciting times
and nothing but his office has pre- |
vented him from tackling the big game |
OF Africa
AT his hunting lodge at Potsdam sim |
plicity marks everything. The hunting |
horses are all English-bred roans. and |
The dogs are English fox hounds taken |
across the channel when they were
pups There are 20 hounds in the pack
and the emperor personally has watched
over their training. He has two sets
Of kennels, one of which IS occunied
every other day while the other is be-
ng thoroughly cleaned and dislnfected.
The Hunting Cheete.
What the greyhound of this country |
$ to the deer hunter. the cheeta is TO
ne native antelope hunters Of Africa
t is known as the hunting leopard.
The only point where real skill comes
nto play in dealing with them is in
apturing the adult animal The Young
'heeta cannot be trained as a hunter
There are certain trees to which the
'lder ones go to whet their claws. and
iround these trees are tied many moses
4 deer skin The leg of the cheeta is
aught in one of these nooses when he
egins his claw sharpening operation.
lie is then carried into camp and his
raining begins. This consists in his
'eing bound and blind folded. tor
nented and starved. kept awake when
e wants TO sleep and handled so per-
lstently and roughly in other WAYS
hat he gives up in despair and be-
ONES as abjectly tame as he formerly
vas wild.
When the training period is over. and
e is to play the part of the hunting
og. he is taken into the field with a
God over his head. When fairly close
pom the quarry he is given a sight of !
ne game, and such a superb race en-
ues that one sportsman declared II
7orth trip from Europe to Africa TO
ee single antelope caught in this .
-ay.
The cheeta is perhaps natures near
st combination of the cat and the dog.
IS claws are only partially retractile.
nd II has so many canine characteris-
cs that II sometimes is called the dog
at Very few of the American and {
nghsh hunters who visit East Africa
Sc the cheeta in their operations.
Big Game In Canada. ,
The North American big game is :
ow to be found mainly in Canada and
laska- The moose. in addition RI he :
e monarch of the Canadian woods 10
re largest and most powerful snacies
deer now In existence. Like all o+ber
anne lit is now protected bv strin.e,+
VS.. and hunting is allowed for onI,
w weeks at the end of each VOC
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