The Delta independent., 1911-10-13
MANY DELTA TABLES SUP
Piled WITH DEER MEAT
Local Hunters Fairly Successful
Despite Short Season and In
favorable Weather.

| "a lloiiieS lue past le" uitc
juicy steaks and roasts playing a
prominent part-and all are testify
ing to thorough satisfaction with
the change.
1T is kind of monotonous,' re-
marked one of the hunters, Ito sit
down in the morning for three hun
dred and sixty-five days in the year
and confront ham and eggs, bacon
and eggs, etc, then at noon get
bunch of roast beef, veal or mutton
and something very similar for the
evening meal if its dinner or such
meats fried if its supper. This veni-
son comes in now as a pleasant re-
verse. and we think more of the
other meats when We go back to
them
The speaker was one of the sue
cessful hunters just returned from
the hills, and he had a supply of
tender meat hung up which would
appease the appetites of himself and
family for at least two or three
weeks He had noticed the claim
of state game warden that but
six hundred deer were killed this
year, against six thousand last year
and remarked that if that was the
case the Delta hunters had certainly
succeeded in getting their share.
All the local parties were home
by Saturday or Sunday and with one
or two exceptions. each hunter had
a fine buck to show for his trouble
on the trails in this district. AS
was reported last week, Walter Hill
man OF the First National bank, was
the firts to land an antlered prize
and this was doubtless because he
was hunting with the White Broth
ers who live on the Twenty-Five
Mile mesa and can locate the game
with but little difficulty.
George Young. Frank Sanders,
Drs. Burgess and Burgin, John Muir
ply and Al Meyers got in from the
Tabaguache country Friday evening
and were all supplied with venison.
bringing in four deer.
George C. Crabill. Dan Doughty
and Fred Trechter pulled in Friday
evening with three fine deer and
yearling bear which was killed by
the latter One of the deer and the
bear were hung up in the Smith q
Riley market and attracted no little
attention all day Saturday.
Bert Wells, George Deter, James
Greenwood and MIR. Snoddy, came
in late Saturday night from the
Tabaguache country, and while no
mention was made OF what luck
they had on the hunt. it is gener-
ally conceded that each member OF
the party dropped a nice specimen
of the antlered family.
y. H. Castle and sons and Har-
vey Hart returned Monday night
from a few days hunt in Military
park. but they reported no luck
ON the venison proposition. Ihe
marty landed some fine trout at the
Grand mesa lakes and had no trouo-
le whatever in getting ouhch
o. grouse Mr.. Castle remarked IN
the hearing of an Independent re
porter that he had some fine sport
at the lakes with a five-pound Rain
bow trout, which he finally placed
IN his basket after a lively contest
| Ii was the largest he ever hooked.
George Lester. who resides a
few miles from town, reports the
capture by his party of two big
brown tear and deer or two.
One of the largest equipped hunt
ing parties of this year came in
Monday evening at about O'Clock
and backed n covered wagon up TO
the Kurz market where five fine
specimens of the deer family were
unloaded. They had put in the
waAE the nDner
COW camp of f. ]. Mathews, some
seventy or seventy-five miles dis
tant from Delta and had had
royal good time of every minute,
even If it did storm some The party
was composed of the following: h.
]. Mathews and J. +. Winstanley
of Paonia, A. d. Morgan of Hotch-
kiss, George Hibbs of Welcome, l..
r. wigram. Bert Norton and Joe
Pregent of Delta and f. NJ. jackson
OF Denver.
John Crowley. Rubie Neff and A.
+. Stauffer put in the season on
the trails of the Escalante district
and each had landed a nice buck
ere the six-day term was halt over
They also bagged fine lot of grouse
and are highly elated over their sue
cess for this seasons hunt.
The party comprising Editor h.
f. Watts and son, NJ. E., L. 7. Min
ney and Albert Baird, came in Few
days late, being detained by storms
and bad roads. Albert Baird and
Nance Watts left the elder mem
bers of the party Saturday and came
in on horseback. The other men
had heavily loaded wagons and
did not get in until Tuesday night.
They bagged few grouse and that