The Calumet news., 1911-12-01
TEN FATALITIES
DURING SEASON
RECORD OF HUNTING ACCIDENTS
THIS YEAR SHOW SEASON
WAS NOT AS oIsAs.
TROUS AS LAST.

Ten persons lost their lives an,
twenty three were more or less ser.
iously injured in the hunting seasoi
which closed yesterday, in the woods
of Northern Michigan. Compared with
the records for 1910 and 1909. the
number Of accidents shows a consid-
cradle decrease, as follows:
Killed Injured
1909 33 90
1910 1S a.
1911 10 %
Hunters are not inclined to attrib-
ute the decrease in accidents this
year To the game laws enacted at the
last session of the legislature and
(which went into effect this year, but
rrther to the campaign of education
conducted by the press and by the
game warden's department for sew
eral seasons past. The fact that the
Iseason has continued for six weeks in
stead of the customary twenty DAYS.
! has had little to do with the number
Of accidents, according to those well
Iversed in wood lore
Over 5000 Deer Killed.
While in many ways the season has
not been successful one. there has
been no noticeable decrease i'm the num-
bcr of deer killed. Il is conscrvatively
estimated that the XIII exceeds 5000.
There have been more Lower Michigan
hunters in action this year than ever
before, accurate records kept by the
d. :. $. & a. road showing that no
less than 1929 crossed the straits on
the Macknaw City-St. Ignace ferry
this year. compared with 1926 last
year. While i is difficult to estimate
the number Of deer killed by these
hunters, it is believed 1850 would be
conservative. Some idea of their sue
cess may be obtained when it ~ stated
that three special baggage cars were
required last Saturday to carry the
vcEison to st. Ignace.
1t is believed that almost 1000 deer
were killed by the copper country
hunters in Houghton, Keweenaw and
Baraga counties this season and the
kill in the twelve other counties of the
upper peninsula was proportionately
large.
Many Does Slain.
one of the deplorable features of the
hunting season is the large percentage
Of does killed. Fully 75 per cent of
the deer slain this season were does
and fawn, and it was no uncommon
sight to see only one Of two bucks out
Cf a kill of fourteen of fifteen deer.
Hunters generally believe that unless
the laws are altered so as to afford
more protection for the doe, the time
is not far distant whom the big game
Of the north woods will be exterminat-
ed.
Tho game laws passed by the last
legislature have been notably unsatia-
factory, so conspicuousiy so that they
have been freely criticised by all of the
best known sportsmen In the state.
among them the deputy game wardons
and in many cases they have been
openly violated.
According to the state laws, the ex-
press companies and railroads must
refuse TO take shipments of venison
from the woods after the season has
.closed As hours. A hunter is allowed
to have the meat in his possession for
thirty days after the close OF the sea
son, but in order to ship hides a spec
.ial permit is required, which will be
issued by the state game department
upon receipt of a proper application
Blanks may be secured from the dep
uty game warden.
record Of this years accidents in
Northern Michigan is as follows:
Fatalities.
Peter Ricca, Humboldt, Keweenaw
county, aged 8, shot jaw off with faith
or's rifle after later had returndd from
hunt
Caspar Mesersh, aged 2S, Manistique,
lost and frozen to death i'm swamp
near Blaney, Mich. while hunting.
John Bishop, Sand River. Mich,
struck and killed by train while riding
railroad velocipede on South Shore
tracks. Was going to hunting camp
for deer
Beruice orr %, Hardy, Mich, shot
and killed on discharge of gun which
he was taking by muzzle from COM
Ipanion.
Vesper Judkins, Fife Lake, Mich, 20,
mistaken for deer and shot and killed
by father, Louis Judkins, near Essel-
tine, upper peninsula.
Edward Auge. 16. Pelkie. Baraga
| ppnptt t{tt,1 ,,,iJ,pto1 Itch, rc,,
Of gun I'm own hands.
Il John Cleary. As, homesteader of
Kates Dickinson county, shot self i'm
leg and died following amputation.
Theodore German, aged 3, Birch
Creek accidentally shot by brother
hunting.
Walter Major, 10, Hancock shot