Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-11-18

To-, BENZ Lombard. of Meddybemps, wa
to- lucky enough the other day, TO Kill al
otter wild cat and raccoon.
y1nE1 j. r. Emery, of Madison returned
aQqlz ta Monday from short hunting trip al
81 Lake Moxie He brought back a fine
tnse l1-pound buck.
orr @ca Dana Prat and Louis Morse, OF
fiyota Brewer have returned from hunting
trip 10 the Otis regions and brought
with them large buck and big
. - ~ black bear Both are receiving con-
arr sratulations upon their luck and
% prowess.
saf7zse Master Arthur Hoyt. a IA year old
. lad holds the banner crack shot
o8fEts for a boy OF his age. He has shot and
killed two skunks within a short time.
fgT hfr He only shot once at either one
zteem Harold Titeomb, Of Pennington, is
me trapping in company with Harry NJ.
Pierce In the vicinity of King and
= Bartlett Lakes They have SO far cap
81 tured one sable and five foxes in addi-
% - ton To other game They plan to con-
tinue their trapping uptil the deep
g s4Ls SHOWS and extremely cold weather ar
rives-
fssf The large bear which has been caus-
ing excitement in Stockholm, and has
p So been killing the sheep in the fields OF
= John Tall and Olof Lind, has finally
been captured and shot. Several traps
were used and the bear managed to
t<tf1CAIt ltStil every iiSldiNts many
~ -. Eric Larson and Alfred Abrahamson
- sent TO Bangor and had a trap made
: -. especially for this particular animal
and it did the trick. Bruin, in his
80 - wanderings scented the bait and was
soon caught. The way the earth was
torn up around the spot indicated that
1.-The midIliglt .marauder had become
t ees.eratAi iHa Mas discovered the next
morning the hunters and shot. He
was Of uf1ustfal size and weighed about
= ssgs 40 pounds.
inaas The first snow fell, on Thursday.
= A. Nov Il. and Phillips hunters were not
oEsI slow TO take advantage of it. Many
2 Ne deer fell before their rifles and some
;ole@ of the animals We're of exceptionally
II a4Yas. large size. Weston Parker secured the
{ asfk@ biggest prize, a 200 pound buck with
sia. nine points on his antlers. Gerald Luce
sf<S shot a good buck in the Indice Harm
II IL den orchard Chester Wing secured
80 enc on his farm. The above We're all
asv shot in the Winship district. Robert
sesHs4 Presby secured two deer. of them
434r an g. noint hnck nm the perham branch
siss of the new railroad extension.
Leon Bump, DR. c. F. Rowell and A.
f5o@ S.. Bump of Wilton returned, Wednes-
sas day, Nov l3. from most successful
ssnzass hunt,ng trim In the lower Dead River
s'ss.S region. The hunters made their head
quarters at their camp near the foot
- e of Long Falls and for Ave weeks en-
~ joyed the pleasures of life in the open.
They brought back six deer, the limit
TO which they are restricted by the
law, and black bear that tipped the
scales at 1913 pounds In addition they
secured good assortment of bear
V d - ,,,ar 49, 80 - u,hieh ,.,aro
served on the camp table.
John Fellows. armed with shotgun
loaded with fox charge. watched
.Hs beautiful black fox at play in open
field but the animal did not come
= - within range, The fox was beauty
" and visions of big wad of money
80 passed through Fellows mind during
t*Nse the several minutes that he observed
the animals movements. He watched