Arizona republican., 1913-10-01
DEER SEASON IS
OPENED TODAY
Crack of Rifle Will Be
Heard All Over the State
After Today and Numer-
Gus Hunting Parties Will
Start for the Hills.

/ Deer season all over the state is
/ open today. With the rise of the
sun the crack Of the rifle Will be-
gin and there viii be men and women
in the woods of the state from one
end to the other looking for the
bagging of their first, firth or per
haps their hundredth buck Be that
as it may. today opens the bagging
season. for both deer and hunters.
Parties will leave all the cities in
the state next week for the White,
MogonOn Huachuca, Dragon. Mus
tang Black. and other ranges where
the fleet-footed little blacktaiI and
his brother the Whitehall are known
or thought 70 exist They will go
into the mountains where the berries
on the cedars are said to be very
thick this year, and where the deer
are at the present time feeding and
hardening their horns prior To the
time when they viii band together
for the winter.
Deer are said to be more numerous
than ever in the mountain this
year. one party returning from the
Grand Canyon reported seeing Il large
band just out of jerome Junction.
Another party who had been in the
Bloody Basin district for over a
month said that they saw deer near
ly every day. and that there were
some punches Of fifteen and twenty
in that section of the state. In the
Huachucas and in the MOgoIlons and
Whites there are bands Of thirty
which never have been mOlested ac-
cording T. the old residents of those
sections and which keep 10 the
higher hills even after the snow is
on the ground, thus passing obserVa-
ton. In the RincOns where there
We're killed some Twenty-Five or
thirty bucks last season, there are al
ready men on the ground with the
herds spotted and they are following
them as they 90 back into the noun
tains FOR the greener ana fresher
feed, and the berries which are now
ripening.
Several Of the parties TO start out
from this section of the state in the
next few days are: Mr.. ana Mrs.
Harry More. Of Glendale; John T.
McCutCheon. and Mr. Briggs of the
Chic&so Tribune; On Carlos Monte
yuma and John NJ. Dickinson. an of
whom viii go to the White Noun
tains Inside a week Fred Fleming
low to the same grounds, the Whites
seeming 10 be the favorite spot for
the Phoenix nimrods. From Prescott
John Drew. who was once selected
as a guide for President Roosevelt in
a proposed lion hunt, viii start for
the Juniper mountains where he has
large cattle interests and where n"
knows the deer haunts and habits To
r Several Of the young men Of
the University Of Ariz viii leave
Tucson for a week in the Itincons on
the san Xaviels where the deer were
very plentiful last season.
From Bisbee DR.. r. b. Craig, men,
Der Of the last legislature with his
father already has left for the Whites
where they viii spend at least one
month in pursuit Of Santa Claus
horses. And parties are leaving all
parts of the state with the same
rapidity and determination. he they
greenhorn or pioneer in the business.
With the opening II the deer sea
son comes also the opening Of the
Wild turkey season There is al
ready open the duck season and the
quail season opens October 10 The
season for deer and turkey closes
December Is. one hunter or person
is limited to two male deer in one
season and to three wild turkey in
one season Quail and ducks are linn
tied 10 twenty-five for one days
shooting