Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-11-09
HUNTING NOTES

Nine deer. one bear, one moose and
several punches Of partridges passed
through the Union Station, Portland,
Wednesday. This is better shipment of
game than Tuesday, but much better re-
suits are looked for than these during
the remainder of the season or the total
shipment of game this year will not ap-
proach the totals of the past few years.
Hundreds of deer will doubtless be
brought out of the Maine woods this
year by automobile parties from Boston.
New York and Philadelphia. 1t is be-
lieved by many. especially guides and
others who reside during the hunting
season in the woods that many of these
"sportsmen" come into this State by au-
tomobile as if on a tour and hunt with
out license and carry out their game,
in violation Of the game laws of Maine.
A closer watch Is being kept on jack
ers in the Northern Maine woods. Only
recently a warden was seen to drive into
the woods in a frontier town and on the
following day return to the village again
with a young man handcuffed sitting be-
side him. The young fellow had been
captured in the woods while lacking. It
seems that the warden had suspected
that the party of four had gone into the
forest with the intention of using the
jack light and taking his time went up
on their trail the second night after they
entered the woods. The warden suffered
the cold and snowstorm that continued
all one day last week. That evening he
saw the hunters, lacking and with lew
eled rife. got between the three COM
panions and the man with the light and
soon had him in custody.
Charles leighton Of Brookline. Mass,
who went through Portland Wednesday
afternoon late, carried with him the first
Maine shot moose to be brought out of
the woods this season. The moose had
fair sized head of antlers.
AL Martin of East Sebago shot the first
deer to be killed in Cumberland county
last Monday near his home In that town.
The deer was fine, fat buck.
s. C. Ripley of Portland returned
Wednesday evening from an 11-days' trip
back of Seboomook on the west branch
of the Penobscot river. Mr.. Ripley was
accompanied on bis trip by w. NJ. Tuck
err and f. H. Emmons of Steep Falls.
Mr.. Ripley brought home two fine deer
III icNdiitAhS 4ioil HIS camp lucy WdthcQ
IA miles to the railroad and Mr.. Ripley
said that they could not go 10 rods but
what plenty of fresh deer tracks could be
seen across the tote roads. At one time
they ran into a bunch of seven deer on
the way out.
Warden George Ross of Vanceboro was
in Bangor Wednesday. with shipment
of trout fingerlings going to Washington
county. Two thousand trout were going
to G. H. Walling at Machias, and 5000 to
L. II. Smith for Cathance lake. On FRI
day he Will take 10000 trout fingerlings to
Bucksport from which station they will
be distributed to Upper Patten pond by
II. Rufus Googins.
From Wytopitlock comes the report
that bears are SO numerous up there that
one walked down the main street OF the
village the other night, and walked OF
unframed. One old rascal of a bruin has
been killing sheep at fast rate
AS Roger Moulton of Bath was come
ing across Merrymeeting Bay one day,
he watched an eagle swoop down from
the sky upon flock of black ducks
and Selling one, make off to the woods
on shore with his prey struggling in
his talons. The eagle kept his prisoner
in his clutches and no doubt dined en-
duck that day