Evening star., 1915-11-27

! in Maine was .participated in by F. II
Cole and wife and c. NJ. Burdine. They
went to Bethel where they were joined
! by l.. E. Cole and son, residents OF
that section, and the five members OF
the party went to Lake Umbagog, SIX
Ilty-fve miles in the mountains, far
from human habitation.
Cole and Burdine, the Washington
sportsmen, went to the mountains IN
quest of big game-deer-and each
/ killed the laws limit, one animal,
while Mrs. Cole, her nephew and
brother-in-law fished in the lake.
1T was Mrs. Coles first outing in
| the mountains of Maine," commented
Burdine, "and the fact that she's per-
| fectly willing to repeat the trip is
sufficient to tell of her enjoyment
Cole and Burdine were more than
satisfied with their luck. Each killed
a deer and numerous pheasants and
ducks They found both large and
small game plentiful. they stated, and
there was not a time during the two
| weeks that they were unable to supply
| game for the table.
! Mrs. Cole said. Burdine. had
| splendid luck on the lake Her catfish
| chowder, fried trout and game dinners
were calculated to induce us to prolong
| our stay in the camp. but at the end of
| two weeks our time was up and we
| had to return
| Camping near Lake Umbagog is an
| annual event in the lives of Cole and
| Burdine and they enjoy the anticipa-
| tion eleven months in the year as
much as they do the realization while
| in camp.
| John w Hurley's wish has been graf
| flied. he said, and he feels" that he can
afford to give up fishing for the sea-
! son. se5'.~
i Il caught five-pound bass" he said.
| "and | feel satisfied that my efforts
| this season were not in vain"
| Several years ago the veteran landed
a six-pounder. He felt that the day
would come when he would at least
| duplicate that catch and perhaps get a
gamester a little heavier, although it
seldom happens that a bass weighing
more TIM six pounds is caught.
! Hurley tried mis- luck at many places,
but nothing weighing much as five
pounds came his way until last week.
And then" he said, Karl Achter-
kirchen was my mascot"
The two anglers heard of the catch
of big fish made by Tom Brown and
Dick Peed at Catoctin, saw the fish
brought home alive and hurried away
to make an effort to duplicate their
catch. Twelve gamesters were landed
by the two sportsmen. but the fish
weighing five pounds and eleven ounces
caught by Dick Peed was not dupli-
Gated.
But I got fve-pounder." was the
satisfying remark of Hurley.
Joe Bowie and Jerome Mccarthy have
returned from a cunning trip to Vir-
ginia. They spent several days trail
ing dogs and game near Culpeper and
had an enjoyable time. although a
promised dinner of possum and sweet
"tater" did not materialize.
I'VE came near getting such din
l. tod
what we sighted and thought was a
possum turned out to be a skunk and
we beat it.
Quail were as scarce as hens teeth"
he added. but with the aid of McCar-
thy's dogs and an old farmland. who
could sight ra bbit all the way over
the top of hill, we managed to get
nineteen fine cottontails.'
The question of scarcity of birds was
discussed, and the sportsmen concluded
it was because of the dry" condition
of Virginia.
IF that had anything to do with the
Birds said one of the natives, Il won
der where the birds will be after the
next meeting of the legislature.
A trip to Anne Arundel county. Md,
has been planned by the two gunners.
success in the efforts to find birds.
Phil stubener, Morris Joyce, Edward
Lohman and Duckett Magruder last
week III d Trip III
Maryland. The quartet started out
early in the morning with an assort-
ment of ammunition and some of the
finest dogs in this section, and all felt
satisfied that their gamebags would be
well filled before the hunt was brought
to a close.
after ALL" said Edward Roche, "it
was more for the outing than for the
quantity of game that the trip was
planned"
6n1,, .n away, 5o,an hTrd, .a roa ,yt+b;o
range of the guns of the quartet, and
all twelve found their way to the game
bags. 1t was late in the afternoon.
after the dozen birds and eighteen rab-
bits had been killed, when Duckett Ma
gruder sighted a cottontail sitting near
a tree and fired at it.
you may rot believe it, said Ed
Roche" but the sound of the shot prac-
not shot struck it. Phil Stubener
picked UP the rabbit and has it at home
as a pet.
Herbert Bohnke. an expert with gun.
complimented Norman Pruitt for his
successful woodcock hunt in Prince
Georges county, and told Of an inter
esting trip he took in another part of
that county earlier in the month.
When a gunner can go out and kill
eighteen woodcock on a two-day out
ing" said Bohnke, hes having fine
sport"
On the occa sion of the trip taken by
Bohnke. his dog Belle" reputed to be
especially fine on quail hunt. made
dozen points the one day, enabling it's
owner to bag nine woodcock.
Il went TO Maryland to hunt quail"
he said. and finding the birds scarce,
thought I'd look for woodcock, know
ing the location of a number of places
where the elusive bird might be found,
and accomplished a feat that is not
often accomplished in this section.
There was a time when it. was an
easy matter to kill number of wood
cock any day during the season." he
added, but the birds are no longer
plentiful"
Frank Lewis and Bob Barry partici-
pated in blustery week lend outing at
Occoquan, while a few miles down the
river, at Aqua creek, Hugh Fritz spent
the day on the river
1T was next TO impossible to get
anchorage" said Frank Lewis The
wind from the northwest swept down
the stream and across the bay at such
a rate that anchor lines and weights
the wind raised after we reached the
fishing grounds. and it was up to US to
make the best of it"
| The two spcrtsmen say they had fully
! fifty strikes. They were able to land
| only six fish, however, the wind assist
ing the fish TO surrender the bait and
get away. Hugh Fritz. fishing single
handed, landed six fish.
James L. Wilmeth and DIR. Richa rd
| Washington accompanied a party OF
| friends to Westmoreland county, one OF
the counties of the northern neck of the