Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-11-22
HUNTING NOTES

Game warden Abram C. Oliver Of
Bath reports an unusually large num-
Der Of deer in Sagadahoc county this
fall. One day last week he saw two and
Sunday another one. The other
morning he was called out Of bed be-
fore daylight by an out Of town party
who was anxious for him to arrest q
man who had stolen his deer. Inquiry
showed that the man who was charged
with stealing the deer, had shot the
deer some time after it had been shot
by the man making the complaint The
latter, after tracking it for several
hours, discovered that his shot had not
been fatal and the second marksman
had fired the shot which killed. The
question of a settlement Of the dispute
was considered by Oliver out of his
jurisdiction. 1t is claimed that in the
big woods the rule is that the man who
first wounds a deer is the owner, al
though the animal is shot and killed
by another gunner, if the first wound
is a fresh one.
Somebody shot at a deer down
Campbell's pond way the last of the
week and killed valuable COW that
was in the pasture reports the Bath
Times. The owner found the cow dying
in the pasture sprinkled with blood It
is not supposed that the cow was
mistaken for a deer, but that some
hunter had fired a heavy powered
rife and the bullet had kept on going
uhtil 1t had struck the COW. 1t Illus
, rates the need OF cnutio? IN using
rifles. while shooting in the adjacent
woods. This advice, however will new
er lee followed, as hunters think only
OF the game and never about accidents
mat may happen from carelessness.
GEORGE. O. Rice Of Woolwich shot
Z@'-lb doc Friday in Woolwich. near
inc Herman Wright farm on the State
highway leading to Wiscasset and
about four miles from the ferry. The
Gay before, Mr.. Rice's son, Ira, shot
one in the same field, called the Stew
ems pasture. 1t took Mr.. Rice about
an the forenoon before he really cap
tcred 1t. He shot the deer at eight
CLOCK and chased it all the forenoon,
q Instance OF about ten miles, finally
oiiislhS 1t down in HunnewelTs wood.
ne iiao TO drag it out of the woods two
iiiiies ana was about "all ir" as he ex-
presses II, when he arrived home.
n. ~ Wakefield of Bar Harbor was
returning from fishing Friday evening
wheh ne. noticed three large geese in
.ne water at kennedy's Cove. They
nao evidently strayed from the main
LUCK He is crack shot and succeed
eu IN landing two out of the three. They
proved to be beautiful large birds
Welenlng over ten pounds each. Mr.
"akeheld says he should worry over
nus thanksgiving dinner even if turkey
Is 1orty cents pound.
MRS Fred MCLAUGHLIN Of cardv,,,o
Greenbush. and her sister. Mrs Fred
Fratt, who is visiting her. had ra+ba,.
an unusual visitor a few davs ooo
Mrs. Mclaughlin went ont TO tho u,e,,
IN the yard when she saw big moose
coming out of the woods towards ~
mouse. He stood and watched be, ~
the water and started to come no.ra,
Wnen Mrs. Mclaughlin ran hacL ~
the house. The moose walked thro,,,..
the orchard and toward the road Tha
Two women thought that dogs n,isht
chase MIN so they attempted to drive
MIN back to the woods. The MOOSE ua
SO bold and came SO near to thew,
that they gave it up and returned to
the house while the moose went ofp
across the road. They both regret the
close season on moose as they say il
is not often that one has a chance to
shoot moose in their own door ward
No finer trophy has been brought ont
OF the Maine woods this season by
Cumberland county hunter than the
magnificent deer that Edgar r. Rob-
inson of Gorham has just brought home
from Bethel. The deer weighed 27O
mounds before haincr
antlers, showing II points. form about
as handsome a specimen as has ever
been secured. Mr.. Robinson shot his
prize not far from Bethel and, in addi-
ton to that, brought home another
deer. one with five points, that is also
prize worth having. Raymond Cres-
sey, who accompanied Mr.. Robinson on
the trip, brought out small deer, but
ne showed just as much pride in the
J; trophies secured by his companion,-
Portland Press.
A rather humorous story is told of
Tour local hunters who have recentlv
returned from up river. Accompanied
by guide, who posted them around n
ravine through which he promised TO
drive the game, they had taken up
their positions which they had occu-
pied but short time when four splen-
did antlered denizens jumped into view
ana started to run the gauntlet"
Three of the mighty hunters fired five
shots each. while the fourth was so
taken by surprise he dropped his gun
ana stood in open-mouthed amazement
uhtll all 10 legs and four tails had dis
appeared in the Observation-Disclosures
Republican.