Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-11-04
Fish and Game Notes

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Fish and Game Notes
Word has been received from Camden
of a brutal act on the part OF gang
of men that will receive the attention
of the authorities. Someone signing
"A Citizen writes to the Camden Her
aid as follows:
Last Saturday afternoon, about 2
brutal acts took place in the pasture in
the vicinity Of Oak and Mechanic
streets.
About seven would-be young men
and about five dogs met, and with them
two coons. which had been Gagged for
weeks, were taken into the pasture
and torn to pieces by the dogs, to fur
nish sport for these men.
1T was told by an eye witness that
these poor helpless little animals would
cry almost as pitifully as a baby. One
got under pile Of brush and was
driven out. This coon managed to
climb into q small tree, only to be
pulled down by the tail and thrown to
the dogs.
According to the noise one would
have thought these men were enjoying
a good ball game instead of watching
two helpless little animals torn to
pieces by a pack of dogs.
There are two more coons in the
possession Of these men and the writer
Of this article wishes to announce that
If any more of this business Is carried
on In this vicinity. and IL there is any
law to punish these men, there will be
no stone left unturned until they get
what they deserve"
The law seems to be ample to care
for this kind of business and develop
ments in the matterSwill be watched
with interest.
A genuine black fox is reported to
have been seen by hunter in South
Paris. The pelt would be worth some
$500 or $500 to the lucky hunter.
"A Calais man has got himself into
peck Of trouble. He went out one
night last week hunting deer with a
jack-light. which Is against the law.
He shot. d mans horse, which is ex-
pensive. His excuse was that he
thought 1t was moose, which shows
further lack OF appreciation of the
game laws, which forbid the shooting
OF moose. He has promised to settle
for the horse. The Fish and Game
commissioners have promised to settle
with him."-Ellsworth American.
The manner in which foxes are rettine
IN their work of reducing the already
limited supply Of cartridges in the Maine
woods this season was shown Game War
den A. G. Oliver Of Bath the other day
IN Phippsburg. whore he came across the
remains of a partridgs, still warm but
partly eaten. Mr.. Oliver favors a State
preserve. being confident that the Maine
hunters and gunners would be glad to
share the expense through a nominal H.
cense fee. Beside the foxes. he thinks the
scarcity of game birds is due to the cold.
wet springs Of the past two years and
that only about 10 per cent. of the eggs
were Matched.
The first deer to be shot in saeada-
hoe county was reported by e. D.
Locke and Clinton Bailey, who on Nov.
l killed a deer in the Montswear dis.
triet.
Frederick Woodman, son Of Mayor
sWoodman OF Bangor, has just returned
from a hunting trip on the Kineo-Pat-
ten road and reports an incident that
seems almost incredible He saws he
saw three Camden hunters in an auto,
when a deer came out Of the woods
beside the road. One Of the Camden.
ties aimed at the deer and lust as he
fired another deer stepped into the
clearing, right in range and the bullet
dropped both deer. one being hit in
the neck and the other having its back
broken.
Since writing the above, the follow
ing item has been found in the Cam
den correspondence Of the Bangor
News. substantiating the Bangor story
in every particular:
"Alvah Anderson, Luie Arau and EN-
erson Wadsworth have returned from
a cunning trip in northern Maine. Ar.
Arau and Mr. Anderson got two deer
but he captured his in an unusual man
ner. He shot at the head of a deer and
it passed through and went into the
back Of another which he did not see
In this manner he killed two deer. in.
stead Of birds. with one shot"
The advent Of the automobile must
b largely rssyoRsibls TOR the falling