Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-11-21
HUNTING NOTES

Morris Pye and George Sprarue
OF Phippsburg were lucky hunters
Friday In the woods near the Basin.
The former shot handsome albino
buck deer, and the latter a doe. The
animal shot by Mr.. Pye has been seen
at different times in Phippsburg dur
Ing the summer and fall. Mr.. Pye
had been out in the woods only a
short time before getting a shot which
brought him down, and 1t is a speci-
men OF unusual beauty. Both gunners
took their game to Winnegance on
sleds.
While Clinton Bailey was hunting
coons in Montsweag woods in Wool
witch Tuesday with a revolver, he saw
a wild cat up in a tree, but did not
dare to shoot with his weapon, having
no shot gun or rife. Bobcats and
wild cats. it is said, are more numer-
Gus in these woods than usual, owing
to the fact that the cats largely feed
on rabbits and these are less plentiful
in northern woods this fall owing to
the rains in the north during the sum-
mer.
| Lewis Morse and Charles Doan, who
were camping at Floods Pond hunting
were obliged to return to their home in
Eddington in a hurry. While out CALL
Ing on neighbors their tent and all be-
longings burned up with all extra
coats-Otis letter, Bar Harbor Times.
Joe LaBelle's rabbit dog Buster
not only enabled him a year ago to
bag $50 bobtails, but also pointed
him so rabbits which he secured.
The dog is of the hound breed with
dash Of bloodhound in him. Joe is
one-armed and thus shoots at dis
advantage but gets there just the
same with his 20 gauge woodcock
gun.-Bath Times.
Ira Rice Thursday, while hunting
on the asst shore of Nequasset Lake,
Woolwich, ran across a handsome
! buck deer and three other deer. Ira
y fired when the buck was running fast
but the bullet struck back of the fore
shoulder, the buck dropping dead. He
was estimated to weigh $50 pounds.
H. M. Wright who lives two and
one half miles frorl the Woolwich
ferry on the Wiscasset highway, saw
; two deer late Wednesday afternoon
just before dark, near the pump to
the east of his house. Both were
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shot deer near there, which was
probably one of the above. A couple
of days previous a buck was seen near
the same spot by Mr.. Wright's
: nephew
Roy Howard, who is employed at the
r. Nj. White & Co canoe factory at
Old Town, caught woodcock with his
bare hands, !while coming to his work
on recent morning. 1t was on the
Bradley side and long before daylight
AS Mr.. Howard was following a path
) through some growth to the shore of
the river. he observed q bird move I'M
| certainly across his path. Dropping
his lunch box, he darted after the hut-
terlng creature and in a moment or
two had it fast, the bird appearing to
be overcome by the extreme cold
which had caught il before it got away
for the southwark flight. Mr.. Howard
TOOK the bird into his home and i'm
mCdiatc,N, under the influence of the
warm kitchen, il became as lively as
ever. 1t was taken out of doors again
and Immediately yielded to the tenn
peraturc, rcfuaiGa, to fly or make effort
to escape. Nit. Howard gave the bird
to a friend. who is making an effort to
keep the beautiful creature alive.
Boardnan Mcdonald lliie,i a buck
on the BickneIl farm in Warren Mon
day morning, the animal y ing one OF
the largest ever shot in this section
and having Il prong antlers. 1t
weighed over 200 pounds. The same
morning Charles Mank brought down
another buck and Charles Fl ickson
| killed . handsome fawn, all this being
! pulled off on the Bicknell preserves.
Macy hunters spend weeks in the
Eui .llt:n woods with less satisfactory
results.
! From all sources have come in words
Of approval of the movement advocated
! ir last weeks Times to make Mt.
| Dcsa;t Island a place for a bird and
game sanctuary and do away with
hunting on the island. The greater
i part of the wild land. comprised in the
I Sieur de Monts National monument, is
protected from hunting of any kind by
the government regulations. 1t seems
a good opportunity and one that will
be most valuable to the islands future
prospects. to extend this prohibition of
hunting to the rest of the island. Some
of the most attractive features of the
Yellowstone and other national parks
are the presence of wild animals so
perfectly protected and domesticated
| that they are not afraid of mankind.
Those interested in the movement are
! invited to clip and sign the petition,
which appears in another column, ask
| ing the next legislature to enact laws
| looking toward this conservation of our
wild birds and game animals as far as
| this island is concerned.-Bar Harbor
| Times.
Old Oxford hasn't anything on Pts
cataquis this year SO far as bears are
; concerned, reports coming in contin-
ually of the large numbers seen in the
woods to the north of Dover -Foxcroft,
some venturing into the settled por-
ton of the towns along the border of
our great forest, and the mighty hunt
ers, in some instances, are getting
careless in the manner of capturing
| the animals and setting traps too near
| the cultivated lands. w. S. CULVER of
northern Foxcroft had a dog severely
| injured in a bear trap a few days ago.
| The dog is a valuable one. OF the
shepherd family, and always remained
at home looking after the cows and
| other stock on the farm as any we'll
trained dog of that species usually
does, and was a great pet of the
household. But one day he was miss