The sun., 1917-09-30
DEER TIME OPENS l..
I. UPSTATE MONDAY
80.
Adirondack Prospects Never
Better, Says John B. Burn =
ham, Expert Hunter.
now TO GET THAT BUCK

,-Ine deer season opens IN tno AoirOn-
dscks tomorrow and the outlook is most
promising for the gunner. The Adiron-
dacks comprise the fourteen counties OF
Clinton. Essex, Franklin. Fulton. Ham
Osweso. Saratoga, St. Lawrence. Warren
and Washington. Hunting Is permitted
until November Is.
The legal kill is two deer having horns
not less than three inches long.
"A hunting license Is necessary. The
rssident pays $40; the nonresident
$10.50 Permits can be obtained from
any county, city or town clerk. The
sumner must carry his license upon his
person. Also a button. with number
corresponding to license. must be worn
In q conspicuous place on the clothing
q all times when hunting.
Owners or lessees Of land. or immedi-
ate, members Of such families. may take
one deer this season In the counties OF
Columbia, Duchess and Rensselaer,. The
open time is the same as the Adiron-
dacks. Only shotguns loaded with sluss
Or shot not smaller than buckshot may
be used. -..
There will be special open season
Ulster and parts Of sullivan and Orange
oOunties.
John B. Burnham. president Of the
American Game Protective Association.
WHO is familiar with the Adirondacks
BY reason Of long association and who
always takes his quota Of game. was
asked by THE SUN yesterday for hts
slows as to the prospects for the sea-
son, the places where the hunter could
secure a shot, the methods Of hunting
and the habits Of the game. Mr.. Burn
ham said:
Prospects Never Better.
''rhe prospects for a good hunting
season were never better. The range
Of the deer has very considerably en-
lAfged under the present law. The ces-
eAtion Of bounding, the enforcement Of
laws against running deer with dogs.
has had great deal to do with that.
.Eome OF the finest shooting to be
esund is in the outlying sections OF the
Adirondacks. More deer are being
killed each year in the country along the
Adirondack division Of the Delaware
and Hudson between Saratoga and
North Creek and the Chateaugay d.
vision of tho same railroad between
Plattsburg and Saranac Lake. and lands
In Franklin. st. Lawrence and Jefferson
county lying outside of what has been
called the big woods.'
NORTH Creek Is the starting point.
However. for many hunting parties who
- Into the mountainous section Of War
ren county in the direction Of Blue
Mountain Lake In Hamilton county or
toward Newcomb In Essex county.
Other hunting parties run up the
oacandaga River from Worthwhile to hunt
around Piseco lakes or In the wild coun-
try north Of that up to the West Cam
adas. Many hunting parties get OF the
tTains Of the Adirondack division OF the
New York Central Railroad from i:s
entire length between white Lake and
Loon Lake. Beaver River station 10 the
starting point for many Of these hunt
ers.
"There are excellent hunting oppor-
tunities in the neighborhood Of Flood
wood station near the Upper Saranac
Lake. This is the gateway Of innum-
erable lakes and ponds In good deer ter
ritory. and has section in 1t OF State
land that the hunter is free to camp
the simple regulations enforced by the
State Conservation Commission.
still Heating spertsma mike.
There is some good hunting territory
down the RaQuette River below Pierce
deld station. also along the line Of the
New York and Ottawa Railroad. which
runs northwest from Tupper Lake juno
tiou. Along this railroad there are con-
siderable hunting areas Of private parks
where the land IL posted against gen.
eral hunting The fact, however. that
d. the deer are carefully preserved In these
inI State lands.
-:Of course the chief way the deer
afG taken in the Adirondack to-day IL
by driving them. Sportsmen are put
On runways and tho guides. taking the
place Of dogs. drive the deer to them.
Under present conditions a man who
understands still hunting has no dim
Guilty in getting his deer in any Of the
shove named sections.
This Is the most eportyma mike
method Of hunting deer. 1t naturally
follows that tho hunter must know
something Of the habits Of the game
Deer feed early In the morning and late
In the afternoon and during the middle
Of the day lie down. All wild ruminants
do that and chew the cud. Therefors
the still hunter does his hunting early
or late In the day,
lie knows by the droppinss and sigr
Of browsing where the deer ara feeding
and travels very cautiously. taking care
not to break sticks. because the crack
Of breaking stick viii scare deei
worse than anything else. meanwhile
listening himself for any sign the deer
may make. looking the ground ovei
carefully as he proceeds for the slight
Of. the game itself ~
"a good stiil hunter. once he 10 or
suitable ground travels at a very SLOW
rate, not exceeding a mile an hour. A,
times ne remains In one place for sew,
eral minutes. The edges Of old clearing.
or fire slashss are good places to lool
Tor deer. When travslIing through ar
unbroken forest the hunter commonl,
srours the edges of swamps because tho
deer are apt to lie In these swamp,
toward the middle OF the day and com,
out early and late In the surrounding
hard woods for food.
-, Dimcult Aainsl to Stalk.
ut must always be borne in mint
that the native white tail deer Is ont
Of the most difficult Of game animali
TO stalk. No other animal has keene
powers Of scent and hearing. As far al
wind when travelling, This. however, II
not an inviolabls rule. When he ap
proaches likely places he must give con
siderable time to look 'em over befor,
proceeding further.
The tyro fs apt to think Of the dee
~ a figure that stands AZ high az
pony and can be seen equally we'll In
held. As a matter Of fact an adult dee
stands little over three feet in heigh
and IL easily concealed in open cove
by every slight depression or elevation
The deer also enjoys very efectiv
protective coloration which harmonize
so freely with shadows and the natura
eoloration OF the ground that you Nigh