The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-22
ADIRONDACK DEER
OPENING OCTOBER 1
Hints on Hunting to Aid City
Man WhO>GOes Into Great
North Woods.
SPORTSMANLIKE METHODS
~ e. Il. sCHERER.


The Adirondack desf season opens on
October 1 and closes on November 10.
There IL fifteen days open season,
beginning with November 1 In Ulster
county. nine towns in Sullivan county
and in Deer Park. Orange county.
On ones own land in Columbia,
Duchess and Rensselaer, counties. one
deer may be taken between October
and November Is. with shotguns loaded
with slugs or shot not smaller than
buckshot.
Only deer having horns not less than
three inches may be taken. The bag
| limit Is Two buck deer. Dogs must not
be used.
Here are tips on deer hunting: To he
proficient deer hunter one must
possess several or have good per-
centsge of several necessary require
ments. One must have good woods
eyes that know what they sec good
ears that know what they hear. and oc-
casionafly a real delicate sense of smell
that may under certain conditions
betray the game to you. Also in deer
hunting. as In many other sports and
professions. patience is not only virtue.
but also a necessity. So have patience
don't forget that.
| Added to the above one must be a
| fair to good shot with the rifle. Let's
take a mental trio to the Great North
Woods. with the average city sport.
| Nine out OF ten are improperly clothed
TO start with.
Well I remember my first trip to the
woods and Of the many articles.
selected from many sporting goods"
catalogues. l am glad to say only one
article Of my whole original outfit do
I carry now. All else have long since
discarded.
My compass is all of my original out
At that constitutes a part Of my present
equipment. To hunt right one must be
equipped right To be clothed right let
me say that the best apparel Is the
native apparel. In the north "coun-tree"
the natives wear mostly all wool gar
ments Of one sort or another.
Wear Old Soft Wool Clothes.
The best tip can give on the cloth
ing question Is wear some old soft wool
clothes that time has rendered insult
able for town wear. Take plenty OF
the clothes with you, as brush and
briars show no mercy on clothes. Re
sure and have two or more changes Of
good heavy wool underwear and a gond
heavy sweater. Wear an old soft felt
| hat. and last but not least three or four
pairs Of lumbermen's wool socks and a
| pair Of lumbermens rubber overs. which
may best be bought where you go in"
started at the game with absolutely
| no information but sporting catalogue
| dope" I bought a fine co brown cam
vas hunting suit "a good color to be
mistaken for a deer by the only too
frequent wild mani. cap of similar
| material. heavy leather shoes that al
ways leak. a big seven inch sheath
knife with which to stab the wild ami
mails and a special to order big heavy
double .parrelled ten gauge gun. lots Of
buckshot and many other good Cd
| things. so the catalogues taught.
But as said before, a compass is
about all that Is left of that fret lay
out. I am glad to say that I discarded
| at least 90 per cent. OF my junk the
first year.
Now let's go on in with our friend
Sport. He hires a guide. whom he ex-
poets to do all the work. including lead
! ing the deer up to be shot. The guide
knowing the nature OF the beast, the
deer mean. knows they don't lead
well.
Sport wants to be sure and take
his co deer out. He only has week
to get one. and our guide knows it's no
use arguing with Sport. To the srg-
gestion that Sport try to learn still
hunting, the only sportsmanlike method
OF taking deer. Guide gets a negative
response. as Sport insists on driving.
Sport is boss. SO guide does the best
he can. lie places Sport oil a stand and
drives to him for several days but the
deer seem to know Sport is there and
hrea ~ iUb loft
and Sport gets grouchier every day and
makes mental statement that his
guide is no good.
Finally about the fifth day, Guide gets
one started right down for Sport. who
either wasn't expecting" wasn't look
ing there" shot too quick or forgot to
shoot. or some such excuse. but is sure
that il Guide will only arrange similar
chances and conditions. &C.. about n
dozen times or so in the next two days
he tSport) will surely get one.
But as Sport must have his 60 deer
to take homo Guide thinks best for
Sport to take arrest tomorrow while
| Guide goes out alone. Result? Sport
goes home with good story and his
| CD deer.
study of Deer Habits Needed.
Now let me ask you, II you know
anything about the game as played,
isn't that just the way about 90 per
cent. of our dining room and den
trophies are secured? I'll answer. 1t is.
Sport can go year after year, and II
driving he won't know any more about
| deer hunting than he did at first.
To successfully hunt deer one must
know something OF their habits and
well developed senses. Deer have at
least two natural senses that are de-
veioped to the limit OF efficiency. Their
hearing Is wonderful. having very large
| ears, filled with long, fine hairs that
help transmit the faintest sound to the
eardrum They seem TO be always lis
tening too-don't forget that
Their sense of smell Is bordering on
the miraculous. have on several
occasions stood and watched deer feed
ing until they fed around to the lee OF
me and got the human scent, when
they would bring their heads up with
a Jerk and fairly stand on their toes
so to speak, and point their nose up
moving their head back and forth in
a seml-circle. with their nostrils work
lrg In and out trying to make sure
OF that danger scent and whence II came.
believe that over half of the deer
get their FIRST warning Of danger
through their Sense of smell, especially
n the so-cailed danger" Is beginner
and has forgotten about the wind
Practically speaking. II is absolutely
useless to hunt down wind.
An Experience with n Doe.
I have one particular case in mind
when l had proved to me how much
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