The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1919-11-15
SUGGESTION IS GAINING IN FAVOR
AND MAY BRING RESULTS
GREAT INVASION THIS YEAR
n Every Visiting Hunter Got a Deer
There Wouldn't be Amy Left
in the Northern Woods

The suggestion 10 make a closed
season for deer hunting In the upper
peninsula OF Michigan is gaining
ground with every month and II Is
quite probable that ere many moons
rsil around applications will be made
to the public domain commission by
boards of supervisors OF the peninsula
TO take such action.
Mackinaw county has considered the
suggestion, and II is reported that a
request has been made. Iron county
has not considered the request of
ficially, but there has been much un-
Official talk to that end and IL is
known that several supervisors are
in favor OF making such move.
The matter has gone SO far in this
section that It Is quite probable a
delegation of interested sportsmen
will walt upon the board OF superyis-
ors In the near future and request
that such action be taken II the SUI
pervisors do not act of their own In
itiative.
Many Hunters This Year.
People residing in this end OF the
peninsula have no idea OF the inn
mense army OF hunters that annually
invades this peninsula. The great
bulk OF them comes from lower Michi-
gan by way OF the straits. One one
train last week there were 600 visit
ing hunters when the train crossed
the straits and those visitors were
dropped on all the way from st. lg-
mace to Calumet. Many OF the men
went 70 Baraga county, but the terri
tory from 81. Ignace to Munsing
caught the greater portion of them.
III every visiting hunter got one
deer there wouldn't be any left for
tho natives nor for future generations.
To the immense army that pens-
trates the peninsula from the straits
mnst be added those who come BY
way OF Wisconsin and that number
In not a small one by any means. 1t
is figured that 1000 visitors are hunt
ing in this peninsula this month
1t seems that there is an apprehen-
sion on the part OF many of the low
er peninsula hunters that ban will
be placed upon the killing of deer
next year, and they are going TO
make hay while the sun shines"
Has Been Freely Discussed.
The question OF closed season for
deer has been discussed az consider
able length In the peninsula press for
number OF years. The Iron Ore OF
Ishpeming was among the very first
papers which advocated the closing OF
the season. and Mr.. Newett took up |
the matter again recently in the fol-
lcwing manner.
Beginning week from next Mon
day the slaughter OF bucks. does and |
fawns will be resumed throughout |
CIoverland excepting I'm the county |
OF Mackinac, which has been closed /
territory by petition OF the people
there. whose plea has been granted /
by the public domain commission. In
deed the slaughter will not wait until |
the 10th, the time set by law for the
opening OF the deer season. Already |
hunters are out In the woods. and have
bcen for the last several days, and |
many n deer has fallen before their
hre. The deputy game wardeps can
not cover all this big field and In
fragments of the law are numerous
One can meet men with high-power
rides around all the towns in the
county OF Marquette. and we imagine
this can be duplicated In other coun-
ties where deer are 10 be found.
Many hunters are very brazen about
their actions going out to hunt deer
without any pretext at conceaiment OF
their rifles or tho mission on which
thcy are engaged. That many OF
these may be apprehended is possible
but many OF them will not be for tbs
reason that the few deputies cannot
watch all OF Cloverland.
~As Iron Ore has been insisting al