The sun., 1919-08-06

nsh n day OF hsh averaging from nve 10
nine pounds
Ansiers' Club Have Tournament To-day.
The Anglers Club Of New York will
at their platform AT the big lake, Central
Park, Seventy seventh street and Central
Park West entrance.
Liberty Fishing Clubs Dates.
Fishing dates of the Liberty Club on
board the Rod and Gun OF Freeport fol-
low; august 10. az; September !, !, a.
and October and 10.
Boat Desired for Next Sunday.
A. party Of eighteen men wish to charter
fishing boat for Sunday. August IL. to
leave from New York city Or xlSin pEc,H
Room aaoa, 100 Broadway. August 6.
Bouchard's Black Bass Catch.
In the Rod and Gun column OF July 81
you published q letter from o. T. Bouchard
Ii. as he states. they use one boat and took
a violation of the conservation law. What
do you think about III
Albany. August s.
Ocean City Cup Contest Saturday.
The Ocean City Cup contest. regarded
will be held at Ocean City next Saturday.
The teams from the Asbury Park Fishing
Club. Ocean City Fishing Club, Midland
Club and the Belmar Fishing Club will
compete.
Eighteen or Ten Deer. which?
In the Rod and Gun column of THE SUN
recently Mr.. Scherer devotea more space to
article have no intention either of criti.
cising his article o, even answering It,
mention his name only that he may know
have hunted and killed deer At all
times of the year. and in every manner
except using slugs. have still hunted
nm ha nd
] have killed them from blinds at deer
ticks. have lacked them at night.
have killed them when yarded up IN six
feet OF snow and have killed them when
driven TO me on a runway.
All this was before ] was 20 years OF
age: before l ever knew there was a game
law applying to the section / lived In. All
the boys and men in that section did like
wise. 1t was our chief recreation, our
that we were more conservative than the
average deer hunter OF the present day.
for We did not kill wantonly and used
The one Of us who would have killed a
deer for its head and a few meals of Its
flesh would have been execrated rhere
were a few then as now who cared nothing
for public opinion so long as their per
sonal taste was gratifed. But they were
SO few as to have little effect on conserva-
ton.
At the present deer hunting is an ex.
pensive pursuit, therefore II follows nat
urally that those INDUCING most In this
for men OF means there would be no pro-
fessional guides. And therefore those who
now make a living at guiding hunters
would follow other callings.
So It seems to me that the alleged evils
incident to deer hunting may be rightly
laid at the door OF tho wealthy hunter.
look for the greatest help in the correc-
ton of such evils exist. He is the
root. the guides only the branches. II the
roots OF the tree be destroyed the branches
die automatically
Doe Easier to XIII Than Buck.
am sure all experienced deer hunters
will agree with me when I say doe Is
easier to kill than buck. A buck is
probably for the reason he has only MIN
self to think of. and Is always on the job
He is a wider ranger and, therefore. knows
the ground better and uses his knowledge
when In danger.
have known of a buck ranging over
| section forty miles long by twenty ave
wide in single season.
The men who finally killed him followed
him ffty-hve miles in an air line from
where they started him. In all they tray'
got him. He was started near Smithport
Mexican county, Pa. and got into Potter
killed He was still hunted all the wa!
and would not travel over unknown
| grounds to get away.
said to be the largest deer ever KILLED
\ in Elk county. l saw him weighed a
Ridgway. Elk county, Pa, and he weighed
246 pounds. This was in December. 1883.
l have known doe to raise four lawns
| in three years and was never OUTSIDE
| of section six miles square. The las
! two winters before she was killed she fec
daily with my fathers cattle. She wal
finally killed by stranger behind my
| fathers barn while waiting for the cattle
| to be turned out and fed.
4 have known of many deer being rur
| by hounds and killed and in nearly ever!
| instance Il was a buck which was brought
I to bay. j do not know why this should bt
J so. but as II always occurred In the rut,
ting season, II may be tho dogs singled
out a buck by reason OF stronger scent.
am sure also that all hunters Will agres
| that a doe is better eating. especially 9
dry one killed before she has a chance
meat than this. But deer hunting is sup
posed to be sport, not meat getting
proposition. You can buy side Of beef
for less than II costs to go~from New
! York TO North Creek and kill a deer.
Better Sport to XIII Buck.
II is more dificult to kill a buck. ther
Il Is the better sport and will rebound
more to the credit OF tho successful hunter
Forty years ago, when northwestern Penn
l sylvania was practically a virgin wilder
ness the proof of being a deer hunter wal
the killing of buck. The more points
the better hunter.
The food value of deer is insignificant
| in comparison to tho sporting value. Few
men who now hunt would spend the tim,
and money necessary TO Kill deer II they
| could not tell of 1t afterward. They dc
/ not tell their friends, 81 got five poundi
| OF beef yesterday" II we are to hunt fol
/ did not intend in this article to Argu,
ha dna II fhRre '