Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-12-03
CANADA GAME
GUARDIAN HERE
Reports Northern Saskatchewan
a Hunters Paradise
Very Few Farms

j. II. Clark, who has served 2h
years as game guardian in Saskatch-
evan, Canada. is spending this winter
as a clerk and timer for George UttOr-
mark and is staying at the home of his
tather-in-laW, c. A. DePew.
Mr. Clark tells some interesting
tales Of the life of the hardy men who
live and work in that northern will
dernpSs. which he says is hunters
paradise.
Lots Of big fish are to he found there
and they are easily caught. The game
guardians snare big muskieS and feed
them to their dogs. These dogs are
driven in strings of five, strung out in
a row. and are not to be fooled with.
If the driver should try and pat hus-
Ky on the head the dog would snap at
him. They are easily handled, and do
as told when well broke. The best dog
is the leader and will not work any
place else TO break q new dog they
hitch him between two broke dogs and
the old dogs do the training. The one
in front will turn and bite if the new
dog does not go straight and the rear
dog will snap at him if he lags. These
dogs are great fighters and easily whip
any other dogs or animals except
lynxeS 1t takes two dogs to whip a
lynx and they do it by each taking an
end and stretching the lynx out and
watching their chance to get fatal
hold
One man had a big bull dog, and bet
he could whip any husky around. Mr.
Clark unsnapped his leader and he
whipped the bull in short order. These
dogs travel as high as 40 miles per
day and are ready for Il fight at the
end of the run. When bells are put
on one dog the rest refuse to work I'M
til bells are provided for them. They
are a proud lot.
The open season on big game is
from Nov II 10 Jan. l, but guardians
are allowed TO kill necessary game
needed for meat. but must report it.
Two elk or five males of anything else
is the seasons limit. except caribbean.
In this species the COWS wear horns
as well as the males and can be shot
legally. 4 hunter is allowed to get
five animals of different sorts. or lVe
of a kind. except the elk.
Besides this game. there are plenty
of black-tailed deer, bear, lynx, wolves
and other animals that are not to be
played with. Mr.. Clark has bagged
nearly every species during his service
there The men travel on snow shoes,
and their duties are to report on Vege-
tation. bird and animal life and watch
the country from unlawful hunters
The Indians they have to go many
miles to arrest are not taken easily
and one takes his life in his hands
when he goes after bunch OF them.
The bull moose are great swimmers,
but canoe can OutStrip them, ana III
crossing IL lake. the guardians nave
sometimes padded along side OF Dig
moose and could take a ride on them
if thev wanted to- but they would do
we'll 10 diSmount before Mr.. Moose got
ID where he could get Il footing as they
fight hard and are afraid OF neither
man nor beast They will often attack
q man in the woods in the fall season.
Cariheau travel in droveS and stampede
like cattle. There are hundreds OF
thousands of them. They work north
in summer and south in winter.
Mr.. Clark owns Il homestead there
Of 100 acres. He got quarter win
n GOOD. big growth of spruce timber,
30 miles north of Prince Albert.
Some parts of that country are
practically unsettled, and never will
be developed This sparse settlement
is general throughout the north three
fonrths of the Dominion of Canada.