Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-04-22
The Great Outdoors


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Maine. last fall. had its first open
season on moose in five years and II
is the opinion OF Willis Il. Parsons,
commissioner Of Inland Fisheries and
Game, that another open season will
just about eNterminate all the moose
in the Maine woods.
Says Mr.. Willis in his report:
The moose We're increasing and
were appearing in large numbers in
Washington county and some other
big game counties, but they had not
been hunted for four years and had
become quite tame. appearing often
In the settlements, and have fallen
easy prey to the hunter who had
them located for weeks before the
opening of the season.
The next legislature may deem 1t
wise to put another continuous close
time on moose. If they are to be pre-
| served. One more open season., which
will be had before the mex legisla-
| ture assemblies, 1t is believed, VIII
practically exterminate them.
"Our lakes and streams, when de-
pleted, can be restocked, but when
this monarch of tho Maine woods
disappears, he is gone forever"
What Mr.. Parsons says is right.
After q four years closed season the
moose are tame, and the longer the
close season the easier ii Is to kill
them. Moose, like deer where they
are protected for any length Of time,
become used to seeing hunters and do
not fear them. Then comes an open
season and they walk right up to be
killed.
This doesn't seem right. 1t seems
as IL there should he a close season
long enough to get a Soodly lumber
Of moose in the Maine woods. II is
lust as the commissioned says-the
IaIno aud streams nHn he FpgtOpkRd
but a dead moose cannot be brought
back to life. There can be no pleas
ure in exterminating moose. Every
true sportsman will and should do
his best to protect them and see that
laws are provided for that purpose.
1t is % be hoped hat h killing of
moose will not be so severe next sea-
son.
Deer hunters had a glorious season
in Maine. E~ighty-four thousand,
three hundred and thirteen licenses
TO residents and 1867 licenses to
non-residents We're granted-whlcn
we might add is a mighty goodly
ers bagged 5,74S deer. 4,1Sb of which
we're shipped out of the state. Here
Is what the commissioners has TO say
about the deer situation:
"Many more deer rave been taken
this season than last and nearly twice
as many reported at some of the IN
spection points as las season. For
Instance at Bangor 1895 deer and
SO bear were shipped up to November
20. while the number at the same
time the year previous was 6S9 deer
and 10 bear. These represent put d
small portion of the deer taken IN
this section. / saw 437 deer In n
trip of eighteen days" $1,000,
The Dear killed In Maine totaled
146.
hunting states IN the country. ana the
ranper think II is a pretty soou
state. too. Six hundred ana forty,
two trappers' licenses were n
in 1919.
A Mecca for Sportsmen
Nova Scotia and New BrunSwlck'
Justly famed as these Provinces are
| as a paradise for sportsmen, may 20
! considered the mecca of OF
! the rod and gun. Shooters n nsher-
men who live In either or the froF-
inces know the places where the game
| both large and small, abound ant
where the speckled trout and elusive
| salmon are to be landed, but upper
ICanadian and American sportslnen
NAV not be as familiar with these
| facts az they wish and this rambling
article 10 written for those that desire
| to hit the trail ana get the cry III"
town out of their lungs.
Many of these men have shot tneir
Rocky Mountain sheep and have
] brought their grizzly crashing down
many have shot their alligators
amidst the Everglades OF Florida
many have whipped the streams io1
lbass, salmon and trout, and fought 10
finish q lunge. but only a rev nave
known the satisfaction or seeing the
Nr.-xr Tr.ttn Ctxrtnr m OnQi
in his element, and felt that glow oil
satisfaction whe the antelered mon
arch of our forests falls. game to the
last. where a soltf-nosed bullet placed
where 1t would do the most good.
Twelve hundred and thirty bull
moose we're registered as killed II
Nova Scotia during the open season
October / to November 80, 1919, anc
this mark has averaged the same rol
the last few years. American shoot
ers- must not think that the moose ART
! being exterminated. Every year tn
guides and hunters say Thai the in
! dications point to the best ever, ant
| that each year will see h previous
records broken.
AS a resort for sportsmen the Mar
thine Provinces offer many attractions
They afford the finest moose hunting
to be found In North America, an
! IDtIO IL Booo A&ooCha ~
visitors will get their license file
as the natural increase will still ex
j coed considerably the annual Kill.
Game Is Plentiful
Other big game to be had are bears
caribou and deer. The latter ar
pretty well distributed throughout tn
Provinces, except tho Island of Cap
Breton, where caribou are conf1ne'
almost entirely to the Northern sec
ton.
Wild cats, foxes. hares nd raccoon
are among the smaller game found II
good numbers in almost all parts. o
game birds the most important !
probably the ruffied grouse, local.
kaown. as the birch partridge. Ther'
are also wood-cock. snipe and shor'
birds, wild geese. brant, black ducks
and other varieties of Waterfowl. Sc;
ducks are numerous along the coast
Anglers will find In both Province
some of the best fishing to be found