Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-11-25
Season Closes and NimrOds Re.
turn HOme.-Many
Unlucky
VENISON WILL VIE
WITH TURKEY TODAY
Game Laws Working Out Well,
Opinion Of Many.-Woiyes
Playing Havoc

The deer hunting season which
closed Tuesday was good one or a
poor one, according to the luck of the
hunter. Some say the deer were nu-
merOus: others that the game was
scarce. In some camps every hunter
got his deer: in others. only one or
two were lucky.
Whether the deer were plentiful or
not, there is no doubt that the hunt
ers we're out in great numbers. There
is no way Of ascertaining the number,
but in this county 2437 hanting licenses
were issued, which is the largest num-
Der, save for the year 1916, that has
ever been issued in the county. And
many from outside the county hunted
here.
l.. NJ. Soule, deputy conservation
commissioner, was in the woods prac-
tically the whole season. making Obser-
vatiOns for report to the state con-
servatiOn commission. He said that
there had been some violations OF the
law, hut not so many as in previous
y
may be made. The law against carry
ing loaded guns in the woods for five
days before the deer season opens has
worked Ou, we'll, he says. While some
does have been killed hunters have,
on the whole observed the law much
more faithfully than heretofore, and
they have taken a more sportsmanlike
view of hunting and OF the conserva-
lion of the game.
Wolves More To Be Feared
Wolves are now more TO be feared
in the matter of saving the deer than
is illegal hunting. These pests are
more numerous than ever, and Mr..
Soule advocates a law that will per-
nit hunting wolves with dogs five days
before and five days after the deer
hunting season. AS the law is now. no
dog is allowed in the woods from Nov.
10 to Dee 10. Many deer are killed
by the wolves, and this winter, owing
10 the scarcity of rabbits and other
natural prey of the wolves. they are
more destructive Of the big game than
=.
S0ule said he came upon large doe
that had been caught and dragged
down by pack 1t was still alive, but
it's hind quarters had been fearfully
rorn and eaten by the savage beasts.
In other instances all he found was
a collection of bones of hapless deer.
When a pack Of wolves strike the trail
of a deer that has been wounded by
some hunter they take the trail and
quickly Overtake and deyour the deer
There is no occasion for a closed
season for term of years, Mr.. SOule
believes. AS the law is now, there
will be good hunting for years, il
hunters will observe the protective
provisions of the law. The zone buck
law is working out fine, he says There
are lots of deer He said he saw al
least thirty, and he counted fresh
tracks of fifty-seven deer crossing q
road in travelling a distance of Sin
miles, after fresh snow had fallen
W. s. Manning, another experienced
hunter, is Of the same opinion. Ht
said there are many deer and that he
counted twCnty-three while hunting
this season from Wounded Knee camI
on the south fork of the Flambeau.
Twenty-eight deer killed by hunters
near the George Savord and the Eric
Myrman logging camps on the Foun
tain-Campbell logging railroad north
cast Of Crane, were brought down thu
Gates road at one time on a flat-car
and from that point were brought II
town on two of the c. f. Cole trucks
The advent of the automobile ha'
affected the game of Northern Wis
consin as it has affected nearly every
thing else Now a large percentage o
the hunters get to and from the hunt
ing grounds III cars of all kinds anI
sizes. Hundreds of them bring hunt
ers from the southern part of tn
state, and from other states. The.
even take to the old logging roads il
order to get further into the wilds
where the deer are supposed to b
more numerous, The good roads hav
been great inducement to hunter
from afar to try their luck in the nor
thern wilderness and no doubt thou
sands tried their luck because OF tn
inducements of swift anda comfortabl
travel, who otherwise would not hav
come Complete hunting camps wer
built on trucks and run to desirabl
sites. and most of the deer killed wer
transported to their final destination
on pneumatic tires. 1t was commo
sight during the past ten days to Sc
deer 1ashed to either running board
car headed south. An Iowa car ca