The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-11-05
HUNTERS OFF FOR
CAMPS IN WOODS
Season for Shooting Deer
Opens Monday Morning
at 6 O'clock
NOT AS NUMEROUS
AS LAST SEASON
Only Bucks with Horns at Least Three
Inches Long May Be Shot Legally
This Year - County Warden Issues
Notice to Hunters

The open season on deer in Vermont
will begin next Monday morning at 6
o'clock and continue until ) o'clock on
Saturday, Nov 10. This will give two
weeks of hunting with the exception of
Sunday, on which day shooting deer is
not allowable. Many Brattleboro hunters
are planning to be in the woods early in
the season, in fact some already have
left to take up their temporary abode
in various camps. There has been no
special rush for hunting licenses at the
town clerks Office the past few days, but
Town Clerk Carl S. Hopkins thinks,
without going over the records, that the
number will be about the same as last
year.
Only bucks may be shot legally this
season and they must have horns at least
three inches long. Last year the taking
of both bucks and does was permissible
and there was great slaughter in this
county. which led all the other counties
of the state, the number taken being 700
Probably not half that number will be
shot this year.
County Fish and Game Warden E. H
Metcalf of this place says that he has
received reports of bucks and does being
seen in various places but he doubts if
they are anywhere near as numerous as
they We're year ago. The season this
year is earlier than was the deer season
last year, which is more satisfactory to
the hunters on account of the more agree
able weather. Up to the rainstorm this
week the ground and leaves were very
dry. which was very favorable to the
deer, but since the rain the conditions
have favored the hunters, their footsteps
making less noise on the wet ground, but
and which will continue tomorrow. ac-
cording to weather predictions, will have
a tendency to dry out the ground and the
leaves.
There was snow on top of Stratton
mountain yesterday. Should the ground
in general become covered with snow be-
fore the end of the season conditions for
tracking sdeer would be favorable County
Warden Meteaf gives the following no
tice to hunters:
Notice to sportsmeD: If any violation
OF the fish and game laws comes TO your
attention and YOU cannot ind a regular
game warden then report it to State s
Attorney H. f. Whitney. or TO sheriff
or constable. All officers have authority
to act in such cases. The wardens will
be scattered all over the county during
the deer season and YOU may not be able
to get hold of one in hurry, so II case
arises where Immediate action is
necessary and YOU cannot locate a war
den report at once to some other officer.
Do not delay as quick action is the only
kind that counts Take the number of
all automobiles that you suspect contain
ILLEGAL game Partridges and grey squir-
rels cannot be killed now If you find
a dead doe take care of the meat, if not
already sooiled. and report at once to
some head inspector, game warden or
other officer Report it anyhow, whether
the meat is good or not
f. H. METCALF.
CouSy Warden, Brattleboro.
Phone 2S2-Y
The head inspectors for Brattleboro are
Frank l.. Wellman Carl S. Hopkins,
Carlos Snow, j. /. Stockwell, and +. H.
Metcalf