The Devils Lake world., 1922-12-06
Devils ( Lake 1
men see MANY
deer ON RIVER

D. j. Rutten, Herman Rutten, Frank
Emigh and John Wolf of this city re-
turned last Sunday from the Missouri
river bottoms southeast Of Willis
ton, where they spent two weeks in
hunting the elusive deer, and report
having the biggest and best time
they ever had in their lives hunting.
They brought back one buck deer
which they claim belongs to D. ].
Rutten, though they insist that each
got one deer on the hunting grounds.
The boys made their headquarters
at the ranch Of Pat Lawler, an old
timer in this country, where the same
men hunted last year, and also IL and
Is years ago. The ranch is located ac-
ross the river in Mckenzie county
about % miles southeast of Williston.
The hunting was3done on the Missouri
river bottoms which are wooded.
When the Devils Lake party arrived
at the ranch it was welcomed with
open arms by Mr.. Lawler and wife,
who did everything in their power to
make the stay as pleasant as possible.
Mr.. Lawler does not hunt very much
himself, but he told the boys where
they were most likely to get shot at
some deer, and they saw great
many more than they expected to.
Mrs. Lawler was always on the job
with the flapjacks, and it usually took
63 of these cakes every morning for
breakfast to satisfy the hunters. It
is pleasure to be hungry when board
ing with the Lawlers, the boys told us.
| There was no tracking snow on the
ground so the boys were compelled
to still hunt. There was evidence Of
deer everywhere and hardly day
passed but what several punches Of
them were seen. On account of the
large amount of brush it was hard to
get many good shots, and still harder
to tell whether the animals going at
the rate of Is miles per hour through
the woods wore antlers or not. Most
Of the hunters shot first and looked
for antlers afterward, but the Devils
Lake boys insist that they were very
careful about this, and that any does
shot there must have. gotten killed by
other hunters.
A man was mistaken for deel
about a mile from the Lawler ranch
the next day after the Devils Lake
. party got there, and was shot in the
hip. The fellows that did the shoot
ing seemed to shoot at every thing
that moved, but they had more thar
their share of deer when they left
camp.
The. porcupines were very numer
Gus, and could be found no matter
where the hunters went. Some were
in the trees, but most of them were
on the ground. Bob cat tracks were
found in several places, but no cat:
were seen.
The river was not frozen over whe1
the party decided to leave. for home
! and the ferry had been taken up fol
the winter, so it was necessary Il
;; make long trip out Of the way O.
: the railroad to get to the main line 0.
the Great Northern at Williston. Thu
mixed train was boarded at Arne
gard and it took just 13 hours to ge
to Williston, distance of II miles
At times the train moved so slow tina
the passengers got out and walked t,
stretch their legs.
The buck brought back is a two
year-old and weighs 146 pounds. II
addition to the deer killed many wer'
wounded and got away, only to di'
later and spoil. Two of such deat
deer were found during the two week.
that the Devils Lake party hunte'
there. On account of the lack Of SNOW
the animals could not be tracked, ant
it is easy for them to get away an,