The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-10-25

Ian Willis Il. PARSONS VI Doser
IN commissioner of inland
loo and game, in a recent inter-
sajd that game conditions are
certainly comparing favorably
last season and the years i'm
,ely preceding.
m years ago excessive draught,
continued, dried up many Of
mali streams, destroying mil
n fish, some of the larger fish
,ell being caught in sagnant
and finally perishing, so that
= predicted that 1t would be
al years before the fishing
be as good as formerly" con-
Commissioner Parsons.
F0ntrary to further expectation
,,yer. the season just past has
oue of the best known for many
for fishing. From Sebago
,eley. Belgrade Lakes, Grand
Stream, Moosehead Lake and
AR off Aroostook Fish River
N Of lakes, have come reports Of
q fishing, some of them from
tsmen who said, the best fop
y years.
Until this year fishing has been fol-
n the first of Ocober by the hunt
If biz game. but the last legisla-
very wisely changed the open
ou for hunting so that while the
ptiug Of ruffed grouse could begin
brmerly on the first of October,
Killing of deer is allowed until
the fifteenth of the month, or
Itsht the morning of the sixteenth
otober. The change was for OBJ
3 reasons, as formerly more than
Of the game shot the first two
Is in October spoiled before it
fhed its destination. Most of the
=. taken out the first two weeks
made up of doe and fawns. or
!, deer, which was another waste.
k1 tie fifteenth of this month, the
4 md larger deer are moving
4 and more buck will be taken,
= he restriction that one of the
! must be a buck with antlers has
= nnved and two deer OF any
n N now be taken In the eight
Nm counties.
inlh after the middle OF October
y fres are not so liable to occur,
MAT is more important than all
il that the leaves are fairly well
\ trees by the 10th of October
kre is not as much danger Of
human life. Last year five
we're killed in the woods before
fiddle of October. | think that
changes have been generally ap-
d by the people.
PLENTY OF BIRDS
here are plenty of birds this year,
mffed grouse being plentiful in
hg woods, away from the auto
les, and, even on automobile
have been seen in large num-
Reports have been received
me cartridges being killed by the
or automobiles, as they passed
them, being too tame to fly. Last
pu saw one ruffed grouse killed
Ah manner myself. We have had
nl good Matching seasons and
winter the heavy fall of snow
mo crust was favorable.
kOdcock shooting has not been as
This season as some other years
late fight added to the sport
nised the average above what
upected either in the season.
interesting sport is enjoyed most
Androscogin and other southern
Lies. while along the coast at
Hmeeting Bay and other places
duck are on the increase and
more than doubled in a few
This is due partly to the mi
sT bird law passed by the federal
snment few years ago, but
ped with the increased vigilance
athful state deputy game wardens
nlllng the feeding grounds.
DEER ARE INCREASING
pser are increasing, 1t is believed,
early every part of the state. In
sections there appear to be as
deer as ever and very many
than few years ago; in other
ne deer are coming back, and
agh there are more hunters than
BY, deer are more than hold
cir own. This seems to be the
asus of opinion among wardens,
and woodsmen who traverse the
Wilderness. 1t is true that
tnange feeding grounds and
are places where they are
. while In other localities. as
GUIDE expressed 1t there were
30 many deer as now
% OF the poaching has been
ea' as people realize more the
nance of conserving the game of
.s.e' and game associations work
.aa the wardens are making the
Killing of all kinds of game
pdiar. The wholesale slaugh-
v the border that existed for
snen deer were hauled out by
.a load into Canada has been
% by wardens who patrol the
"anted 220 deer in a rapid trip
ae Allagash in July of this year
4mst 81 counted on a trip at the
'eason of the year two summers
oae man stationed on the ALA
ssclared there were four times
NY deer on that river than four
sso when he went there. An