Evening star., 1928-09-09
TreSh A. Tame Compared Hunting
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the only house and hunting camp in
that neighborhood.
Hunters are not permitted to camp
in the Dismal Swamp during the
Summer and Fall fire season. This
rule caused a change in plans on the
part of the Potomac Archers, who had
intended to worm and cut their way
in a canoe into the most remote jungies
of that historic Old Dominion swamp.
The fact that they could make only
short daily excursions into the wilder
ness initiated against their meeting
one of the bear family.
The difficulty of travel by boat or
canoe in the Dismal Swamp is illus
trated by the fact that these bowmen
spent four hours one day in cutting
passage for their canoe that was only
one mile in length.
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IF you go hunting in the Dismal
Swamp country wear high leather
boots as armor against snake bites
That unsurveyed marsh country, where
Dred Scott found harbor of refuge
decades ago. has its full allotment OF
reptiles. Water moccasins predominant,
with plenty of rattlesnakes also on the
job in the higher and drier districts
You need fear no dearth of drinking
water in that uninhabited tract. The
lake water, although black as after
dinner coffee, is pure and palatable.
From the headlands and hinterland5
of the Dismal Swamp to the highlands
of New York and the forested hunting
grounds of Maine extends the game
preserve" where Potomac archers COM
pete against the craft and cunning of
the wild animal denizens.
Mai. H. H. Stickney of the Corps of
Engineers, U. S. Army, plans a hunt
ing trip with archery equipment this
Autumn in the Adirondacks after deer.
Maj. Stickney is an experienced deer
hunter. having a record of more than
| 125 scalps during his many years of
hunting in the New York mountains
He is an expert shot with the hunting
rifle, but the current trip will be the
first that he has essayed with bow and
arrows. AS he is one of the most pro-
| ficient of the Potomac ArcherS, the
chances are that he will bag the legal
limit of deer during the coming excuf-
! sion.
Within the year, W. H. wilmer, an
other archer-nimrod of the local bow
club, intends to visit the Northern
wilds of Maine in quest of deer, bear
moose or whatsoever other species OF
game life chance to cross his path. Mr.
wilmer plans a canoe trip through tbs
virgin stretches of our most norther-
| ly State. A mighty bow and heavy
hunting arrows will be the only weapons
which he will carry.
w. w. Diehl. vice president of the
| Potomac Archers, has mapped out tht
most interesting vacation trip for the
Thanksgiving holidays as yet scheduled
on the engagement books of Washing
tonians. Mr. Diehl intends to visit the
| timbered crests and valleys of the Great
Smokes in northern Georgia, where
one of our newest national parks vii
ultimately be located 1t may be that
two other Potomac archers-Messrs
wilmer and Sisler- will accompany Mr.
Diehl on this hunting jaunt in one o1
| the Southland's best cunning areas
These nimrods, however, will go gun
ming with bows and arrows instead o
high-powered rifles and shotguns
| Bears, deer, wildcats and wild turkey
will be their quarry.
w. o. Robinson. of the Potomac
Archers. sterling archer has done
some hunting with bow and arrows ir
northern Virginia. He has bagged sew
eral rabbits on the hoof and crow
m the wing. These conquests required
rood craftsmanship. as you will readi-
Y admit if you know anything about
'rchery hunting Mr. Robinson's spare
.ime hobby Is the making of fine bows
IF yew. lancewood, Usage orange and
lemonwood, and carefully balanced ar
rows of birch and spruce.
| Credit for the revival of the Potomac
Archers several years ago is due to
Paul CARRIER, aeronautical expert of
the Smithsonian Institute and j. G.
Pratt, a Government photographer
Previous to their acquaintance, these
amateur archers practiced bowman
ship on their home lawns for diversion
| and pleasure. Learning of their mutual