The Western news., 1948-10-21
Deer SedSOn0ff
To Slow Start
Dry Woods and Moonlight
Nights Combine to Make
Deer Hunting Difficult
HUNTING SEASON is
TAKING MANY LIVES

The big game season has not
been going too we'll in Lincoln
county according to reports com
ing IN from the hunting fields and
checking stations. There has been
a large army of hunters in the field
but the woods have been dry and
noisy, and a full moon has made
night feeding easy for the game,
which IS keeping we'll out of sight
during the day time
Many of the hunters report plenty
| of deer sign and sec nun berS of
does and fawnS but the smart old
bucks are but little in evidence.
Heavy SHOWS In the high country
and tracking snow lower down they
say. will bring Lincoln hunters
splendid shooting
Hunters are coming IN from pretty
well all over the northern part of
the state with Flathead county fur
nlShlng large percent of the red
caps. AIDE Zajanc and Jack Sch
mautz, who are in charge of the
county's checking stations. again
make plea for cooperation in
checking the kill during the season.
They emphasize the fact this check
rs not IN any way any enforcement
gesture but is am effort ID obtain
facts which viii help n pospetuating
the deer herd in Lincoln County
As stated last week. there are
three highway checking stations IN
the county beside the station near
BOisVertS which aids q checking the
Wolf Greek country Libby sports
men are requested 10 check in their
kills at Chefs Cabin Camp Troy
Sportsmen at Makin'S Service Sta
ton, and Eureka hunters at Wet
zel'S Service Station The three
highway stations are located at
widely separated points One is at
Teepee Springs guard station on the
Yaak road one at Weylctt Corner
where the Fisher River Wolf Creek
road leaves u S. 2 at the foot OF
Elk Hill and the third at the inter
section of the Stryker road with
u. S. 49,
Seventy-one hunters checked
through the Stryker station as of
evening Only seven of
heSe men bagged their game All
ieer checked out here were white
alls. 1t is interesting 10 note that
If the II SportSmcn in the territory,
lincoln County only had four One
nan came from far away Daniels
county, one from Missoula four
rom Toole. four from Lake, six
rom Glacier and s. from Flat
cad
Checking Stations in the Wolf
'reek area checked in 1873 hunters.
our bucks were taken out without
hecking, and 10 more were checked,
)talling IA deer One Of these bucks
F,orfloIn,r
The species Of the four
'hlch were not checked is un
noWn
Libby sportsmen may have killed
number Of bucks but the only one
le ''shootin' editor Of The West
n News has learned about was
lgged by Sandy Frazer Earl Tin
eman and D O. Mount hunting
the West Fisher country. who
)pped of nice point mule
,er The party also bagged large
ack bear last Sunday
There have been a lot of fatal
ooting accidents among hunters
Western States during the past
eek A hunter In Southern Mon
mi was shot through ta face and
He'd by q con panou Nha heard
mcthng In the brush Eight
talitics were reported during the
81 nine day, the W uat0n
g 9n J. have ed n Colorado.
u from heart failure eve1
o' to oea'g three th hunters
been slled rw .t wounds
q II dlea n Oregon aG sue
naed geart failure leas
yen were Shot 10 o.ai
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