. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. heads have been sent as far as Germany. The feeling of satisfaction at the great success of the just closed hunting season in Maine, is somewhat tempered by the long list of accidents, many of which proved fatal. When the last Legislature "enacted a law providing a severe penalty for the shooting of a human being in the woods, even though such shootin°- should be accidental, it was supposed that fewer acci- dents would occur to mar the sport thau in former years. This has been so far from being true that the record of accidents this year is greater than ev
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. heads have been sent as far as Germany. The feeling of satisfaction at the great success of the just closed hunting season in Maine, is somewhat tempered by the long list of accidents, many of which proved fatal. When the last Legislature "enacted a law providing a severe penalty for the shooting of a human being in the woods, even though such shootin°- should be accidental, it was supposed that fewer acci- dents would occur to mar the sport thau in former years. This has been so far from being true that the record of accidents this year is greater than ever before, and the deaths resulting from these accidents were twice as many this year as last. It is, therefore, concluded that the law which was parsed because of the accidents which occurred last year is inadequate to meet the necessities of the situation. It has been suggested that a law prohibiting the killing of doe deer would be a step in the rio-ht direc- tion, the argument being that no man could mistake a deer with antlers for a man, and that, further, the hunter would be obliged to look more carefully lest he break the game law by shooting the wrono- kind of deer, and would be much less likely to shoot by mistake at a human being. And just why such a law is not on the Maine statute books is rather astonish- ing. If deer are plentiful there is no reason for shoot- ing does or fawns. If the deer are not plentiful, so much the more reason for protecting the does and fawns. Nearly 100 accidental shootings have been reported in Maine this year, many of which were not serious. Thirteen of these accidents inflicted serious wounds and eight of them were fatal. Deer Hunters' Camp in the Cascades, Oregon. Striped bass fishing has been somewhat slow for a week past. The tide water at Point Reyes has tempted a number of fishermen to try for steelheads this week with fair success. John P Babcock has been in the city for a week past. Mr. Babcock's appearance on Sportsman's Row was
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