. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 10 hills to the east of the valley. A few hunters, how- ever, have their favorite hunting grounds in tne range west of the vallev and they invariably return with the ba" limit Tne bright, sunny weather has improved the quail hunting considerably during the past week, as the quail will lly more readily than when the weather is damp. Thousands of Big Game Hunters in Maine. Deer and moose continue to be plentiful in the Maine woods, and the visiting hunters continue to break records in the Dumber killed. Last year's great deer record is exceeded by over 500 t
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 10 hills to the east of the valley. A few hunters, how- ever, have their favorite hunting grounds in tne range west of the vallev and they invariably return with the ba" limit Tne bright, sunny weather has improved the quail hunting considerably during the past week, as the quail will lly more readily than when the weather is damp. Thousands of Big Game Hunters in Maine. Deer and moose continue to be plentiful in the Maine woods, and the visiting hunters continue to break records in the Dumber killed. Last year's great deer record is exceeded by over 500 thus far, and with the moose shipped up to November 8th the season's moose record is bettor than that of last year. The first week of this month there were taken out of Bangor 646 deer and 30 moose. The question has arisen prominently with many sportsmen recently regarding the future of Maine's game preserves. Are the hunters killing oft the deer Taster than they will naturally increase? The Hon. L. T. Carleton says that the number of deer killed legally will have no effect on the number in the woods, but that the illegal killing is the danger which menaces the future of Maine's big game animals. Fully two thousand hunters were in the Maine woods," with guides and equipments, ready to shoot at the first deer that showed its head on tne aawn of the first "open" day, and until December loth life will be full of peril for the noble buck and the gentle doe, for the Maine game law does not prohibit the killing of does. It is not often that so many sportsmen are on hand at the opening of the season, but it is becom- ing a custom of men of leisure to go into Maine for fisning, or simply for a rest, early in the summer and remain over forthe big game season, and thus the advance guard of gunners was numerous this year. In addition to the visitors, hundreds of natives were out looking fur deer, and the number of men in the woods will constantly increase, reaching probably
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