no ^here to Hunt 



esteem to the moose, a roving, errant animal, abun- 

 dant one season and perhaps scarce the next. It fre- 

 quents about the same country as the moose, but is so 

 restless it may be found at one place to-day and many 

 miles away to-morrow. 



The Virginia deer is found in every county in the 

 state. It has been asserted by Col. E. C. Farrington, 

 secretary of the Maine Sportsmen's Association, that 

 10,000 deer a year could be spared, and the condition 

 of the deer be benefited by the killing of that number. 

 Unless one is familiar with the resources of this state, it 

 is difficult to imagine the great number of deer which 

 may be found in Maine. It is no uncommon sight 

 during the warm weather to see fifteen or twenty of 

 these animals during a paddle of a few miles along 

 some of the rivers in the morning or evening. 



Every sportsman who visits Maine, and secures a 

 competent guide, can with considerable certainty 

 count on securing the legal number of deer. 



Black bear are numerous in Maine. It is said they 

 are increasing in numbers since the lumbering opera- 

 tions have been carried on extensively, the reason 

 for this being that there is a great growth of rasp- 

 berry and blueberry bushes on land from which the 

 timber is cut, making rich food for bruin. They, how- 

 ever, are nowhere in Maine so numerous as to make it 

 worth while to hunt them solely. Most of the bear 

 killed are shot while hunting other game. 



Of the lynx there are two; they are found through- 

 out the state, but in no particular place abundantly 

 enough to warrant hunting them exclusively. There is 

 the Canada lynx, Lynx canadensts, and the red lynx, 



