MAINE. 



'T^HE STATE of Maine is, without doubt, the best 

 region in the East for big game shooting, and 

 for fishing. Fully two-thirds of the State remains a 

 primeval wilderness, where abundance of game and 

 fish is to be found. While . its coast offers many- 

 attractions for the sportsman, its inland woods and 

 waters draw there annually thousands of sportsmen. 

 The secretary of the Maine Sportsmen's Fish and 

 Game Association estimates the number who visit 

 Maine annually for shooting and fishing as 50,000. 

 Notwithstanding this large number of visitors, the 

 game has in no way diminished; in fact, deer have 

 increased wonderfully in the State, and there is 

 plenty of sport now, and probably will be forever. 



The most important of the big game to be found 

 in the State of Maine is the moose, which is the 

 largest of the deer family. It often exceeds 1,000 

 pounds in weight, with gigantic antlers, sometimes 

 spanning more than 60 inches, making it a prize 

 coveted by every sportsman. Next is the errant 

 caribou, which is sometimes found in mountains, 

 then on barrens, on ice, or in the swamp; an animal 

 of the North allied to the reindeer of the Arctics. 

 The head of the bull caribou is also a trophy which 

 inakes glad the heart of the sportsman. The Vir- 

 ginia deer is the next animal in estimation, far 

 outnumbering the other two. Deer have multiplied 



