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the animals in question. Others, who do not hunt themselves, were 
kind enough to secure the desired information from hunters and trap- 
pers in their vicinity. In a number of cases my correspondents claim 
that Bears are more plentiful than formerly, as, for example, to cite one 
of many, Mr. W. J. Webster, Superintendent of Schools, Park Falls, 
Price Co., under date of January 13, 1910, writes, ‘‘Several Bears 
have been killed here; they are more numerous the past few years.” 
I am reliably informed that Bears were killed in the following 
counties in Wisconsin during the years 1908, 1909, 1910: Florence Co. 
(J. E. Parry, Florence); Marinette Co. (J. Stovekere, Jr., Pembine; 
L. Johnson, Beaver; G. A. Williams, Kremlin); Oneida Co. (J. Dapres, 
Hazelhurst); Marathon Co. (G. F. Erzwein, Athens); Oconto Co. 
(E. Phenney, Oconto Falls); Buffalo Co. (J. Bream, Cream; E. F. 
Ganz, Alma); Vilas Co. (N. L. Kinney, Eagle River); Taylor Co. 
(J. Hobbs, and C. W. Benn, Medford); Price Co. (W. J. Webster, Park 
Falls; F. J. Sulter, Prentice); Bayfield Co. (H. Feltz, Bayfield; M. Berg, 
Cable; E. J. Carter, Drummond; B. P. Hill, Bayfield); Burnett Co. 
(‘There are four or five Bears killed here every year’’— O. Erickson, 
Grantsburg; L. Larson, Oakland); Rusk Co. (F. E. Munroe, Lady- 
smith); Douglas Co. (D. Farnham, Manley; N. Lucins, Jr., Solon 
Springs; G. W. Zeon, Foxboro); Iron Co. (J. Ball, Sandrock; J. Miller, 
Cedar). 
To the above I may add the following records which I find in my 
note book for 1907: Male killed Sept. 14, 1906, Hazelhurst, Oneida Co. 
(J. Dapres). Bear killed June, 1906, near Pembine, Marinette Co. 
(J. Stovekere). Bear killed December 22, 1906, Oconto Falls, Oconto 
Co. (E. Phenney). Two Bears killed October, 1906, Eagle River, 
Vilas Co. (N. L. Kinney). Bear killed October 5, 1906, Medford, 
Taylor Co. (J. Hobbs). ‘Several Bears killed in this vicinity in 1906; 
one killed February 14, 1907,” Bayfield, Bayfield Co. (H. Feltz). “A 
Bear was killed in this county in the summer of 1906.” (C. E. Brown, 
Hamilton, Fond du Lac Co.). In the winter of 1909 two Bears were 
offered for sale in a Chicago market, one of which I was informed 
came from Washburn County and the other was said to have been 
killed in Polk County. 
The above records show that at the present time Black Bears are 
pretty well distributed throughout the northern half of Wisconsin; 
the one reported killed in Fond du Lac County may have been a strag- 
gler, or originally a tame animal. 
_ The Black Bear is natutally an inhabitant of the forest, although 
in his wanderings he may often be found in open valleys and hills, es- 
pecially in the berry season. He is one of the most omnivorous of our 
