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From the increase in the number of carcasses shipped it will be seen that, in 

 round numbers, about thirty per cent more Deer were secured by hunters in the 

 Adirondack^ during the season of 1902 than during the previous year. By 

 following the generally accepted rule, that four Deer are killed in the woods 

 for every one shipped out by rail,* the great increase in the returns secured 

 by sportsmen as a result of protecting these animals will be readily seen. 



The interesting statistics furnished by Superintendent John L. Van Valkenburgh, 

 of the American Express Company, and Superintendent T. L. Smith, of the National 

 Express Company, who vouch for the accuracy of the figures given, are as follows: 



SHIPMENTS OF DEER FROM POINTS IN THE ADIRONDACK REGION. 



Season of 1902. 

 Mohawk and Malone Railroad. 



RAILROAD STATION. 



Carcasses. 



Saddles. 



Heads. 



Beaver River . 

 Big Moose 

 Brandreths 

 Childwold . . . 



Clear Water . 

 Eagle Bay . 

 Floodwood . . ' . 

 Forestport . . . . 

 Fulton Chain . 

 Hinckley . . . . 

 Horseshoe . . . . 

 Lake Clear Junction 

 Lake Placid . 

 Little Rapids . 

 Long Lake West 

 Loon Lake 

 McKeever . 

 Minnehaha 

 Ne-ha-sa-ne 

 Nelson Lake . 

 Onchiota . . . . 

 Otter Lake 

 Paul Smith's . 

 Piercefield . . . . 



117 



45 



4 



16 



20 



14 



13 



24 



58 



1 



2 



7 

 1 



3 



44 



8 



17 

 9 

 2 



3 



5 



TO 



II 

 31 



2 

 19 



* A large number of deer are taken out of the woods each season in wagons by farmers and 

 sportsmen who live near the borders of the Great Forest of Northern New York ; and a large 

 amount of venison is consumed in the hunting camps, lumber jobs, hotels and by the "natives" 

 or residents of the woods. 



