274 ELEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



Concerning the Adirondack deer hunting Mr. W. E. Wolcott of Utica 

 wrote to Forest and Stream on December second as follows : 



' ' In the northern part of the Adirondacks hunters have met with excel- 

 lent success this fall, while in the southern portion they have, as a rule, 

 been but poorly rewarded for their time and labor. From Lake Placid, 

 Tupper Lake, Chateaugay Lake, Wolf Pond, Plumadore Pond, McCullom's 

 and other points in the upper section of the wilderness it is reported that 

 more deer have been killed than ever before in one season, and it is said 

 that in the Cranberry Lake region there have been more deer this fall than 

 for some years past. In the southern and southwestern portion of the 

 Adirondacks, however,- the number has been small in comparison with 

 other recent years. This is true of the Moose river, Beaver river, Black 

 river, and West Canada Creek regions, Piseco Lake, Honedaga Lake, the 

 Bisby Lake, Fulton chain, Raquette Lake and Big Moose Lake, according 

 to the best information now obtainable, although why such should be the 

 case is not easy to explain. It seems strangely contradictory and almost 

 inexplicable that on the northern slope of the Adirondacks the best deer 

 hunting ever known should be enjoyed, while in the southern portion of 

 the wilderness sportsmen should meet with comparatively poor success 

 * * * T^ most common explanation is that the undergrowth was 

 exceedingly dense and the leaves remained on the trees and bushes until 

 very late. With November snow came and the hunting was materially 

 improved." 



The large increase in the number of deer secured by hunters during the 

 past season again shows the uselessness of guessing at the kill, as is always 

 done by residents of the woods, long before the accurate figures are avail- 

 able. This increase, with the facts that the deer secured were in unusually 

 good condition, and that no epidemic of any kind has prevailed during the 

 past year, will be a matter of great satisfaction to the sportsmen of the 

 State. 



Detailed statements of the actual shipments, furnished by Supt. J. L. 

 Van Valkenburg, of the American Express Company, and Supt. T. N. Smith, 

 of the National Express Company, follow: 



