Big Game 
Hunting 
in the North 
Experiences in the 
United States and Canada 
By HENRY A. ROBERTS 
one or two exceptions, I have 
F= the past fifteen years, with 
been a member of a _ big-game 
hunting party that has annually 
penetrated the wilds of either 
Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota 
or Canada. 
No farther back than ten 
years ago, the States named on 
the north border of the United 
States afforded some of the best 
deer hunting in America, and 
on numerous occasions our 
party experienced no difficulty 
in obtaining our lawful quota 
in short order. Of recent 
years, however, the situation 
has changed in most of these 
States, and the non-resident 
hunter especially is now placed 
at a great disadvantage. 
In the first place, a few years 
ago, some of these States com- 
mercialized the greatest of outdoor 
sports by placing an almost prohibi- 
tive license fee for non-resident hunt- 
ers. Then later, 
“nolliwog” law 
makers, and men 
who knew nothing 
concerning con- 
servation of deer, 
caused the laws 
to be placed on 
the statute books, 
that in reality 
acted at once to 
decrease rather 
than increase the 
original venison 
supply. 
Some of these 
foolish laws now 
only permit a 
hunter to kill a 
male or buck 
deer. It is often 
very hard to dis- 
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A REMARKABLE FLASHLIGHT PHOTO OF A DOE AND A YOUNG BUCK WITH 
ANTLERS IN THE VELVET 

SLEDDING OUT THE TROPHIES 
tinguish between a male or female 
deer as they run through the dark, 
thick woods, and as a result, the 
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Given a modern motor car and a week’s 
time, it is now possible for a sportsman to 
bag his buck with comparatively little effort. 
The Adirondacks are a short three hundred 
miles from New York City, Maine a few 
hours’ drive more ... but to go into the 
heart of an almost unknown wilderness and 
stay for a month or more is a different prob- 
lem. This article will prove useful to those 
contemplating such a trip next season. 
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hunter, in his anxiety and desire t9 
get a deer, takes a chance and fires; 
if he has killed a female, he is 

“sorry” (if his camp is not in need 
of skinned out venison), for he knows 
he cannot lawfully take a doe out of 
the woods, consequently, he 
walks on, taking care not to 
attract the attention of a forest 
ranger game warden, and 
leaves the doe on the ground 
to be devoured by wolves and 
other wild animals. The result 
is, this same hunter often 
keeps on hunting until he gets 
his buck, even though such 
mistakes, at various’ times, 
might happen to cost the lives 
of three or four does before he 
got his prize lawful buck to 
take home. Had the law per- 
mitted him to kill or take one 
deer, either male or female, the 
first deer he killed would have 
been his lawful deer; the lives 
of the others would have been 
spared and he could conscientiously 
reflect that he was a true conser- 
vationist. 
About the only 
big game now 
remaining in the 
north border 
central states 
are deer and a 
few black bear. 
The moose are 
almost extinct in 
these parts with 
the exception of 
Minnesota, which 
has a few left, 
and where it is 
now protected by 
a closed season 
the year around. 
The _ hunting 
parties which I 
have been a 
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