| There are laws to protect the deer but
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| | occasionally, but as the penalty is
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| some of them are not implemented
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| | usually death to the dog and a fine to
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| properly. In Maine it is allowed to take
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| | the owner, no man who values a dog will
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| a deer for so that the herds are
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| | use him for this purpose.
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| prospered. There are some laws that
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| | I have watched a few of these dogs in
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| already banned the hunting of these deer
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| | action and I can see where there would be
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| so that their populations are maintained.
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| | a certain amount of sport in this type of
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| We had no regular hunter as some of the
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| | hunting, if it were legal and if the dogs
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| camps had, but one of the men had made a
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| | were properly trained. Slow-trailing dogs
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| salt lick a short distance from camp and,
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| | that do not drive the deer out of the
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| as he worked all day, the only time that
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| | country would seem to be the best deer
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| he could visit the lick was at night. I
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| | dogs. The deer circle ahead of these slow
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| went with him one night when he killed a
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| | dogs arid the sport would be similar to
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| deer. We were equipped with a miner's
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| | fox hunting. Most every one will admit
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| acetylene lamp and a .45-90 rifle. We
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| | that fox hunting is considered a good
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| waited on a platform in a tree until a
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| | sport.
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| deer showed up and then he shot the
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| | I knew of one poacher who owned two dogs
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| animal. There was no pretense of sport in
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| | that he had trained to hunt deer. They
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| the killing. It was simply the killing of
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| | were very fast dogs and they were trained
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| an animal for its meat in the surest and
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| | to drive deer to the man's house where he
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| easiestway. Since then I have seen many
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| | waited to shoot them. This man's boys
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| refinements added to this type of
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| | would take the dogs by a circular route
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| hunting. The acetylene lamp has been re
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| | to a point some distance from the house
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| placed by the electric spotlight. The
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| | and then turn them loose. If there was a
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| tree platform has been replaced by the
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| | deer between the dogs and the man's
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| mobile, cushioned seat of a car and the
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| | house, that deer had very little chance
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| old .45-90 is only a relic beside the
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| | of turning back past the dogs and it
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| guns of today. Only the poor bewildered
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| | usually ended up hanging in the man's
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| deer is the same as it stands in the
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| | shed. He didn't consider this as sport,
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| light, waiting to be butchered.
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| | only an easy way to obtain meat for his
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| The use of dogs as an aid to deer
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| | family and to supplement his income
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| hunting, while permitted in some areas,
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| | during the deer season when he sold a few
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| is forbidden in most states.
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| | deer to unsuccessful sportsmen.
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| Here in Maine, the use of dogs has been
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| | When a hunter goes for hunting, he has to
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| outlawed for a long time and as a result
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| | use the equipments for his safety.
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| I have had little experience with this
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| | Nowadays the equipments used in hunting
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| type of hunting. We have a few poachers
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| | have so much improvement.
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| who have deer dogs and who use them
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