| There are many times a hunter likes to go to | | | | are evaded by members of many of these |
| hunt the deer alone. But going to hunt the | | | | deer-driving groups. |
| deer in a group can give a different | | | | |
| experience. This article you will read how | | | | The use of noisemaking devices in deer |
| fun it is to go in a group. | | | | driving is forbidden, but no judge has yet |
| | | | ruled that the human vocal cords are in this |
| The method of locating deer with a car and | | | | category and some of these drives have been |
| then leaving the car to shoot the deer is | | | | quite noisy affairs. This shouting, together |
| still legal in this State (Maine), but it is | | | | with more or less indiscriminate shooting, |
| little more sporting than shooting them from | | | | has resulted in opposition to this practice |
| a moving vehicle. In time this method will be | | | | among some land owners where these hunts have |
| banned here as it is in some of the other | | | | occurred. Hunting territory has been posted |
| deer hunting areas, because it will become a | | | | and lost to hunters because of these gang |
| serious threat to the deer population and to | | | | drives. As a result, the Maine Legislature |
| the safety of the traveling public. Wardens | | | | has placed a limit on the number of men |
| know that many people do not bother to leave | | | | taking part in these drives. There are other |
| their cars before shooting, but, unless these | | | | restrictions that regulate the deer hunter's |
| people are caught in the act, there is little | | | | actions. Most of them are on the books for |
| chance of convicting them. Little can be done | | | | the protection of the deer herd or for the |
| to stop this practice except to ban shooting | | | | hunter's own safety. Some of them may not |
| from a highway. If a workable law can be | | | | please the hunter, but they should be |
| devised, this will probably be one of the | | | | observed in the interest of continued |
| next prohibitions that the hunter will find | | | | hunting. There are many legal methods of |
| in the Maine game laws. | | | | hunting to which the true sportsman should |
| | | | stick. |
| The driving of deer is another way to hunt | | | | |
| the animals. This method is successful in | | | | In order to enjoy the sport fully, a deer |
| areas where there are small patches of woods. | | | | hunter needs a thorough understanding of the |
| Organized groups can cover quite a bit of | | | | animal and, to a lesser extent, of the |
| territory and can bag a sizeable number of | | | | country to be hunted. This knowledge cannot |
| deer during a season, if their aim is good. | | | | be obtained in one short hunt, but must be |
| While these groups kill a large number of | | | | acquired by years of hunting, by reading or |
| deer, there is usually more or less | | | | by listening to other hunters who have this |
| dissatisfaction among the members about the | | | | knowledge. There are some laws of the state |
| division of the spoils and about who should | | | | on how you hunt deer. They are like |
| assume the credit (or blame) for each kill. | | | | registering of the deer which you had not |
| The Maine law prohibits a man from | | | | killed personally, prohibitions of |
| registering a deer that he has not personally | | | | noisemaking devices, etc. Unfortunately, |
| killed. It also prohibits a man who has | | | | sometimes these laws not really get well with |
| killed one deer from hunting during the | | | | the hunters. |
| remainde of the hunting season. These laws | | | | |