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meeting, and the military marksmen bad a day of good scor- 

 ing. Jnan.ill-comeifl military, at 200 yards, the leading 

 Bible 35 stood : 



L J Robinson 81 B LeBretcm 29 J E Warren. 29 



30 IS Campbell 99 C L Ludd 29 



WSehaunessy so 



At 500 yards, same conditions ; the winners being : 



JP Warren 84 w Wilglii 31 JMcMenotuy SO 



ffiNSnOOR Si WHBrocWioir 31 C Qllmore so 



F Kabul! 31 



For the Kellogg Challenge Cup, at 300 and 600 yards, bril- 

 liant scores were not looked for, a decent score being a good 

 accomplishment at these difficult, ranges, with five shots at 

 range. The scores stood at 300 yards : 

 SgtKlose... 22 dipt Bums 31 Sgt Leeman 21 



At 000 yards the leaders were : 



ENSunok 21 II J Burns 21 Lieut McElhlnney ..19 



JPWarren. J" W Mailer 20 SergtLeeman la 



Al Balmer V2 CoHitimore -..20 F Kutinle is 



W Wright 21 it A MelilDuiney. ...19 J s Campbell IT 



On the 28th the Sau Bruno range was visited by a large 

 delegation of excellent military shooters in the match for 

 the California Trophy ; 10 shots each man, at 200 and 500 

 yards, were fired, and the Nationals, who were the victors in 

 1875 and 1876, with the Unions winners in 1877, were com- 

 pelled to give way to the Sumner Guards on a score of 4.87 in 

 the possible 000. The full score of this team stood . 



200 600 I'll. 200 BOOT'tl. 



GHStroDg 42 43— s.5 CorpCnrson 42 39— si 



Lieut Kobtrtaoo 43 41— S4 CaptBurus 40 119—79 



CorpBoweio 8S 43— SI SergtLeeman ..11 36— TT 



Totals 240 241—467 



The other scores were : 



200 500 T'U. 200 GOOT'tl. 



Union Guard 237 2 IT— iS4 German Rifles 220 209—429 



McMahon Grenndlers.23S 2"t— 132 Oakland Cavalry 225 200-425 



Oakland Guard 235 221—457 Co F, :id Regt 210 175—391 



National Guard 243 811— 454 San Jose Zouavea... .201 12S— 320 



New Britain, Nov. 7. — The following scores were made 

 at the prize shoot in three shots out of a possible 54 at a ring 

 target, ofl bund, 200 yards, any rifle. He-entries allowed: 

 O. E. Pillard, New Britain, 49, $20 ; J. D. Marks, Collins- 

 ville, 49, 815 ; F. Rentschler, New Britain, 48, $12; H. Mc- 

 Enroe, New Liritain, 48, $10 ; S. Eumfield, Springfield, Mass., 

 47, $8 ; E. N Williams. Hartford, 47, $0. 



(j§mtiq §l<tg and <§mt, 



GAME IN SEASON FOR NOVEMBER. 



JMOC33, Aim mafohis. 

 Elt or wapiti, CervtoS canadensis. 

 Bares, brown and gray. 

 wiidtu; aUopavo. 



WonJcock. PhUoheta minor. 

 Ruffed grouse or pheasant, Bonaea 



uvibclius. 

 Plover, Chtradriince. 

 Godwir. 



Ralls, tia.Uu* virginiamu. 

 Snipe and Bay Birds 

 Caribou, Tararutus ranytfsr. 



Red or Va. deer, C. virginiamts. 

 Squirrels, red, black and gray. 

 Quail or partridge, Onyx virgfnia- 



Pinnated groaae or prairie chick- 

 en, Cupulonia enpido. 

 Curlew, Xumeniu* arquaria. 



■■■■■. 

 WiUets. 

 Keed or rice bird, Botichonyx aryz- 



Wild Dnek. 



"Bay birds" generally, lnelndtog various species of plover, Band 

 piper, snipe, curlew, oyster-catcher, surf birds, phalaropea, avooeta, 

 etc., coming under the group Limacolcc or Shore Birds. 



®~ The frequent alteration of game laws makes such con 

 fusion that' sportsmen are kept quite in the dark as to when 

 shooting on various kind.) of game is permitted. We there- 

 fore append the following table for reference : 



in 



Ind..., 



Iowa, . 



Wis..'.' 

 Neb... 

 Kan... 



Sep Mo Jams 

 ;Oci 1 to F601 

 Sep 1 to Dec 

 Aug 14 lo Oct 1 

 .ug 25 to Jan I 

 No Shooting 

 Aug 1 to Feb 1 



Quail. 



Oct 1 to Feb 1 Nov 1 to Feb 1 

 Nov 1 to Jan 1 Nov I to Jan 1 

 Oct 1 to Jan rOct l to Jan i 

 Sep 1 to Dec 1 Sep 1 to Dec 1 

 aug 25 to Jan ll Aug 25 to Jan 1 

 No Snooting No Shooting 

 " JOot i to Jam 



Sept 1 to Jan 1 

 July 1 to Jan 1 

 July 10 to Jan 1 

 Juiy 3 to Nov 1 

 Aug 25 to Jan 1 

 No Restrictions 

 Forbidden 



Nova Scotia.— The Earl of Dunraven is in Queens County 

 in search of big game. 



Connecticut— Winsted, Nov. 7.— Woodcock have been 

 quite plenty, much more so than usual since the 1st of Octo- 

 ber, and have been in fine condition. Knifed grouse have been 

 quite scarce, owing, 1 think, to a scarcity of feed ; but they 

 seem to be rather more plenty now, the cold weather having 

 drove them into the cedars, where they are more readily 

 found. Quail are much plentier than usual, several flocks 

 having been raised in this vicinity. I went out with a friend 

 a week ago, who by the way is a crack shot, and we bagged 

 15 birds before night, viz., 10 woodcock, 3 quail and 2 grouse. 

 Several of the woodcock weighed plump 8 ounces each. I 

 consider that a pretty good bag for Litchfield County shoot- 

 ng. Were not the woodcock of unusual size ? Clifton. 



New Yoke — HorneUsviUe,Nov. 11 — Three fine deer shot here 

 one day last week. It has been a poor season so far for ruffed 

 grouse. John Periwell is ahead with 55. An express train in 

 the Western Division killed a large deer Thursday night. 



John. 



Itliaca,, No-o. y.— The consecutive rain and snowstorms, to- 

 gether -with a strong cold north wind, of the past week, have 

 started the geese and ducks on their southern journey, and 

 although flight after flight hourly pass over, as yet very little 

 success has rewarded le c/utsseur, most of the birds flying 

 high and showing little inclination to interview the numerous 

 decoys which decorate this end of Cayuga Lake. The quail 

 and ruffed grouse shooting, on the other hand, has been more 

 encouraging ; bags ranging from five to thirty birds a day. 

 It is noticed here as elsewhere that three-fourths of the grouse 

 are old birds, the spring freshets destroying the majority of 

 the progeny. T. F. 



New Jfassfer—Blomnaburt/, Nov. 7.— In company with 

 Messrs. Scott and Greveling, I started out Nov. 1st to see if I 

 could find any quail. As I. wished to break my young setter, 

 Greveling took his old and tried dog along. We heard a great 

 deal of atiooting along the base of the hill, but knew that was 

 at the rabbits. We saw about fifty rabbit hunters, and every- 

 one was loaded down. About 500 were shot within one or 

 two miles from i.owd, and nearly all within one-half mile from 

 us. We soon found a fair covey of birds, and succeeded in 

 bagging twenty-three of them. We now took a turn at the 

 rabbiti wid got seventeen, oa our way horaa we pwwed *mr 



the same ground on which we hunted in the morning, and 

 found a covey of about fifteen birds, of which we bagged 

 eleven in about twenty minutes. Our bag now counted for 

 Creveling, 13 quail and 6 rabbits ; Scott, 8 quail, 10 rabbits ; 

 myself, 14 quail, 1 rabbit (I don't liketo carry rabbits all day). 

 If any of your readers wish a day's sport at rabbit shooting 

 they can And it here, but they must have a good dog (hound), 

 a good gun, and be a good shot. About one and a half hours' 

 ride from N. Y. on NT J. C. R. R. will land you at Blooms- 

 bury. Rabbit shooting within one and a half miles of hotel. 



P.H. 



Bamegat Inlet, Nov. 9.— Not much shooting the past week, 

 owing to very low run of tides. , 



Maryland — Havre de Grace, Nov. 7.— Duck shooting has 

 been excellent here, On Monday Messrs. Wagataffand Grant 

 killed 96 good birds, of which 33 were canvas-backs. On 

 Wednesday " the Senator " killed 76, of which 39 were can- 

 vas-backs. The red-heads are driven away for the present by 

 the hammering they have had. On Friday last the Scows 

 killed from 100 to 253 each, Taltjiah. 



Virginia — Charlottesville, Nov. 7. — A party of four who 

 went on a partridge shooting expedition in Nelson County, 

 last week, returned with 169 birds. Sport hereabout* is ex- 

 cellent this tall. 



Petersburg, Nov. 10. — Deer are in great plenty all around 

 us here. The gobble of the gobbler is heard in the land. 

 Partridges are everywhere seen, and rabbits are in abundance. 

 Opossums afford much sport, especially to our duBky citizens, 

 and are caught not only in the country but even within city 

 limits. Shot-guns and rifles are in order now, and the man 

 who comes home empty-handed is either blind or a poor shot. 



TiruBS. 



West Virginia— Ranceverte, Nov. 8.— Pheasants and squir- 

 rels very scarce this season. The latter migrated east last 

 year in search of mast and overran the Valley of Va. There 

 is no beech mast west or uorth of here, and the beech country 

 game of all kinds is scarce. Red oak and chestnut mast east- 

 ward on the Alleghany ranges, and bear and deer reported 

 fair to middling. 



— Gentlemen who may desire to shoot at Currituck this sea- 

 son can obtain permission to use good points, on payment of 

 a mere nominal sum, by applying in person at this office. 



South Cabolina— Port Royal, Nov. 8.— I mentioned last 

 week that late high tides had afforded excellent opportunities 

 for making large bags of marsh hens (rails). A gentleman 

 resident at Port Royal informed me that he shot about one 

 hundred in the immediate vicinity of the wharves at that 

 point. In reply to my remark that I never exceeded my own 

 wants in shooting, he said the hotel wanted all he could get, 

 which fact tends to bear out my opinion of the gastronomies! 

 value of this species of game. No skill is required to shoot 

 these birds, and for this reason they are just the thing for 

 neophytes to crack away at in their efforts to get upon the 

 lower rungs of the ladder. Partridges are always plenty at 

 this time of the year. I suppose there are some fifty or more 

 feeding every day about my grounds. I have not disturbed 

 them yet. C. S. K. 



Kentucky— Stanford, Nov. 5.— Dragging after the dogs 

 through heavy and green cover, first days of open season, was 

 a sudorific of such efficacy as to eliminate the enthusiasm from 

 the boys, and such apologies for light bags as, "The weather's 

 too warm," " The cover's too heavy and green," "The birds 

 are not located yet," and, " The coveys are not half of them 

 half grown," were daily offered. Recent numerous frosts 

 have put the fields in splendid condition, and a few good bags 

 have been made. In nearly every locality quail are more 

 plentiful than for many years, and only the fellow who 

 doesn't want you in his neighborhood reports the crop short. 

 That's chaff thrown to old chickens. Half a dozen clubs are 

 in the mountains deer hunting. One, composed entirely of 

 green men, returned after two weeks' absence without having 

 secured a deer, except one killed by their driver, a native 

 who " threw them off ' completely. They discovered hi, 

 game when home-sickness had too thoroughly demoralized 

 camp for a hope of recovery to be entertained. 



KSNTUOIOAN. 



LouisvilU, Nov. 4.— I had fine sport while at Kankakee 

 Marshes, Ind. I bagged 141 mallards and one grouse last week 

 in four days' shooting, lying by Wednesday and Saturday 

 and never shooting on Sunday. J. V. 0., 3s. 



Missouri — tit. Louis, Nov. 2. — Our local sportsmen are 

 active at present. Quail are abundant all around us, and we 

 are having a fine flight of ducks. Very few snipe have been 

 seen, and no geese arrived yet. J. W. M. 



Illinois— Rockford, Nov. 4— There have been more wild 

 duck around here lately than before for years. Jack snipe 

 have been plenty also. Prairie chickens are either less plenty 

 or so wild that but few can be bagged. Only one two or 

 hunters here succeed in bringing any in. A. K. 



Mr. Chas. K. Worther, State Taxidermist of Illinois, while 

 on a gunning expedition recently, was severely wounded in 

 the hip by the premature discharge of a companion's shot- 

 gun. The wound, though serious, will not be permanent 



Michigan. — Latest Au Sable Kiver bear story : Last week 

 Mr. Simonds, one of the noted hunters, succeeded in killing 

 seven large bears inside of twenty-four hours, and bears are 

 very scarce this season, too. LateBt duck story : Mr. J. O. 

 Howard, of Toronto, while in a punt in St. Clair Plats, shot a 

 huge black duck fifty yards above him. Duck fell, struck 

 Howard on the back, and put him to bed for three days. 



Frank H Hovey, of the Rochester Sunday Tribune, Detec- 

 tive Jerome, Rogers and P. Cavanagh, George Weber and 

 Seth Green, the famous fisherman, are at the St. Clair Flats 

 under the escort of E. H. Gillman for a fortnight's duck 

 shooting. 



The Nowell Shooting Club are to try wild rice in Living- 

 ston County to attract the ducks there. 



DuoKS on Maple Rivbr, Mioh, — Mr, Editor: A friend 

 of mine and myself decided to try our luck at ducks, and 

 after deliberating some time, finally lighted on the above 

 p'wse. In order to reach it we railroaded it -by the D, & M. 

 to Fowler Station with our boat and baggage, took lunch at 

 the Fowler House and then rode nine miles by stage to the 

 " Rapids," a marshy stream. At five o'clock in the evening 

 we put our punt into the marsh, and by night " boated " thir- 

 teen. Next morning we lost a few ot the earlier flock* and 

 took to camp a doxoa plump r«dneek woodduck, and blue wing 



teal, with a few mallard, The ducks flew high and very wild, 

 owing to the fusilade they had received in the forepart of 

 the season. We had to take them all in singles, ami two and 

 three, and hardly ever over a half dozen together in one flock. 

 During our stay we averaged about thirty-flve ducks per 

 diem. I think that for the first week or so at the beginning 

 of the season there is not a better place in this State for ducks, 

 for it was a frequent get for one man with muzzle-loader, 14 

 gauge, to bag from forty to seventy birds in his morning and 

 evening shoot. Of course the weather being very warm at 

 that period the game will not keep long j but one can find a 

 number of places to dispose of his ducks in plenty of time to 

 insure their making a tip-top meal. Tieo. 



Ann Arbor, Mich., Oct. 30. 



Wisoonbin — Madison, Nov. 5. — Shooting never was better, 

 bags of from 40 to 60 are daily made by single gun in a few 

 hours. Yesterday the market was glutted with ducks in a 

 condition to gladden the heart of an epicure. When duckB, 

 fat and juicy, are plenty at 10 cents each, who need complain 

 of hard times ? Rover. 



California— Los Angeles, Nov. 2.— Quail shooting is good 

 and the first flight of snipe have appeared. Ducks and geese 

 have begun to arrive. Deer have been in unusually good 

 condition, and our markets are well supplied with venison. 



Nevada. — Deer and other large game are reported plenty 

 about the foot hills of the Sierras, being driven down by the 

 approach of cold weather and snow. 



A Foto Hunched Pound Dbeb.— We learn from a most 

 trustworthy source that Geo. S. Green, of Ashland, Wiscon- 

 sin, recently killed a buck on his farm on Ohequamegon Bay, 

 Lake Superior, which weighed 400 pounds on the hoof, said 

 to be the largest deer ever killed on the Bay Shore. This is 

 the heaviest weight we ever heard of, We can vouch for the 

 veracity of Mr. Green, who is a gentleman farmer well known 

 to ourselves and a host of others. 



Capt. Bogardus and De. Caeveb. — We have been rathe- 

 surprised at reading an article in a late issue of our contemporr 

 ary, the Pacific Life, which, while bestowing the most ful- 

 some praise on Dr. Carver, intimates that Capt. Bogardus re- 

 tires from shooting through fear of meeting Carver. While 

 those who know the Captain will give no credence to this in- 

 sinuation, yet it might deceive some. Captain Bogardus has 

 handed us the following letter, which we print with pleasure ; 



Nbw Yobk, Nov. ll, irre. 

 EnrroB Fobest and Stream : 



I have notloed In tie Uauo of the Pacific Lift, of Oct. 20, an article 

 which IntimateB that my proposed retirement from match shooting lor 

 two years la due to a disinclination to meet Dr. Carver, I now beg to 

 announce through your columns that I hold myself in readiness at any 

 time to shoot Dr. Carver a match at 100 pigeons, any rules, for from 

 $1,000 to $6,000 a side. Or I will shoot a Blmilar match with any other 

 man who construes my withdrawal In the same manner. This match 

 will not prevent me from offering the medal for the championship ot 

 America aa proposed, and let him win it If he can, 



A. H. BoOABDOa. 



Ancient Ideas About the " Choke."— The following 

 ideas, held in 1856 by the author of Lewis' "American 

 Sportsman, " read to us now as though they might have been 

 promulgated almost a hundred years ago : 



Cincinnati, O., Oct. 81. — If the subtle fluid generated by 

 the inflammation of the gunpowder be suddenly compressed or 

 checked by a contraction in the calibre of the barrel, an undue 

 proportion of the exhaustive force is exerted upon this point, 

 and the result may be the bursting of the instrument. This 

 fact wijl of itself show the folly of attempting to increase the 

 shooting powerB of the gun by unequal boring of the barrel, 

 or rather the contracting of the diameter of the calibre at some 

 given point in its length, as has been practiced by some ignor- 

 ant gunmakers. We cannot imagine any cause better calcu- 

 lated to burst a fowling-piece than the contraction of its regu- 

 lar calibre from this erroneous method of boring, and would 

 rather trust ourselves with a straight bore barrel made of far 

 inferior metal than with one of these ill-shapen instruments 

 forged of the very best stub and twist. W. MoK. H. 



In company with the "No. 777 Hunting Olub" I weni 

 out on a gunning expedition the other day. The "club" 

 consists of two members, the Commodore and the Grand Sec- 

 retary. We rowed up the Cumberland River to Nashville 

 Island, bagging several ducks on the way, and then again to 

 Haysborough Bar, where we left the boat and shot some 

 plover. The result of the day's sport, as the count showed, 

 consisted of 32 ducks, mallards, blue wings, black ducks and 

 one top-knot duck, one Walloon, 15 killdeer, 12 plovers and 

 45 robins. A party of gentlemen, well equipped, with a good 

 boat furnished with all the conveniences now combined in the 

 boats built East for such excursions, could have a royal time 

 on a trip up the Cumberland. The country along its banks is 

 quite thickly populated, and towns at short distances from 

 each other where they could get their supplies and have their 

 mails sent, and at the same time be in a country swarming 

 with game. The people are most hospitable, and would glad- 

 ly offer all the facilities the country can afford to further any 

 parties who might be tempted to take such a trip. Added lo 

 the large amount of game to be found, the fishing in the riv^r 

 and its many tributaries is excellent, jack, bass and piTCh 

 abounding in great quantities, and the scenery not to 'oe ex- 

 celled on this continent. Should any such parties decide to 

 come this way, by bringing me a line from the Forest and 

 Stream they .will insure my hearty co-operation to malie their 

 time pass pleasantly. J. D. H, 



Gov, Hampton's Mishap.— Gen. Wade Hampton, Governor 

 of South Carolina, was out with a party of friends hunting 

 deer near Columbia yesterday afternoon, when the mule he 

 was riding became frightened, and, the bridle breaking, the 

 Governor leaped from the mule, sustaining severe injuries in 

 his fall. HiB right leg was broken in two places below the 

 knee, the bones protruding, and his ankle was badly hurt. 

 This is an awful example for Governors who go deer hunting! 



Bottes Sauvagks— St. Mie County, St. Maurice, P. Q. 

 Oct. 31.— Your correspondent, "T. D. McA.," of Middle- 

 town, O., iuquireB where he can get a hunting boot that ia 

 water-proof, light and easy to the feet. The Canadian moc- 

 casin or bottes sauvages, as the habitant calls them, will fulfill 

 all those requirements. I nave tried about everything iu the 

 shape of a hunting boot, but find nothing to compare with the 

 botUt towage*. The Canadian voyageur has » way of treat- 

 ing them wkan flm t used wbiok render* th«a thoroughly 



