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FOREST AND STREAM. 



DUOEJNG ON THE ScSQCEIl ANNA Fl.ATS.— /' ',' ■ 



mil 9. — Editor Forest and Stream : Under certain con- 

 eontlitions the Susquehanna Flats are an excellent place to 

 kill ducks. At other times not worth a button, and in any 

 event not worth the price charged for box, attendants, etc., 



iiiiilr, 



d ev 

 b made 

 Soule and 

 8 WrigM 



, face 



tc, unless indeed you are an Aster or Vandi 

 then a few days would clean you out. Great 1. 

 at the opening of the season, noticeably by Me 

 Prosser, of this city, also Hamilton Diss! an, i 

 and Register of Wills Ntal. All these gentlen 

 wing shots, and have every conceivabli 

 fort that go to make up successful sh 

 old stagers at the business and would i 

 easier as an oyster supper. The sport at times is immense, 

 and so is the cost. II. 



Flobida— Twin Lakes, Jan. 18.— We are now and have 

 been for some time enjoying perfection of weather. Crisp 

 nights and clear Indian summer days make a man good-na- 

 tured with his mother-in-law. Most beautiful weather for 

 hunting it is. Quail have been very numerous, moderately so 

 yet. Turkeys very scarce, the high water having overflowed 

 the hammocks and scattered them from " Dan to Eeershcba." 

 Very many deer have been killed as they have come up on 

 the hills to eat acorns at night, and more have been killed 

 "driving." I have killed two within five minutes' walk of 

 my door, fire-hunting, and I am only 4J miles from Sanford, 

 on Lake Monroe, with neighbors almost within call. S. 



Omo—0.rfard, Jan. 3S. — Qtllte a number of farmers are 

 feeding quail around their barns and hog-pens. This will 

 keep the Eob Whites from being totally annihilated in this 

 part of Ohio, but we will not have as fine shooting for several 

 years as we have had the last season. There are fine prospects 

 for plenty of glass ball shooting the coming spring and sum- 

 mer. I. L- 



Michigan. — During ten weeks previous to freezing of the 

 streams, L. J. Layton, o£ Layton's Comers, Jackson County, 

 Mich., trapped 044 muskrats, oTJ mink, 17 coon, and shot 400 

 ducks. His operations were confined to Portage Lake and 

 river, save that a portion of Ike wild fowl was bagged at Mod 

 Inke. 



liUNOiB— Chicago, Jan. 38.— The Chicago Sportsman's 

 Club held their annual meeting last evening at the Sherman 

 house, and after the transaction of routine business elected 

 the followng officers for the ensuing year ; 0. A. Orvis, 

 President; W. W. Foss, Vice-President; K. A. Turtle, 

 Secretary and Treasurer. Ro\ be. 



Wisconsin— Baraboo, Jan. 23.— Fox hunting is all the rage 

 just now, as the law prohibits the killing o£ other game. 

 Every hunter that has a hound is on the alert since the last 

 snow after foxes and wolves. Walles Porter has two very 

 fine hounds, and it is a pleasure fur any one to follow them 

 when they are on the track of a fox or a wolf. Porter and 

 his son have killed six foxes and two wolves within a week. 

 James Noland has also some fine hounds. His hunting has 

 been profitable. He has killed seven wolves, two wildcat and 

 four lynx. The bounty in our Slate for wolves is ten dollars. 

 Our quail, I am afraid, are gone up ; the weather has been 

 too severe on them. Mr. McCoy found a bevy of ten quail 

 frozen stiff in the woods the other day. B. 11. 



Washington Tbkritokv — Fori I/upton, Jan. — I frequent- 

 ly see mention in your paper, of fine shooting, but do not 

 think the shooting made by a young man who lives on the 

 Cascade range between Ashland and Tuckville, Oregon, can 

 be beaten. He killed 14 deer out of IS shots with a Win- 

 chester sporting rifle, and has frequently killed 

 deer without missing a shot. The 11 deer were kill d in less 

 than a half hour out of a band, as he calls them, J. P. C. 



A New Field of Winteu Bpost.— W&adngton, N. ft— 

 Editor Forest and Stream: After several winters in Florida 1 

 resolved to investigate a new field for sport, to try some place 

 not much written about, so, after some reflection, decided to 

 try Wilmington, N. C, and vicinity. The 

 satisfactory that, contrary to the old custom among sports- 

 men, of not giving away a good thing when they find it, 1 

 must make a note of it. 



The route from New York is a delightfully quick and easy 

 one The A P. M. train connects at Baltimore 

 gan't steamers of the Bay Line. Leaving the s 

 New York one evening and waking up next iiv 

 ginia seems like a grand transformation. T 

 Portsmouth to Wilmington has been greatly 

 has better running time and brings one t< 

 supper. Being in time only a day and a 

 York the journey yet affords a change of 

 greater than can be found in any trip of 

 know of. I have found a great diversity 

 chase, a day among the quails, a deer hunt a 

 sound, being included in the programme, tL _ 

 idk fast enough to avail of half the opportunities 



The quail shooting seems to attract most attention, the 

 summer having been dry and favorable to the life and growth 

 of the voune birds. One can hardly go amiss in leaving the 

 cars at any of the stations in the vicinity, the planters, as a 

 rule offering no objection, and often offering every possible 

 assistance and courtesy. I am surprised at the number of 

 cuefully trained bird dogs owned abou here; there being 

 aiso several excellent packs of fox hounds t not 

 great many very fine guns, and they are in lei.. 

 tlemen who know right well how to use hem t iu. lly 1 

 would commend all Northern sportsmen to Mr. Howell Cobb, 

 of the Pureell House, which, by the way, has greatly im- 

 nro-Ved under the new management. This gentleman is the 

 owner of a tine horse, dog and gun, and has a warmTOrner in 

 his heart for all Of similar tastes. 



The Moons and Foebsts op Scotland.- Mr. Winans and 

 hi, two sons, accompanied during the last week ol 

 ftlS»'r2iffta«Mltod 170 stags in Glenstrathlarar.ln- 



with the ele- 



r banks in 



ig in Vir- 



oute from 



lprove of late, 



Wilmington for 



night from New 



slimate and scene 



the length that I 



it: a fox 



nd ducking at the 



; days not com- 



uj, Mr. Grant, Jr., of 

 aSoriston and party shot 85 stags and 7 roe. In the Cea- 

 Glerimoii,on,aim| u j ^ own rifle, up to 



^KrfeXes TheXlof Cawdor left on October 

 K Wales During the 



excellent spi-rt, the list of lull, d .including salmon) amount- 

 ins to 4 024 head. This total is made up as follows : Grouse, 

 •Aioo black ganie 17; partridge, 432 ; woodcock, 3; snipe, 

 tf duck 31 f™ (bucks), 16 i hares, 458; rabbits, 23; sal- 



mon, 22 ; various, 48. Most of the grouse were killed by 

 driving. At Brawl Cantle, Caithness, - the sport of five gen- 

 tlemen from August 12 to October 15 was as follows : Grouse, 

 1,739 head; black game, 2 ; golden plover, 78; snipe, 208; 

 partridge, 123; wild ducks, 2; hares, 46; rabbits. 7; various, 

 7 ; salmon and grilse, 6 ; trout, 19 ; total, 2,227 head.— Land 

 and Water. 



Dittmar Powdbe — Winom Point Shooting Club— Jan. 11. 

 Editor Forest and Stream: I have have seen a large amount 



Ion in your paper over the Dittmar powder; 1 hard- 

 ly pick up one that has no reference to it. All speak well of 

 it. I have used it and have seen it used a good i 

 experience has been, that if fired on the day or the day after 

 being loaded it works well, but the longer it stands loaded 

 ihe less liable is it to work at all, and when loaded two or 



1 : it would not throw shot twenty feet. I have 

 used it and have seen it used only in duck shooting in a moist 

 atmosphere. It may be it gathers moisture more easily than 

 the black. But this has been the experience Of all 1 have 

 ever seen use it. Has any one kept shells loaded any length 

 of time with Dittmar powder and then used them to good ad- 

 vantage, has the powder been used in damp places and has it 

 been a success when so used? Canvas Back. 



Wilderness Flokida.— The following interesting letter 

 written from the very midst of the great Okefenokee Swamp. 

 is from a correspondent of this journal who is attached to the 

 Government surveying party in quest of the best practicable 

 trans-peuinsula route for a ship canal, to connect the Atlantic 

 with the Gulf of Mexico. The general line of proposed canal 

 is up the St. Mary's River and down the Suwannee, concern- 

 ing both of which Mr. Bishop, the canoeist, and " Al Fresco," 

 the Florida explorer, have written interesting papers which 

 We have printed in times past. The labor is by no means 

 pleasant, even in mid winter. A fall of three inches of snow 

 in that latitude is not of frequent occurrence : 



Billy's Island, Okef-ehokeb Swamp, Jan. 16, 



BDITOE } OKF.ET AND STREAM : 



Our present camping ground is located on wliat is known as Ham- 

 miitk tetanis, differing troiu the cypress or br>ggy Islands that art 

 abundant throughout Hits swamp. Even on these we cannot keep ttie 

 fuel dry. Much of tlie cyprcs8 lands which are located near streams 

 or water courses are now inundated two an 1 ! a half feet, as arc all open 

 prairies, except one near Floyd's Island, upon which we found two 

 large bucks feeding at midday the loth. U'liey did not start, for the 

 Island, half a mile distant, until they had been fired at three limes, and 

 tften halted Co view ns once more. Tills BO-callea prairie la always in- 

 terspersed with open water, making a desirable location for ducking, as 

 they are connected throughout by water courses which are lilted with 

 boss and many other kinds of fish. Mallards, buflleheada and wood- 

 duck are the most abundant. We had three inches of snow a llltlo 

 over a w eok ago, but the past few days' warm weather has opened the 

 maple blossoms, and the hum of the bee is heard all along i In: bankH of 

 the Suwannee, which drains tne greater portion of the swamp, and is a 

 decided water course at a distance of eighteen mites from its western 

 end. Kear Mixon's Ferry, at which place we commenced Investiga- 

 tions by bur. t only, leaving it to draw over some sunken log, or w-aik 

 upon the hammock islands to sleep, which is not always easily found, 

 and when found Is a camping ground for large swarms of mosquitoes, 

 which lake a lunch ere one has half completed supper. Alligators, 

 ouers and turtles keep one anxious, when a gun is on board, by their 

 constant plunging, as many of them have not seen a boat since the 

 war with the Indians, who undoubtedly availed themselves of its vine- 

 clad water when in quest of game, and to escape their foeB. Mounds 

 are everywhere plentiful when sandy laud appears above water. 

 not very plenty, but the quail will endeavor to gather 

 crumbs about camp every morning. To-night the air is fragrant with 

 spring blossoms and mosquitoes, making this an undesirable pastime. 



MollTON. 



TO RENDER PAPER SHELLS IMPERVI- 

 OUS TO DAMPNESS. 



Galvebton, Texas, Jan. IT, 1819. 

 MR. EliiTor. : 



As many or your readers have no doubt been deprived of a day's 

 shooting from the effect of a sudden shower or wet weather ou paper 

 shells, even when thought to be protected by so-calien 

 clothing, the object of this is to call attention to a cheap and easy 

 way of rendering them impervious to water with paraffins. Tim paper 

 used "m making shells seems I p ml ' luaoeptlble to moisture. 



Once wet, the end uucrinips, the body Bwells and bulges out ol 

 proper shape, and is bo weakened as to give way in forcing it Into the 



guu. liven it successful la placing it, the result j nttiffi 



ent, as the cramming mast disarrange wada to a certain extent, and 

 Bometimes mingles powder und shot together. 



Parafflne can be had at almost any drug store, and is not costly. Pro- 

 vide yourself with a flat plat fin-cap; have a tin cover mate with a 

 projection for a handle; perforate this cover, or laale more properly, 

 with holes large enough to uUow the shells to paastrn 

 ttange; melt the parafllae in an old can, In which a sort Qf spout hue 

 been pinched, and when not till jour ladle with shells that arc loaded 

 and crimped. Bet them ia die tin cup, wad eud down, of courae, and 

 ponr iu the parafflne unt.l it reaches up to the brass part. It should go 

 above, however, as sn accumulation there might interfere 

 widi its easy introduction in the gun. Let the sheila remain In the 

 hot paramue six to eight seconds, giving the eriwn 

 back as they are lifted oat to make SU .-, around the 



wads arc touched ; and alter dripping a moment set tncin on a news- 

 paper, crimped end duwu, to cool, nud the job is done. It set head 

 down the superfluous hot parafflne might llow down aud form a ring on 

 the brass part, which is to be avoided for reasons above stated. 



To claim that this simple process renders paper shells absolutely 

 waterproof is a strong assertion, but unless ihere is some way tor 

 water to get iu around the primer immcrsiou all night has no effect on 

 them; at least I find my own so treated sure Are. My experiments 

 were made with the Union MetalUo Cartridge Co.'s paper shell ;— they 

 are indeed href, class. Our club has used some 10, 000 of their make 

 this winter, and the most diligent inquiry has failed to bring foi tti a 



igle in' -ill ■, - nueiog welt sifted bran ip nil up 



shells— a Dixon souopful between tie two wads over I 

 it does not seem to lead Die guu any more, and makes an a. ■Iruir.ible 

 cushion. Bkouak. 



PIGEON MATCHES. 



Nkw YoiiK— Furl. Morris, Jan. 82.— Second regular shoot of the 

 Knickerbocker Gun OipUj bo balls, Ruber traps, is yards rise, tto- 



■■■''■■■■■ 1 1 1 ; ■ !.!■■.■ /are was rather 



linn, but those who did put iu an appearance took advantage of the 

 evceedingly tine weather: 



F Henanaw— 1 llliioillillilioiioilillilil 

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Next regular shoot will be held Feb. 22. a. E, M. 



and i'nii.iiF.i.enu Gen CLUBS.— A match between teams 

 of tne lii'uoklyn ana rniia.HipiiKi t,uu emus wa- 

 clui.'s grounds, Dexter 1'arK, L. 1., last Satui 



' ' '" '■".; ■!.! tee, -. I d ho Oyai 



Were a good lot aud siroug tlyers. Follow 



Brooklyn Guu Club. 



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PhUadelphla Gun Club. 



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Midway GDN LLVB.-ManalapaHeUU, X. J , Jan. 23,— The Midway 

 Gun Club held its r ego larlnonthly shooi ti , ' "old medal 



yesterday ■ irom ground traps, handicapped use. 6tl yards hi 



aonover 21 yds 1 1 1 i 1 1 



lLambertson 2.1 1 1 1 a 1 1 1 



ivms 21 1 ■ ,. 1 ., ■ 



Wain 21 1 [ ] t _ 7 



lleyer 21 1 



Vauderveer 21 1 1 u a 1 1 



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Ilaigt't 28 1 1 10 10 10 0-5 



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second, J6 



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 [ween liaiga- ibrockte. Second match 1 . 



second, ia. First won dj G. Dje, second won by Johnson * UaigUt. 



The Midway dun club i« the. pioneer o.- ■ .,, . , , 



its members are active, mielagent and I hoiougii ..■ 

 live years ago we had uo Shooting Bin l TlianLs u, 



your influence we now have 0* 



country, riiese cubs are Qol only organized for the am 

 improvement of Iran slioom .- Vl 



the protection 1 jement ol the game 



laws.etc. lnis muter we expec ,, , 



rnre liieorpeiaring Hie "Monnmu .. 1 ■,..: . ,- ,..-,. Associa- 



tion:" I believe similar iu us chil I ap 

 Association.' tt ith the co-operation ol 



is earnestly hoped to attain the objeetBOl I leo g 



way is represented In the Legls 

 man, and also 111 the Xew Jersey Mat- 

 greatest encouragement to the friends of true and 

 our county and butc. 



balls 



W. I. c. 



lA—CarlMe, Jan. IT.— Match for a TG(Mb. »ui 

 ardsrise, liogaruus luies ; host score 



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•JC Rnpp 1 1111 



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fi f'mholU 111 11 1 11 || 01 



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Reed (for Miller) 1 01 1 1 1 1 D u « 11 mm 1 0— 



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KingWault (for Slpe) « 1 1 1 » 11 11 1 1 



Boas (for Burgner) 10 i 



Jan. 2-1.— Match at plgecns at Hum:, . 

 Potomac It. K., lor a l,U00-ib. hog; SI .buumlarv 



Etogardus rales ; birds extra good ilyois : 



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H Well - II 1113 111 0-7 



JSKingwault 1 01 II 1 



Qeo McKeeghan 11111 1 



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L) l< Brandt 11 l 1.1 u 1 | 



II Noble 



JDKea 11 1 1 



WliUs ilumer II 



The birds having all been shot, the hog between 



divided. 



Match at glass bulls, Iluntsville, Pa., Jan. ". I ; 21 yards 1 lae, BOgardua 

 ruleB to govern, sweepstakes; 3 purses, la cm 

 .1. C. Kupp, 1st purse, broke 13 straight; Kaufman, Ik] 

 Won, 3d parse, 13. 



1'bnnsylvakia— Frankjord, Jan. 22.— Match at Whitehall fur double- 

 barrelled gun ; Loug lalaud rules, El yards rise, i;i oz. 



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C Ualer 1 1 1 1 II * 



P M .irsden 1 1 t Ow 



C Marsdeu W 



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Snyder, Vanhorn and Cornell tied on in to shoot off at a subsequent 



date. 



Minnesota— Redwood Falls, Jan. 21.— First mate] 



Pal's spoilsmen's Club; glass balls, m yards, Bogardun i i 

 of the members had not shot before. Bci 



Bonn 111111111 I— 10 Dornberg...O u n 



Toiuiey....l 10 111—5 Lunghiiu....! o l l u 1 



Tenney 1 ill 1 1 1 1 1— 7 O'Uara......0 mil i, 



Paine 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i-i 88..... 



Cook ooioillll—O naniela 1 



Ties on ten— 21 yards. 

 Bohn liiih—4 Danleh 11011—4 



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Tics on seven— 21 Tards. 



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—See Bogardus' Advertisement. 



