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ner as the wilful poisoning of horses, cattle or sheep. It certainly isan 

 offence of equal erode, aa the latter, anil as the section now reads the 

 penalty Is very slight for the malicious poisoning of whole ponds of 

 vnlnnble fish.' As the law now reads the penalty is only £100, and the 

 offence a misdemeanor. No one would wilfully destroy another's valua- 

 ble trout pondlju! from part spite or re-venire, jmd ii is submitted that 

 such "mischief" is '■ malicious," and should he treated as sneh. 



Av Act in unand el un'tlUed "All set to amend and consolidate the 



i i ri ration of moose, wild deer, birds and 



of New York represented in Senate and 



the act entitled "An act to amend and con- 

 ing to the. preservation of moose, wild deer, 

 ■Jt, ]s7i is. hereby amended so as to rend as 

 i i -im, without the consent of the 

 I to lie put. or placed 



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folh„ 



\ Khn 



Ifelh 



in any fresh « 



trout or other fish, an. 

 stance, or auypihe, pn 

 , ■„■ i, ■•■■ d.'sirny sucln 

 ished by imprisonment 



ritb o 



r delft 



molted 



sub- 



: - ■ :' -I . ■Jul'., upon conviction, bo pun- 

 tc prison not exreedinu; three years, or in 

 year, or hy a fine not exceeding 8750, or 

 oy notn snen nue ana imprisonment. 



Sins 9. No prosecution or proceeding for any violation of the provi- 

 sions of the section of the ael h. u'lu .meie/osi, .roe iron i ,.ui im mrjf lo 

 tlr- im;e when I hi" i I ' I ' 1 1. • '-Hill l.oko clTur-, ..'mill lo. ntTeel-d [lisre'vr 



The provisions of this act shall only apple to offences hereafter commit- 

 ted, and the stntutt-s now in force shall apply to ant! he and remain in 

 full foreaaH io all offenees committed before this act shall take effect, 

 and to the pros, mi ion ami punishment thereof. 

 Sec. 3. This act shall take effect Immediately, 



The meeting then adjourned, and the members were 

 marshaled by Mr. Phelps iuto the supper room, where all 

 the delicacies of the season had been prepared. 



A Hunting Cat.— A correspondent, who is apparently 

 quite an admirer of the feline race, says that cats are 

 equally as good for certain species of hunting as dogs, and 

 better in some respects, as they hold their tongue when in 

 pursuit of game— a most desirable characteristic to possess 

 sometimes. He says he trained a cat to follow- him the 

 same as a dog would, and that it has proved a very valu- 

 able companion. He states that this most desirable speci- 

 men of its family started oil on a full run one morning, 

 and soon treed two partridges, and watched them until lie 

 shot them. He shot the gun right, over her head, and she 

 was not any alarmed. Just as quick as she sees him take 

 the gun down she is ready, and will start on the run and 

 keep looking back and crying for him to come. He is of 

 the opinion that a cat can be taught to hunt the same as a 

 dog, and come at the whistle; at least he is going to see 

 what he can do in this line. 



Blooming Grove Pakk. — At a meeting of the Directors 

 of the Blooming Grove Park Association, held at its rooms, 

 178 Broadway, on Tuesday, 10th instant, Colonel Sanders 

 D. Bruce, editor of the Turf, Meld and Farm, was elected 

 President to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation 

 of E. R. Wilbur, of this city, Mr. Charles Hallock having 

 declined a previous nomination. John Avery was elected 

 Director in place of John B. Sartori, of Philadelphia, re- 

 signed. Communications were received from Payette S. 

 Giles, now in Switzerland, touching the interests of the 

 Park. The following resolution was unanimously adopted 

 and ordered to be. printed: 



Resolved, That the President and Secretary be authorized to issue a 

 special certificate of stock to such persons as will pay Ihe dues for 18M, 

 1875 and 18713, as they become due, said certificate not to be transferable 

 until the expiration of three years, when the party holdiug it sbal) ba en- 

 titled to a full membership certificate, provided all dues have been paid. 



Business relating to the payment of dues by members 

 was referred to the Executive Committee. Adjourned. 



fhot Mutt und 



GAME IN SEASON FOR NOVEMBER. 



Moose, Alces MaleMs. Snipe and Bay Birds. Willets. 



Elk or Wapiti, Cervus Canada: . uaboii, Partai Im sv-srsr 



Haree, brown and gray . Bed Deer, Cartas Viryihionus. 



Wild Tnrkey. MUeo qoio qa^avaro. Suuirrels, red black and grey. 



V ,H ( . ■;■■ ■. ,.. .■■ ,■:'.■,■..■ 1,1 , , .',■<„ ■■ ~ .!■.■;. ..: ' ' 



fi,uffed Grouse, Tetrao umbellut . Pinnated Grouse, i otnto Cupi/lo. 



Wild Pigeons. Wdd Duck, Geese, Brant, &c. 

 Plover. 



L Under the head of "Came, ana M'u/i m b'eas n" we can only specify tn 



0- '.. :;-,.■ terms ,'A ' .oov! rmo ';..-., a. .-not- Hi. use., o;' tHaios voro so 'noc.'i 

 that were wt in attempt to ra.i-H mil. nizt it;: con hi do no less than publish 



tt,i,.-,.e.nliioo'ectiooo Unit iooiOi lo tin iuw! .).:' i/olii,. iii rteslion.' Tills 

 'ejus i i-re',1 n. ami' «B-i)-'V ij'.m' ,poo,. J„ desinnatina i-ioai' ii-: are 

 ooiOoO I : il ,: I,,,,: »'*»''r.B.>: •;■,'. :.■/■ o" H_,-,o_.;olujo i; founds, i. nod 

 sir e». ; o: i.o.ss'u s's svs .„ :>s l ..si,;V tons a ; II i lOlti '.'■ lo in of Hieil ' ,-.--. 

 fpcctini ■-■lot, no ; via -loni e, /', y, ,..-. , i n lo , usu, , r,„, ollomuts to itoilsl t/i, in 



will only create confusion.] 



Game in Market.— The market stalls have a fine display 

 of the game in season at present. Woodcocks are more 

 abundant than they were recently, and all being in good 

 condition they bring $1 per brace. One half at least of the 

 birds killed are chickens, a proof positive of the indiscrim- 

 inate slaughter of this species. The principal varieties of 

 ducks are largely represented and meet a ready sale- Prairie 

 chickens are quite abundant, and so are ruffed grouse, as 

 Connecticut, New York, and some of the Western States 

 are plentifully stocked with them. The reports about this 

 bird specify its unusual abundance. Quails are more 

 abundant than they were last week, and venison is also 

 more largely represented, as several of the Western and 

 Canadian hunters are sending some large quantilies to 

 market. 



Maine. — E. M. Messenger and H. P. Home, of Boston, 

 have lately returned from their first trip to Moosehead Lake. 

 Without a guide ihey penetrated the woods about twenty- 

 five miles, and on the third day, contrary to the expecta- 

 tions of the natives there, made their re-appearunce, bringing 

 out the skin and haunches of a nice caribou (Tardnduz 

 Rangifer,) estimated live weight, 50 lbs., besides ruffed 

 grouse too numerous to mention. 



New Hampshire. — Game of various kinds is quite abun- 

 dant in many parts of this State. Bears are killed on the 

 mountains in Sandwich and Albany, yet they are getting 



scarcer every year. Foxes are a little too abundant for 

 profit, as the farmers can testify in tho depletion of their 

 flocks of turkeys and chickens. Pigeons arc getting 

 scarce. A man in an interior town recently shot a bear 

 with small shot, and ere the animal could recover from its 

 stupor, the hunter cut its throat with a jack knife. Good 

 work. 



Vermont. — Watfcn, Nor. 4(7/.— I recently made a notable 

 shot al clucks. I discovered a small (lock 'lute in the after- 

 noon on a pond near where I am trapping. I stalked on 

 them to within fifty yards, when, after "bunching" them, 

 I fired into the thick, killing"nine outright and wil a in 

 ing four more, one of which I afterwards retrieved, "making 

 a total of thirteen killed and wounded out of the twenty 

 or twenty -five. The gun is an old style, light English bar- 

 rel muzzle loader, thirty-eight inches 'in length, lift eon bore, 

 Charge used, three drachma Hazzard duck sooting Ho, 1 

 shot, one and a quarter ouuee Tatlntm's B. With a "breech 

 loader 1 should have got more as they rose, and when they 

 circled round over the dead birds as ihey twice did, would 

 have been ready for two more shots. 



A word about trapping, us you will recollect that is my 

 "best holt," and "sly reynard" my chief delight. Poxes 

 have been very plenty, and during the Summer they made 

 fearful inroads into the "glide wives" flocks. Since the 

 trapping commenced they have been off their feed, or in 

 the vernacular— "wont take bait." I succeed, however, 

 in exciting their curiosity, which amounts to the' same 

 thing in the end. Without stopping lo count I will just 

 say that the smoke begrimed rafters of the old farmhouse 

 where I reside arc gaily festooned with foxes pelts, to- 

 gether with a liberal sprinkling of coons, mink, and fisher. 



C. L, W. 



Massachusetts. — &Ht bWford, Not-ember 6.— Ruffed 

 grouse are very plenty, and considerable numbers are to 

 be seen in the markets, two-thirds of which, I nm .sorry to 

 say, show no marks of Ifting shot. T. C. B. 



A party of gentlemen froth Boston, enjoyed rare sport 

 in West Barnstable Woods week before last. " Uniting with 

 a number of crack sportsmen of the Cape district, they 

 went in for a regular deer hunt, and on Friday week started 

 seven of these fleet-footed animals, of which they got two 

 fine does. On the next day five more were started, and one 

 of them, a noble buck weighing about 200 pounds, was 

 secured. This creature is said to be the largest ever killed 

 iu those woods, and probably was one of the Naushon deer 

 which had escaped to the main laud. 



New Jersey.— Shrewsbury, Nov. 7th.— Quail very scarce- 

 more so than I have ever known, notwithstanding the re- 

 cent three years total prohibition. They seemed to be 

 plenty in the Spring, and there has been little, if any, 

 shooting out of season. Where have they migrated to? I 

 have never known a similar case of desertion. 



Check Cord. 



Deer abound in portions of Atlantic county, twenty-three 

 having already been shot. 



Long Island. — Wild fowl are now being taken in great 

 numbers in the Great South Bay, and sportsmen are having 

 a good time. Partridge are "also quite plentiful in the 

 woods on the. south side. Quail, however, appear to be 

 rather scarce. Patchoguo is a good objective point on the 

 bay. 



Pennsylvania.— Wild ducks are coming into Cambria 

 county In large numbers. Canary bird raising is becoming 

 quite an item of interest in Conemaugh borough, Cambria 

 county. 



Maryland. — Wild ducks of all varieties are said to be 

 unusually plentiful this season, and hundreds are being 

 killed dawn Chesapeake Bay. A party of four gentlemen 

 left Baltimore on Sunday" aud returned Tuesday with 

 twenty-seven red heads, four canvas-backs, nine teal, and 

 a number of other ducks. Ducks for several years have 

 been scarce in Talbot waters, and good sportsmen will had 

 with delight the prospect, of "good shooting" the coming 

 Winter. 



Deer Park, November 4. — Grouse are very plentiful, but 

 bring sixty cents a brace. Wi'd turkeys seem very numer- 

 ous. I met a man to-day who had eight, which he had 

 killed in two days. Quail are thicker this Fall than they 

 have ever been, but as Ihere are very large fires in the 

 woods for miles around, I am afraid "that many of these 

 birds will be burnt, as I have killed some this week that 

 seem too small to fly far. I heard this morning that two 

 hunters had killed nine deer since Monday near the Falls 

 of the Blacliwater. Yours, truly, P. L. Walter. 



Mr. Joseph J. Bailey, of Philadelphia, killed 300 ducks 

 on Havre de Grace flats last Monday week. Canvas backs 

 arenot very numerous in that vicinity at present, but black 

 heads aud redheads were more numerous. 



Illinois.— Bluff City, Oat. S\st.— Dickersou's Lake 

 abounds in deer, ducks and brant. It is one of the best 

 localities in the State for the above came, although the 

 present low water makes shooting rather difficult. Smith's 

 Lake, about three miles from Bluffs, affords excellent duck 

 shootuig. Quail are abundant. The Bluff House, kept by 

 Col. Waterhouse, a thorough sportsman, affords excellent 

 quarters for the sportsman. 



Missouri. — Hannibal, Nov. 2rf.— Dtuk.ar going South 

 in myriads, but the shooting is not very.good on account 

 of the absence of water in the lakes and lagoons. Quail 

 shooting is not yet at its best, there being many late covies 

 that are not sufficiently grown to afford good sport. A 

 gray eagle was killed here last week which measured seven 

 feet two and a half inches from tip to tip, and three feet 

 from bill to tip of tail; talons three inches long; reach of 

 talons, eight inches. The old fellow has quite a record, 

 having been a resident for the last twelve years, and was 

 very fierce, having in one instance attacked a man driving 

 a team and forced him to desert his team and take shelter 

 under a tree. His eagleship has beeu placed in the hands 

 of our young friend Hogg (who mounted the antlers for the 

 Irish team), and will grace the rooms of the Hannibal 

 Shooting Club. Three hunters killed nine wild turkeys on 

 Salt River bottom one day last week. 



Lima Lake, Nov. 2d. — Ducks, geese and brant in 

 countless thousands. The borders of the lake are 

 continually peopled with a skirmish line of hunters who 

 keep up a furious fusilade, the amount of game brought 

 to bag being in consequence very disproportionate to the 

 number of shots fired. 



Macon, Oct. 'dWt. — Duck shooting on the Chai'itun bot- 

 toms is quite good, fine bags being made, The ducks (mal- 



lard,) come late, and stay but a short time, as the weather 

 is growing cold rapidly. Quail are plentiful. 



Vae/rue, Oct. 2oV7t. — Duck shooting on the lakes about 

 the Chariton ia quite good. Grouse are plentiful, but are 

 packed and wild, five to eight brace being a good day's 

 work, as they are not approachable save during the middle 

 of the day. "Quail shooling h very good; bugs of twenty- 

 five to thirty brace being frequently made. 



Onto. — East Liverpool, Nov. 7th. — Quail are very plenty 

 hereabouts. Gunners making splendid bugs." Ruffed 

 grouse are also numerous, but very shy, aud will be soimtii 

 snow falls. J. M. H. 



Wisconsin. — The Sportsmen's club of Stillwate] are 

 haviug flush times with the wild geese in Lake St.. Croix. 



We acknowledge the gift of a noble, pair of canvas 

 bach ducks from our friend, Richard Yalenlini 

 Jancsville, Wisconsin, who never forgets us. The fowls 

 were of superlative flavor, superior to those of the I 

 peake, we think. 



Minnesota.— Big Woods, October 28.— I have finally suc- 

 ceeded in finding deer signs plentiful at our present camp. 

 There are three friends camping with me, and we have a 

 log hut, fourteen feet square, nearly completed for future 

 use. The hut is set back in the south side of a hill, on the 

 bank of a large lake, which contains black bass, pickerel, 

 and perhaps other species of fishes. Ruffed grouse are 

 very abundant here, and sharp-tailed and prairie grouse 



'lea from camp. 



5 been so busy 



lino- our cabin, 



ilkal a doe last 



it a bard task 



In a few days 



l I shall hunt nearly 



still-hunt in, 



nach.fi. 



are common on Long Prairie, abo 

 I have not seen many deer Urns far, a 

 rafting our " traps"* over the lake, at 

 that I have not had time to hunt muc 

 night, as we were out of meat, and w 

 to"fcll trees and lift logs on empty stoi 

 our camp work will be done, and thet 

 every day. This is a difficult country 

 the bushes are uncommonly thick, and the dry leaves' lay 

 thickly on the ground and make a great rustling when trod 

 on. Moccasins and leggins .are necessary to hunt in here 

 at this season. The bucks commenced running about two 

 weeks ago, and new "scrapes" are seen daily.' The decl- 

 are found mostly in oak timber at the present time, where 

 they feed on acorns. They hide in the tamarack swamps 

 during the day, aud feed aud travel during the night. 

 When first enteVing the timber, I was surprised to find so 

 much "sign" and so few deer; so made two trips to 

 "Scraping Grounds" and runway's, and Watched them 

 during the night, aud had the satisfaction of hearing several 

 old bucks stamp and "whistle" at me on both occasions. 

 When the weather gets colder we can stand on the bluffs 

 and "pick off" the deer as they are traveling over the 

 runways and ravines. I shall explore the northern portion 

 of the "Big Woods" thoroughly this season, and if any 

 of tho readers of the Forest and Stream wish to k:,ow pf 

 good hunting grounds, I will endeavor to direct them 

 thereto. J. H. Batty. 



Florida — November 5th. — Wild ducks in immense num- 

 bers are making their appearance in many parts of the 

 State. 



Alabama. — Butler, Choctaw County, October 30. — The 

 deer here, owing to the long drought, seem to be getting 

 the "black tongue," and many are found dead in Ihe 

 woods. It is no"trouble to ride one down, and when cap- 

 tured, the kidneys and spleen are found enlarged and dis- 

 eased, and the animal unfit for food. A friend of mine 

 rode down a "spike buck" a few days ago, and captured 

 it with his bare hands. It was unfit for food. Game is 

 abundant, here, deer, turkeys, quail, &c, but business con- 

 fines me rather closely. We are thirty-eight miles from a 

 railroad or telegraph. Mail comes on horseback twice a 

 week. Augustus. 



Louisiana— MandcviUe (thirty miles from Nm Oiieaiu), 

 November 3, 1874.— Ed. F. & S— For a month, mallard, 

 teal, and black ducks, with snipe and woodcock, and sora 

 (rail) have been arriving along the northern shore of old 

 Pontchartrain. Large, bags are made daily by New Orleans 

 sportsmen. A more delightful hunting region for the bal- 

 ance of the Winter cannot bo found. In ihe woods near 

 here quail are abundant, and wild turkeys and deer are 

 commencing to pass through to market from the wilds 

 twenty miles back. To kill a wild cat in our woods is a 

 common occurrence. In a two hour's hunt Saturday 

 morning, down the Lake Shore, I killed two mallards, one 

 teal, eight black ducks, three snipe, and one woodcock, all 

 without a dog. J. E. L. 



California.— Deer are reported very plentiful along the 

 coast range. Black bears are quite numerous. A short 

 time ago, James O'Connor, a sometime resident of San 

 Bernardino, Cal., had a desperate and nearly (lo him) fatal 

 fight with a grizzly bear in the San Jacinto Mountains. It 

 seems that while hunting he encountered a monster grizzly 

 which, startled at his near approach, instantly attacked 

 him. O'Connor shot at and hit his bearship, but not 

 fatally, for the bear, more ferocious than at first, rushed on 

 him and striking him in the ribs— several of which he 

 broke — knocked him down and seized his arm, which he 

 crushed fearfully. At this juncture O'Connor's dog, a little 

 white half bred bull-dog, appeared on the scene, and catch- 

 ing the bear by the hind leg, hung on with true bull-dog 

 pertinacity. The bear let go of O'Connor to attend to the 

 dog, when O'Connor, though bruised and bleeding, poured 

 another shot into the monster, but failed, as before, to 

 strike him vitally. The bear now turned from the dog to 



Hi nuns, krn 't.'ki u I In I til I u. hue. ,- a mi ] ;,<;s : j a'an.. Li- si-nlp 



fearfully. With one blow of his paw he almost scalped 

 the gallant mountaineer, besides tearing him fearfully 

 about the shoulders, and mashing his left arm into a 

 shapeless mass. O'Connor now knowing his knife to he 

 the last chance, drew it, and with his fast-failing strength 

 plunged it into the bear's body, who thereupon took flight. 



Two Gorham sportsmen shot forty partridges in one day 

 recently. Wild pigeons are very scarce. 



Canada. — Large quantities of venison are being brought ;; 

 into Haliburton, Canada, by several parties of hunters, and 

 are exported to New York. Quail shooting is permitted 

 until the first of January. Game continues to abound in 

 Muskoka. In the vicinity of Trading Lake and Draper a 

 great many deer have been killed. Wolves are very nu- 

 merous in many parts of the country. Wild geese are 

 very abundant at present, aud many are killed. 



— A pigeon match will be shot this (Thursday) afternoon, 

 November 12th, at the Sportsman's House, B.'F. Sammis, 

 proprietor, situated at Bellmore station, Long Island, for 

 §50 and 20 bird.-j each; also a sweepstake for "$12, 



