Mat 19, 1881.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



309 



Pond to Camp Kendall, on Bay Pond River, where we re- 

 mained three weeks, chiefly to fish. While Here we ascer- 

 tained by the mighty shooting, which sounded like (be fusil- 

 lade tlf musketry, that another camp was located somewhere 

 in our vicinity, which conjecture Was proved title by finding 

 their camp on one of the arms of Bay Pond. Could you 

 have seen the shallow waters near that camp tn-omid, looking 

 like the yard Of a slaughter-house a hail' century old, all cov- 

 ered with ihe entrails and heads of slaughtered deer, regard- 

 less of size or sex, you would not at least claim that hound- 

 ing was the worst feature which beset the hunting and ex- 

 tinction Of this noble game. We kuew of thirteen they hud 

 kill. d, and, yon may ask, for what use? To sell at five 

 cents per pound, on contract, to more than one summer re- 

 sort not a hundred miles from Au Sable. 



Who has ever visited any of the hotels in the Adirondacks 

 iu June and not had the privilege of eating almost daily a 

 deer steak ? I for one never have. 



We left Kendall Camp after enjoying good sport with the 

 trout, and wended our way to McDonald Pond, further into 

 the wilderness by about twelve miles. Here we were in our 

 own solitude for eight days. The next day, however, our 

 blissful repose was* disturbed by a party of nine making their 

 appearance, four sportsmen (as the guides call them) and 

 five guides, tw T o of the sporting fraternity being well-known 

 New Yorkers, They had a whole armory of rifles and shot- 

 guns (the latter predominated), and enough rubbish in the 

 shape of jack lamps and oilier unnecessary equipments to 

 fill a curiosity shop. It was clearly visible "that these men 

 were tenderfeel in the Adirondack,? and novices iu the art of 

 hunting deer. Could these men, any one of them, down a 

 deer with a hound in hot pursuit ? No, they could not hit 

 the broad side of a barn with a rifle bullet, but they man- 

 aged to salt down the hind-quarters of a half score or more 

 of deer killed by floating. 1 would call your at Ion! ion now 

 to the fact that I have shown you, and 1 positively know of 

 twenty odd deer having their existence ended by the device 

 of floating. Now, notice the comparison between floating 

 and hounding. This same party and myself consolidated 

 camps and hounds upon the opening of the hounding season. 

 W T e had seven guides, and ourselves numbering five, made 

 twelve in all. As to dogs we had seven. Wasn't this force 

 enough to hound successfully? We hunted together sen r ij 

 days, and killed three deer and one large buck which had 

 been shot at several times, was started four times, knowing 

 it to be the same, as he had one antler broken off which" 

 when killed, proved to be an old break. 



Now, if you would save the deer, if you would do a manly 

 deed, help pass a law prohibiting all shooting of deer while 

 watering, for a few years at least in the Adirondacks, 

 you will have au abundance as your reward in times to come. 

 And ye who speak so decidedly against hounding, your only 

 resource ia to hound it now T — if you hunt in the northern 

 wilderness of New York you will "find a poor show in its 

 thickets to still hunt. Purchase your hounds, put them on 

 a fresh SCCUt, but don't stand by that deep hole On some 

 river hank with shot gun in hand, waiting for the oncoming 

 deer to swim it in order to continue in his favorite runway, 

 and then pour your buckshot into him while ill the water. 

 If you arc honest in this, nine times out of ten your dogs 

 will return to camp with their tails between their legs, look- 

 ing very disconsolate. And, in conclusion, would advise 

 you to take ''tots" of pork in camp, and not depend on 

 ''fresh meat," or you may look more emaciated upon your 

 return from camp than did Tanner after his fast. B. A.*M. 



I am glad to see the letters concerning hounding deer. 

 Although I always had a prejudice against it, I believe the 

 advocates of hounding at proper seasons are right. The ex- 

 termination of our deer (in Vermont) was not due to hound- 

 ing, but to most barbarous crust hunting, the perpetrators of 

 which should have been hung or shot, at night like wolves. 

 I am also glad to see that "Syeamtjre " dares to show up an 

 absurdity of Prank Forrester, who, though a. very delightful 

 writer at times, is, in my opinion, greatly overrated as a 

 sporting writer. Always dogmatic, his '-Field Sports" .and 

 "Pishing" are filled with errors and contradictions, and 

 many noteworthy things are only "conspicuous from their 

 bseuce." — R. 



FISH AND GAME AT THE RANGELEY LAKES. 



THE ice in the lakes, according to present indications, will 

 not be out till about the 17th of this month. It. is 

 thought front fishing will be better than an)' previous year, 

 from the fact that a large amount have been artificially 

 hatcbed and turned into the Lakes in the lust few years, t In- 

 largest of which will weigh upward of two lbs. each. The 

 laws have generally been observed, and very few fish have 

 been taken through the ice the past winter. 



Deer and caribou are quite plenty, though much havoc has 

 been made among them the past winter by lawless persons, 

 and in some instances the guides have participated in the 

 nefarious work. W r e hope sportsmen who are aware of these 

 facts will, under all circumstances, refuse to employ such 

 guides. Through the efforts of the RangeJey Lakes Sports- 

 men's Association, Fish Commissioner Stanley was re 1 1 i is ; 1 1 



look after the matter. Deputy-Sheriff Taiuter, of Dixfield 



obliged to give it up, and plunged away to care for itself in 

 the dense forest. 



Jiout the middle of the. winter one day a deer came 

 bounding into Rangeley village. The facts are, it whs 

 Jiaaedby a hound, aiifl being frightened, ran in therefor 

 protection; Whereupon another hound was set on and the 

 oor animal caught and killed. The question may he asked 

 by such things are allowed, when it is so much against the 

 iterest of the locality. Our answer is that neighbor? oes- 

 bke to complain of neighbors. But it is hoped that sports- 

 men will invariably refuse to employ a guide who is in the 

 habit of keeping a hound, for 0, is well authenticated that a 

 hound means the destruction of moose, deer and Caribou 

 around the Rangeley lake-, as foxes are seldom hunted iu 

 that locality. 

 Phillips, Maine, May 9. S. F. 



det 



f the Fish Commissioners, immediately went. to 

 g to buy horses, but was q 

 deer skins. Afew green hides \ 

 'chased, but being desirous to oh 

 er hunters was soon organized, t 

 iny for a hunt, of course. He w 

 its" of the business, and was toll 

 nits', how many had been killed, 

 called out, and all the equip 

 e party started, but ere the denst 

 Kennebago was reached, the deputy 



to 

 n him, 



1'inore. 



- >-'-: 



ed into 

 i been 



by request 



Rangeley, feig 



secure a few 



which he pu 



a party of d( 



one ot the pi 



all the Been 



the parlicip: 



hounds were 



readiness, tl 



toward the 



fatigued, gave up the hunt, and returned home with all thi 



information ucccssnry to prosecute the offenders. No arrests 



have as yet been made, though daily expected. Could the 



unlawful killing of these animals be Stopped they would soon 



be very plenty in all directions about the Li 



■est:-: bi. 



Dai 



lumb. 

 luckn 

 horse 

 of a 1 



the ilo, 

 sleigh. 



says it she 



el Barker, of Bangor, Maine, 

 business about the lakes, was 

 [untie Lake, about, the middle 



aid foreman of the 

 crossing the Moose- 

 of last month with 



His attention was attracted 

 across the lake. He soon saw a flock of caribou 

 .m'sued by the dog. They all crossed, and enter- 

 set, one of the poor animals getting strayed Cram 

 stunted to the lake, and seeing the horse and 

 Hess mistook it for the dock/ Tin: frigutendd 

 ■ up to the team and circled around and around, 

 near the reach of Mr. Barker's whip. Mr. I!. 

 od every possible sign that it was seeking pro- 

 tection, hut on reaching the lauding the poor thing was 



To Whom It May Concern. — It was reported in the Ver- 

 mont papers that Canadians weie net fishing in Vermont 

 waters, near " llog Island," Lake t'haiuplain. The writer 

 lately visited the place to ascertain if these reports were true. 

 He found parties taking large quantities of "dore'! (8. 

 amerit-anttin), seine fishing, bill the parties interested were 

 not "Kanucks," but genuine " Hog Islanders" — Vermonters. 

 Their catch numbered one night over 3.000 fish, mostly dore. 

 The same parties are, I believe, still fishing there, and ship 

 their fish south by express. A friend who lives near there 

 says, that every evening "pot hunters" are shooting black 

 ducks in the marshes near the mouth of Missisqnai River, 

 Highgate, Vt. The guns used are heavy ducking-guns dif- 

 ferent from those used by the natives. As these marshes 

 have been leased by the. "Maiden, Mass., Gun Club," they 

 would do well to check this if fiiev wish clucks to breed there. 

 Al :t g ■Milemcn of the St. Albans " Fish and Game Protec- 

 tion CInb," are you but ciphers that you allow such doings to 

 in r ,.'• f toiler your very noses? You are not ornamental, 

 so please be useful and protect the fish and game in your 

 vicinity, and all true sportsmen will bless you.— Stanstkad. 



The Bkookt.yn. Gttn Ci.iir was organized in 1873, among 

 the first members being Chas. W. Wingert, who was the ttrat 

 secretary and treasurer; Dr. Aten, Dr. Mermire, now de- 

 ceased; Messrs. II. and W. Shipman, Captain A. Elrnendorf, 

 Mr. Bryar and Dr. Monroe. For five years the club enjoyed 

 a very prosperous existence, although ihe club had no 

 stationary headquarters, meeting at each other's houses and 

 holding their monthly shoots wherever they could find a con- 

 venient place. In 1877 a reorganization was effected, with 

 Dr. H. F. Aten as President ; W. A. Brush, Vice-President: 

 A. Elrnendorf, Secretary, and J. C. Monroe, Treasurer ; Mr. 

 A. Eddy, Dr. Win. Wynn mid Mr. Wm. Banta were the 

 new Board of Directors. A not less prosperous career of 

 lb,:- club followed from 1877 to the present. The monthly 

 contests of the. club have been well attended, anil the mem- 

 bership has been large and Lnorcaainff. The present officers 

 ju-e— President, l)r H. F. Attn; Vice-President, G. W. 

 Post; Secretary, A. Elrnendorf ; Treasurer, J C. Monroe; 

 Directors, G. H. Creed, Wm. M. Baxter and Thomas S. 

 Blankley. 



Game Nf.ai: Lookout Mountain. — Chattanooga. Tom.. 

 May 9.— Friday night I went to visit a friend living dye 

 miles out of town, and while talkiuc of last season's hunts, 

 etc., he said, '• I have tried twice to kill an old gobbler out 

 on that hill and failed : wish you would go out in the morn- 

 ing and kill him, he runs right over me." I replied that it 

 would not do, etc., but at last was persuaded by biiu run! my 

 love of the sport to go out, and about 5 o'clock Saturday 

 morning I was near the roost, quietly waiting arid listening 

 torn gobble. About sunrise 1 heard one, and started as 

 quietly as possible, thai way and got as near as I .hoed and 

 corumeueed to call, and was answered by hens and gobblers ; 

 a hen came within thirty yards of me, but I would "not. shoot 

 her I heard the big gobbler a little way oil', and thought 

 that, it would not do for him to tempt me in like manner. 1 

 could hear some half-dozen gobbling, but could not see them. 

 They promise to be very plenty next: season, SO do our other 

 ftil and wdiat are called pheasants around here, but 

 I think they are the partridge (similar to the quail in color, 

 etc., but about, the size of chickens). Snipe were very abun- 

 dant three or four weeks since, but were very poor and wild: 

 ducksof the different varieties are very numerous in ihe 

 season. Deer and foxes furnish us many a spirited Chaise, 

 and in the mountains fifteen or twenty miles off we can find 

 without difficulty the black bear. — Jay Cbe. 



Niagara Falls Shooting Club.— At the annual meeting 



of the Niagara 



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101 



were elected fi 



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Vice-Presideu 



, Dans jv 



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Treasurer, S. ' 



\ Murray 



B 



H. F. Pierce, 



V. Murray 



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, Alva Cluck 

 Villi am Pool 

 J. M. Witmer. 



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of th 



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 Brooklyn ■ 



June : — 



Delegates— J. .\I. Winner, H. F. Pierce, Wm. Foul, II. E 

 Griffith, H. O. Howard. Alternates— A. Cluck, ft. Nielson, 

 L. W. Pettihone, J. F. Quick, O. II. Gamm. The delegates 

 were instructed to invite the State Association to hold the 

 aunual meeting for 18S2 at Niagara Falls. 



New JjrHaST— Alpine, Bergen, Co.—\ have spoken with 

 hunters and others, and learn that the quail have been much 

 reduced in numbers, by the severity of the past winter, and 

 that there have been no pains taken to shelter or feed ihem. 

 Could not learn about other birds or game. 



Woodssitle, Mercer On. About one. tenth of the game in 

 ' ' ed. The farmers did not feed thorn. 



Is have stood the winter 

 lave perished. In a few 

 Is. 



iw and severe weather in 

 to game, especially quail. Per- 

 haps one-half were killed. No general attempt was made, to 

 feed the birds. I fed a flock of quail from the commence- 

 ment, of the snow until it was gone, and although the birds 

 had plenty of feed and excellent corn only seven lived through. 

 Of three other small flocks that I knew of left after the law 

 was up, only one has been heard of, and that one had only 

 five birds in" it.— N. C. D. 



LANCASTER Cotjnty, Pa.— There never lias been a winterin 

 which the game birds of Ibis section Buffered so much. The 

 snows were deep, and there worn many ,,f iheiu, and the 

 ground was almost covered, a,s by an impassable sheet. 1 

 found many coveys of birds frozen to dead] under the lee of 

 a bank where they sought refuge from the storm, and were 



Springfield, I'/ 



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 dai 



The fa 

 >.— The 



h— The 



smothered or killed by the weight of the snow, or frozen from 

 being pressed in, l"do not believe any birds escaped in this 

 section that were out during flic whole winler. Those that 

 w-e housed appear to be doing well now, if we can judge by 

 their Cheery, Hob White calls in the early morn or at sunset 

 eve. What the colds and storms of winler have not killed 

 the vagabonds that yearly light our forest seem determined 

 to do. " It is a great pity that incendiaries were not by law 

 condemned to perish in the flames. — Bhisksiiot. 



Ttie Makoonek Club, of Vicksburg, Miss., makes annual 

 hunting and fishing excursions to the haunts known to its 

 members, who are all good sportsmen and true. The club 

 does not confine itself solely to having fun either. It has 

 taken the lead in stocking the streams of the neighborhood, 

 and has thus earned for itself a good name. The member- 

 ship is not large, but the club is compact, harmonious and 

 enterprising. The officers elected at the last meeting were : 

 Dr. T. G. Birchett, Chief, and W. L, Polk, Secretary. 

 Resolutions were at that time also adopted embodying an 

 expression of the respect which the members of the club en- 

 tertained for their late fellow member, Dr. E, T. Henry, of 

 whom an obituary notice says : "A gentleman of fine intel- 

 lectual attainments, a physician of skill and culture, a man 

 of rare dignity of character, combined with unquestioned in- 

 tegrity, a high sense of honor, an instinctive scorn of all 

 things mean and ignoble and an unconquerable devotion to 

 the righ', made Edmund T. Henry a thorough gentleman in 

 its truest and most approved sense." 



The Flying Clay Pigeon. — Mr. George Ligowsky, of Cin- 

 cinnati, has invented a substitute for live pigeons. It is a hol- 

 low clay disc-shaped "bird," which is thrown from a peculiar 

 trap. The flight of the clay target is described as a sailing or 

 skimming, much resembling the swift horizontal flight of a 

 game bird. The swiftness of this flight may be increased or 

 diminished at pleasure, and can be made to sail, on a level, 

 100 yards. The direction of flight may also be changed at 

 pleasure, and the action of the trap varied as with glass balls. 

 We have not yet seen the flying clay pigeon in use, and so 

 have no personal knowledge of its working. We shall take 

 pleasure in reporting upon it as soon as we have tested its 

 merits. « 



Shooting Grounds eor Bostonians — Cambridge, May 13. 

 —Are you acquainted with any place within reach of Boston 

 (the Cape preferred) where a party of three or four fellows 

 can find good shore bird shooting for two or three weeks in 

 the fall ? We want a quiet place where there are few gun- 

 ners, and where the shooting ground shall be of easy ac- 

 cess to the house. The expense is of small consequence. 

 Also can you tell me the best place for upland plover, during 

 the month of July east of Connecticut, and in Mass. ? 



Bay snipe shooting may be found at Rye Beach, N. H. 

 There are grass plover also there. Cape Cod used to be a. 

 good place. Shooting depends upon the sens >,,. Possibly 

 some gunner 



Migtjatoky Quail. — The Sherbrooke, Canada. Gazette 

 says.— "Many of our readers will be gratified to learn that 

 some of the Migratory Quail, which were liberated In this 

 vicinity a year ago, have reappeared at ihe farm of Mr. Sam 

 Burreli, iu Lennoxvillc. We hope to hear from other par- 

 ties to the same effect. Last winter was an unusually severe 

 one, and whole bevies of the ordinary quails were reported 

 frozen throughout the Northern States. It remains to be 

 seen how the season affected those of migratory habits." 



New Orleans Gun Cum. — New Orleans, May 11. — At an 

 election of officers for the ensuing year the following gen tie- 

 men were elected to till the various offices of the New Orleans 

 Gun Club: President, V. A. Cousin; Vice-President, Paul 

 Cliaudcl ; Treasurer, J. K. Rcncaud ; Secretary, J. E. 

 MePaniel. Board of Controllers -E. L. Ran.llet. Mr. Frot- 

 cher, Allen Jumel (Auditor of State), and Bdw. Odell. The 

 treasurer's report showed the finances to be in a good healthy 

 condition. 



The Maelboro, Mass., Sportsman's Club held its annual 

 nieeiing, May 3, and chose Ihe following officers ! Loren 

 Arnold; President ; J. G. Howe, Vice-President ,- H. S. Fay, 

 Esq., Secretary; Louis Lanoise. Treasurer. The above- 

 named officers with Lieut. T. ,1. Beaudry bain the Executive. 

 Committee. The club is in good condition every way, and 

 will siioot glass balls every other Wednesday, commenciug 

 May 4. 



The New Michigan Rim,— E. Saginaw, Michigan, May 

 14.— The bill recommended by the Michigan Sportsmen's As- 

 sociation to prevent the killing of deer, rull'ed grouse, pin- 

 nate 1 grouse, wild turkey, eolin or quail, speckled trout and 

 grayling for other purposes than consumption as food within 

 the limits of this State— in other words, to prevent the ship- 

 ment of the above mentioned game from the Stale— passed 

 the Senate 23 to 1, and the house 58 to 2. and now only 

 awaits the Governor's signature to become a law.— 11. B. R. 



Detroit. — The next Michigan State medal shoot will occur 

 on Thursday the 19th of May, and inasmuch as E, H. Gill- 

 man is the present champion, there is likely to be another 

 hot and determined contest. There is absolutely nothing 

 left for sportsmen hereabout ex< 

 bass and pickerel. But this gpl 

 all who participate in it. 



We Ark Oetkn Asked if Raker's three-barrelled gun is a 

 safe arm, etc., etc. Now, we are growing tired of these re- 

 peated inquiries and wish to have it understood, once for all, 

 that we do think it a safe gun, have had the. highest testimo- 

 nials from those who have used it, and do not hesitate to 

 commend both the gun and its manufacturer. 



A valued correspondent in Wyoming lias for sale some fine 

 prairie dog skins, suitable for mounting. He has also some 



glorious for 



l hi 



office to 



. A. A. 



battle field. Letters addressed to 

 ill lie forwarded. 



— Our ever-bright contemporary, Puck, has this Spring 

 note: "And now is the time when Ihe icecream vender 

 makes bis appearance on the street, and the small boy who 



buys a Cent's worth is importuned by bis companion, to give 

 him "athcrings," and alter he has eaten the cream he takes 

 the paper and jabs it on his companion's cheek, saying : 

 "Here, cully, you're 'ather' me." 



