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FOREST AND STREAM 



[Jojtr 0, 1881. 



addition thereto shall he bale to a penalty of twenty-five 

 dollars for each , flense, and all ueis, semes and oth- r devices 

 fut bidden to be us t d by this section are hereby declared to 

 be contraband, and any person finding the same in any plaee 

 where ihey are forbidden to be used is authorized to do-troy 

 such contraband articles, and no action for damages shall lie 

 against him for such destruction. 



Sec 9. Section nineteen of said act is hereby amended so 

 as to read as follows: Sic. 19. No person Shall Caleb, kill, or 

 expose foi sale, or have in [his or her] possession after the 

 same has been caught or killed, any speckled trout, save only 

 from the first day of April to the first day of September. 

 Any person who shall at any lime caich or take any Cali- 

 f niia, speckled or salmon Iron', from any of the waters of 

 this State, less than rive inches in leiitrlh, shall immediately 

 place such trout bads in the waters from which it was taken, 

 and shall use due c re not tokilJ or Injure the same. No 

 person shall at any time take or catch any speckled salmon 

 or California trout from any of ihe waters of this State for 

 the purpose of stocking a private or a public pond or stream, 

 and no California trout shall be taken, caught or killed iu 

 any of the waters of this Sta'.e in any way, except only bc- 

 Inaeii the fifteen lb day of May and the first day of S pb m. 

 her following, and it shall be unlawful o lake speckled trout 

 by any device from any stream within the towns of Denning. 

 Iianlenbiirgh, Olive, Shandaken or Wawarsing in the county 

 til Ulster, for tho purpose of sale. Any person violatiug 

 any of the provisions of this section shall be dee ted guilly 

 of a misdemeanor, and in addition ttereto shall be liable to 

 a nenaltv of twenty-live dollars for each trout so caught, 

 killed, exposed for sale or bad in possession 



Sec. 10 Section twenty of s id act is hereby amended so 

 as to read as follows: Sec. 30. No person shall catch, kill, 

 or expose for sale, or have in [his or her] possession, after 

 the same has been caught or killed, ai y salmon 1 1 out or lake 

 trout caught in any of the inland lakes of this State, in the 

 month' of October, November, December, January, Febru- 

 ary and March, and in Lake George the additional mouth of 

 April. Any person violating any of the provisions of this 

 section shall be deemed guilly of a misdemeanor, and in ad- 

 dition thereto .'hall be liable to a penalty of ten dollars for 

 each fish bo caugh , killed, exposed for sale or had in pos- 

 session. 



TEE MICHIGAN GAME LAW. 



THE new game law of Michigan reads tm follows : 

 Hec 1. The People ofllie Male of Mirkig in enact, That no 

 person or persons bliaJl purelie, or bunt, or fill any * * ♦ 

 (deer), save only in the Upper Peninsula, from the 1 5th day of 

 Augnst to the 16th day of November, and in the Lower Peninsula 



* « * * t |Y,un the 1st day of October to the 1st day of De- 

 cember, inclusive) * * * * iu each year, or kill « * » » 

 (at any time any deer when it in in it< red coat, or any fawn when 

 it i« iu its spotted coat, or have iu his possession the skin of such 

 deer or fawn, in the red or spotted coat, and the having in pos- 

 sesion or lhe skin of Biich deer or fawn shall he prima facie 

 evidence of such illegal killing. No person shall, at nuy 

 time, kill or capture any deer in the waters of any of the 

 streams, ponds or lakes, within the jurisdiction of this State, 

 or kilt or cup tore any .deer by means ol auy pit, pit-fall or trap. 

 So person shall) kill or destroy, by any meanH whatever, 

 or att* mpt to take or d- slroy, any wild turkey at any time 



* * * (except in the mouths of * * OctJher^ November and 

 December, of each year, or kill or destroy by auy moans whatever 

 any ivoudjock * "* except bet ieeu the 1st day of August hi 

 each year, and the 1st day of January next following,) or auy * 



* * partridge or ruffed grouse, or any wood du-k, teal duck, 

 mallard duck"or gray duck, save ouly from the 1st day of Sep- 

 tember in each year to the 1st day of" January next following, or 

 auy (wild) water fowl or (snipe), between the 1st day of May and 

 the 1st day of September of each year, or kill or attempt 

 to kill any wild duck or wild goose after sundown at 

 auy senaou of the year. (The taking, eairying or send- 

 ing, iw any means whatever, into or through any countv of 

 this Statu, any of the game or animals which have been killed or 

 captured contrary to the provisions of this section, or the hides of 

 Mich animals shall be illegal, and is declared to he an offence 

 against the provisions of this act. in any county in or through 

 which Hiich game, animals or hides may be takeu, and such 

 offense may 1 e punished as provided in section six of the act here- 

 by amended.) 



Bko. 2. No person shall kill or destroy, or attempt to kill or de- 

 stroy, any (colin) or quail, sometimes called Virginia partridge, 

 save omy dining the months of * * * November and Decem- 

 ber of each year, * * * * (nor kill, nor attempt to kill, any 

 pinnated grouse or prairie chicken, before September 1, 1882, and 

 thereafter only in lhe mouths of Septemtei and October in each 

 year > 



Sec. 4. No person or persons shall at any time kill, or attempt 

 to kill, any wild duck or other wild fowl with or by means of a 

 swiv.-i or punt gun, or rob or destroy the nests of any wild duck, 

 or wild goose (or brant), or in any maimer kill or molest the same, 



* * t»t night, noi at any time, on their nesting places). 



Sec. 6. No person or persons shall sell, or expose for sale, or 

 have in possession for the pnrpose of selling, ur exposing for sale, 

 any of the kinds or species of birds or animals protected by this 

 act, alter the expiration of * * * (eight) dsys next succeeding 

 the. limes limited and prescribed for the killing of auv such birds 

 or animals : Provided, houever, That it shall be lawful to expose 

 for sale, and to sell auv live quail, for the purpose of preserving 



in, alive through the winter. And it shall also be lawful for 



,, | ,,,,., to take alive, ou his own premi-es, at anytime and ill 

 any manner, any wild tin key fur the sole purpose of domestical ion, 

 or "for scieiuitic or breeding pnrpotes; and possession and trans- 

 portation alive of such wild fowl so taken ou one's own premises, 

 may be had for anv such purpose : Provide!, That iu any prosecu- 

 tion for violation of any of the provisions of this act, the 

 person claiming the benefit of this section ehall prove 

 on the hearing or tiial that hi good faith he so took 

 alive such wild fowl or fowls for one of the purposes 

 specified in this section, and if prosecuted lor transport- 

 ing then), that he is iu good faith trauspoitmg them alive for such 

 purpose, and it Bball not be necessary for the prosecution to aver 

 or prove that the taking alive or transporting alive of any such 

 wild fowl or fowls iVfto not done for domestication or for scieutitic 

 or for breeding purposes. 



Sec. 6. Auy persou or persons violating any of the foregoing 

 provi-ions of 'this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, 

 and shall likewise be liable to a penalty of fifty dollars for larh 

 offense, and shall, on conviction thereof, stand committed to the 

 common jail of tho county uutii such penalty is paid : Provided, 

 'That such imprisonment shall not exceed thirty day-*. 



tEn, 7. Anypersou who shall at any time, within this State, 

 kill any robm, night-hawk, whip- poo) -sill, tinch, thnish, lark, 

 sparrow, cherry bird, swallow, yellow bud, bbie bird, brown 

 thrasher, Mien, martin, oriole, woodpecker, bobolink or any song 

 bird, or rob lhe nests of snch biids (shall be deemed gnilly of a 

 misdemeanor, and on conviction llieieol shall be fined eve dollars 

 for ouch bird so killed, and for each nest so robbed, or confined iu 

 the countv jail for ten davs. or both such fine and impriooumeut 

 in the discretion of the court). 



f ec. 8. That any railroad, express company or other common 

 carriers, or any of their agents and servant*, or other persons, 

 having any of the above named birds or animals in their possession 

 for transportation, or shall transport the same afier lhe expiration 

 of * * (live) days nt .st succeeding the time limited and pre- 

 scribed for the killing of such buds and animals, shall be punished 



I v line not less than ten dollan 

 lu'rs : Provided, That such pen 

 portatiou of live qnail, which ar 

 winter, or to the transportation 



silu through this State, from oil 

 Is at the'' 



, nor more than one hundred dol- 

 dty shall not apply to the trans- 

 i to be kept alive "throughout the 

 f>f snch birds or animals in Iran- 

 er States, w here it is lawful to kill 

 :h transportatii 



Sec. 12. All prosecutions under the provisions or this act shall 

 be commenced within * * * (one jesrj from the time such 

 offense was committed. 



GAME NOTES. 



Bucksport, Maine, May 2(i.— Woodcock returned early 

 and are qui e plenty for spring. They are already out with 

 their yiuin;. Grouse have had a fevnrable winter, and well 

 pro!' ceo by law aid iuierested wardens. They have come 

 out this spring more ph my than for years, nnd as if iu reuirn 

 Fur their protection they went, early to vvoik pibng up their 

 egg*. Some of them at least si em over zedous in their st- 

 l erupt to propagate. 1 found one old hen the gist of this 

 month trying hard to cover fiftien fugs that, she had t es ed. 

 When [CnBie upon her she strutted i ff ms if she were proud of 

 her fgz-piling ability. We are linking forward to out 

 autumn Scasou of shooting with pleasure and expectation.-— 

 M. S. B. 



VincenUnon, A r . J.. May 39 — Tl ii month of May b'ings 

 fi r 'h ihe blind call of li m White In greater numbeis than 

 ><a* at first anticipated. K dibits are more numerous than 

 ever; the farmers tn.y tbey nevi r saw so many young ot e- 

 before. O i Friday last a neighbor's cat. brought in a voting 

 ohie-brriiStud raillind, about hall-grown, and in fu'l plumage 

 The cat catb.dit it in the snipe meadows, which are ten miles 

 Irom the railliiril meadows. Is not this a rare occurrence ? 



We ate aniici| aing good woodcock shooting in July 



>v ing ;o the game 1 iw lust ye r we had no woodcot k shoot- 

 ing at. al 1 , as there were none it all hire iu September, bin 

 there were a great many here during the month of July and 

 paitof Angus.— J. W. 11. 



T<nnes>e , tiavannah, May £0 — This spring squirrels have 

 mule their appeaiai ce in iiuusuiily large numbers, and a 

 corresponding butcbeiy has been carrh ri on. On Wed tier day 



1 obtainid the scores of five men The fir-t man was out 

 -hunting i ight hours and baeged 30 The second and third, 

 shooting together all day, killed 47. The fourth an I fifth. 

 two boys hunting one-hslf day brought in 37. The total 

 untuber butchered foots up 114, giving an average of 224-olht 

 to each gun. Besides lhe squir.els killed, many quail an 

 shot on lhe fences by p ni.s out fquirrel shooting It b 

 hardly n cessary to Pay that unless this kind of thing is 

 stoppt d, there will soon be no game left to shoot.— Will. 



TniEVFs Need "Watching.— So tlo many disreputable 

 "cusses" who profess to be sportsmen. A year or two ago 1 

 was invited by a gentleman iu a certain part of Now York to 

 be "on hand" on the first day of the season, and he would 

 lake me to a pla e where he had seen several fine covey.- of 

 quail, lime after lime, so he knew they were ibere. Of course 

 I was on hand and with a fine dog, but the only covi-y to be 

 found in all that regio i consisted of one half-grown bird. 

 Several panics were out and scoured the country thoroughly 

 to no purpose ; the thieves had been then; iu ti'me to secure 

 the spoils, ami Ihe fanners paid no attention to them. 



One of this " Hog Island" class of sportsmen, whose name 

 I will not give uuhss I hear from him again in the same way. 

 lives in Elizabeth, N. J. Two or ihree years ago he sneaked 

 oll'to >l<romou h Junction a day or two nt advance of decent 

 men, and secuted about. 40 woodcock. 



This way of "taking Tempus by the front hair" may be 

 ■•-mart, but if he hud been kicked out of the woods and then 

 fined for every bird, all honorable sportsmen would have 

 been glad to hear of it. — DiDVjtrs. 



Measuring Gun Stocks.— Mrssrs Clark & 

 Sniider, of Baltimore, Aid., publish an in- 

 structive pamphlet descriptive of the 

 Sneider gun, and containing many useful 

 hints for all pu-cha-ers of firearms. This 

 firm makes a specia ty of altering muz- 

 zle loaders to breech-loader*, and have 

 successfully treated in this way many 

 sco es of guns. The accompanying cut, 

 which we take from their pampiilet. illus- 

 trates the manner of determining the de- 

 sired crook and length of gun-stock. Lay 

 a straightedge along the rib, as shown in 

 ihe out. extending 10 the butt of the stock: 

 measure at points 1 to 2, 3 to 4 for the 

 crook, and from tho front trigger to the bull 

 for the length. 



Nkak Kalph'fl Hotel, on Chnleuugay 

 L lie, in the A'iironilscks, Ihe other day, h 

 deer, chased by hou it*-, and pulling and 

 exhausted, came down from the woods and 

 plunged into the lake near the hotel. Two 

 tali's were manned and pursuit was male. 

 The deer was s am overtaken, nnd was so 

 exhausted that, he submitted without much 

 of a struggle, and was taken bv the ear 

 ami towed to the shore. Alter gaining 

 h s f.tt, resting for a momin', and surveying 

 tbusurrounritngSj he piicktd up his ears and 

 hounded away. The pari y was oiganized 

 by Mr. J. ('. I itmau, the cleik of lhe hotel. 



"iIjiuntsof thi RrrFED Gttorj-B."— Aphficld, June 1.— 

 Editor t'urext and S imm: is it possible that the compost or 

 that "set up" my last article on ruffed grouse was himself 

 'lightly "set "p" at lhe lim ? On receiving the issue of May 

 2(1. aiid glancing over the article, a lew minor mistakes, 

 slightly aifeciing the sense of the paragraphs in which they 

 occurred, were passed over as unavoidable. Hut when he 

 made me accuse King TJmbt-llus of caundialisiic tendencies, 

 making "a bountiful meal off a handful of bird," 

 and then a few lines below spells limbellus with an r and an 

 a, then 1 knew that something tvas surely "hup." Mothing 

 short of Sunstroke, being out late o' nights, or incipient 

 insanity, aided by an extremely lively inventive 

 faculty, could have tortuted my cbirograpby inlo that shape. 

 — Huffed G house. 



JubtaTaste op His 1'eseicis— lVist Sunday, William 

 Ebill, of Hronklyn, E. I)., wmlin'o lhe country with a cage 

 to irap birds. After he hud iruppid a bobolink and several 

 yellow birds, Constable King look him into custody and 



locked him tip in Newtown. Yesterday Justice MrKenna 

 fined him $25, and heing unable to psy he was sent to jdl 

 for tweuty days. 



Adirondack- Deer BreTcn ns.— It is re- orted by parties 

 who have been fi?hmg in the St. Regis district, that, deer are 

 being killed in large numbers on the iG mile level of the St. 

 Regis and in the ponds in that vicinity. We commend these 

 men to the care of the Slate game constables. 



Hit. Gwynne Prtob'8 little book on " The Gun and How 

 to Use it," contains much matter of interest to pigeon Irap- 

 shooters, among whom, we understand, it has had a favor- 

 able reception. 



Migratory Quail in Qdebrc. — Quebec, June 3 —Grand 

 Chief Iahourent-he (Paul Picard) reports having seen on 

 Sunday morning last, in the neighborhood of his houee. Si. 

 Lorette, nine of the quail which Colonel Rhode* set at liaerty 

 iu that vicinity 1 ist ye-»r. 



The Lyman Sight is standing the test of trial ; we hear 

 fnvoiable reports of it. See the adverisemeut elsewhere, and 

 send lo Mr. Lyman lor an illustrated, circular. 



TnB Dayenport RaIJj Tbap combines Ihe various con. 

 trivHnces for double, s-ugle, rofary Hn d stationary trap shbot- 

 iug. It is advertised in another culutnn. 



Messrs Wright And DlTSON, Of Boston, publish an il- 

 lustrated catalogue of lawn tennis, archery, cricke*. Iiaiebdl 

 football and other good-". The dim are widely known and 

 their goods are in demand. Sue the advertisement of the 



house elsewhere. 



Hollblrd Shooting Suits. Up:h. grove & Mcbe Ian, Valparaiso, Ind. 



§ez and §iver S sJlitt 3* 



FISH IN SEASON IN JTJNE. 



FRESH WATER. 



Brook Trout, Sali'elimis/mUina:in. j StizatttMum americamem, S. 



Ki.inbow Trout, aalmv Mdea, grixevm, etc. 



UoUy Vaiden front, HalcMnua I Yellow Perch, ferae /luv'atili* 



malwa. Striped b.iss, b«». Uaeatut. 



Or ..y Ing, Thyniattiu tricolor and " 



/. moiitanua. 

 Black Kass MicrapUrus tahnoiAw 



and M. pailidui. 

 Pickerel, ,».s..x rfficulatus. 

 Pike or Pickerel, Knox iiimu. 



lute Bass, Jiinr.il* cnry.iup.„ 

 Koek- Unas, Ambtoptitw. (Two 



species). 

 W'ar-mouih, Ctianobri/ttimgiilomts. 

 Crappie, I'lmmzim niijrumactilattu. 

 Bachelor, J'miwxt/a annularis. 

 irporaliH. 



Pike-perch (wall-eyed pike) | Chun, S*Aiu!«uj 



SALT WATER. 

 Sea Bass, CentmpriMis atrariut. I Pollock. Polurrhinn tarhonartii*. 

 striped Bass, Itocmn lineutu*. Tautog or Blackflsll, TatUotm 



While Perch. .Ve™,* «i,to* | milti*. 

 Blucflsh or Taylor, I\-ma!oniw< , We ikflsa or Squet:igiie,Cz/nosc//(in 



mltarix | rcgatis 



Soup or Porgle .S'fcnotomus arppropn. 



For ihough of all field sports t he motive and origin Is to kill for tho 

 table, and n t to kill for the. sake of killing, still the spo t to be de- 

 rived from them lies in the excitement of pursuit aud dimcu ty of 

 capiuie, not ia the number or value of lhe game. Wanton hiilchrry 

 of useless brutes and greedy pot hunting aie the Scylla and Cha j|. 

 al.s between which the true Sportsman, ahd he ncly, steers inie-i- 

 medlate. Tt Is the warhie-s, the Subtlety and camlo., of the sahrio , 

 rendering It, necessary to use materials of the slendt Test, and most 

 delicate nature, and to apply them with the utmost nicety, which 

 makes the triumph over him so far more enthralling to lhe leul lis.; . 

 ermnn than that over the pickerel or mascalonge of ecjual weigh', 

 wl.ose greater voracity and inferior Intel ect permit ihe use or a 

 tjlmp hook-length and a silken ot flaxen line instead of Hie tine gn', 

 llnctiiied lo the very color of the water, and lhe oa.tl«g brie or almost 

 Invisible minuteness — Frank FoksStek. 



OUR FIRST PISH OF THE SEiSON. 



TIRED of office duty, at one o'clock I lay aside i's cares, 

 svize rod and tackle, and hie for Ureen Moore's lake, that 

 in s crnb iwcredin the shade Of giant water oiks, two ni esftotn 

 town. It is a bright, beau iful, propitious (I ly. The warm 

 sunshine falls iu utich'uded glory, while from the g-niel 

 south gentle zephyrs wing their flight, to toy with the young 

 anil tender leaves, and nietrdy stoop to kiss the young flowers 

 and s'eal their sweet fragrance. 



A. pleasant, leisurely stroll, serenaded on our way by Bob 

 White's muical call aud the soft music of the mocking bird, 

 1 find myself at the. like and tintl'.r the protec big shades of 

 lis noble tries. Here «e prepare our hm s, impale on our 

 barbed steel the squirming worms, easi in, disturbing fbe 

 (piiet waters that sli ep in smiles fu- A moment, until the 

 hook wilh its seduciive bait resis ou the sandy t O'toui. 



Kooning the wily perch would not begin their evening 

 rneal and lake bait until the evening shadows began lo lull 

 along the liike, I rest my pole upon a friendly limb and 

 stretch myself m inglorious ease under lhe shade, and had 

 heuun to d"ze, when 1 heard my pole jerked Ir un the limb 

 into the water. Got it in hand, hut not in lime lo hoik the 

 piratie:al fish who, iu stealing lhe bail, came near taking 

 ihep.le. Bailed the pole and waited results. In a inimeni's 

 time something seizes it an I dashes away into deep water. I 

 pull, the thiel is caugb', and away he flu s as swift as arrow 

 •■ from Tartar's bow." After a desperate tight, a iwo-pound 

 chub is luided. 



Put our honk back and try for another, but nothing dis- 

 turbs the alhuinsr bait, 'i he wished-lor hour at lasi ariives. 

 1 gather u pole and bait, step in a hatieau, and sp^ed avvny 

 to a large ma) haw tree near the middle of lhe lake, under 

 whose friendly shade lhe red-breasted perch are feeding. 



Our line is cast into I he clear water. The hook sinks slowly 

 to the bottom. E*g< rly our i y< 8 watch lb- flint lying moii'ii- 

 less upm the quiet wa'ers. A. few m uiit-uts p iss, aud to our 

 great joy we s. e Ihe fl ia' sldvly skim along the suila-e and 

 Mirtde uly disappear under the limpid water. A gantle pull, 

 and our pn y is booked. Now comes the tug of war, f. r our 

 red-bieasts are gallaut fighters and our tackle light. Down 

 be goes to the linlti'm, and we yield him iu bis swift Career 

 lhe whole 1 nglh of line, back— almost to ihe very surface- 

 be tl'tHS, and tiien in rapid (itcles wid-i he lights out the battle 

 f. r life, aid yields himself a pr^y to cruel awn's dominion. 



Nine more of bis beauiilui rice, after gallan ly fighting for 

 their lives, are ours, and we aie happy. By this time it ia 

 too dark to see our fl iat, and we desist and return home saiU- 

 fltd whh our evening's sport. O. O. Ouulet. 



Bairibridge, Go, 



