Feb. 8. 1883, J 



FOREST AND STREAM 



27 



%nn\e j§aq m\d 



!■, injure !■ 

 Brassed to '/<• 



hnliiudiuils. , 

 Wrlance bit 



•njit iit'ciiti'iii. convmwriictxtioni) should be ad- 

 'orcsi ajid Stream Publishing Co.. and not to 

 irhnsf nhsi -lice from tin- office matters of im- 

 bh to delay. 



thing. Tin- rcsuJi is. the JmostXabundantf and '-prolific 

 streams ure utterly depopulated of trout. Vt other places, 

 they are caught in the same way and placed in a public 

 stream, upon premises owned by a hotel proprietor, where 

 gueslsfisn forlhein, bo the depletion OH all frther streams 

 for twenty or thirty miles around, fjnlpss this practice is 

 prohibited, good-bye to irout, and that very soon. The plan 

 let those w 1 1 , i want trout For stocking purposes either 



imli 



THE NEW YORK GAME LAW. 



A meeting of the Committee onGame LawB-of the N'™- 

 York Legislature was held on Tuesday at Albany, to 

 Oku arguments ou Assembly bill No. s. 



Gen. S. W. Johnson occupied the ehnir. Of thi com- 

 mittee there were present Messrs, Helm, O'Connor, Locke 

 jin.l Biilmer. Measii Geddes, Irvin, Goddard, Baily, Ferris, 

 church: ex-Senator WugstafE and Dr. PifEard, of New 

 York; Mi. J. D. Collin-, of I li<:<: Dr. Phelps, of Franklin 

 county, and u number -of gentlemen from other counties 

 appeared before the committee to represent their sections 

 of the State. 



Tbe Chairman read the first section with regard to the 

 Change in the time for deer. Mr. Collins stated thai Mr. 

 Hoard had written him in behalf of the citizens of Ogdens- 

 hurgh. stating thai they desired the privilege of eating troui 

 Land venison a t the same time. He therefore suggested that 

 Hie time in Bill No. 8 he extended so as to makathcopen 



-ea-on from Aug. 15 to Nov. l.">. Mr Irvin of.St. Lawrence 

 spoke for the sportsmen Of thai county, and opposed 

 any alteration of the present law. He also strongly 

 advocated the forbidding of the use of hounds. Mr. God- 

 dard supported Mr. Irviu's statements. Senator WagstafE 

 preferred to leave November open. Dr. Phelps, of Frank- 

 lin, madeastrong appeal for the protection of deer from 

 bight shooters. He said thai men came to the woods in 

 August and slaughtered the deer bv score* with jack-, and 

 that it is impossible owing to the' darkness to delect the 

 offenders; He also gave a graphic picture of the manner 

 in which the deer are killed during deep snows by men 

 on snow shoes. 



The Chairman then read Section 3 of the amendatory 

 bill. Mr. Bailey, of Suffolk, said that the provision fur- 

 bidding sumiMTbay bird shooting was oppressive to the people 

 Erf Long Island. Mr. Wagstaff . favored the prohibition Of 

 Spring bay snipe shooting, but would have the clause relat- 

 ing to ducks as it stauds, i. <f., no duck shooting after April 

 1. The representative of Forest ami Sikam advo- 

 cated the forbidding Of all shooting of ducks and bay bird- 

 after February 1, but stated that bay birds should be shot 

 after .July orAuguSI 1. Mr. Church, of Queens, requested 

 that the bill rnigb.1 •»' so amended as to allow the use 

 of batteries iu Long Island Sound and adjacent harbors. 



Section 3 was now read. Mr. Wagstaff hoped that the 

 section would be so amended a- to permit, tin- Shooting of 

 woodcock on Long Island in August A ff ntleinan from 

 Lew la county desired to have that eou 

 another from Was nc asked the same favo 



Si i i ions 4, 5 and (i of the bill seemed t< 

 i-faetorv. 



Section ? was read, and the rcprc.-cn 

 and Strkam said thai the provision limit 

 specimens to be taken by any licensed 



hid. are 

 protect!' 

 n by all means 



ven that they 



hived them i.i- Obtain Hem from the State li 

 provided for by the laws relating thereto, \ 

 pendent of Snegame laws. If the friend* oi 

 interested in the protection of trout, lei the 

 insist upon the amendments as framed, or 

 !"• more stringent than now proposed. 



-I' ■>!> I). Col.l.IXS 



l 'nr.i. N,-\v Yurk. 



Editor Vbri it ami Stream: 

 li.iy snipe commence to cothc about the 3l)tb of July, and 

 •1 until about the first of November. Tin-,- birds 



all birds such 

 and small ycllu 

 bram birds, an 

 May, when tin 

 hoc about tbe 

 May. and rem 

 freezes up. 



•coys, namely the 



robin, willets.'dowilehers, 

 ■r. They return again ill 

 ighl. English snipe come 

 d stay until the first Of 

 ( icioin t. and stay until it 



There is a little of all kinds of shooting hen.- all the time. 

 The day it snowed and blew so hard 1 killed three wild 

 geese in the river. I have killed some mallard ducks iu the 

 river this winter, the first I ever saw. I am greatly in favor 



sliootii 



If 



left. 



lethi 



ducks she 



to tin 



excepted, and 

 c generally sat 



ive of FOBBBT 



r the number of 

 tor during one 



.ri.:. 



th 



not done 

 shooting at 



It is n, , I 



would In 



a best duck 



any use to stop it in one St 



killed in the nexl Btate: We cou 



shooting in our bay that there is in tl 



for disturbing the Birds on their feeding grounds. Tl: 



an- two market gunners neighbors to me, since last fall they 

 have killed three thousand ducks, mostly broadbiil, with 

 BOmC redheads, canvas-backs, and whistlers. 



What point Shooting we could have if ever flic, time comes 

 that even battery is burnt up! There arc three things we 

 do not want, one is spring shooting, another butteries and 

 finally cats. The cats destroy more quail than hawk* and 

 gunners combined. A. G. F. 



sUyviu.i:, Lonff lslanc^ * 



Editor Fon.-t oud stn<tu>: 



I wish to enter my protest against the amendment of 

 Section 1, Chapter 534, which prohibits the shooting of 

 deer with: the aid' Of jack lights, or otherwise in the month 

 of August. A friend and myself have, for the last -even 

 years, spent from three to four weeks in the Adirondacks, 

 and the last three year- have each taken a sou with us, the 

 youngest being but eleven years old the first year that he 

 went in. We always camp out, kill what deer we wafil to 

 eat, also catch fish for our own use, and have nol wasted 

 or brought any venison out of the woods. Now. August 



lutelj balance all things. Tt is'.'only where that desccrat- 

 Ingmoster, man. interferes, &hat£the scales are not evenly 

 weighted. A sportsman or gunner will buooI D hawk or 

 an owl. cither on principle or by instinct— perhaps both— 

 whenever an opportunity presents itself, provided only lie 



l* not iu the in 'diate vicinity of game. To offer a 



bounty on these birds means to have every boy and every 

 loafer of (he country village turn out with the old mus- 

 ket or like arm, to try to 'make a dollar or two by the 



hounlv. Of COtirSe this causes a decided decrease in the 

 number of birds of prey. And what of it ? Why just as 

 decided an increase in the numbers of depredatory rodents 

 and snake*, ami consequently a corresponding decrease in 

 the number of bird*, both son- and game. For WO can- 

 not foiigel that the food of our B&toflw/m and S'triyida 

 consists mainly of the small animal-, reptiles, batrachians. 

 etc. (only about live per cent, of the contents of the stom- 

 achs of' I lie birds of prey examined by me have been 

 avian remains, the remainder being either those of tbe 

 mammalia or rcptilia'. And then too. all those noo- licit 

 were in your paper some time ago. concerning the depre- 

 dations of Our saucy little red friend the red squirrel 

 .*■,'»,'.'.. htldsowuii must he taken into consideration, tor lie 

 together with like plunderers, is quite an item in the 

 mint of these birds. 



'The views expressed above, agree with those of all the 

 other members of the Linuean Society of this city, with 

 whom I talked at the society's meeting of Saturday, 

 January 27. Lot i- A. Zi:ni:e.\. 



Ntw'v.iiit, February, 188B. 



[The bill provides that i he societies which may grant 

 licenses to colled specimens -hall be : The New York State 

 Museum of Natural History; Hie Buffalo Society of Natu- 

 ral Sciences; the I. inn. -an 8ociety of New York cilv, the 

 Lyon- Scientific Association, of Cornell University; the 

 Pouglikcepsic Society of Natural History; or other scien- 

 tific college in the State having a department or museum 

 of natural history.] 



THE QUEBEC ASSOCIATION. 



Till', twenty-fourth annual report of the Fish and Game 

 Protection Club of the Province of Quebec, presented 

 Jan. 20, was as follows: Tho executive committee, in pro 

 -(tiling their annual report, congratulate ihc club, first of 

 all, upon the unprecedented success which it has achieved 

 during the past year. 



This -uec ess is not alone confined to its financial affairs, 

 whicii are highly satisfactory, as will be seen by the treas- 

 urer'* report, nor vet to its great increase oi membership, 

 but it is to be found in the fact that the club has become 

 known and its weight felt throughout the whole province. 



The laws for the preservation of ti*h and game are becom- 



ing betder 

 find that. I 

 their enfo 



observed 



api 



litbologists, and recommended 



year was opptesj 



that il be altered to twenty. 



In Section 8, Dr. Hiffard suggested that the English spar- 

 Rw he added to the li*t of bird* whose nests mighl be 

 legally robbed. 



Tlie reading of Section 10 gave rise to 

 cussion Mr. Collins explained that the 



considerable dis- 

 forbid 



kind at 



my tii 



ic for llu 



Is, waaai 



lie Ul 



ndividual* 



.olid*, am 



,111 the Ml 



who 



ilii wa 



hire men. 

 tc.sall the 



!, and trai 



, Hestal 



gferih 



■d. alsi 



nn to prc- 

 thai these 



ing beds. 



secun 



the (rout 



rivate bat 



ihing 1 



on-,-, and 



forbidden 



over ihc 



by law 

 followi 



ia sections 



the only month I 

 believe I speak for a la 

 iu a like manner. I ah 

 SiTCh a vacation, that m 

 have broken down, so I 

 u*ual avocations the rei 

 The month of ftalgOS 

 one used to indoor life, 

 aft if the advocates to tb 



OUt just 'hi 



lie 



id of i 



business, and I 

 rge class of parsons thai are Bituat'ed 

 ■o believe thai it I had not taken just 

 y health as well as niv friend's would 

 !i:u we could not have followed on; 

 murder of the ytear 

 t is i In- best pari of the year for any 



i in the North Woods, and it look's 



is change iu the. law wished to freeze 

 does uio-i g i to take 



ding the taking of Irout 

 purpose of stocking privavc pom 

 '•iii his section who own private | 

 women ami children to catch n- 



trout that they can possibly lake 



serves, from which they sell then 

 panics actual lj go to thespawni 

 -pawn, laid transfer it to their p 

 -u^e-tcd thai this ought to be 



Tin-re was bin little discussion 

 nniil Section 14 was reached, when ex-Senator Wagstaff Bug 

 Jested the placing of a bounty of tlt'iy Cents oh the fox 



On reading Section 111 il wa* .suggested that the time tor 

 selling venison should be extendi d lo .Ian. I, provided lhal 

 th, lime for killing wa- extended as above suggested, In 

 Section IT an exception was suggested in favor of tide water 

 mill- and of mill pond.-. 



The chairman slated at the close ot the meeting that the 

 . committee were anxious to give to sportsmen all the protec- 

 tion which they desired, but alluded to the very widely 

 ilillereiit opinions which Seemed to be held on sonic impor- 

 tant points. 



/-',/,/.„■ tWest aiul Stream: 



I am surpiised that ynu advise the Legislature to open the 

 season for bay snipe shooting on Long Island on August 1. 

 led in the bill at Albai 



A 



d only 



■ io our 



Of course the date for open 



(October 1 ) only siiows the ignorance of our game-laii 



franiers; for after October] all 



gone. Hut a law opening these 



seyve the purpose, if observed 



flight Of such birds as dowilchei 

 to pa*s „n to Jersey gunners. 

 shore- only on their way Soutl 

 spring . there I an be no reasoi 

 not be shot whenever it arrives. 



lain an earnest advocate oi the prevention of all vpring 

 shooting: but I know that the Long Island people would 

 bay no attention to a law forbidding bay bird shooting later 

 than July 1. W. 



ivtiiio- j-;„,.-i ,,„,/ Efowwj; 

 A* t.o tin- eat ehing of trout f or stocking purposes; The 



think 



ellfon 

 killed 



that w 

 of do£ 

 they can for 



pay for the i 



Ks'i \Mi S'l I 



reaiioii : gQ 

 tish a little, 

 in lots of pu 



!o? Ihope 



-lie 



•er i 



ion. Ni 

 :' killed i 



n August there wi 

 sh logoinSepten 



and run the deer 

 Hint, and s 



i July lh: 

 land*, am: 



i Au.iiu 



ivhal le 



Only 



iil.ie 



No 



id tin 

 a Tint 



shapi 



.iCa.-.-.es 



ei thet 



who need ju 



,C lefl j„*l 



,vish Of 



Villi I 111 



kiiia> many as 

 nit toselltoholp 

 achings of Foil- 



for rest and rec- 



l.ani work of it, 

 finds, anddiink 

 • tuonlli thai the 



gopd condition, 

 is : and may the 

 i lie Adirondacks 

 HAuk. 



id people are beginning 

 _ even a greater benefit, from 

 ml than the market hunter or the sportsman 

 ttce has great pleasure iu reporting that dur- 

 ssion of the Quebec Legislature an act was 

 better preservation of ihc game of this Pro 



tig are the amendments to the game act (as it 

 which your committee recommended, and 

 ivocated'before the committee of the House by 

 which twice visited Quebec for that purpose: 

 season for deer, caribou, moose, and 



mimeiiee 1st January, instead of Ul 



February, to prevent these animals being butchered in the 



deep -now - ol .lanuai \ . anil al a period w In u t In leuiale- 



au- iieai, \ with voting. 



-,'. Thai tin- close season for partridge should commence 

 tsl February, instead oi 1st. March, so uato give one month's 

 additional protection, tliis species* of game b,eing rapidly e\ 



1. 



t:,\ 



idd 



'lie, 



i tor the p, 



rmil ural I 

 Thai the 



tin black duck, mallard, wood 



me,,.-, i-i March instead of 1st 

 Lending that it is impolitic to 

 in.L'i. When tiny Come heie to re 

 eding: the numbers killed some 

 -el those thai are driven from 



Editnr Vur/mi and Stream: 

 Should the number of natural bistory Specimens (,ol on 



Species) allowed to be I alien . be limited' to iive annua li \ . a 

 provided in the Town-end bill, or limited at all .- Neither 

 dicidedly; lor al the rale of five per annum, it would l 



all .he bay 1 

 i August Two 

 bowing ma ir, 

 ich come back 

 bay birds eon 

 id back again the next 

 hy a summer bird should 



y !>■' 



reason* for this are very impt 



vision iu the- bill. In thi 



women and children are emj] 



for small Irout. Tiny are k- 



away to restaurants to be served ur 



private ponds to be sold out in seast 



were carted away alive iu one Beano 



trout ponds an equal number are <a 



The proprietor fishes the whole c 



fish alive to stock hi* ponds for the coming season, taking 



them from spawn beds and .small streams and in any way he 



can obtain them. There arc other ponds doing the same 



th 

 lion of thi 

 [1 to fish the .small streams 

 live, in boxes and carted 

 lip to customers— put into 

 son. In Redlield. 160,000 

 son. At the Trent, ,n Falls 

 •aught aud sold each year. 

 ' cping his 



quire l luce or four ye 

 series for a simple coin] 

 work with a specie*, j 

 more practical light: 

 collecting outfit, his obj 



oi say - L':/i'it/>".il;ni>ri.' i 



tunaie enough lo come 

 ing several male-: and 

 ted beauti 



foi 



lilhologist to colled . 



'lit!, 



ny exl.nsivi 



pi rhaps. i 



lay with hi; 



The 

 n the 



: prohibited, 

 which were 



itiiiilly made 



1. Moosenol to be taken or killed before t*t September, 

 18si.i. After thai dale close season for mooso, deer, and 

 caribou to remain as before— viz., 1st February lo 1st Sep- 

 tember. 



2 Close season for hare changed from i»t February anel 

 i*i Beptemberto Isl March and Ul Novem^i r. 



;!. Close season for partridge changed from 1st March and 

 l*i September to 1st January and loih September. 



i. Close season for wild ducks of all kinds, and geese, 

 from 1st May and 1st September to loth April and 1st Sep- 

 tember. 



a. (Jose season for insectivorous bird.-, or more properly 

 for all other birds than those named in the act. excepting 

 laglcs, hawks, wild pigeons, crow.-, ravens, v, a.v.viug.s, and 



ike 



Bepten 



Dt bel'i 

 nd fi 



nale. 



the rose-bi 

 away, but 



ro.-y' chap, 

 sought-for 

 females and y 

 to the ainendur 

 do with Ihecxt 

 brother ornitho 

 UaVC them, woul 



the lb. 



- fright | 



i-s sighl 

 The 



•at!. 



If these a 



which, ih 



man lo lm 

 he caunol 

 bv it. Al 



take 

 ire our collector catel 



•s. What is the result 



ml with him perhaps a d 

 male— in plain attire. No 

 he has broken the law: and 

 jirds? To leave them there 

 i*i in tin- South would be mo 

 be a sin: while to take them 



hereto* 



Thct 



from 1st. March and 1st AnigUSt lo tsl .March and 1st 



■omtniliee. while regretting that deer, caribou, and 

 ve noi received the protection asked for, and thai 

 ng of partridge has not been prohibited, consider 

 ealsiepinlhe rigid direction, and that the bill as 

 iry greai improvement on anything we have 



• had. 



inks of the club 

 in which they ha\ 



nild mean) arrest aud line; 

 scaped, he slid is 



help 

 ,ll now 



bileiMdei 



id 



Ullle' I 



id c 



■rong. I 



rthi 

 re he can even try to obtain 

 break the lav, again by so 

 n't to the. number of speci- 



ndment, bef 



another male, and then perhap: 

 doing. Should I here be any li 

 mens taken annually? 



I quote again, as follows : "To Section 81, fixing the 

 bounty on wolves, panthers, etc., is added a clause offer- 

 ing a bounty of fifty cents for liawksaad owls. An ex.-el 

 lent provision." 



All men eun not think alike, and I beg to differ from 

 ihe above comment. Nature if left to herself will abso- 



re due to the Legislature for the 



■ taken up the matter, and for 

 the kind consideration which thev have -liowu toward the 

 club. Throughout the past vear'thc laws have been very 

 well observed in and about the city. The dealers ami mar- 

 kets have been Closely watched for game and tish ofi'eied for 

 sale out of season. Only lour cases have been reported. 



and these were successfully prosecuted. Twenty.ono actions 

 en by the club during the year, out of which 

 ixteen convictions. Seizures were made at 



f fish and gam.- in Ihe hand* of expos- and 

 enls, that had been shipped to this province 

 se season, and which was distributed among 

 ml other charitable institutions of the city, 

 of the club are due o, tile- railway and steain- 

 ho have alwav- ben read v and willing to 

 assist our oiiner.-. Thirteen unlicensed nets have been 

 seized, aud a great number of fish baskets and other illegal 

 apparatuses destroyed. In many cases it waa impossible to 

 linu the owners of these nets and traps. If Ihe fund.* of the 

 club will permit of it. your committee would strongly advise 

 that an officer be kcpVoff the St. Ann's District constantly 



in all were la 

 we obtained 

 several limes 



forwarding a 

 during our c! 

 the hospitals 

 The thankt 

 boat agents, ■ 



