Apkil 12, 1883.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



207 



ably stands the best chance of surviving the murderous raiu 

 or Lead. At last ihe magazine of the Winchester is empty, 

 and the fiirtuttesot the day depend upon Uie» single Catt 

 ridge in tbe gun. 



■•Mold on, stranger,. don't shoot, aoj more orybu'll fill 

 this 'ere lake with bultete, and thai deor'll run ashore on 

 lead. Now wail till I get htm by the tail; don't Are y.etl 

 Put the muzzle olos'terfijs ear; hold on,; the gun boosrouhd 

 ■" vqu.11 miss loin now. Stiddy then'; now give it lo 'iin." 



There, you're dmie it at last, and there is 176 lbs. of meat 

 and a ] » ii i- nt antler.- toi' vim. Tlw former wc will take to 



your hotel, anil you can point wiih pride to ; t while yOU 



brag of your exploit to your adtuiriug friends. The latter 

 will win more imperishable fame for you, for tnpunted over 

 the door of your dining room in your palatini city residence, 

 they wil J be voiceless witnesses to unborn generations ol 

 your mighty achievemcnl to-day, si,- tranm'l gforia muniU. 



I am conscious of the Fact which has been noticed no 

 doubi by Hi- reader, thai the seen,- d< scribed in ihis article 

 have had their commencement in the early morning. \\ 'II 

 now l am going lo treat vim to a change. 



ft is night iu the balmy month of .lone. No lighl from 

 moon or stars penetrates the "blackness ol darkness' 1 which 

 restB like a. sable pall o'er the silent wain- ol a woof) en 



vironed lake, and which is ;i lit companion for the dastardly 

 deed abbul to be consummated upon it > tranquil bosom by 

 I wo individuals « ho are just pushing off from .-bore in a 

 canoe. On the how of the canoe stands in- "iack,"its 

 powerful light reflected far ahead hv a fright Sheet of tin 

 placed jusi hack of il and which renders invisible 111- canoe 



and its "occupanti?, [n the stem sits the guide silently and 

 swiftly propelling the light craft by an almoatimperccptiblo 



movement of the pa ldh-. In the center sits the spoilsman 



('■') armed with— HeaV 

 barreled bree 



mined lo slak 

 he tried tosh. 

 getting seven 

 ing, and it is 



like, uaseludi 



guide discovers the gleami 



and as they approach lie is 



of the "jack," breast deep 



ingly al'llu 



and still ne 



is scarcely 



seeker" at 



motion he i 



barrels arc 



There is a teri'ibk 



On they go skirting 



times within as many 

 by the thundering roar 

 each time sending 



;id of the 



ailed. Lfl 



soon plainly 



defend us — a shotgun — a douhf 

 shotgun. He is evidenllv delor- 

 ,'ithgore. Last season 

 hounds, and although 



ter he tried -fill hum 

 iled again. But now, 

 lory which /V/,i,V;.N«* 

 timi -. is about lo be 

 before the watchful 

 deer directly ahead 

 r-vealcd in the light 

 .•.'iter, and looking wonder- 

 ppurltion approaching him. Nearer, 

 18 tbc bewildering light, until its glare 

 mi tiie stupefied animal. Our "gorc- 

 ■v.rs the game. Wiih a spasmodic 

 run, bul in attempting to raise it both 

 I. lucidly without injury to anything, 

 >rr anil rushing through- the water, and 

 that deer, let us hope, issparcd for a more glorious taking off, 

 "iiuck fever'' is the oalj comment indulged in by the tseA 

 turn guide. 



f the take-, and four 

 3 the silence broken 

 mge lead distributor; 



, ring OUl of the lake 

 and up the hillside, two of which arc badly wounded. And 

 now as they lire passing a little cove, the splash— dip, plash 

 —plash, of water plainly indicates some animal roovihg 

 about among the water lilies with which the cove is thickly 

 studded. A single sweep of the paddle beads ihe canoe 



toward Ihe ound. and sure enough' tl: 

 fully feeding among the lily-pads, 

 somewhat recovered from his attack of 

 deer stands broadside about twenty feel 

 by a grand coup dU; muitrr in riddling th 

 just thirty-two large buck-hot, and al 

 With what pride does be survey the v 

 aim. Willi what rapture does In c.\ek 

 killed a deer," Tjjc modesty of the fi 

 Instead of killing one deer he has 

 Two. of his victim's are. now struggli 

 death on yonder hillside, and soon 



■ -tand-a 



HOW TO HANG UP A DEER. 



IK my rambles nvir the c'luntrv f Have Often been -mi-l; 

 with the number of quite cxp'Tienced hunters who die! 

 not in the toast understand how to hang, up a full grown 

 deer unassisted, therewith send directions, so that any 



pi r.-on of ordinary sir 



Afler Inserting 

 (be ii-ual manner, 

 long, then bead d 

 under the dunlin I 

 a1 right 

 sapling, ju-i below 



liol slide; lillW, Wl 



band, lift up on Ihe 



gib can hang up the largest buck 

 hr, I in the bind legs "f the animal iu 

 couple Of crotches about eigh " 

 springy sapling and insert the top 



our crotches, hull outward. 



hook one of them into the 



ambtel. and place its butt so it will 



at the same lime. When as high as you can tret it, insert 

 the other crotch aliovc tin- gaiubrcl. It the sapling is mil 

 .trong enough to hold the weight of Ihe deer, can v the foot 

 of this crotch toward the other and Ihe thing is done If I he 

 deer is very large, or your muscular energy small, you can 

 start with crotches three or lour feel long and Then use 

 l.>n-er,,nes. & good hatchet is very essential ; the double- 

 edged hatchet of 'TSessmuk's," a cut of which you pub 

 lished some time ago, was shown lo mc by mv old friend. 

 II. I.. Leonard, then just from Pennsylvania", in 185B I 

 had one made in Bangor, and after usingitfor two years 



discarded ii fora much better pattern, which Leonard him- 

 self originated, .a. diagram of which I inclose. Oris edge 

 should be ground very thick for cutting hones. 



Penobscot, 



CHEESEQUAKE CREEK. 



npiIEHK is probably i 

 L which the whole 



I last be is a hero. 

 •ietiru of bis deadly 

 dm. "At last I have 



?llow is astounding. 



ilaughtered just five. 



ig in the agonies of 



orous birds and 



beasU will be tearing the putrilvitig Mesh ft 

 Two little helpless fawns will wail and bleat in vain for the 

 lered, until [hcj die of sturva- 

 (o. sonic rapacious animal. Wc 

 e glory to which he is entitled. 

 I roved five. 



) of '•floating'' f<n deer as 

 tourist, and by which 

 . by all other methods 



mother he ha 



Ron, or beit 



insist that he shall have all the j 



To secure one. deer he litis dc-ln 



Tbe above is a truthful pict 

 practiced by the average summer 

 method more deer are destroyed lha 

 combined. 



Reader, if you are ever tempted to "float" for deer, I beg 

 you will heed the advice i am about lo give you. Take the 

 money you would have to spend during your trip and with 

 it buy a good fat.eaw, tie her to a tree, then choose your 

 distance, anywhere from five to twenty l-ct will answer, 

 then if you are not sure of your aim. resi your gun or sorew 

 it. iu a yice, and then— shoot her. Use n Gnttling gun if you 

 arc anxious to see blood How fre.lv. liy adopting this plan 

 you will be entitled to fully as much credit f,, r skill, be sub- 

 jected to less discomfort, and secure more meat, (ban you 

 would, were you lo "float'' lot deer If you have unbounded 

 confidence in your skill and desire to do something particu- 

 larly brilliant, give. Hie cow the run of the barnyard When 

 you open your battery upon her. Killed at Ihe first fire 

 under these, conditions, the expl. ii will win more fame for 

 you than you can ever secure behind Ihe "jack " 



1 shall say but little about ••watching at the licks'- and 

 '■enisling,' lor the reason that tin. former is noi a very de- 

 structive method, and the latter, although at one time deer 

 iii certain seeli., ns were literally annihilated by it, is now 

 nearly ole, .Id.. 



This happy state o'f affairs has been brought about by 

 earnest effort on the pari of .sportsmen, aided latterly by the 

 guides, who al lasl have been brought to see that "crusting" 

 was •killing Iin- goose that laid (be golden egg," and who 

 have done much by word and act lo bring the reprehensible 

 practice into disrepute. 



In conclusion I would saw if this short article, on a sub- 

 ject alWUt which so niu.-h uiiglii he written, .shall lead (leer- 

 hunters lo renounce objectionable methods, and pursue the 

 sport in a spoilsinunlike manner, its main object will have. 

 been accomplished. 



.Maim: (Iami; Law. — Dixlield. Me.. April ?.-/•.''«■./■ 

 Forest and Stream: I notice in your issue of Match 29 a 

 mi take in the Maine fish and' game laws. Pago LW, 

 "New .Maine LaW8,"yoU say close time from January 1 to 

 September 1 for moose, defraud caribou, it should' read 

 January 1 to October 1. September is a close month. — 

 Hekkv O. Stanlev 



locality in these United States, of 

 ntry has heard more and knows 

 less than Oheesequake Creek, in New Jersey. Standing, as 

 it does, lirst on the list of the. famous (?) River and Harbor 

 appropriations, it litis attracted Universal attention and com. 

 incut of a not over enviable nature. Rut though its inline 

 has come to be familiar in our mouths us household words. 

 not two persons in a thousand have ev-erseen it. save in print 

 or on the map. 



Oheesequake Orcelc (a corruption of its Indian name O/Jflj- 

 illiquid) lias been so often made the Subject of newspaper 

 reports that a description of it al Ibis late' dale Would be as 

 Hal. stale and unprofitable as the snipe-deserted marsh and 

 meadow, through which it winds. lis history is in nowise 

 different from that of many oilier places, whose charms |i,. 

 mainly in their rural retirement and secluded quiet, added 

 to thfi natural beauty of their situation. 



For a century and a half it has been a famous spot for 

 hunting and gunning, and a -real resort for followers or fur, 

 fin and feather. Bul. alas' its glory has departed, and an- 

 other must he added to tbe fast-increasing list of "have- 

 beens," The whistles of Bob While and Will \\ illcl an- not 

 n as the whistle of the locomotive; 

 supplemented those of foxes, bans, 

 minks, •(■on ns and 'possums, which once were plentiful. 



Time was \\ ln-n a dozen or inure woodcock might reward 

 a scareh along the meadow's edge, where now the noisy 

 trains rush by, and from i be porch of the "Old Tavern" 

 vou might plainly see Ihe yellow-legs approach the blinds 

 where unexpected ilcalli awaited them. Al night Ihe salt- 

 live with black ducks, and hv day the teal and 



prigtails dabbled 



sprigtails 



Tavern" -til 



ha- outlived many ■ 



about all. Bverythin 



off tin- ears you W01 

 prim station, iron (I 

 very name is in dang( 

 the. Israelite who ne 

 cognized : "Vy Mot 

 me, my tear poy, I vt 

 me, sir, bul mv name 

 Your name changed i 

 the time-table, and lb. 

 New Jersey seaside I. 

 But let iii- m.i give 



tb< 



■ek. 



Of 



, and eels and ( 



re the " 01 



ntiquitv which 



cms and generations, But thai is 



hardly know the ' place,' with its' 



wbndgfe, and telegraph poles, lis 

 if oblivion, aud one is reminded of 

 a stranger whom he thought he re- 

 no* you vtis changed! So hellup 



d neffer haf known you!" "Kxcu.-e 



Dot Mo-.-." "Vatr Cool belTens! 



res, ii i- called Morgan now on 



-atidsof travellers Lo and from Ihe 

 it daily unaware of il- identity. 



ic impression that "Chceseijttafa -" 



s passed wholly into history. Good 



here now and .then. A storm will 



ic creek quite Often, and in August 



-Hike a very decent flight of bay- 



led bass are. still fairly abundant at 

 s seem to be as numerous as ever. 

 Charley Applcgate, like Daniel Wehst,,. Kjjtil] 

 lives," and as long as his Conversation continues to be 

 adorned with the wealth of expletive and simile which 

 enriches his vocabulary, Cheesequakes will never losi its 

 hold upon the interest and affection ol the brotherhood. 

 Never, never! 



Bul a-ide from Ihis attention, "The Crock." as we call it. 

 en joys another proud distinction of which neither time nor 

 railroads can rob it; it is the hSBl place for hawk shooting in 

 Ihe State, and may be in the whole country. Every Spring, 

 along in April, there will be three or four days during which 

 a. strong westerly wind, with bright, warm sunshine, will 

 prevail. This ii, the kind of weather thai the haw i<- love to 

 migrate in, and on these days I am. always on the spot be. 

 times, lor the birds begin lo arrive by seven o'clock, and the 

 cream of the shooting is in the forenoon. 



A glance at Ihe map will show yon thai New Jersty lies 

 directly in the path of tbe spring migration from the Middle 

 Atlantic Stales. Vou will also see that it is cut nearly half 

 way in two iu Ihe middle by Karitan Kay. which extends 

 some fifteen miles westward from Sandy Hook, and varies 

 from two to -ix mile- in width. Now. hawks do not like to 

 cross broad water, and when, having sairaed off toward the 

 coa.-t by reason ol the StroUg W6SI wind, Ibev reach Ihe bay 

 near Sandy Hook ; instead of crossing it to Long Island or 

 Staten 1-land ibev turu to the left and follow the south shore 

 until they come, to South Amboy at the head of the hay. 

 This course carries them across Cheesequake Creek, near its 

 mouth, just where the railroad aud county bridges span it, 



anil at that spot, within a space of two hundred yards be- 

 tween the tavern and Ihe bay shore, as many as 800 hawks 

 of all sizes have b—n -hot in'one day. 



A singular fiacl in connection with these im'graling birds 

 is their- apparent boldness and indifference to man. They 

 seem to-be oblivious or perfectly unsuspicious of danger, 

 and the sight of a man with a gun, ruuni'iig at top speed to 

 lOicrccpi III. -in. a- is olleii done, seldom' alarms tbein or 

 caii-'-s them I" change their course al all, a procedure which 

 is so utterly foreign to their nature at other limes as to seem 



ver\ remarkable. 



As for the propriety of Ibis annual slaughter flf the hawk,-. 

 I presume ii i-op.-n to question, there being lunch to be said 

 on both -id.-. But concerning the apoi I itself there can 

 hardly be t\(o opinion- among those who have enjoyed it. 

 When there is a good flight on there may be five or six birds 

 in sight and coining toward vou al tbe same time. Yon -an 

 see them for half a mile or nio'v, and there is no little ex- 

 ciienieiii in the pmspeei. The shooters arc -Irung out from 

 teli to Ihiily miles apail, and when even a single hawk is 

 coming there is alwav.- a delightful uncertainly as to who 

 will get the shot. Sometime half a do/.cn guns will be 

 emptied in succession at. one bird, and he may escape un- 

 hurl alter all, or come down only at the last discharge. 



Of late year- il,e hawk shooi ing al CheeSequukftS has 

 fallen o|f considerable, owing, we think, to the iiicreas- of 

 those ulio are on the lookout for them along the coast, 

 whereby many are killed before they reach the creek, or 

 even Ihe. bay at Saiuh Hook. But even now a strong West 

 or nortbw.st wind, it warm, will bring hawks, in varying 

 number-, all ihtoiigh the month of April aud often as late 

 as May. J. L. K. 



I'riini Amboy, N .).. April, 18S8. 



SYRACUSE SHOOTING GROUNDS. 



J'I'AKI'. much pleasure in adding to the general stock of 

 good places nvo more, which I consider most excel- 

 lent foi both fishing and Shooting. The first, Otiseo Lake, 

 situated in (he town of Olisco, Onondaga county, N. V. 



di-tant from Syracuse twelve miles -oulb; accessible by rail 

 am! -tage; e.\p-ns- Iroiu Syracuse, one dollar. At the village 

 of Amber, situated al Ihe loot of this lake, will be found a 



first-rate country hotel, ki 

 would most cheerfully t 

 such information as mi 

 fall shorn ing. I bavo 

 that this is a good place 

 are at the present tin 

 musl be good there for the i 

 one dollar per day. 



The -eeond place I would ineniionis Big Sandy Creek 

 I'oiid. situali- north lioiu S\ra(iisi. forty-live miles. Here 

 I am confident may be found the linest feeding ground for 

 the Stale ot Xi-v, York A marsh Cov- 

 es wiih a most luxuriant gtowthof wild 



b\ one Samuel Boutwell. who 

 r any correspondence and give 

 • desired either as to spring or 

 epilation in saying to the boys 

 nt or rish. Dinks and snipe 

 2 plenty. Shooting especially 

 cxl two weeks. Hotel fare. 



ducks 



stupe in 



at all limes. 

 ers see fit 

 Wood a con 

 est s of all w 

 The route 



dctity 

 and f 



o gh 



pelen 

 io ma 

 from 



ol 



lie 



i!i 

 ol 



tl 



•111. t 

 char 



is p 

 obli.L 



pout Manor 

 fare from Iu 

 Mr. Wood ( 

 team and Ir 



and 

 re fij 

 r Lie, 

 nspor 



Vi 









11 -.1 



table, from 

 Wood telegi 





a) 



ne 



th 



peri. 

 It gl 



twenty-live rods from 

 a high bank of sand 

 is well sheltered and • 

 man. A line place ft 

 Jlr. Woods add res 

 Woodville. Jc 



■rous flocks of 

 id fall. A lirst-class sports- 

 Ir. George Wood, and at the 

 i. Mr Wood i- himself a 



lost excellent sllol. Guides 



rate rates, if desired; good 



ccomniodalc till are on hand 



Should any of your rcad- 



• a trial they will find iu Mr. 

 : man. and' (rue to Ihe inter- 

 •all. 



orllicrn Railroad to Pierre- 

 iht miles by stage; railroad 

 ;e fare $1, " By 'wriiiug lo 

 'ill meet parties with his own 



• from Ihe railroad station 

 dollar. As to Mr. Wood's 



e I announce it good. Mr. 

 plenty, especially 

 mils are less than 

 eg intervenes save 

 lake. The marsh 

 e eye of a sports- 



1 geese. These gro 



Lake Ontario, nolb 

 fashed up from the 

 cry beautiful to tl 

 r point shooting or 



' George Wood. Lake" Kile Point, 

 ounty, N. Y. Mr Boutwell's, 



Amber. Onondaga county. Boutwell can be reached by 

 mail; Wood either mail or telegraph. S. Ii. Kinosi.kv. 



FREEDMAN AND QUAIL. 



THE icceiit di-eussiou in Ihe columns of the Fojiest and 

 S'iueam relative lo the destruction of the game by the 

 frecdmuii has interested me very much, and being Situated 

 in a country where both Sambo'and tbe quail nourish, I f. el 

 qualified to express :m opinion on the matter. I mustsav, in 

 defense of Ihe darkey, thai I have never known of a dozen 

 quailbeing killed by him wiih a gun. and 1 have never known 

 of more than a lew dozen having been trapped. In proof 

 of the a.-serti. n thai the negro is not a quail hunter (though 

 ho will shoot one if be sees if silting perfectly still, and he 

 has bis gun':. I cite tbe fact ibat i flnd on almost every out- 

 ing after "Bob White," ih- bulk of the coveys and those 

 lb. lin—l and fullest OOveys, in Ihe immediate vicinity of 

 the darkey cabin.-. SitlCe no birds have been taken from 

 in,- coveys, il follows that the darkies have not troubled 

 them, and this with (he full knowledge that the quail are 

 there, for the negroes can at any time direct you to a covey 

 or two within a lew rod- of their humble doors. Almost 

 every darkey in Eastern North Carolina and EasleVU Vir- 

 ginia thinks that he must plant a pea patch. The peas arc 



a staple article of 1 1 for the family. Some are always 



left on the vines and become dry in ihe field, The quaifis 

 as loud of peas as is the freedman. and naturally seeks the 

 pea patch, can ih-r. be found in all his glory," feeding at 

 tunes up lo the very door of the cabin 



On a recent hunt, not lar Itom the village, in company 

 w ith another gentleman, we found three full coveys in a 

 bill- I'm- aire "new ground," which had been "cutfdown" 



and the brush left on the ground by the family of uegroeS 



living ill Ihe cabin bard by. Now.' so near were these line 

 coveys of birds I., this e;ibi, i. il,,, i we had lo withhold lire 

 many time.- alter scattering !h- l.inl-. lor the whole family 

 Of darkies were about, the door to -cc us shool. and were in 

 the line of lir-. These birds, three fine coveys, had been 

 reared wil bin 100 yards of that cabin, in which a huge 

 family were living. The head of the f afnily owned a gun. 

 and was fond of hunting-; but, like most darkies, he didn't 

 hunt quail, because he didn't feel sure of killing on the 

 wing, and didn't look lor them ou the. ground. Nor is this 

 any isolated instance. 1 can to-day, with my setter, find at 



