0, 188B.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



2 8 



, ,.,;. immediately in fro»t Of me; creeping a little doner I 

 ,, rj ..i the one having the best horns. He sprang into the 

 air ami then started on a run: I gave him ihe second barrel, 

 second one bj hisside. Disgusted at 

 having failed on the only shot 1 had bud offered me, I 

 ited' and joined Hie rest of theparly. We feared we 

 d return empty-handed, but fate ordered it otherwise. 

 . I,; not gone far before a doe sprang from the palmetto 

 directly in front of one oi the guides, who dropped her very 

 neatly. Site was soon slung on his horse beiiind him. and 

 uv resumed our homeward path. 

 Saturday we returned to .Enterprise, and although no 

 had fallen to my gun, 1 nevertheless recall with pleas- 

 ure my hunt at Harney, C*r. 



WOODCOCK NOTES. 



ISdito/ For. *t nwl Stream: 



There is hardly a sportsman in the vicinity of Worcester 

 who approves that clause in our game law which permits 

 the shooting of WoOdcocS in the month of August, conse- 

 quently there is very little enthusiasm manifested over 

 ning day." The reasons for this disapproval are several, 

 and have been so fully discussed iu FOREST ami STREAM 

 that it is hardly worth while to allude to them. But so long 

 as the law remains unchanged there will be a good many 



ho •.• ill go for them on the principle that "if I don't some- 

 body else will." So August first found a good many of the 

 local sportsmen out bright ami early in search of the long 

 bills. The aetne at the rendezvous in "Shattuck's" was 

 quite in contrast to that usually witnessed on the evening oi 

 September 1, which date is 'considered really the opening 

 of the bird-shooting season. A lew dropped in. however, to 

 report tin ir success and sec what the others had done. The 

 day was exceptionally comfortable for the season, and as a 

 rule the hoys enjoyed a very fair day's sport and some very 

 respectable' bags were made", eleven birds to two gurs being 

 the best reported. The birds killed were in tolerably good 

 condition, having only Just commenced moulting. 



There is every indication of a good supply of partridges 

 and quail, and it is to be earnestly hoped that the ooys, 

 having been out and got the 'ti'Vei off," will now be willing 

 lo 'del up" till the first of September, which is quite early 

 enough to commence bird shooting in Massachusetts. K". 



Worcester, Mass., August 18, IBSS, 



i /-',//•,.•,/ an& Stream: 

 The Board of Supervisor of Dutchess county, N. Y.. in 

 isso, passed an ordinance forbidding all shooting of game 

 for the purpose Of selling or of exposing for sale either in 

 or out of tli« county; ail transportation of game either by 

 corporations, companies or individuals, for themselves or 

 Others, for the purpose, of selling the same; the killing of 

 woodcock or squirrels during the month of August. The 

 right pi Hie Board to pass such an ordinance was fully 

 admitted, and has been generally respected, although not 

 satisfactory to many, A resolution was brought forward at 

 i he session' of tlie Board iu 188i to make it lawful lor vesi- 

 ca.:- of this county to kill woodcock on and after August 

 i. [883. But they shall not be killed for the purpose of ex- 

 ,, . i lie. and in no ease shall any person sell 



in same, and the Committee on Laws be directed to frame 

 an ordinance accordingly. 



The record following reads: "Resolution ivas referred lo 



Committee on Laws." 



But there is no record to show that said committee ever 

 look anj further notice of the resolution or vote of the 

 Board. 



Still some members of the Board, and .spectators that were 

 present, were very positive that the resolution was actually 

 pa-sed at the time of its discussion, and it is so marked, and 

 on the, clerk's minutes as corroborative evidence, is the fact 

 that at a subsequent meeting, a motion lhal "the resolution 

 ■ hanging the time for killing woodcock iu this county be 

 reconsidered," was defeated. In view of the foregoing facts, 

 the question now is, can residents in this county kill wood 

 cock in the month of August V It is quite, certain that no 

 nun resident has the rigid : and has any oneV 



It is reported that the prospect for fall shooting is better 

 than foi several years past; but that is not saying much, as 

 game of nearly all kinds has become lamentably scarce of 



[ate yeai 



When a boy — more than fifty years ago— partridge, quail, 

 and squirrels were numerous, and pigeons, in their season, 

 multitudinous. Flocks of pigeons were numerous, and miles 



in extent, overshadowing the land like clouds. .). H. D. 



PorOHKREl'HJK, N. Y.. Aug. 1. 



[The supervisors ought to be able to tell whether they 

 passed the resolution Or not. If they cannot, there is need 



of some civil service 

 enl, for whose opinion wi 

 quite certain that no no 

 woodcock 111 August in 

 conjecture that a non-resi 

 same right, no more, no 1 

 wrong, we would gladly 



office. Our correspond 



i real respect, declares "it is 



resident lias the right" to shoot 

 uiichess county. We hazard the 

 jnt of the county has exactly the 

 s. that n resident has. If we are 

 corrected.] 



PRAIRIE CHICKEN NOTES. 



T HEAKJ) lo-d.-iy of a bevy of fifteen young prairie 

 Jl chickens (pinnated grouse). They wci:e aboui the size 

 of quail. I have no doubt there will 'be two sizes of voting 

 chicks in the field this lath of August, some full)' grown anil 

 Other broods so young that they can't hardly fly. These 

 will give a chance to the iyro to fill up his bag, and crow 

 over the genuine sportsman, for no man who is expert with 

 the shotgun will like to shoot these half-callow voting, and 

 the small boy or poor shot will delight in the opportunity 

 to coiini in these little fellows against the large, full-grown 

 '■' Oi the crank shot, and say. "J killed as many as So-and- 

 So. ami he is considered the best shot iu lids eou'utrv." 



Now. hoys, never kill these little fellows, but just remem- 

 ber w here you saw them, and go back in about four weeks 

 and you will be rewarded with line, large, plump birds in- 

 stead of the little soli things vou flushed on the 15th, one 

 month before. They will lie just as close for your ii. 

 you will enjoy one of them better than three of the little. 

 Ones, The iirst time i ever shot prairie chickens 1 killed 

 two of these small fry, and they looked and felt so soft thai 

 1 was ashamed of myself, and 1, for one, don't shoot them 

 any more and won't shoot iu the field with a man who does. 



Another thing, let us as men shoot only enough to supply 



"i .'.■■. o tables and not try to give all our friends a dinner 



on prairie chickens the Hlth'; for who has divided his 



the evening of his first day out— only he who h, ; 

 sucaessfu! and come in with more than he wanted for his 



TABLE OF OPEN GAME SEASONS. 



HK\-1SSED TO AUGUST, 1S488. 



General Provisions. 

 It is wnbmpfttl: To kill, have in possession, transport or sell game birds, animals and fish, save ouh in the 



Open season for each given below-; to net or snare game birds or animals; to take or kill game fishes by any other 

 means than tingling; io shoot waterfowl at night, or with any other than shoulder-guns: to hunt rabbits with 

 ferrets; io enter inclosed land for shooting without consent of owner: to kill except for scientific purpose 

 insectivorous or song birds at any time, or fo rob xjests of wild birds (except birds of prey). 



Laws forbidding pa-port of game obtain in Colorado, Connecticut, Dakota. Delaware, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, 

 Missouri. Nebraska, Xew York. North Carolina, Wisconsin, Ontario. Wyoming. Discriminations against non-vrsiiknh 

 i Delaware. Iowa, Missouri, New Brunswick, New- Jersey, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Quebec, Tennessee. 



The dates mark the beginning and end of the period during which it is lawful to kill game. 



Quail. 



Alabama. 

 Calif or'a. 

 Color'do. 



Conn 



Dakota.. 

 Delaw'e. . 

 Dist. Col.. 

 Georgia.. 



Idaho 



Illinois. ... 

 Indiana . 



Iowa 



Kansas .. 

 Kent'cky. 

 L'siana... 

 Maine.... 

 Maryl'nd. 



Mass 



Michigan 



Minn 



Miss'pi... 

 Missouri. 

 Montana. 

 Nebr'ska. 

 Nevada.. 

 N. Bruns. 

 N. Hamp. 

 N.Jersey. 

 N. Mex... 

 N. York.. 

 N. C'lina. 

 N.Scotia. 



Ohio 



Ontario . . 

 Oregon . 

 Penna. . . . 

 Quebec. 

 R. Island. 

 S. C'lina.. 



Tenn 



Texas — 



Utah 



Vermont. 

 Virginia. . 

 Wash. T.. 

 West Va. 

 Wiscons. 

 Wyom'g.. 



Ocl l-Mar 1 

 Oct 1-Nov i I 

 Oct Wan 1 

 Aug 15-Jan 1 i 



Nov 15-Jan 15 

 Aug 1-Feb 1 



' Prot'd Sep ; 8S 

 Oct 1-Jan 1 

 Oct 13 Dec 20 

 Oct 1-Jan 1 



Oct lMtr 1 

 Oct 1 Apr 1 



Scot 1-1 >ee 1 



Aug IS-Janl 

 Sept I- Jan 1 



Sept 1-Jan 1 

 Sept 1-Dec 1 

 Oct 1-Mav I 



Oct 1. 1-Feb 1 



Aug In- Inn 1 



Aug 15-Feb 1 

 Sept 1-Apr 1 

 Oct t-.Ian 1 

 Sept 1-Feb 1 

 Nov 1-Jan 1 

 Sept 1-Mav 1 

 Sept 1-Jan 1 

 Oct 1 -Apt I 

 Oct 1-Jan l 

 Sept 1-Jan 1 

 Sept 1-Jan 1 

 July 15-Jan 1 

 Oct 1-Jau 1 

 Sept 15-Jan 1 

 Sepi 1-Feb l 

 Sep 15- Mar 15 

 Sept 15-Mar 1 

 July 81-Mar l 

 Aud ;Marl:> 

 Sepi l-Mar 1 

 Aug 1-Feb 1 

 Aug 15-Jan 1 

 Sept 1-Feb 1 

 Aug 15-Jan 1 

 Auglo-Oct 15 



Sep 15-Mar 15 

 Oct 1 -Mar l 



Protected 



Oct 1-Jan 1 

 Aug 15-Jan 1 

 Nov 15-Jan 15 

 Nov 1-Feb 1 

 Apr 1-Oot 1 

 Prot'd Sep "88 



Oct 1-Jan 1 

 Oct 15 Dee 20 

 Oct 1-Jan 1 

 Nov 1-Jan 1 

 Oct 1 Afar 1 

 Oct 1-Apr 1 

 Prot'd Sep '83 

 Nov 1-Dec 24 

 Oct 15-Jan 1 



Nov 1-Jan 1 

 Oct 1-Jan I 

 Oci 1-May i 



Oct 15-Fcb 1 

 Prot'd Id '85 

 Oct 1-Dec 1 

 Sept 1-Apr 1 



Oct 20-Peb 11 

 July 1-Nov 1 

 Sept 1-Jan 1 



Sept j. Feb 1 

 Nov 1-Jau 1 

 Sept 1-May 1 

 Nov 1-Jan 1 

 Oct 1-Apr 1 



Sept 1-Jan 1 



Aug 15-Jan i 

 Apr 1-Oct 1 

 Aug l-Mar 1 

 Sept 1-Jan 15 

 Oct 1-Jau 1 

 Sept 1-Jan 1 



Sept 1 Alar 1 

 Oct l-Mar 1 

 Oct 1-Jan 1 



Protected 

 Oct I -Dee l 

 Dec 1-Dec 15 

 Sept 15-Mar 1 

 Sept 1-Jan 15 

 Aug 10-Feb 1 

 Oct 1-Jan 1 

 Aug 14-Dee 1 



Sept 1-Dec 1 

 Oct 31, 1884 

 Sept 1-May 1 

 Aug 1-Dec 1 



Aug 15-Fcb 15 



Woodcock. Wildfowl. 



Wild Turkey. 



July 1-Jan i 

 .)ui\ ! Feb 1 



July 4-Jan 1 

 July 1-Jan i 



July In- Jan t 



June l-Jan 1 



Sspt 1 Dec 1 

 June 15-Feb 1 

 Aug 1-Jan 1 

 Aug 1-Jan 1 

 July 4-Nov 1 



July i-Jaii 10 



Oct 1-May 1 

 Sep 15-Mar 15 



Sept, 1-May 1 



Sept 1 April I 



Sept 1-Apr 15 



Aug 15-May f 

 Sqit 1-Api 15 

 A:..g15-Mt.v I 



Sept 15 May 1 . 



Stpt J Ms.7 1 

 STov l-Mar :tt 

 Sept 1-Apr 1 

 Sept 1-May 1 

 Sept 1-May 15 



Oct 1-Nov 1 

 Aug 15-Jan 1 



S:p, | F-l: 1 



Aug l-Mar 1 

 Aug 15-Dec I 

 Sepi 1-Feb 1 

 Aug 15-Dec I 

 Sept 1-Jan 1 



Sept l-.lan t 



Oct 20-May 1 

 Protected 



Aug 15-May 1 



Sept 1-Apr 1 

 Aug l-Mar 1 

 Aug 1-Feb 1 

 Oct 1-Dec 16 



Aug 1-Jan 11 Sept, 1-May I 



Sept. 1-Apr 1 

 Aug 1-Apr 1 

 Aug 1 -F»b 1 



Apr 1-Oel 1 



Sept 1-Jnn 1 



Nov 1-Feb I 



Oct 1-Jan 1 



Sep' l-Fcb 1 

 Oct 1-Apr 15 



Sept. 1-Nov 1 Oct 1-Jan 1 



.Vugl5-Oet I 



Oct 1-Mav 1 



Aug 15-Feb 1 Sept 15-Mar 1 



Aug 15-Mar 1| 



Aug 15-Feb 1 ! Oct 1-Dec 1 

 Sent l-Mar 15 



Nov 1-Jan 1 



Oct J -Jan 1 

 July 15-Jan 1 

 Oct 15-Jan 1 



Oct 15-Jan 1 



Sept 15-Mar 15 

 Sept 15-Mar 1 



Sept l-Mar 1 

 Aug 15-Mar 15 



Nov 1-Feb 1 

 Protected 

 Oct 15-Jan 1 

 Aug 15-Jan 1 

 Prot'd to '87 



Oct 15-Nov20 

 Oct 1-Dec 15 

 July 1-Nov 1 

 Oct 1-Dec 81 

 Sept 1-Feb 1 



Sept l-Mar 1 



Sept l-Mar 1 

 June 1-Dec 1 

 Aug 1-Dec 1 



Prot'd Nov '81 

 Sept 1-Jau 15 

 Aug 15-Jan 1 

 Sept 1-Jan 15 

 Sept 15-Jan 1 

 Aug 1-Nov 15 



Aug l-Mar 1 

 July 4-,ian 1 

 Aug 1-May 1 



Julv 1-Jan 1 

 Sept 1-Feb 1 

 July I Jan 1 

 Sep' io-Mar 15 

 Sept 15-Mar 1 



Sept l-Mar 1 

 July 1-Feb 1 



Aug 1-Apr I 



Sepi 1 Apr I 

 Aug 15-May 1 

 Sept 1-Apr 1 

 Sept 1-May 15 

 Sept 1-Apf 15 

 Sept l-Mar I 



Oct. 15-Dec 1 



! Sept, 1 May 1 



Sept 1-Jan 1 



On 1-Apr 1 



Aug 15-Apr 15 

 Sept 1-May 1 

 Sept. 1 -May i 



Novl-.Tanl Nov 1-Jan 15 

 Sept: 1 -Jan 1 J Oct 1-Jan 1 



June 15-Apr 1 



Oct 1-Jan 1 : Oct 1 5- Jan 1 



' Sepll5-Marl5 



: Sept 15-May 1 



July l-Mar 1 | Sep 15-May 15 



Nov 1-Apr 1 



Augl5-Mayl5 



Aug 15-Jan 1 

 Sepi 1-Feb 1 

 Aug 15-Jan 1 



J'ly 15-Novl5 



Oct 15-Feb 1 



Sept 1-Feb 1 



Own family. If birds are scarce, put up with a few the first, 

 day. and don't, don't, for humanity's sake kill just to fill the 

 bag and he compelled to throw a part of them away, 



Maisk. 

 Mortunm Sin. la,, July -jr. 



Holding Ahead.— Prof. Alfred M. Mayer, who contrib- 

 uted to our columns the results of some experiment; 



determine the veil 

 big ahead," in his n 

 Chuivy: 'To becon 

 sportsman should lie; 



he has sprung, flies 

 that of any other bit 

 can carry off a larg 

 springs, it 



ot, has this to say about "hpld- 

 licle on "Bob White" in the August 



e a successful shot at Bob White, the 

 r in mind that Bob, immediately after 

 itli a velocity which probably excetuls 

 :1; aud also 'that, unless fairly hit, he 

 number of pellets. When a covey 

 considerable angle with the ground. 



dimensions you know, and then guess its li : 

 Yon will, after a lew trials, be satisfied that the 

 estimation of actual lengths at thirty yards is very loose 

 guess-work. A beginner who, out of three shots can bricg 

 one Boli White to b ,g. need not lie discouraged or ashamed: 

 with sufficient, practice, he may one day kill one eut of two 

 birds tired at. The sportsman who does not select his shots 

 (and no man really a sportsman can do that), but takes his 

 chances in the open and in covert on all birds which offer a 

 probability* of success lo his skill, and who, the It'll DU 

 through, brings to his bag three out of five birds tiled al„ is 

 an accomplished sportsman. If he can make threi 

 cessful shots out of four, he is a phenomenal marksman." 



Hence, in shooting at a bird in a flushed covey, the sport: 

 man of unsteady nerve and sluggish muscles is' apt founder- 

 shoot, the bird' rising with such velocity that by the time 

 the gunner has brought his gun into position the bird has 



passei we his line of sight. Asa ride. I think that about 



one second generally elapses between the instant of spring- 

 ing of the bird and "the moment of lire. This interval gives 

 the bird time lo gain a moderately horizontal line 

 and allows the sportsman to get a fair aim. lit shooting 

 at an incoming bird, let him lie out of sight and just below 

 the. rib of your gun at the moment of firing Ala bird 

 going overhead, wait till he has passed well over: then 

 shoot under him. At straightway shots hold a little high. 

 so that you just catch a glimpse of the bird over your 

 barrels, "in shooting at Cross shots, it should be under- 

 stood that Ihe velocity of an ounce of No. M shot driven 

 with three drains of powder is near to 900 feet per second. 

 Jin BCOnd a Hob White, if under full headway, will go 

 88 feet, if we estimate the velocity of his flight so low as 

 only- a mile a minute. If he is living directly across your 

 gilt aud thirty yards off] the shot will take one- 

 tenth of a se< h that distance, and in one-tenth of 



a Second the bird has gone over eight anil eight-tenths feci. 

 So. if we should tire a "snap-shot directly at S cross-flying 

 bird thirty yards distant, the center of a cloud of shot 

 would fall about nine feet behind hiin. and he would pass 

 by unscathed. To kill him 'clean.' you must hold uine feet 

 ahead of him. To some sportsmen,, nine feet may seem a 

 great distance to 'hold ahead 1 on a cross-riving bird thirty 

 yards away, but not to those who haw noticed attentively 

 ihe relations of" ihe line of their aim to the position of the 

 bird at the very moment they hear the report of their gun. 

 Also, estimations* of distances in the air beside a small and 

 quietly moving object are very unreliable, and often when 

 Hie sportsmen thinks he has fired only one foot ahead of a 

 bird he had really held ahead three feel. Let some one sus- 

 pend horizontally in the air an unfamiliar object that 

 must be distant from fence rails and oilier thin 



Tiik "Cknti :ry" Iuxmisations.— liiiitm- Forest ami 

 Striata: It may be a trifle hold for one who is not an aitist 

 to criticise the work of James 0. Braid, but it seems to me 

 that artist has not done him-elf justice in his illustrations Of 



Mayer's article on Bob White, in the August Century. 

 Neither of the birds shown on page isi has the genuine 

 quail (termed by Mayer partridge) presenc 



standing erect (whether intended for male or female, 1 am 

 unable to say) has the face of a pigeon, lite other that of a 

 hawk. Notice the hind claw of the latter. It, is an abortion. 



Tle-re is hardly an intimatioi 

 colors of Bob in the illustrati 

 are. as a rule, entirely too lo 



of til. 



1 beautiful 



he feet of the birds 

 16 one in I lie List illustrs 



, . Seemingly the n u 



which has such a world-wide reputation for excellence oi' 



cuts, ought to be careful no1 toallow a drop of any kind. -S. 



PHILADELPHIA NoTKs. — Philadelphia. Aiiyasl t— For 



the past week grass plover have been passing over our 

 city in grenl numbers during the night: their mellow whistle 

 has .been heard continually. Many of these bit 



tied on our meadows around the city, and are furnishing 

 rather doubtful sport. They arc wild and will not bi 



proaeh. A good crop of s 1 if predicted aid 



say we yy ill have peni-, of rail birds. How they tell 1 am 

 not able to explain. Some of my fishing friends, however, 

 suite they saw not a few on the mud near the edge of the 

 reeds at' low water last week on Timber Creek, N. J.— 

 Homo. 



( iiKsTEiit'oiMv, Pa.— The indications are thai there will 



be a fab- num tier ot partridges, and rabbits in plenty this foil 



Gunners are anticipating a good time The winters of the 



i BOS! of ls'Su and 



ml many birds escaped the sportsman's and 



hunter's "scattj'r-guiis." In traveling through the farming 



'- the Whistle Of Bob White [a heard on l-vi >rj 

 Woodcock are almost unknown. One is met with OCCa 

 Summer shoo ut exterminated this 



bird.— OecAsliiXAL. 



