Oct. 35, 1883.J 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



247 



5 has afforded » haven p* 

 hungry fisherman, and |, e 

 greatest duck shooters on 

 73] sun onccting over a 

 I water fowl by the hun- 

 i nnd his paitii..r. John 



quarter of a century Simon's pla 

 rest for mnny a tired hunter and 

 himself was known as one ol" th< 

 the Bottom. He used a big sv 

 pound of shol al a charge, slavi 



dreda for St Louis tables. Sli 



Martin, started out for "ame, E»ch of tliein had a boal and 

 gun of ahout the same dimensions, They started iu different 

 :i:i otiotis, bul it appeal's both men heard ft. flock of ducks on 

 the lake and worked their crafts up to the game. It was too 

 dark to see but a very short distance ahead. Martin looked 

 forward, and. discovering a black object on the water about 

 thirty yards to tlie front, sighted, his gun and fired. Aery 

 agony rent the morning air, and then Martin knew that ha 

 bad shot Simon, for it was his boat that the deadly load was 

 unintentional^ aimed at. The unfortunate man was com- 

 pletely riddled with leaden pellets. One of his eyes was 

 driven from its socket, and the sight of the oilier was ruined. 

 Has arms and upper part of his body were tilled with lead. 

 His recovery is deemed an impossibility. 



In the latter part of November, sportsmen predict, quail 

 iv ill be a plentiful species of game in Missouri and Illinois. 

 _ Camp. Belt,. 



GROUSE IN THE WEST. 



HAVE just returned from a shooting and fishing trip in 

 Minnesota and Dakota, also Manitoba and the North- 

 west territory. We found excellent shooting every where we 

 tried Eorit Thd shooting and fishing among the foothills 

 and streams of the Rockies in the Northwest territory, com- 

 bined with magnificent sceneri bracing (dear air, and pure 

 ii e i old water, made it enjoyable almost beyond description. 

 There we found sharp-tailed and railed grouse iu abundance, 

 ii tutter being much,, darker" in color and smaller in size 

 than the Eastern bird. Snipe and (Lucks Were also there in 

 numbers as to afford excellent, sport. The trout Bshing 

 was all that the most exacting; lisherman could desire, in size 

 and quantity. They were immense, and in quality excellent. 

 The shooting and fishing territory is unlimited and unre- 

 stricted, To the si, Mir-r ami fislieruian I know of no place 

 affording such opportunities for enjoyment as among the 

 regions, ol the Rocky Mountains 'along the foothills in 

 September oi October, 



For grouse, duck, goose and snipe shooting alone it is 

 necessary to go further west than Minnesota.' Dakota, or 

 Southern Manitoba, Three varieties of grouse— pinnated, 

 pigtail ,,nd ruffed— can be found in oue day in either place; 

 also an abundance of geese, duck.-, and snipe. Pinnated 

 gl'OUSe are fast advancing northwest with civilization. Three 

 years ago a pinnated grouse, was uncommon in Kittsou 

 county, Minn., while this season we bagged nearly an equal 

 numb', rot them and of ihe sharpiail in Manitoba, limiting 

 our bag to forty grouse per day (there were two of us) the 

 last week in September, and fine, strong, full-grown fellows 

 they wire, requiring careful, good dogs and accural, shoot- 

 ing to bring thein to bag. particularly so in raw. stormy 

 weather, when Lheir wilqpess made their pursuit all the 

 more dillienlt and exciting. JJut what sportsman would not 

 sooner bag thirty such birds at that, season than double the 

 number iu August? I hope the day may speedily come 

 when no game bird may be shot on the American continent 

 before October 1. with the Open season at that date; and 

 wise game laws observed, we can have game in abundance 



I'n; all lime lo come. John DAVIDSON, 



qPfiNKOE, Michigan. 



Con.m.itkit.— Han ford Conn., Oct. 16.— The law be- 

 ing oil October I on quail, woodcock and partridges, the 

 markets opened with the largesl BUpplyof pail ridges that 

 iias been seen for years. There were 'fifty snared birds lo 

 one that was shot. The market-men, in quoting prices, will 

 say $1.25 for Mouse thai are shot and |L 50 for birds thai 

 are snared. In mv shonling lliis fall I have had bhepieasure 

 of kicking up at least one hundred snares. Ancient 

 history speaks of a game club in this city for the pro- 

 leciiun ol game. If al anytime any trace of this club can 

 be found I will give due noiice They can be classed with 

 the mound builders. Woodcock shooting began in April, 

 and has been kepi up ever sine.-. A man who dresses game 

 ai one of the markets said he dressed three woodcock; in 

 April, and two were females and ready to lay eggs, The 

 laws -ire simply violated, and partridge, quail and woodcock 

 could have been procured al more than one restaurant in 

 litis city during the entire summer. Now theconstaut howl 



a! i woodcock being scarce; how in the name of common 



sense can we expect anything different, when the birds are 

 shot all sca.-on.i of the year Ii is nay hohby to go shooting 

 :. few days each fall, and Of course 'have i'o go 50 or LOO 

 miles to gel any decent shooting. If ihe laws were enforced 

 a great many business TO6n could indulge in an afternoon's 

 pleasure within ten miles of this city. — Flick Flick. 



if issACaU SETTS Gamio Is'otks. — I have tramped through 

 lee wOod.8 ,,ud fields marly even day Since the beginning Of 

 the present month, and can safely say that ruffed grouse and 

 quail are more numerous than for many s, asons past. One 

 day I. is! week I shot two grouse in a small swamp not more 

 than a half mile from the center of Ihe city. Started a flock 

 of eight, bul as it was in a briery thicket, Only .Mopped two. 

 'fin leaves are nearlj off now. and for the next few months 

 there will he grand sport. WTrile crossing an old rye field 

 on the 6th, started a large covey of quail. There were three 

 broods together, one fully grown, one half grown, and the 

 others were so small that some ol them could not fly. They 

 will nut be large enough to -hoot before the last of Novem- 

 ber. 'Ihe quad are able to hold their own al tin- place, 

 owing to the swamps and thick woods near then Feeding 



■ - VY Icock shooting here has been a failure, i 



have -tailed only I wo I hi- fall, and know of but six killed. 

 Orav squirrels are quite scarce, tint expect to find some later 

 on. Rabbits are as plentiful as last season, and I think 

 more so. As soon as we have a light snow the music ,,l ihe 

 hounds will be heard as they follow the bonny rabbits 

 through the woods and valleys." Snipe and rail did not stop, 

 owing to the dry weather which dried up the grounds. — 

 ( m. .lit (Taunton. .Mass., net. j^i. 



I'knxsvi.x \ma. -Waynesbnrg, Oct. 15, — ErUtor Fi>r»st 

 and Stream: A flock of wild geese numbering some forty 

 passed over here at 5:30 P, M. on Sunday evening, October 

 1 1 Their course was southeast while m sight. Grouse and 

 quail aie plentiful in this section, Babbits are more plenti 

 fill than for years pa.st, and ihe becgle would certainly be a 

 valuable addition to any hunter's outfit Squirrels have 

 been scarce but are coming iu now, and there is an abund- 

 ance Of mast for them.— Ri.V-Bi.EK - 



Dantet.sonvti.t.e. Conn.. Oct, ?'2. — Three gentlemen from 

 Boston visited this place last week, and judging by the big 

 string of woodcock, quail and ruffed grouse we saw at Ihe 

 depot no their departure, they must have found >,; fd 

 plenty; they reported forty on the string, we thought there 

 were'roore, and concluded we had for once struck a truthful 

 trio. In some other respects .this seemed a peculiar party. 

 their names, Morse. Morrill and Messenger, not only Stem to 

 blend together peculiarly, but they were ,, right jolly party 

 as well, and their three good dogs" were as handsome as har- 

 monious, and we inferred that if birds got up before them, 

 they must My right into the game baa like Davy Crockett's 

 'coon. Here in our row ii we can add the same old story. A 

 few years ago birds were always plenty and few resident 

 shooters, aiai it was no difficult feat to bring home a good 

 bag of birds, but times have changed, and now it is ol ten 

 that we see strange faces and dogs working our fields and 

 swamps. We wish them all success, and hope the birds will 

 go round. * * [The 'coon came down for Capt. Scott, not 

 for Davy Crockett]. 



Iowa.— Onita. Oct. 17. — The pinnated grouse or prairie 

 chicken season here is over, and well we might say for ever, 

 as it is now spoken of us one of the "glories" of the past. A 

 few good bags were made iu the early part of the season, but 

 owing to Ihe small number of birds and the countless hunt- 

 ers they didn't last long. There are a fair number of quail, 

 but quail here are not hunted until suow falls and then the 

 pot-hunter tracks his game to some bush or covert and tires 

 into them all huddled together. A covey of quail never last 

 long with such hunting. There arc very few ducks here at 

 present, but we are in hopes they will be plenty as iXXd ' 

 storm north of us drives them south. Rabbits are fat and 

 plenty of them. Several parties from here have gone north 

 to Spirit Lake and thereabouts and possibly they will write 

 to you of their trip. — C- B. 



SiiKi.nox (Ji.r ii. — Highgate, Vt.. Oct. 18.— The sportsmen 

 of Sheldon. Franklin county. VI., have made a step in the 

 right direction by forming';! Game and Pish Protective So- 

 ciety, with Hon. C. P. Hogau as President, and 8. B. Thomas, 

 Esq., Secretary and Treasurer, with a good board of directors. 

 This association will bo known as the Sheldon Fish and 

 Game Protection Society. Its objects are to protect what 

 little fish and game still remains in that vicinity, and to 

 restock their numerous streams and ponds with suitable fish, 

 etc. With the class of men who are at the head of this 

 society it is -ure to be a live, one, and if in the power of man 

 lo do so will accomplish its objects. — Stanstkvo. 



Grouse in Ii.i.isnis.--Lacon, III. — The ruffed grouse are 

 very much more plentiful in ibis immediate vicinity this 

 '11111111111 than at any time since ihcir first appearance here 



about twenty-live year.- ago. yet next year al this lime they 

 may have almost entirely disappeared, though none may 

 have been shot. Right now here they are having what Is 

 known as "crazy grouse times."/, e., the coveys have sep 

 arated, aud individuals arc liable to be found anywhere, even 

 in town. I shot a tine one to-day. All oilier kinds of game 

 are unusually scarce here Ibis fall, except, perhaps, rabbits. 

 Ducks and oilier migratory birds may yet lie plenty. A few 

 teal and jack snipe have "shown Up."" — Byknk. 



|># mi §iver jffaMng. 



St. I'i.uii. Pa. — Officers of SI. Clair Sportsmen's Club 

 elected Oct. 16: President. S. II. Re; Vicc-Presidenl \\ '. 

 II Holmes: Secretary, II. L. Daddow; Treasury C. 15. 

 Evans; Directors, George Fame and Samuel Mart. — 11. !.. 

 D.uutow. Secretary. 



Wii.rn.-owi. at Good Ground, L, I.— Air. William Lam- 

 writes from Good Ground, Long Island, thai the shooting 

 outlook is good. 



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ROD AND REEL ASSOCIATION. 



ON Tuesday evening. Oct. lb', at the close of the first day 

 of the tournament, a meeting of the Association wa's 

 held at the Metropolitan Hotel, New York, President Eudi- 

 cott in the chair. The question of a standard size for reel- 

 plates and seal-, came up, and after much argument it was 

 found tier tl e i nly I inferences of opinions consisted in the 

 use of different names for what we and, we believe, anglers 

 generally, term a reel-plate. This is the long piece of metal 

 which sits in the rod and is held there by the reel -bands. 

 Son I reel makers present called it a cross-liar, and it was a 

 long ice before it was discovered that the two names 

 referred to one and ihe same* thing. Some of the members 

 saw no necessilv for action, as a, man could nlwavs tit his 

 reel lo his rod With a file. Mr. Mather said (hat he had 

 originated this question in Fokest and StkbAm because he 

 had ahout a dozen rods and hair that number of reels, and 

 all from different makers. Whai be wanted was to have. 

 eacli n el til everj r i I 



Mr. '. a ■"■■!:>.! 7 1 : i , id thai there should be two standards, 

 mi, for for large reels, as striped bass and salmon, anil 

 another for trout and blai k bass. 



On motion the president appointed the following committee 

 of bass, salmon and trout anglers to consider the matter and 

 report a.t tiie next meeting: L. AY. Winchester, H. P. Mc- 

 Gowan. .1. L. Vnllotton, J. C. McAndrew , .fames Benkard 

 aud C. Van Brunt. 



An election ol officers for 1S84 washeld, and the following 



were chosen; President. Francis Kndicott; Secretary, Fred 



:,, h ■ i ■: Treasurer, James L. Vallotton. It was decided to 



bold the next meeting on the second Tuesday in .November. 



NETTING IN GREENWOOD LAKE. 



r y\l\> beautiful lake, Iv'in 



I in New Jersey, bas its 



Stale. The lake is oue of 



a i„i e.,i miles of the city. 



to it bill were planted there 

 grpal resort for people who 

 easy I'each of New York oil 

 are' well Slled during the se: 

 on to some exteift for the p 

 waters, and ii is from this . 

 have been sent abroad have 

 fishculinri-t t.r the Marquis of E 



abOIll Ihe lake [ 



i him many 



ill leclina'. This v, 



ar he di.l tin 



nation is intensified 



Had the n 



and line, as ailoWci 



by law. noi 



fairly captured is al 



the disposal 



in taxidi 



the Charles Dudley Warner vein. 



We have had the pleasure of looking over some of the nraof-RHi 

 Their glory is in ihe illustrations. Of these there, are- several Iron- 1 

 dred. For the preparation of a work of this character rhi- Century 

 Company possesses artisrie resources and facilities unsnrpa.s.e'i byany 

 other publishing firm in America, and these have been Is 

 out stint. The result is a sumptuous volume. ,,f a magnificence ill 

 design and excellence beyond anything else ever produced in the 

 literature of American field sports. It reminds Us oi t] 

 books found in English spotting libraries. The triuhl'ul <a liaca i»u 

 of wild life is one of the most iiiiiieiilt tasks undertaken by i he artist ; 

 to draw animals and birds and lishes as they are. requires long aud 

 careful study of them in lheir haunts. The Veictwry 

 succeeded admirably in lheir exactingtasks, ana this is sped 

 tnthose instances wberelhe writers ItttTeuIostratedtli ill 

 With so many scores of Creditable Olufcfcralaons, il ...■-. ■■ . p 



g partly in New Vork and partly 

 ■ •-! ti-iiii;^' grounds in the former 

 le best ,,ui - for black bass within 

 !'h .-e ii -.ii are not indigenous 

 some years ago. To-day it is a 

 wish a few days' fishing within 

 y, and as a consequence the hotels 

 ison. Netting has been carried 

 impose of gelling fish for other 

 iake thai most of the bass which 

 been taken. Last year Mr. Bilk, 

 , employed the guides 

 and it occasioned much 

 16 thing, and the iudia 

 aken the fish with book 

 could bo said, for a fish 

 al of iis captor, and there is no 

 life for the purpose of propagation, 

 silk was well informed on ihe subject 

 (he capture of black bass iu the State, 

 orb to gel the fish al once and s.o save 

 and be succeeded. By ingeniously mis- 

 is alleged, falsifying, he succeeded iu 

 . cargo about the time that the authori- 

 nd sai'dv uuiside Santlv Hook, he could 

 it 1 1 several thousand bass in ids tanks. So 

 weeded, that he had nearly his full com- 

 tishermen and p.eople about the lake knew 

 vere netting Hie fish. When this was dis- 

 ■d the law was threatened, Mr. Silk told them 

 iliai be b:,d permission bom Mr. E. G. Blackford, Commis- 

 sioner of Fisheries, to lake ihe fish. The people, not know- 

 r had no such power, dropped the 

 o, aud contented themselves with 

 ford for giving permission to have 

 matter was discussed, and some one 

 aw than the rest, told them that lite 

 I no power to authorize the capture 

 >e!; waters outside the Slate, and 

 iprietors of the Windermere 



his lime and e> 



representing i 



getting away i 

 lie wen- after 



laugh al the la 

 quietly had h 



pli me'ul beio;- 

 thai some 



ml. it 

 ilb hi 



thi I a Co 



Mr. Bla 



ird as follows; 

 r. !■:. <:. Blackford, Filth Oom- 

 •mission to any person to net 

 to Europe? The same party 



r this purpose is here now lo 

 id. Phase answer quick. — 



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to nature, or a scene suggestive of the nuuenhim. Phe 



fine wood engraving the illustrations ore beyond praise: in excel- 

 lence ot this, class of work the Oentury l.a- Ii og maintained the 

 lead. The costly paper and careful press work combine to make tl ■■ 

 velnmc a veritable tiiumph of the book-maker's art. 



From advance sheets, tnrnished to us by the courtesy of the pub- 

 lishers, we prinl elsewhere extracts from one ot the chapters, con 

 trihuted by Mr. Geo. Bird 'irmneli. ih.- Natural llish.n editor ot this 

 Ijolhual \ more extended review of the bu»it \iin ■■■ 

 another lime. 



"Sport with Gun aud Rod in American Woods and W'ai r> Eln,.,i 



linn , Prof oral "s Institute. SewYoti I bi 



Century Co. 



the lake i 



who km w more ol the 

 fi-h Commissioners ha 

 of fish 



Messrs: lla/e;. 

 Iloiei, telegraphed Mr. 

 ( lo.OPEKj -V .1.. Oct. 



fiali in Si 



Who netted fish here Ills, 



i;,l 'Jo. 000 lo lake lo 

 HAZEN Os I'KOi;\W. 



Mi. Blackford immediately replied thai he had not given 

 SU( ii a pi emission to anyone-, but before his answer was re- 

 ceived al Grei nwood Lake, the following letter was written 

 from the lake on October 14; 



fcfr. /'.'. G. B /./",.■'.• IlK.ut Sin— In explanation of the 

 message senf you in reference to Mr, Silk taking bass from 

 the lake, ■•• W( uld state thai there is no game constable here 

 rjtj o Stop him. Having gone to great ex- 

 ■. ■■ iak-.vi e refer to you, a- Fish Commissioner, 

 to asci : is no way to prevent bim from taking 



the fish n is to leave here on Wednesday afternoon with 

 several thousand fish. Are vou not, as fish Commissioner, 

 from robbing our lake? If 



iulV bouie; t ; pr 



■■'• id to Ibis, please notify us immediately how 

 him from -hipping the fish telegraph reply, as we 

 bave only one mail a day -Hazes sV. DftauAw. 

 Pending the arrival of this i, tter and iis answer, threats of 



breakJUg the li-b Cars and liberating the fish Were made, and 

 He- railroad otticiaU notified Mr. Silk thai the lish would not 

 be carried, and in this extremity Mr. SjlK hastened to New 

 Vi'ik to s,e Mr Blackford Then Bazen & Degraw re- 

 ceived a second telegram from Mr. Blackford again denying 

 that he had -riven permission for the capture of the lish, and 

 saying thai he had telegraphed to Mathew Kennedy, the 



;:,,, i. Miie, ior residing at Hud m, oei tq Green- 



i ,: , , •. iolation of Ihe law. Notunt.il 



wax the following dispatch received; 



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