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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Not, 15, 1688. 



during the past wtek in the yacht Mischief, at (heir club 

 house, near Cu&rlestdwn, Md., famous as having been 

 thought of as the capital of (he United States before Wash- 

 ington was selected. They did not have much luck, Mr. 

 Joseph L. McDaniel has invited several pai'ties during the 

 week t6 his lather's placfc, "Shady Beach." on the North- 

 east "River. His friends, Dr. Hendry, Mr. Robert J. Parviu 

 and Mr. John C. Savin, have been out with him on 11 num- 

 ber of occasions and "did good execution. Mr. Meredith 

 Bailey, sir. Harry Ellison and Mr. John Ellison, with sev- 

 ered friends, who have fitted up a scow in a very complete 

 manner, have heen away the most of the week and started 

 again yesterday. Among other Philadelphians who have 

 been after docks dining the past week, meeting with more 

 or less success, have- been Al Helnibold, Dr. 1>. Ktirsner, H. 

 Gemrig, Louis T. Brooke, William Wood, of Conshohocken; 

 Robert Thudium, Joseph Wriebl and J. F. Beiz, the brewer, 

 Sport and shooting of every description is now at its height, 

 and a party of gentlemen started, last night. for am extensive 



hunt in lhev.ikfsot Southwestern Missouri after deer, tur- 

 keys and prarie chickens. It includes Col. Barzillia Ridg- 

 wiiy, of Philadelphia; John Taylor, of Tienton. with his two 

 sons, and Mr. Roebling, one of the builders of the Brooklyn 

 bridge. They expect to be gone two weeks. 



MICHIGAN GAME. 



Davidson wrote about. John had a glorious time; "He kin 

 ef enny man kin," you know. 



Our snipe shooting has heen a failure this year. On grounds 

 where I usually get several hundred birds during the sea «n, 

 tins year 1 got bU,t sixty or seventy; and though the weather 

 is yet mild and warin. thev seem all to have gone South. 

 We had excellent September and October woodcock shoot- 

 ing. I think it was largely due to the entire absence of sum- 

 mer shooting. Our season does not open until August 1, and 

 in that mouth none were to be found, owing to the wet 

 weather making a wider range of feeding grounds. Buffed 

 grouse are quite plentiful, bags of tift.-n to twenty birds being 

 quite frequent. 



The slaughter of deer still goes bravely on. 1 think there 

 are more hunters from Outaide the State shooting in Michi- 

 gan this sea-ou than ever lie fore. 1 get letters every day lull 

 of complaints of violations; and I inclose the following, which 

 friend Roney received ana mailed to me. It thoroughly 

 shows the disposition of individuals where violations of the 

 law are known to waul some oue else to do the hard work 

 and make the complaint. These folks make me tired. If 

 people only had more "sand," and would go for the miser- 

 able scamps who pirate our game out of season, we would 

 have game for years to come; but they Jack grit and are too 

 lazy. Here is the. letter: 



ST. Ionace, Mich.. Sept. IS, 1883. 

 II. B. Emu-!/. E»q.: 



TMrlE quail shooting about Detroit this season is glorious. 

 Nice bags arc made daily close to our city. In fact, 

 were it legal to shoot inside the city limits many a Bob 

 White would have there met his fate! for numbers Of stray 

 birds have been Seen in door yards, while several bevies are 

 now right in the heart of Detroit. 1 saw a dozen quail yes- 

 terday in a lumber yard not half a mile from the city hall, 

 Last Monday Messrs. Ira Paine and William MeSweeny 

 bagged a couple of dozen a few miles out on the Gratiot 

 road. They put up live bevies inside three hours, but were 

 rather unfortunate, as the birds mostly took to the woods. 

 The quail are well gt own, and seem to be stronger than I 

 have ever seen them before. 



A pleasant trip can lie had by taking the cars to Highland 

 Station (forty miles from Detroit), where ruffed grouse, 

 quail and black squirrels abound. One can leave Detroit 

 early in the morning, and return at night with a capital bag. 

 One gun killed thirty black squirrels there the other day, be- 

 sides' a few quail. 



Northern Michigan is overrun with deer huuterB — more so 

 than ever before. Win', near Jeromeville, in a space not 

 live miles square, there are a dozen camps containing sixty 

 hunters. Think of it, sixty dill-hunters! Aud the poor 

 chaps are having a grim time nf it; for each one of the sixty 

 while hunting continually fears that some one of the other 

 fifty-nine may by mistakesuoot him for a deer. Sometimes, 

 Where cattle abound, deer are hunted by men on horseback, 

 who now and then ring a cow-bell to delude the game. How 

 WOUld it do tO send five dozen cow-bells up tO that unhappy 

 Sixty? They might serve a double purpose and save some 

 lives, as well as delude the deer.it each hunter tied one 

 around his neck and kept it ringing. But the deer— siu-- 

 rouuded by sixty cow-bells! Ah! whither could they fly? 



Perhaps the fear of being shot makes "shining" so fashion- 

 able in the region relet red to. It is .-aid some Pennsylvania 

 market hunters (you know it's illegal to ship venison out of 

 our State) have shot by means of headlights at night, and 

 shipped away from the vicinity of Jeromeville nearly one 

 bundled deer this season. The carcasses were cut up and 

 packed in barrels. Will not some reader of Foi&BT and 

 action look into this report and at least 

 1 ration company what they are carrying? 

 ers, a partv consisting oi Judge Speed, F. 

 eandE. H. GilimanofDetr.nl, Col. Mor- 

 , Pa,, aud M. S. Colhurn of 'Manchester, 

 light for "Camp De Kurlz," 

 . the woods from Alpena 



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at it their local spoi 

 mu protection civilian 

 ild hardly expect the 



hail not en-. .-1 

 cute violators of 

 .ssociaiien to So 



game warden.— 



Si BEAM in that : 

 notify the traus 



Auent deer maul 

 A. Baker, Ira Paiu 

 risou of Lock Have 

 Vt. left Detroit last Wednesday 1 

 some forty or fifty miles back i 



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f the usual par.tj 



Lome 



affairs. But ll 



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Id not go this year on account of 

 ere was another in last pear's camp, 

 will be sadly missed. Dear, lovable, 

 G first experience of camp life in the 

 ous, joyous, labor-sharing comradewe 

 oved him I A few weeks after camp 

 in came from Cleveland that death had 

 :nd. Never was there such a genial, 

 lion! And how he enjoyed those few 



Uncle Joe. 

 woods. What a eent 

 found him! How we 

 was broken the telegr 

 claimed our dear ft 

 fatherly camp compi 

 weeks among the pine . 



Duck shooting is at its height. More canvas-backs and 

 mallards have been killed on the Monroe preserves than for 

 years, Several shooters have averaged over fifty ducks per 

 day lor several weeks. It is to be hoped that such shooters 

 are market hunters, not gentlemen sportsmen shooting for 

 pleasure. On the Point Mouillie marsh, mallards are being 

 lolled in huge numbers. Two guns killed 140 (mostly mal- 

 lards) last Monday on that preserve. 



The Ml. Clemens Fishing and Shooting Club of Mt, 

 Clemens. Mich., has just been organized with tweuty mem 

 bers. Tie club ban secured some fine marshes, which, of 

 course, will be pr< 1 < Df.i.ta. 



Detroit, .Mich., fJOV. 10; 



! : day is raim , and too nasty to "take it in" outdoors. 1 

 have just bad my dogs out for a* mil; and as they come bad; 

 wet through, [ have let them into the office for a nap before 

 the tire; but i a, a beginning to think that it will be very little 



Eeaee 1 will get until I put them back into their yards, 

 even of them in a ten by ten room makes it smell altogether 

 too dotrgy: and the pups' haven't yet finished their romp. 

 Now four of the oldei ones have "spooned" in on the office 

 lounge, and i guess we will be all right. 



Quail shooting is u complete failure around here this fall. 

 The bird,, seemed to winter well, but 1 Hunk the wet spring 

 and summer must have played sad havoc With the nesting 

 and young birds. At any rate, there are none to be found. 

 I went out Nov. 1 to my old grounds, where I had left fifty 

 or Sijty seed birds last year, and did not find a bird. 1 shot 

 three partridges and came home. Next day started for a 

 ,vliere i was sure I would find bird*, and got up three 

 in a cornfield. 1 killed one of (hem, aud was ashamed of 

 myself the balance of the day for doing it. After hunting 

 ie stubbles, and being convinced it was oi no use, f 

 turned mv attention to partridges; got up ten birds, and 

 banged seven of them. Oue was a very peculiar specimen; 

 it was a cock bird and weighed about, a quarter of a pound 

 more than the largest other one 1 had; the plumage was 

 much lighter than usual, and strangest of all, the ruli was 



deep cbestau! color; I never have seen oue like it before. 



1 noticed the same peculiarity about color and size in the 



grouse I shot in Montana this fall, and that John 



it fbrthi 



RONEY.J 



i agree with "Delta" that it would be a good thing to fur- 

 nish these heathens with sound sportsmen's papers, such as 

 the FObebt and Stream, of course, and I could pick 0U1 a 

 jcodly number of individuals who would afford abundant 

 opportunity for missionary labor. Our State press is doing 

 ork in keeping before the eyes Of the public the urgent y 

 ed having a means to enforce the game law -. and 

 can find no better remedy at present for the neglect of the 

 last Legislature than by furnishing articles to their local 

 papers that will keep the people posted of what is going on 

 111 the way of butchering game. 



The Saginaw Hunting Club's ear. City of Saginaw, left 

 for the Houghton Lake region this morning With a party of 

 six or seven for a week's deer hunt. This is its second trip 

 since the return from the Yellowstone. Mershon. 



East Sacukaw. Nov. 9. 



DEER NOTES. 



FIRST a story from Texas: Mr. John Warren is the oldest 

 settler in Hockley, and is probably one of the most 

 successful deer hunters in the State. A lew days ago lie 

 met w itli success unprecedented throughout all his hunting 

 experience. Through that strategic maneuvering known 

 only to the experienced trapper, Mr. Warren came within 

 rifle shot of an unsuspecting buck browsing upon the prairie, 

 and tired upon him. About 150 yartls further on was another 

 deer teed ing around as unconcerned as his companion. At 

 the crack of the huntsman's trusty rifle, both deer started off 

 at full speed, running directly toward each other. In 

 ing the distance between them, and about midway, the two 

 deer collided with terrible force, oue of them springing 

 about twenty feet into the air. and both falling to the ground 

 dead— killed by the collision. Ou examining the bodies, 

 Mr. Warren found that he had but slightly wounded the 

 buck at which he had shot, and that the death of each had 

 been caused by the force with which the animals had come 

 together. 



Mr. N. E. White of Sacramento, Cab, reports in the i>V 

 of thai city that since, in the lower foothills, the market 

 hunters have become scarce and the Indians have disap- 

 peared almost entirely, deer have increased in numbers. 

 When the Folsom Sportsmen's dub was out for a two day's 

 camptni nt near Latrobe last week, several deer were seen 

 by members of the party within a few hundred yards of the 

 railroad, and one fine 'buck was kiHed within live minutes' 

 walk of the railroad station where the party had their camp. 

 The belief is that the deer do not simply 'come down" and 

 sojourn there during the winter, but that they breed there 

 aud remain in the grease-wood and chaparal thickets the J eat- 

 round. There have been no tires of late years in that vicin- 

 ity, hence the forests have become heavy and afford excel lent 

 protection for the deer. If the present fovorable conditions 

 are maintained for a few years longer, it will be an easy 

 matter for an experienced deer hunter to gel off a railroad 

 train and has his game before the rumble of the cars cease 

 to ring in his" ears. We trust the fanners in these foothills 

 will continue to protect the deer by killing only as many as 

 ,i, ,- 11 use for food, and restricting ghootingan their woods 

 to a respectable limit. 



(mee' upon a time a Michigan man who was hauled up 

 for shooting deer out ol season got ofi on the plea that he 

 had shot in self-defense; he was afraid the deer would bite 

 him. That is a joke; but there is nothing funny about a 

 hand-to-hoof tussle with a wounded buck, as a Sullivan 

 count* N Y , deer driver found out to Ids cost the other 

 Jay. 6, S. Starr and 0, S. Thornton, ot Monticello. and 

 i)' S. Avery, of VVurtsboro, started for Black Lake, in the 

 town of Bethel, on a deer hunt. They secured the services 

 of a noted driver named Andrew Couch to assist them in 

 their sport. The first day out the hounds started one deer, 

 but they each took a circuitous route and the party failed in 

 getting a shot. Tuesday afternoon Couch took the dogs Into 

 a pieced scrub oaksataplace called Big Hill, and in a 

 short time their loud barking demonstrated the (act thai 

 game of .some kind was started Couch was on the alert , 

 and presently saw a large buck coming toward him. Wi.di 

 ing to turn it, in order to give the parly who employed him 

 a shot at it. he discharged one barrel of his gun in the dirce 

 tion in which it. was coming. The deer, instead oJ kurain 

 around, came straight for Couch, when he took deliberate 

 aim, discharged the second barrel of his gun, and the .leer 



dropped to the ground, as he supposed, dead. Running to 

 it to cut its throat, the animal sprang up aui com 

 furious onslaught on Couch. He defended himself as best 

 he could with his empty gun. He struck at it with all his 

 might, and succeeded in breaking the stock of the sh< otiilg 

 iron. The deer had him under his feet a couple of times, 

 but a well-directed blow on the head with (be barn Is of thl 

 gun fractured the animal's skull, and he was secured. 

 Couch, half dead through fright and hi, numerous bruises, 

 succeeded iu making the party he was with hear him. They 

 dragged the carcass 11 mile to where their wagon was. and 

 brought it safe to Smith Schoomnakei's, The deer was a 

 large one, and weighed 810 pounds. Couch's clothes were 

 torn into shreds, his body bruised aud cut. his gun broken, 

 bul he ha.-, the proud consciousness of having killed the big- 

 gest buck in the town of Bethel for years. 



Compare Crouch's spunk with the exploit of three Capay, 

 Cal., gunners. The Woodland Democrat report it: '•They 

 were well provided with guns, ammunition and antidotes for 

 snake bites, and expected to be gone several days. About 

 twelve miles from Capay they fell in with a .dieepherder aud 

 concluded to camp at his place all night, They treated bim 

 to several doses of the snake bite medicine, and this so 

 pleased bim that he informed them that on driving ins sheep 

 into the corral thai evening ho had noticed among the in-id a 

 deer that walked on three legs, having evidently been 

 wounded by some hunters. As the deer was safe for the 

 night) the hunter, went to bed. but rose about daylight and 



surrounded the corral There, su*hs enoiig&, was tb 



after eight or ten shots had been fired by each Of the 1 



rods, the animal was at length hit and oaptured. Highly 

 elated over their success, they Immediately packed the deer 

 on their pack-horse and started for home. Upon their ar 



rival their friend, were surprised at them returning so soon 

 and with such good results of their hum. and they have 

 t.iercbv acquired the reputation of being skillful 

 The names of these gentlemen who performed thedilticult 

 feat of killing a deer after it was corrftled are Milsap, Duncan 

 and Fisher, but we wouldn't have it made public for the 

 world, as they are all subscribers to the 29< inoorat, and friends 

 of ou;,." 



Boston markets do not contain so much venison a, they 

 formerly did at this season of the year, hi ton- the present 

 Maine system went into effect. 



ST. LOUIS SIFTINGS. 



EX-LIEUT. -GOV. NORMAN J. COLMAN put on his 

 India rubber boote Nov. 1, and started on a deer hunt 

 in the woods west of Hermann, Gasconade county I [c V at 

 joined by the following gentlemen from Montgomery City, 

 Mo.: Hon. J. II. Talbot, George Wright, Robert Woodruff. 



ty-five mjies west of ih-r- 

 n. fleet ire lid to be in 



Wm. Heckman, G 

 Davis. The party will go v 



man n, on the Gasconade, wb 

 great numbers. 



Frank livers, postmaster of Hot Sulphur Spring,, Middle 

 Park, Col., has presented Mr, E. W. Warfield, superintend 

 cut of the railway mail service at St. Louis, with a mag- 

 nificent bead aud antlers of an elk. The animal from which 

 tbey were taken was killed by Mr. Byers, w hoisa crack rifle 

 shot. 



The Fair Association w ii.i|>ieni Nov ,3, of -.< . 



crow named --Grip," the donation of }<U: James Harding, 

 railroad commissioner of the State. Mr. Harding describes 

 his sableness a- bring very playful, but of so mischievous a 

 nature that his banishment from Mr. Harding's household 

 became au imperative necessity. The rule, oi-riugiiisliing 

 I turn nwere unknown to "Grip." 



November 3 Messrs. J. W. P.ckiuglom N L. Wiekwire. 



txOTl as [virgin. Capt .lames MtCiuskey, Km bt I I It 

 J. Fitzgibbons, J. Clark, Ed. Matthews' aud B. Mesker, the 

 gentlemen who recently made up a fishing and hunting iiait- 

 to the mouth of Peach" Orchard Creel; on Black River, in 

 Arkansas, held a meeting at the Victoria Happy Club par- 

 ll Che northeast corner of Seventh and fine streets, to 

 talk Over 1 hi- proposition of purchasing lot) acres of land and 

 building a club and boat house for future use. Three more 

 members will be permitted to join the organization, which 

 is to be called the Jumbo Club, and the tamp, which is to 

 beeailed Camp Jumbo, is ten miles Irom Peach Orchard 

 Oreek. Another meeting will beheld November 11 at the 

 same place, to perfect tne organization and sub,cnbe the 

 amount necessary for the purchase. Of the 100 act 



are now forty acres under cultivation in col tun. 



I. ally all of the residue. The land can he bough 

 after which it. will be necessary to erect a boat 

 house and a chili house, or both combined. There is now a 

 lost cabin, au Arkansas tra-i ellei and his family aud a yoke 

 of oxen on the premises, ad of which go in with the pur- 

 chase. 



A well attended meeting of the Dai den uc Gun Club was 

 field in parlor 17 of the Liudell November 0, at which no 

 special business was transacted beyond the election of one 

 or two officers to till vacancies. 



The reports of bt. Louis sportsmen who visited the favor- 

 ite hunting resorts of Arkansas, Illinois and Missouri, indi- 



,11 :i 11 species of game in season were found in abun- 

 dance in those three States. Neatly all the teal .luck have 

 winged their way 10 their southern wintering hat 

 the mallards are 'so plentiful that the man who g,, 

 then) must indeed be a poor sportsman if he returns empty - 

 handed 



The manager of a sportsmen's depot in tins city, when 

 asked whether many hunting parties were 

 "Yes; there .ue liini'i. banters in the field this full than 

 heen for many years; ami strange to say ihey We 

 all meeting with leinarkiilele success. I here are "about fit 

 teen gun clubs in this trity, COhtainingan average membei 

 ship of twenty persons, 11 is not putting it too strong to 

 say that llir.. e'-tourlhs of the able-bodied members ol ■■• a 

 ile. ,e ate now putting in much of their leisure time in kitl- 

 iuo ducks. When we take into consideration the number of 

 men who make it a business to slaughter game every fall for 

 amusement if. is indeed a wonder that duc-Ks, quail 

 pear to be alnjost as plentiful as ever. Every year toe 

 kets are overstocked with rabbits and ducks, the e ]• 

 ing so large thai thii species Ol game almost becomes a drug 

 on the market, During the present I parties, 



eaeh containing ten ox twelve members visited Blai 



where the\ shot dl ' ' «d- The hunting 



grounds of the Dardenue and Curler Gun Jclubs will be 

 traversed by a large numb. a ■ limrodi 



lurking the'te will have little chance to escape. Iu the im- 

 mediate vicinity of St. Louis there are many due!, 

 supply is eonst-inllv being increased by fresh am 

 northern latitudes. The sbootiug lust week was 



