Forest and Stream. 



A Weekly Journal of the Rod and Gun. 



NEW YORK, JANUARY 3, 1884. 



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EditokiaL. 



Winter Care ..f Tackle 

 Sen- Ride Managers. 

 The Maine Game Repi 

 !. mp-Flre Voting 



The Adirondack Fores 

 Amateur Photograph.- 



The Sportsman Tourist 

 Life anions n- I-I-.--I 

 Shooting in Sweden. - 

 Save the Adironriaeks 



Natcral History. 



Michig 

 Cra eg 



CONTENTS. 



Ska a 



id Trout 

 C-BuUii- 



so well begun may be carried on with better facilities, more 

 adequate means, and still more gratifying results in Die 

 future. 



T1IK ADIRONDACK FORESTS. 



IT is reported that the Senate Committee, which wib ap- 

 pointed tit the last session of the. New York Legislature 

 to investigate the forest lands of the Adirondack*, wfll report 

 adversely to the purchase of the Adirondack territory by the 

 State. The reasons given are: First, that the timber now 

 remaining is not worth cutting, and, therefore, there will be 

 no further decrease of forest land by the work of the lumber- 

 men; second, that the State is rapidly acquiring possession of 

 the land by the reversion of property on which the taxes arc 

 not paid: and third, that if the Stale attempts todniy up the 

 land, present owners will demand an outrageous price, and 

 the result will be a "job" of the worst possible character. 



To criticise tlvis report of the Sen.ate Committee before it 

 is presented in detail would doubtless be premature, but if 

 the committee is correctly reported as putting forward the 

 reasons jusl quoted, its adverse recommendation will not 

 appeal very strongly to those persons who are familiar with 

 the actual condition of things in the Adirondack Wilderue 



In the first place, it is not true that all the marketable 

 limber has been cut; on the contrary.it is the present ac- 

 tivity and the prospective wholesale lumbering operations 

 that have specially drawn public attention to the topic at 

 this time. The second reason given by the committee loses 

 till force when we reflect that (he land thrown back upon the 

 Stotefor non-payment of taxes, does not become public 



NEW EITLB MANAGERS. 



THE annual meeting of the National Rifle Association, 

 which comes oft in a few days, should be the occasion 

 of a general shaking up of the dry hones at the head of the 



Association. If the lift mi 

 protest against the growing 

 control ot the affairs Of the , 

 look for any very excellent r< 

 The dry rot is striking very i 



iibers fail lo make an earnest 

 ilO'tiotiiiitg policy of those in 

 Fgocftktion, then it is useless to 

 lulls from the practice of 1884. 

 ■ep into the affairs of the Asso- 



"Now Orleans Bench Show. 



The Birmins-'hain Ho- Sh..« 



tlilrov Field Trials. ISS-i. 



Pointers v . Setters. 



■| hi Kennel Hospital. 



The American English Beagle 



Club. 

 Kennel Notes. 



aii„e UnUdlng.— i. 

 Fire. 

 ; Outfit. 



Yachting. 

 Block Island Boat*. 

 Delaware Bay Winter fi- 

 nd Light Draft. 



Deep and 

 TV Lira. 



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■operty until the trees i 



reduced to a barren w 



Ivor is there much s 



namely that the pureba 



the power and the right 



without paying for an> 



satisfy speculators and J 



Tlie-itoo.fton is grave 



and wise action impers 



saved, even at g 



! al! bt 

 inste; 



part 

 •dies. 



en cut off from it, and it 

 d of a wood. 



in the third point made, 

 3 a '-job." The State has 

 possession of this domain 

 it an exorbitant price to 



ciation, and but a few years more of such control as we have 

 recently been treated to in this central Association will sec 

 ils demise, There is need of a policy which shall command 

 the enthusiastic support of tile actual shooting men. There 

 has been too wide a gulf between I be managers and the 

 workers in the Association in the past, and the actual needs 

 of those who use the ranges have been disregarded by the 

 titled individuals who lend their names to grace the official 

 list of the Association. 



One trouble in the line of making a change lias been that 

 a large proportion of the life members are not active shooters. 

 They either belong to the ranks of the "have beens," or they 

 are so bound up in official relations to those now in control 

 that they fear a free expression of their opinions. A system 

 of rotation would be a godsend to the xVssociation, but with 

 the chance for notoriety which the reception of the British 



sain in 1884 will give, it will be a hard task to induce any of 

 the present inner circle to forego the temptation of re-elect- 

 ing themselves. 



If an earnest effort is made prior to the date of the meet- 



g, there should be no difficulty in making up a list for 

 balloting which should be in every way satisfactory. The 

 old members cannot object to the new blood sought to be in- 

 troduced. It surely cannot be urged that it is wise to let 

 well enough alone, for the affairs arc now in such a, dead- 

 and-alive condition that the change must be for the better, 

 and it cannot come too S0.0H. 



e necessity of adequate, prompt 

 i. The Adirondack should be 

 The State has a perfect right, tor 

 the undoubted good of the people at large, to purchase the 

 North Woods at a price determined upon as reasonable by a 

 commission of competent judges; the State can lake the 

 land and pay this price; and the would-be speculators may 

 substitute their chagrin for their prospective spoils, 



THE MAINE GAME REPORT 

 r pHE document pat forth by the Maine commissioners for 

 -*- the year 1883 is a most encouraging report of what 

 kas been done in that State. Last winter, it will be remem- 

 bered, the Maine Legislature adopted a more stringent law, 

 the provisions of which, if they could be enforced, were 

 sufficient to insure a radical change in the matter of killing 

 game for market; and it will be seen from the parts of the 

 report, which we print elsewhere, that the commissioners, 

 wardens and detectives have actually made the law respected, 

 and so have largely secured the protection which it was 

 intended to make possible. 



The most important of the new provisions of the lav 

 adopted in the winter of 1883-3 were those forbidding the 

 killing, having in possession, or transporting of more than 

 one moose, two caribou and three deer by one person in one 

 season; the killing of ruffed grouse and woodcock save for 

 consumption within the State, and the possession or trans- 

 portation of more than fifty pounds of laud-locked salmon 

 or trout. This regulation produced great consternation 

 among the market hunters who had been supplying the 

 Boston market, and it was received with ill grace by some 

 shooters and anglers who resort to Maine from other States; 

 but the officers have made the new law something decidedly 

 more than a dead letter, and both market hunters and sports- 

 men have been made to suffer the penalties attaching to their 

 defiance of the legal restrictions. That, the public may see 

 just how active the officers have been we reprint from the 

 report a list of the parties against whom indictments have 

 been found. 



The exportation of deer in the winter of 1883-3 was very 

 large. Shoulders of venison were sent to market by hun- 

 dreds and thousands. The last season has witnessed a not- 

 able change, The supply of Maine game has been cut off 

 from the Boston market almost entirely, and in the cities of 



THE CAMP-FIRE VOTING. 



BALLOTS are comingin withevery mail at a rate very grats 

 ifying. The interest shown in the voting is much greater 

 than we had anticipated. We repeat on another page the 

 directions already given and the declaration that the privi- 

 lege of voting is extended to all who read the paper. 



WINTEB (ARK OF TACKLIi. 



IT will repay the angler to take good care of his tackle 

 during the off season. , l el few take such care of it at the 

 close of one season as to have it in readiness for duty at the 

 opening of the next one. There are those who give their 

 tackle a thorough inspection once or twice during the winter, 

 and to them it is a labor of love, bringing up many a mem 

 of past pleasure. Here is the little fly that captured the big- 

 trout last June; it is in good order still, but the gut is a trifle 

 frayed and needs attention. Lay it aside to lie sent to ^lie 

 makers for repair, unless you do this yourself. Here a 

 leader that has a kink in it, which has partly broken it; cut 

 it in two and soak the ends and re-tie them. This is not only 

 useful, but congenial work, and brings the reward in more 

 ays than one. 



When rods are to be laid by for the season, they should be 

 ai-ef illy looked over for faults, guide-rings inspected, and 

 the fitting:- of the ferules Seen to. When the rods are placed 

 in the eases, take care that the string- are not tight or the 

 rods may warp. Straighten all the joints before easing, and 

 lay the rods on a shelf, never on hooks nor brackets, and 

 never leave them standing against a wall or other objects 

 for fear of their warping. 



Rtels should be cleaned and put in order, if n« 

 and lines should be looked over for chafes or other injuries; 

 Creels should always be cleaned after every trip, but before 

 i he reels and lines are packed away in them, they should be 

 again inspected. We have found fruit jars the best pro- 

 tection against moths, and files properly put away in I hem 

 are sure to be in good order when wanted. 



These hints, if followed, will save both worry and ex- 

 pense, and the angler will take more pleasure in the knowl- 

 edge that-his tackle is in order, than can be computed hi 

 money, 



Michigan. — The Michigan Sportsmen's Association will 

 meet at Jackson next Tuesday, Jan. 8. This society is just 

 now called upon to maintain ils interest and strength, for 

 never before has there been more urgent need of "back- 

 bone" in the cause of Michigan game protection. We hope 

 that the sportsmen of the State will respond promptly, 

 heartily and substantially to the call of the Secretary pub- 

 lished in another column. The success of the Maine system 

 should encourage the Michigan Association lo persevere in 

 the effort to secure a State game warden. 



jring pies 



Tun SHOW, — With the first of the month sjame bird shoot- 



B_^OT_ad"_OT^^ willing- 1 ing was brought to a close in most of the States; and none ^ wiUlthc 



ncss to respect the law. In short, the progress made during too early, for the recent very heavy snow fall has made sad l)uUding8i the t o P of Ste 

 the year was very marked- It is to be hoped that the work I havoc, with the game. 



THERE is a deal of cant about the '■pot-hunter" and the 



"true sportsman," Each term has been iterated and re-it 



crated in season and out of season by honest men and hypo 



ites. Neither expression has been so hackneyed as to have 



St its significance. The Maine game report contains a 



ggestive passage descriptive of the kind of being* who aie 



pot-hunters in that State. Head the paragraph and test the 



faithfulness of the picture by applying it to some of the pot-- 



hnntere you know yourself. 



"Down the Yukon." — The continuation of Lieut, 

 Schwatka's account of the Alaska expedition was received 

 too late for insertion in this issue. It will be given next 

 week. 



A _>.w Leaf.— Among al! the other good resolutions for 

 the year, suppose you adopt one something like this: To 

 talk game protection less and protect game more. 



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