228 



FOKEST AND STREAM. 



[(OoTonmiSI, 1880.] 



costs to go to District Attorney. County Treasurer to pay 

 surplus over expenses into State Treasury by Sept. 30, to be 



pan.nf Itip o-(.n,.riilfnT.rl_ 



,/',' '" ; ' -i:. -.-iMliou nt;:iinst the pfrsoii. 



Imr"' VI 'ill- i:l[i (Ire diVys, or if the juilg- 



ilicii -'I'T, •■/ ii- iiii'.[i' iii:iri -'''k then at llie r.ile ofonedaj' 



for ^M. S -'ri;]! ii(_iiiillic» may lie in one suit, but only one 

 imjirjsirniiiciii on the judgment. Imprisonment does not 

 saii-sfy judgnicm. 



CHrMINAI. rROOKEDESGS. 



Ooim'i^Ud PeraoMs.— Punished liy fine not less than f5 nor 

 more than at the rate of •$! /or eyery dollar of penalty, when 

 same exceeds 85. 



Or liy imprisonniput in county jail or penitentiary for not 

 less than five day.'; nor more than one day for every dollar. 

 Or by liolh fine and iniprisoument. 



CowrUlinm'ng Jiu-iMiction. — Intovms and villages — Oovyts 

 of Special Sessions. In cities— the courts having jurisdicliou 

 to trv misdemeanors. 



Jfinr.t to he iwid williin ten dav.H hy Coiu't recciviiu;; them 

 to the Trrrisui-cr of ihe eouiitv where olTeTisr eommitted ; fx- 

 cept in ^-^ew York city, to the ChaniberUiin. to be kcjit as a 

 fund (o riUVirrc Ihe game hi ws a.s I lie County Supervisors or 

 the New York City Aldermeu may direct, for special detec- 

 tives or lew ards for detection and arrests. 



-■I ;•;■(, v?.v willioiil wurraii) required of sheriff, under sheriff, 

 dcputv shi riff, police ofTiccr. consl.-ihle, same eonstulile and 

 bay consl.-ilile when lindiiii;- i)i'r?ou violati'nL'- ganie law. and to 

 brin^ii; liim lieiore (he iu,<r<.-<l. niii»ii;trale having jurisdiction.^ 



Nfgkc.f, t<i f'lifiirrr (uw liy olliccr or niagistraie made a mis- 

 demeanor when proper information or complaint is furnished 

 to liim. 



Warmnt, of mrf-tt to be issued liv .Justice of Slarinc or 

 District Court in Kew York city, or by .lustice of the T'eacc, 

 Police or other raauistrate on rcceivim; security^ for co8(s and 

 affidavit of vioUuion against non j-fshlfnt tcmiiocaTily witiiin 

 jurisdiction, or iierson whopp uamr nuil rrs;,!,ii<-i ure luu'.-iwim, 

 to he committed or iicld to iKiil to aiisw-i^ rliar-c . 



Bmirh imrniiit to he issued liv --aiiie irKi-i^trale, aullioriz- 



ilji^ pea'-fli .vf :' .,. morket. luiil. milr. o-tf <■/■ <4Jicr hvildiiiff, 



and '• '., 1 ^ ,|-, -.xny (I piii-tmrni, liied. bo.r, liiHir. cr(it.r 111' 

 bx^hi n. ; . ,,iiiiii,e\:oii(er,t9, provided proof or in-ohahle 

 cause I- '■ li' ' ;!! concealment of pitiw or tish, taken during 

 close season, lie furnished, and also security approved by mag- 

 istrate for damages sustained by defendant, if he be found not 

 to have violated the law. 



SCKCIAI, GAME e,FFlri i:s. 



Game Cim.st,i!.',s.~T,.K,vd ':{ Sui" rC -, ,, ^ ,, ■. i ■ nilar iuee(_ 

 ing, by majority vole lA jneiiibers,, mr v :. illii'ii ■ liectioii liy 

 each tb-\\-n or ci'tv of one or more ^:aree eiaisUihles, they lo be 

 chosen at town 'meeiim; le.r teiin of one yesu, to take otUh 

 of oflice and have iio^ver lo serve ]irocess under game laws, 

 like town constables in civil cases. 



In Kings Count//.— To be appointed by Board of Super- 

 visors at a regular meeting. Term to expire December 31 af- 

 l«r appoiutmenl, upon succcs.sor qnalifying. 



M'rrrnnts of iirre.'<t in actions bv ICinirs (^:iuntv game con- 

 StaWcs, as in "casi-s provided by Section 17!) Cod(^ of Proce- 

 dure (old code), except no undertaking is reiiuired from jilaiu- 

 t.ilT. 'Sheriir of Kiims not to exact depo.sit or pay from plain- 

 tiff on suel, aitest. 



C.,iii],i rix,-iti"ii I'f Game ( onsialile to be Same as for services 

 by tow 11 constaliles. and .also one-half the penalties recovered 

 byhbn, 



Neglnct to pjo»«(?«.fcbyl»tm, on iwope? information, punished 

 by forfeiting $35. 



Failure to Rmmr hy liim. — The costs tube paid to defend- 

 ant by the county. 



Gamie. mid FisJi rroteoivrD.—Tha Oovernor authorized lo 

 apjKiint eight to enforce the game la^s-s. Actions by them to 

 be in the name of tlic people. Ternifi of ofhee I o be three 

 years iTom date of appointinem. N'aeaneies filled f.y (gover- 

 nor. May arre.st without warraiu. any iieison violaliiig llie 

 game laws. Per.TOn to be taken liefore any magistrate having 

 jurisdiction, who shall proceed \'.ithout delay to try, lUitcr- 

 mine and enforce judgment. Traveling expiaises not exceed- 

 ing $350 in auy year for each, idlowed, besides salary of .foOO, 

 payable by State" Treiisurer. 



'The protentors now holding t)i6 office are (see Forest asb 

 Stueam, Sept. 30, 1880): S. Y. Pv. Bra.yton, .59 Di\-i8ion 

 street, Albany, K. Y.; .Tohu Jessup, Iludson, Columbia 

 Ootmty, N. Y!; Sylvester.!. Palmer. Indian T.ake, Hamilton 

 County ; .John IJljcrty. EUzabethtown. Ks.scx Comity ; Daniel 

 B. Horlou, Ithaca, Tompkiu.s County ; G. M. Schwartz, 

 Rochester. Monroe County; William "P. Dodge, Prosiicct. 

 Oneida Comity ; .Tohn .1. Collett, Cohleskill, Schohaiie 

 County. 



LOCAL l-yai-.M.'.T'ii.-r. 



Sonrd.1 of Supfimnors hi ai i .l' may make any 



regulations' or ordinances pro! «. i l, o, i iid-s, flsh orgame. 



AJso for further protect ieuM a tiiose above named, onr/ii 

 ■jmWrf.vi-, and mav prohiliil hundng or tisbing in particular 

 localities, or waters within Ifieir counties for limited periods 

 and thirins e^aaain montlis. Tliev may prescribe punishments 



and penalties ,• '- ii i"-- n Maiforce and ( oll.-ei s:mie. 



^ucliregul.eii i- , n ■ be |>ublisli,'d inlle-e,amlv 



papers in wjiin --- : ■! <:,■:■:- :.'■ iiuhlished. (.'ertitied copy to 

 be filed with Countv Clia-k. 



JVute.— The aiirinaf mceUiig is in November in each year. 



They may r.aisr: by tax. siune as' other county taxes, an am- 

 mouutnol exceeding #1,000, in any year, lo aid the enforce- 

 ment of the game, laws. 



Eespectfully submitted, Abel Chook. 



PHILADELPHIA LETTER. 



Wl'' are liavitiLi- i" nimsua! quantilv of rmming quail in 

 thesii!.;- ,. "iiil;,:le!phia. At Germantown, Frauk- 

 ford and \Vi-:-i I'l i';i'.' 'Mill I, iiumei'iaK- rovies have been seen 

 in tlieyai-rtL- ijI' ll" vi-uli;, jesidents. These birds were not 

 bred here but have migrated from seeiions where more broods 

 have been reared than can be sui>ported tlirough the w.nter. 

 ■It is always the case wdicn the ipiail has cnjfiyed a ravoralile 

 br<ieding season, as the past springand sunnjier have proven: 

 instinct prompts tliem to distribute themselves, and se.ireh a 

 comitrv ^vhere fewer birds have been )ircd. The average 

 nmulieV r.f lN-\'i, s to an ordinaiy farm of seventy-five or one 

 jiundi ' ■ I seldom more than three or four, unless a 

 great n .:, in has been planted, which would then 



fui-nisii I I I s ji\ stubble requisite for feeding grounds 

 and prevem too great, a migration. 



Om- season for quail shooting opens next week, and still the 

 foliage remains ixreen. Poor prosjiect for successful cover 

 work, is it not ? "iSTovember 1 should be the commencement 

 of the open season ; by that time the trees would be de- 

 void of n part of their leaves and the growth of the birds as- 



awed. A fewwoodeockareeoming in; Ihese from the north- 

 ern and more elevated sections whithertheyhave winged their 

 flight to pass their moult, and lo remain until driven liack 

 again by the early cold snaps of the raonntiiin regions. Here, 

 while on the subject of the migratiou of birds, let me mention 

 a discovery your correspondent made regarding the flight of 

 the .sora rail to our river riats this setison. Shooting for rail 

 began Sept. f. Few bin Is were at first found, and only 

 those that had been hatched on our miushes; the tides dur- 

 ing the bcgiuning of the month fm-uishiug enough water- to 

 afford flue sport had a great quaiUity of rail been present. 

 The cause for this scarcity was evident — the flight bad not 

 come on. 



It wasabout theSthtolhelOth of the month, I think, as your 

 correspondent was making eveiy effort to go toslee]i, having 

 retired iifiout eleven o'cl(icl<, 'iimumtirable rail were heard 

 passing overhead, and coiuinucd so for over an Itour. The 

 "rrekcrek, keetkeet," of the sora was plainly distingui;' 



able. Myriads must have 

 Curious to Ivuow the 



■ed on our shores that night. 

 :sidt of I his flight I made in((uiry the 

 following evening and learned that i-\vry boat that bad 'gone 

 on the river reported from tifly to sevcaity-tive rail, each 

 " poor little birds in poor condition," evidently owing to their 

 late migration. 



About the ]att;e.r part of August, a similar flight of grass 

 plover was noted by the writer a.she sat in his room late one 

 evening, but inquirv was not made aa to the sliooling which 

 ■■■•"■'•■■" ■ ■ ■ ■ ^ driz/lv 



r hazy 

 II lund, choose such 

 / bv flav orniglit. 



k-iunx' that i\Ir. J. 

 ■ r! himself vd\h a 

 amden gentlemen, 

 iminodionsholel (hi 

 . The buildiu- will 

 ourliundredsuests. 

 aasGen. Gnibb,^Allen 



followed. On Ix.tii" occasions the ni-lit 

 one, and I have always noticed birds" 

 .seasons for their miiri'afions, w beile a- 



It may he of inteia'sl to.Msir 'si 

 Warner Kinsey, of liarne- 111 i 

 numlier of pro'muient Philsli lis,,, 

 and the company are about ereeunu 

 the Iwo-iiiile beach propertv ueiu the 

 !)<• large enough to accommodate three 

 and (lie names of such liberal gentlen 



Middleton, J?. F, Archer, W.' F. Baily, F. Fenimore and it 

 liost of others giiurantee the success of the enterprise. Bar- 

 ncgat Inlet, vou know, has Ions been famous for its fishiuir. 

 and its waters teem in inoper season with the bine tish. barb| 

 black fish, bass and W'cak fish. A proper legislation will lie 

 made bir a eonliimcd proteclion of both tish and fowl at lliis 

 point, the good effects of which have already been noticed in 

 the past year. 



One damaging kind of shooting followed by the bajmion 

 of the Jcr.sey Coast should be .stopped— that of night shoot- 

 ing for black duck as they conic into the ponds to feed; 

 watching it is called. It has the efllect of making the fowd 

 extremely wild, and many appear to look with suspicion on 

 any .great' uumher of (heir own kind (;olleelcd togelher, evi- 

 de'ntly sus]iocl ing them decoys. 



The damaging results of (l,e continued liarassing of the 

 canvas back and red head on their feeding grounds in the 

 past is being felt by the sportsmen who visit Havre de (Jtrace 

 for the jutrpose of enjoying sink box, or battery shool ing 

 (nmrder i( should be'cidled). At <me time these batteries 

 were allowed to lie moored on the flats every day. Latterly 

 it is permitted only cvcrv other dav. A\'heii it is knowii 

 that almost every'shoal place, froin November lirst imlil 

 freezing weather," is taken up witi 

 surrounded bv from two (o thiee li 

 is it a wondei- that the canvas back 

 vorite resort, and gfaduallv apjiea 

 mi the lakes of our ■Western Stales; 

 long since been abolished b\' law 

 New .lersey waters, and it will 



imr will lie given up in the Sd 

 likewise that the general m: 

 is made from the south to 

 ]\IountainH. It is .so with th 

 davs finds them east of Ih 



of these machii 

 mdred dece|itivcdeeovs, 

 s deserting his once fa- 

 ing in u-fciiter numbei's 

 The use of batteries has 

 in the Long I.sland and 

 ;• before such shoot- 



1 of 



•efern'd to. W 

 all birds of late vears 



Iwaidof theAlleglieuy 

 instance. Wlionowa- 

 fhe great mmihet 



once did? Yet they appear in increased quantities wliere 

 they are comparatively less persecuted. Do away with all 

 spring shooting and a remedy wiU be found. ' Homo. 



TPIE MINNESOTA DOG POISONTNG AGAIN. 



Briitov VnreU mwl fttrfom .- 



I resishi-d ..,u 

 Anee,. ' -i. ■■ 



Glen Allen, Vft., Oct. 14, 1 



r aliout 

 lere I reii 

 r I have 



I that 



he 2.5th of 

 lined until 



knov.k,.i:L i.i iiiL Vwiii 

 formances. What i 1 

 deiived partly from members of the St. Louis Kennel Glut 

 and partly fi'om editorial articles in the Windoni h'ymJ'/ir. 

 The facts then alles'i n -i|i„-rs,ii ! :,b, the .same as those 

 detailed in your colli nil ''s Ihmier"— that a 



number of bird do, s i I ,i ,;; iliat (he poisoned 



dogs were owned ijv l'"ili i- old. i;i auil vi,siiing sporlsmeu, but 

 that the residents \vere the principal sufferers, and therefore 

 (he pre.snmpi ion ar<ise thai the visitors were the poisoners. 

 Tiiis w;is the theory advanced at the time by the Windom 

 Ji-jiorUr. and I see it is now indorsed and re-afflrmed by the 

 ■ \Vindom Pot Hunter." To avoid the possibility of doing 

 ' I'ot Hunter" an injustice in this matter, I will quote bi^ 

 own words : "Heiuie it will be seen that the Windom sports- 

 men are the principal kksers of dogs, poisoned, as manv be- 

 lieve, in (he iiilerest of non-residents." And again, ■■fhave 

 no doubt the iMeuiphis dog iite the meat thtit was laid for the 

 Windom dog." 



Now, we bad a different theory on the subject. We were 

 certain the villainy was not committed liy Windom sportsmen, 

 for sportsmen do nol poison dogs, .\iiil on .-sue inisnning ap- 

 plies to the visiting speatsmen. nsv, - ,^ , , , ' I, it such u 

 thing were necessary, by the adiliiiji I i - s iie visitors 



did not arrive, accordim:- to ■'Pot liiuo. ;'.. s ,,,, dates, until 

 three davs after the work of death had been iuaiigiimted. We 

 believed" then, as I beiieve now. that the deed was done by the 



comminiieation is in the very .sfdrit of the Uaptirk-r's editor- 

 ials. It,s aminus cannot be mistaken. It extends a gpeeioiiis 

 welcome wliile it breathes a latent menace. There are pow> 

 der and shot for sale, and the wauderiug sportsman niiisl be 

 cajoled, lint the birds, the birds of Windoin, are a pei'quiMte 

 sacred lo llie elect. 



What are " Pot Hunter's" giievances? Hehastwa.; and 

 he dwells on them in p.alhelie eadeni e and with ■■damnabh' 

 iteration." Twice he tells ns that some vi,-:iliii-' Imiiiers sold 

 or tried to sell (heir birds; and tluce times, and with three 

 separateand distinct groims, he irdoriususlhat "they brought 

 their ammunitiiai with ih.aii! " 



"^Vitli the foi-mer of these charges this cOb tl'OvWsj' has- 

 nothing to do. .Men vho make eonimodilv of their game are 

 not sportstnen lint pot -hunt eis, and they and "Windom Pot 

 hunter" had bi.atia- seillr (he matter nmnng themselves iu ,i 



EasleVii'and Soniliern ni-vi" T "i s ' "' ' '' I'be 



A\\-- 



■elv. if 1 



years 1 have hunted with -sh -..in- .| i.nii ,.i-l .i,a_ a- 

 siugle iuslaucti of the kind has fallen within m^ observatiou. 

 They tu-e guilty, however, of a much graver oileuse. viewed 

 fronr the "potdnmter's standpoint. They give awa,y their 

 fiirds, and thus utterly ruin a trade which they woidd other- 

 wise only partially injure. 



The other charge cirrries its own answer. Peo]>le buy -fl-m- 

 muiiilion as they buy every! liinL- else - where they can get it 

 most conveniently. Let ^.V. i si i -o keep a iritsiinuble 



stock of afairipialitN. and . s: i_ i men will soon find 



it out. No man on a .seeon,! -,, s-ii r,,i i n s ammunition lo Al- 

 bert Lea or Fairmont. 



Throwing this (pieslion into its briefest form, we find llin 

 a sportsman may get quarters at Windom by complying wiili 

 certain demands, either expressed or implied; 



1. He inu.st use such ammunition as "Pot Hmitoi'" didosoB 

 to furnish. 



2. If he can kill birds with It he itiust not sell them. To 

 do so wotdd be an infriogement on the pot-hnnttng ne. 

 nopoly. 



3. For the same, or a I'et deeper retisoii, ho must not gi\ • 

 Ids liirds away. 



4. lie must meekly e-ndure the wrath of vengcfn) farmera, 

 wliosi- hemp lias becii trampled down by the privileged order 



of pol-lilint,ef,s. 



5. Failing in auy of these req-uiremeiits, his dogs shall be 

 l)oisoned and him.self vilified. 



I respectfully submit that the demands of "Windoni Pot 

 Huiilcr" are unreasonable. AVansee. 



— some to eiiio' 

 gracefully froni 

 with the bugle i 

 How Jieautiful 

 a full (iuarter it; 



MISSISSIPPI TURKEY HUNTING. 



A LRE^DY many of oim sportamon maybe seen looUiiu 

 XJl. after the coiufition of theirtrusty breech-loaders, pulling 

 them in order for the grand gala day ; for all will go on the 15th 

 the elnise of the tleet-footed deer as he glide.'! 

 his long and imiiilernipted summer retreat 

 Kites of tlie ess - pssir ;, fun gry ai hia heels. ■ 

 how grand: ^1 s. s from the thicket' 



adv;uice of 1 I. I, ' 1 1.- stops and listens, i 



tiliiir sonnil il . [s s disturbed him the 'i 



e. lie does not tariy long, ior the restless paok 

 f heels. He bounds away and is soon far iu ad- 

 eager piu-sners anil is brought down by the steady ■ 

 I oi rM.ii.e hmrtcr who has taktai a .stand for bun; or, pei'- 

 is. he eludes both hunter and hounds to run thegauullei 

 ither time. 



iporlsmen care vcrj' little for deer lumting arid 

 leir setters and pointers and hunt the quail, of 

 111 aliimdimce. There are others who go forth 

 I most lieantifiU of all game birds in America 

 y. The sportsman who has not huiUed this 

 bird has missed (he most pleasure-giving e.\eitement of all 

 sport connected with dog and gun. I guarantee that it will 

 cure any niaii in the world of the most'obstinate rasp of lilues. 

 At this season of Ihe year they go in Hocks, . aie or more broods 



^ Ihe ohl fai 

 sr before, 

 III at his he 

 J of h: 



Slany of i 



prefer to take t 



I which we have 



iu search of (ha 



—the wild turk 



together, with one or two old' he 

 for hunters, hawks aud othe 



turh 

 the atari 

 about gi 

 blcrs at- 

 gawky a 

 id ar 



lid in 



Fyion the 



pol hmners of Windoi 



1, and we de 

 until such 



ed i 



the 



■nt which 



ng°loedc 



a t,liei 



.iild lie 

 laiiifesl a 



nd f.-H- 

 .;enten 



'ctn 



.iiinci 



es of the 



/ to throw 



iii'ent sports- 

 I manage the 

 dai.ev.'llow 

 [itl\ littHsted 

 hieh disten 



illiigc that has been iu- 



by the lin 

 llimugh 1,1 1 

 and .spokesman. 



Windom is not the first Minnesota 

 jured and dishonored by men of this s(,iipe. Foiu years ago 

 Winnebago w-as tlie sr-at of a nc>st of dog stealers, liut the cit- 

 izens and pres.s of that town, instead of flippantly .surmising 

 that foreign sportsmen \\ere tlie thieves, promptl>- took the 

 matter in hand, ferreted the rascals out. and AVinnebago 

 speedily became one of the most popular hunting centres in 

 the State. 



Windom takes the other plan. TUo tone of " Pot Hunter's" 



e]i a sharp lookout 

 fare likely to dis- 

 if danger thoy gi ve ■ 

 brush. Tliey aro 

 wii al this season of the year, and the young gofi- 

 in what we call the ••Shanghai" state— ra( las 

 d awky^■(u•d. The young hens are better devclo|v 

 lore beautiful. 



The first thing wc do preparatory to a turkey liunt is to 

 hunt uji our turkey caller, clean the dirt-dauber's supply of 

 din and spiders out of it, tive a yelp or two to see that w©- 

 have not, forgotten how, gel our horn, dog and gun, and 

 then we are off for the woods. 



After getting to the woods, we drive every part of t he 

 comitry iii which we expect to find them, pfirtieularly around 

 small fields that have been planted in !■•■-■■ ■::;:! ;; -s, and sur- 

 rouuded by woods. The dogs — usi i setters- 



being good reliable ones, know wis iiing, and 



never a whimper do vou hear from ils sv seent a 



1 turkey. A^hcu rhey"^- strike," if cold, they cu'cle liutil tltey 



1 strike it fresh and warm, where the turkej-s have only a short 

 time before .scralched tip the leaves. Then away they go, tie 

 hunters after them on horsefiack — if hoimds, U1 full ery ; ii 

 setter, never a w.ad iinlil he sees the game, when ho rushes 

 lunonglhem, barks and ibjshes the flock, the same as lin 

 hounda, and the turkeys scatter in every direction. Tlie 

 himter comes up iu the meantune and calls off his dog, whe! 



I js running and ripping in every directioit, endeavoring to If i i 

 out what has Iwcorae of the game. (A real line Better, W' 



I tnuned for tm-keys, has the liiost intelligent looking coimte 

 nance after he has flushed a flock of turkeys thai I ever saw on 

 a dumb brute.) Having called oU his dog, the Inmter eircli 

 around to see if he has them all up : if so, he then rides away i 

 an opposite direction, lakiutr his ilogor dogswdlh him, ul Ics 

 a quarter of a mile or more, hiiclies his horse aud wnils 

 in the early pan, of the season, only a short time. Win 

 everything becomes quiet, he leaves his dog with his Ins 

 and "quietly goes hack on fool to where the tiu-keys v 

 flushed. Having seleeled a place by the side of the !-is 



in front of a 1 ' - ""^ ■ - '-— '^ - - - " ,r e--' i 



not he easil;. 

 "cluck" a as 



a short whii.' . ■ n . , - ,-. : ,i ■ 



" pee-pee-pee " note of the young one in ausv.er- It will 1 1 

 be long before he sees his game coming, anxiously lookuig 

 every direction for the old hen. The hunter gives anoth. 

 low 'yelp, and tlie turkey confidently ^vftlks up and is hrout.'ii' 

 to bag. The report of Ids gun frighleus away the old hen.-, 

 and he then selects a new place and goes Ihrouirh the- same 

 manffiuNTes, until he kills several. The others T)eing pretty 

 well educated for that^ day, get very wild, and the hmiter has 

 to use hia best tactics to fool them. As the season advances 



