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the word he put, up the bird which was shot by Mr. Robert- 

 son." 



Dktroit Norm— Nov. 1.— The sportsmcE continue to 

 cume and go, and there is little to record be3'ond tlie oft re- 

 pealed story of an unprecedented abundance of aiiiiic. This 

 with special reference to the duck hunters, Bnve Isfiars of 

 Niagara Falls ami Captain Maloy, and mine the liosi, Mt:C'nv 

 of the American Toronto, have just returned from the North 

 Channel Club (St. Clair Flats) and arc now the gucsls of Mr. 

 James Donaldson of this city. They report big success. 

 Wm. Butts and Dr. Sumner of Rochester, N. Y., have just 



fone up to the Star Island House lor ■,< frw dars' shooting. 

 [enry Brown of Cleveland an.l AVm. C. Colburii uf Detroit. 

 President of the Lake H(. Clair Fishins nnd .^■liootinL' Cluli. 

 left to-dav for Point :Monellie ou a like expediiinn, and Tj. R. 

 Jewell of Hartford. Cl., rctiUMud an liour airo with 2:10 dock 

 (nio.stly mallard;, the result of four day.s' .spon. Three votrag 

 gentlemen of this eitv went up lo the Ship Canal at the Flats 

 last weelt , and in less than a day ha^sred l!i!) duck from the 

 piers. This week, Jake "VVimer of Niagara FhIIk, Xew 

 York, accompanied by friend Poole of the Niagara FalU 

 Oazette, and S. T. Murray, go down to Point Monellie as 

 guests of E. H. Gillman. Q. P. G. 



Deati: of an Old IIuxtbe. — Tlie Sun of Monday last 

 announces tlie death of an old hunter of Pemisylvania, Jonas 

 SchafFer by name, at the age of 70. His death was due to 

 injuries received from a vicious bull by which he was attacked 

 two weeks ago. Our contemporary, in alluding to the death 

 of Mr. SchafCer, says : 



" Mr. Schaffer is the fourth one of the f)ld time huuter.s of 

 northern Pennsylvania who have met tragic death.s after 

 years spent among the dangers of hunting and trapping 

 bears and other wild animals, Sile Peeves was killed by a 

 falling tree in Potter County la.st winter. A short time be- 

 fore that Sid Cody was caught iit one of his bear traps in the 

 Forest Coiutty woods, and held there until he died and was 

 eaten by wilil beasts. An old hunter, named I'cttingill. wa.^ 

 killed bj- a rnnaAva}' horse in Monroe eouuly a yeai- or 50 

 since. All of these men had narrowly escaped death scores 

 of IriraeB in hand-to-hand fights with wo'inuiod aiumals. There 

 are only a few of the old-time hunters left in this region, 

 Jacob Benson, Marcus KlUam, one or two of the Kimbles, 

 Fin, Treple and Ed. Quick are among them. 



OmoQtTAn. hAW—Whodstoac, 0., Oct. W.— Editor Forext 

 and Stream. — T notice in last week's F. and S. a publication 

 which may mislead well-disposed quail hunters. That cor- 

 respondent affirms the Quail Law is off Nov. 1st, 1880. 



AH the law I can lind on the subject, is thist Whoever, in 

 anyplace, catches, kills, injures, or pur.sues with such intent 

 any quail (or Vircinia iianridi.'-e i, or aiiv iirairie chicken, 

 before the (16) lifteeuth day of ■Noveinl,>e)',' ISSO, or disturbs 

 or destroys the i?gg.s of iiuy such birds, shall be fined not more 

 than $SQ or les;' than !|3, or be iniprisoned not more than 

 thirty days or both. Act Feb. 21, 1879, 



Please correct or furnish us a later law. T. M. O. 



Rhoue l^LAyiD—Jieicport, B. I., Oct. 37.— The shooting in 

 this \'icinity has been good all the season, some shooters get- 

 ting as many as 35 and .00 plover for the week they wei-e in 

 passing our marsh on their way south. T<;al, broadbill and 

 other small water-fowl have been very plenty. John H. 

 Choce had a pair of young black ducks come into his cornfield 

 this fall ; he caught them and now ha.s them on his farm. 

 They notice a stranger, and you will see tlieni start off at once 

 -ivitli one eye on you, and will be sure lo keep the proper dis- 

 tance ; both tine birds. He is in hopes to breed from them 

 another season. OooAsiOiS'AL. 



Game Re.sorts. — 1. Answer to F. W. D.'s inquiry tor o-o<.,rl 

 shooting within 100 miles of New York: At Miliford, Del, 

 "Write to John Wooters, who will pilot over the eoimtry. A 

 license of .f 5 is requirerl for Del. 



2. Or at Miltem, Del. Same license required. There are 

 snipe both at Millford and :\Iilton. 



3. W. K. should go to Tallahassee, Fla., and get a pilot to 

 take him about. All kinds of game from this centre. Good 

 boai'ding. 



4. Mr. R. M. L. would find Valpariso, Tnd., a good centre. 

 Get acquainted with W. Slanion ajid Fred (.<ould, of Gould's 

 Hotel. They would show him everywliere, as would Hola- 

 bird, who resides there. Snipe, ducks, geese, quail and a few 

 chickens. 



4. The Lake View House(Geo. Woods, proprietor) would be a 

 good place for R. M. L. 1 found this out by reading a letter of 

 a correspondent from Syracuse. You will find duck, plover, 

 snipe, squirrel (gray), rabbit (white), woodcock and partridge. 

 Good guides for $3 per day. Hotel charge .fl per day, good 

 food and plenty of il. From New York take Grand Central 

 K. R. to Rome, N. Y., then the Rome, Watertown <fc Ogdens- 

 burg R. R. to Pierrepont Manor, then stage to the hotel on 

 Mexico Bay, Lake Ontario. Through ticket' on railroad 30.95, 

 Stage fare, 75 cents. I have just returned from this place and 

 can recommend it. After November 1 you can shoot plenty 

 of rabbit and have good fishing for pickerel. Boats free. 



G. W. B. 



IlAEKiaBTjno, Fa., Oct. 28. — The Susquehanna River is 

 very low. There are some ducks, but English snipe are 

 very plenty on the flat* along the river. 



Pennstlvania— iBo/f«foft, Oct. 35, 1880.— Game is plenty 

 here but some straggling hunters are slaughtering it before it 

 is fit to Idll. The weather is warm and it spoils. J. W. E. 



Deer in Pknnstxtajua— (>)feBiW«, Pa., Out. 30.— Owing 

 to the mild winter we had a year ago, deer are getting quite 

 plenty, and occasionally a bear crosses below this place on 

 their old runway. Back ten to twelve miles from Smith- 

 port one can find deer, bears, wolves, and in season good 

 trout fishing. So far this season two deer have been shot. 



J. K. F. 



WHENSHom.D QtiAn, Be Shot— PhUa., Oct,. Zl.~Editor 

 Fivent and Stream ^ Noticing in your issue of F. and S., of 

 October 38. a modest protest from "Homo" against the 

 present Quail Law in this State, I would respectfully add 

 mine, as experience on the loth of the present month would 

 justify. In nine coveys of birds started that day I foimd but 

 one covey fuU grown, and t^liink the first of November early 

 enough in this or any State. W. P. Tappan. 



P/iiladilphia, Oct. 29.— Where arc the detective.'? of iiheNew 



Jersey Game Protective Society. Walking along South 

 street' to-day I saw many Jersey farmers and hucksters from 

 all parts o'f Glouce.ster Co., N. J., with quail and rabbits 

 killed in above county exposed for sale. Ymu- exposure 

 of Dittmai- has opened the eyes of many sportsmen in this 

 locality, and they all give you'credit for the frank manner of 

 dealing with the dangerous compound. Ducks plenty on 

 Delaware, and as numy as 74 were killed in a day by one 

 party last week near Maiden Island. J. R. 



Pes.vstlvasia. — The character of the game about Clear- 

 field, Pa., may be inferre'd froni the reports of a recent hunt 

 by the gunners of that, town, in which the total amount of 

 game killed was a.s follows : 1.52 pine squin-els, 34 gray squir- 

 rels, 35 black sfiuirrels, 'J4 pheasants, 1 owl, 1 duck, 3 pig- 

 eons, 3 crows and 1 rabbit. Game of all kinds is scarce. Deer 

 are quite plenty in Forest Count\'. When the river train was 

 passing Tnmkeyvillc recently, according to the 'HI City I>ir- 

 rfrK-, a fine one was seen I let ween the railroad and the river 

 Ijauk. When the train came along h.; made a da.sh for the 

 river and ran <a.a t<i a little island, from wliich point he 

 watched the train as it continued on its wny. 



A Casvas-back^O*«!«5'0, Oct. 36.— I have sent to you in 

 this mail the head of a duck. I shot the duck a few days 



ago at our Ontario game preserve at Sandj' Creek, Oswego 

 County, N. Y. It has been pronounced a canvas-back, and 

 members of om association ai'e an.vious to know just what 

 you prououucc it. Tlie whole body of this dock resembles a 

 broad bill, such sia I have secured often at this place : not a 

 light or white feather on him. In the lloe-lv that T secured this 

 duck from I brought to bag also six others — two male red- 

 head and four blue-bills, seven in nil. 



\Sa? iiave a tine preserve, anel 1 never saw ducks more plenty 

 at this .season than I wss fortunate to gel among a few days 

 ago. ' J. G. S." 



The bird is a female canvaS-back duck. 



Woodcock— jP<'/fc.;a?7, iT. F., Oct. 30.— Fall woodcock 

 have been '■drawing" from the North in fair nmnbers for the 

 |ia,st few dav s and some fair bags have been made in this sec- 

 tion. " W. H. P. 



SNow-BOtitfD — JndiunapuUs, Oct. 80. — I and my party were 

 deprived of our usual fall sport by that terrible Know stoi-m lo 

 which ' ' Dell " alludes. Oiu- car was snow-bound for seventy- 

 two hours, and the storm drove all the geese and ducks from 

 that coimty. H. G. C. 



Sicii.T Island Fisuixo Club. — This organization of thirty 

 members has its club house on a beautiful little island in the 

 Susquehanna River, above Port Deposit. President, Frank 

 S. Shroder; gecretaiy, Ool. S. E, Prince; treasurer, A. C. 

 Kepler. ' 



How 18 Thus? — ^While waiting at Rome for train for New 

 York a gentleman entered into convensation ■ivith us and, 

 among other things, spoke of the large quantity of duck killed 

 ou Oiieida Lake with small cannon, usin§ a charge of 1 lb. of 

 powder to 1^ lb. of shot. Is not this against the law ? 



G. W. B. 



Geohgia Beae Ghuunds. — For Southern bear hunting this 

 winter go to Brunswick, Ga. The Altamaha swamp abounds 

 in bears. Although not hvmted as regularly as deer, many 

 are nevertheless killed every year. Any of the darkies who 

 bang aroiuid the sleamlioat landing will conduct the stranger 

 to the best grounds, 



QtiAir. Otn- OF Si!a,s.ix- Nf:,i- York, Oct. 30.-1 would like 

 to call the attention of the sportsuien of Freeport, L. 1., to 

 tJie fact that quail have been shot about there in considerable 

 nmnbers by the farmers, their excu.se being that they did not 

 intend to let N.Y, sfiort.smen get ahead of them. Also around 

 ?'ort Hamilton, Smidays, the coimtry is alive with gtmners. 



W. HoLBEKTON. 



New jEoazY—IMle Egg ff arbor, Oct. 30.— I '• hear" of 

 the usual numbers of ducks, springtails, broadbills, black 

 ducks, etc., in our bay. The men are not killing a great many 

 as yet, but doubtless will commence doing so In a few days'. 

 We have plenty of quail this season and, with some energetic 

 person to enforce game laws, would have unustially good 

 shootmg. 'St7b. 



A Chanoe Shot— ffornellmille, N. T., Oct. 34.— While 

 W. H. Pierce was crossing Hemlock Lake he saw what he 

 supposed was a muskrat. Having his gim he fired, and was 

 surprised to find he had shot a pickerel two feet long with a 

 salmon trout eleven inches long stuck in his throat Both 

 flsh were alive when picked up. Charles Margeson and three 

 others left Oct. 18 for a si.x weeks' himtiug excursion in 

 Northern Michigan, John. 



Hit and Miss.— A correspondent in this week's paper says 

 that the man who can bag six ruffed grouse out of every 

 twenty shots i.s, in his estimation, " an artist." Some A'yna 

 jiile reports of the relative number of killing shots to the 

 whole number of shots fired woidd be of interest. It is hardly 

 probable that any sutficient exhibit of statistics could ever be 

 collected to show the average number of shots fired to secure 

 each bird killed. Such a true showing might at least encour- 

 age the birds ; and we are very sure that it would please tie 

 manufactrtrcrs of ammunition. 



CoNNECTicni. — The good effects of the summer law on 

 woodcock have never been belter shown than this season in 

 Connecticut. Cock have been unusually plenty in that State 

 for a week past, and have afforded fair shooting. 



Your correspondent, with two friends, went out last week, 

 and on Friday and Saturday t±ie three guns bagged 33 cock, 

 11 partridges and 8 quail. It commenced to Tain heavily on 

 Saturday at 11 a. m., and this spoiled the shooting for the' 

 rest of the day. Shall try tCKsend yon further reports froin 

 the State. ^ ■ • = " ' " ' - . ' Yo. 



OsTABio— "5<. Diiividi, Oct- 3{r.-^I have not seen game so 

 scarce in yetirs here as it is thisseason, although siiramcr cock 

 were in fair numbers, but where, oh ! where are the partridge' 

 I used to run across through the August cock shooting? 

 Rabbits are, however, plentiful, but, ala-s! beagles 1 have 

 none. St, Davids, where I now write from, is five miles from 

 Niagara Falls and Wo miles from Queenston Heights. I give 

 yon this geographical information so that you may not wear 

 o\il your spectacles looking for ilic place on the map, on 

 which it appears in extremely small print. W W. B. 



Boston, Oct. 30. — Game is coming in here lively. Bromfield 

 street rejoices. Three Cape Cod deer have taken up their 

 residence temporarily at the Bromfield House, the last a 350 

 lbs, buck, with antler prongs like needles, A short time 

 ago 1 had the felicity of a moose steak at the above place. 

 >iine host doesn't know- me, but tliat doesivt matter, for I 

 don't know him eitier. The big trout mentioned by J. G. 

 Rich in your last was on exhitiitiou at Bradford & Anthony's 

 for a few hours, and it had a back like a whale. I believe it 

 was purchased— for scientific purposes, of covirse (ahem!) — 

 by Professor Baird. J. P. T. 



t V.iWjR>i.— F.ditnr F.yr 

 , permit me to expresf: 



■id Sir/ 



Though late 

 , . ... ffiry sincere 



thanks for your full aud alile artieli's on tlie Dittmar powder. 

 The gratitude of all sportsmen is due to you for your pains- 

 takbig care in your experiments with the powder, and for 

 pointing out the great danger attending its use. It must 

 have been evident to most men with even a limited knowledge 

 of chemistry, even though they were •'not chemists," that 

 the powder was a nitro-celhJose eoinpound, and hence from 

 what w.a,s well knowm of gun cotton, uncertain in its action, 

 and always liable to be disastrous in its results, I never 

 dared to use it. and constantly wondered at others doing so. 

 Again I say most heartily, thanks for the service you have 

 done us all. " " C. B. 



— The Lancaster County Game Protective Association, of 

 Peimsylvania, have alread}' paid out over $~0 this season in 

 bounties for hawk and owl heads. They give 50 cents for the 

 former and '25 cents for the emblems eif wisdom. 



—The market men say that the game market is very dull 

 this week on accoimt of the election. A few English snipe 

 have been received from the east end of Long Island, but no 

 other game is coming in. 



— "Al. Fresco" informs us that the Windsor Hotel, of 

 Jacksonville, Fla., has Vjeen lea.sed by F. H. Orvis, of the 

 Equinox House, ^Manchester, Vt. The building is being ren- 

 ovated and exti.'nsive improvements made. Mrl'H. is so weU- 

 kno\vn in both the North and South that comment is un- 

 necessary. 



—On the preserves of Lord Derby a powerful gang of 

 poachers, amply provided with brickbats and armed tvdth 

 liludgeons, recently beat off fourteen keepers and police, leav- 

 ing half of them so seriously injiu'ed on the groimd as to re- 

 quire the assistance of their comrades, while the poachers 

 went off with their plunder. 



. — The Springfield, Mass., A'^nr Enghmd IIomeMaid h&s a 

 story of an innocent of that city who purchased in New York 

 recently a fine coach dog. By some accident, however, the 

 dog was allowed to run out on a rainy da,y, and came home 

 minus his spots. The metropolitan dog dealer afterward ex- 

 plained that an umbrella should have accompanied the dog, 

 as the paint was not fast, 



— One dajf in a railway carriage two hunters began to quar- 

 rel. The quarrel in time took such proportions that nothing 

 was left for the belligerents but lo fight a duel. It was 

 decided that the weapons should be rifles. On arriving upon 

 the .ground the adversiiries were placed and the word given 

 to fire. At that instant a hare, attempting to pass, fell struck 

 with two balls ! Thus two men escaped death by a single 

 hai'e. — Avtlwr unkninnn. 



SHOOTING MATCHES. 



TOEONTO GUN CLUB. 



THE Toronto Gun Gbib's amnml shoot took place at the Wood- 

 bine Track on Monday, Oct. U The weather was very fine 

 jnst enough wind to make it pleasant. The shooting was at 10 

 bu-ds, 21 yards rise, 100 yards boundary, 2 traps 10 yards apart 

 the puller being behind the shooters. There were 26 entries and 

 some good Bhooting, although the birds were very Uvely. There 

 was a gold medal for highest score at match. The following is the 

 score of the flrst-class shooters : 



c. c. amall 1 1 1 t 1 1 1 t 1 i_io 



T. Thompson 1 1 1 1 1 n 1— « 



W, VUllei-s , 1 111111:1 0—9 



H,Mitlar 1 11 111111 1—10 



J. Barrett 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1—9 



T. Taylor \ 1 l a \ o 1 1 1 1-8 



.Tos. Taylor a t J 1 1 (J 1 1 1 1— a 



S. Staneland. - 1 I 1 1 1 1 I i— s 



B. Pearsall 1 nlltllloil— 7 



H. Watson 1 1 1 1 t 1 1 1 i 0—9 



J. .Maufc'lian 1 llOloill 1—8 



J. James 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 o 1— s 



W. Bagg ..,,4 001111l0(%-6 



.1. Webster , 1 011111110—8 



F. Draper , l liioi loii-^s 



The ties to bo shot off at 26 yards riae, 3 bu-ds each. In case of 

 a Bocond tie, miss and go out. Mr. H. MUlar killed his 3 bu-ds, 

 winuiug fii'Bl prize, gold medal and nilver water pitcher ; Mr. C. C. 

 Small missed his ,Sd bird, and won second prize, card receiver. 



Ties of nine, in shooting off— Mi-. J. Barrett kdled hisSbirdt. 

 winning third prize, butter cooler ; H. Watson won toirrth, fancy 

 clock i W. Villiers won fifth, double pickle bottles. 



Ties of eight, in shooting off— After each killing 6 birds it got 

 too dark to proceed, so they decided to toss lor the sixth, seventh 

 and eighth prizes. In the toss Ihos, Taylor won the sixth prize, 

 large cruet ; 8, Staneland, seventh, pickle cruet ; Joseph Taylor, 

 eighth, pickle cruet 



Ties of seven— It being too dark, they decided to to«s for ninth 

 and tenth prizes. F. Draper won the ninth prize, fancy toilet set ; 

 J. Maughan, tenth, fancy glass water pitcher. 



The foUowing is the score of the second class : 



B. Wilson 1 J 1 1 1 1 1-T 



W.J.Taylor ;...i 1 1 q I 1 1 1 l-S 



Dr. Smlih ^ .\, f i l l o 1 1 1 1—9 



A. McGregor .,......,1.1-0 11 11 1 1 0-S, 



A.T.Deacon :..i l o 1 1 1.0 oi— 6 



W.Keimedy- .....ri 1 l-f"i'.l l^ 0- 1— ti 



J.Uouglas. 1 1 ] l-j-l -f 1 1 9— -9 



Ties of nine, in shooting off— W. Kennedy killed Tiis 3"hirdB. -wia- 

 ning first pi-ize, large .ic&;.pitcher ; Dr: Smith and T. Bouglae, in 

 shooting off for -second and -third prizes, kept on kilhng'fheir birds, 

 and after each had killed his 6th bird, darkness coming on, they 

 could not finish, so they decided to tostfor second and third prizes. 

 Dr. Smith won second,'oard receiver ; .T. Douglass won third, butter 

 cooler. 1 might here say the Doctor, being sixty-nve years old, is 

 shooting well. 



Ties of eight — On account of darkneas, it wan decided to foBs tor 

 fourth and fifth prize*. A. McGregor won fonrth prii-e, single 

 pickle oi-net; W. J Taylor, won fiflli, five doilurs' worth of cigars. 



Mr. H. Wilson Idlled 7 bu-ds, and secnn-d the sisth pru;c, a larg« 

 ham. 



