Notkmbbe11,1880.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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apenly from one end of the train to the other. By exatriu- 

 iug Oiose birds any shooter will see at a glance that they are 

 ill trapped birds. Things have come to a very low standard, 

 itid the snarers have become very hold indeed, when to lei 

 you shoot on their lands the farmers will exact from the 

 shooter before lie beirins the promise not to touch their 

 snares, I say, stop Om rmployeee of those railroads in the 

 sale of Hiose trapped birds, and the farmers and their hoys 

 will nf tlieir own free will siopsnaring, asit will not paythcm 

 losend to tlie city one or two birds at a time. Before the lii'st 

 Of November we all heard of tJie large qunulitios ol qiinil 

 ^lerewere, but when the season came those iHr^o qnrinlilirs 

 were not to be found — they had disappeared. Bevies that 

 sis weeks ago had from twelvi' lo tifnrn laids nich did not 

 have one-half of that number .>ii Ibe IJrsr, of ibis month. 

 What had become of them? The faroier.'i lljeiuscive.s will 

 tell you, very innocently, that they guess that theia' boys 

 have been snaring them. A Tctte Ijotkk of ttte SpOKt. 



State OF Maike— Department OF FiaiiEiiiEs and Game— 

 Portland, iN'^'W. S.—Edit-or Forest- awl atrmin . .\s an exec- 

 utive offlicer I am opposed to this constnnt ■' tinkering," by 

 speeitd legislation, etc.— attempts toljelttT ibt' y-rm of laws, 

 at tbe expense of lusscniiiii Uieir practical /;</•-■<, We are de- 

 voting om- personul erforts and cncrdi's as ri.nuMiasiouera to 

 \\\e eaforcani-nl of the tioodlaws that v,x- lur..-, nnd aevoieonr 

 ir/ioU tfme to the work. We now hav,- .nldrd lo iiur duties 

 the enforcement of the (/•<«//' laws. With tin- cxnaisivc ti-r- 

 ritory and limited means llial we have onr work is a moun- 

 tain 'liefort us. Y.ai will lenni from our forthcoming report 

 for 1830 that we have not been idle for a moment. With un 

 nicortam appropriation of funds tn depend upon, and a 

 meagTe one at lli'- bi'st. \Vc have :i ijreat lerritory abounduig 

 withlarse rivers ainl lakes and .xitosivi- forests that yield 



Larre Game in New Tohk.— The AV</j Vor/. Times has 

 the followini: correspondence from Monticello, N. Y. : "The 

 hunters and trappers that annuidly And both pleasure aud 

 Ijrofit in ihe portions of Sullivan, Delaware, L'later and Greene 

 CouDlies tbut are still in a condition almost as primitive as 

 they were wiien tbe Indians held possession of the region. 

 out in lull force, seeking their favorite game, which, 

 ■ timid ra!il)il to Ihe fierce bear, has not been more 

 plenty for matiy seasnns. The mountains of northern Ulster 

 anil tlip linver jjart o[ Griene. and tile rocky hills of Never- 

 link and Rociiland Towiisbip.s in Sullivan County, are the 

 ■:hosen resorts of the hear liuulr-r, while the ridges approach- 



ig nearer the Delaware boundary of the latter' county, aud 

 overlooliini;- or holding On their crests many of the lakes that 

 abound in the comity, are sought hv the lover of the deer 

 diase. Scores of sportsmen from New York City have en- 

 gaged quarters at the well knowm backwoods retreats that 

 exist only for the acconimodation of Lunters. and now that 

 the election is over an influx of this da-s of sportsmen is 

 daily expected. Monticello is the centre of a famous deer, 

 bear and ii.arlridije reij;ion, and as t!ic accotnuKjdations here in 

 the Wiiv of quarters, dot's, tarns and iruidcs arc evr-rythiiig 

 that can be asked for, tjiey overcome the dislike of guests to 

 a drive of eig-lit oi- ten miles 'to reach the hmiting grounds, 

 and imiiiy sportsmen remain here for the season rather than 

 seek the lavci ns in liic very midst of the ridges, swamps and 

 awails. ' Dave ' Avery, of the Mansion House, of tliis vil- 

 lage, is a crack shot with both rifle aud shot-gun , knows every 

 inch of the woods, and is always ready to go after a deer, 

 bear, fox oi- wild em, a.s the choice of a ' visiting sports- 

 man 'may be. ITniitf-rs in the Tpper Delaware region may 



abimdanll)- of tish 

 no less tliaii foin on 

 Fislieries, and eiehl I 

 those <<.v/rri;-ujitleinn 

 ceive a salary just t 

 terly inadequate as i 

 The work of restorin 

 culture, the conslruc 

 enfcircing all our fish 

 en ting 



1 liav in New York Stale 



.■■i :,- ai ihr li,;,:',l i.i It,.' Tt.'partme.nt of 



. . • . , al • ill. .,a u. a-.-- 'tliework Of - 



.|i ', . .. ., 1 ,' i|- n !■'■■ Ml Alalua, and wei'e- 

 quai lO •■„. oi \oui gum-a oUicers — ut- 

 couq)ensalion tor our time and work. 

 r urn- river and lake fislieries (by fish 

 ion of lisliways and iirotcctiijn), aud of 

 md game laws, etc., etc., we are prose- 

 it zeal and energy. T believe that the 



have an 



oldest residenls of tlu 

 well-founded repoits that a) 

 in the woods along tbe Bpina 

 been so numerous and bold b 

 has made its pi^&sence kii 



:; fall 



mnter game that only the 

 ■member himting. There arc 

 ilbrr has made his appearance 

 Kill. Catamounts have not 

 years, and the dreaded lynx 

 iii'ibe Black Lake region. The 



prwilcal ri-.vjlU in Maine are, beyond cavil, mipircnlenUd in 

 the United Htates or the world. Our report for 1880, will be 

 issued in January. Evehext Smith, 



TiiNHESsEE MofHi.MNiiBHs,— Thomas Hughes has been 

 down to Tennessee to found a colony, aud this is what he has 

 to say of the mountaineers of that Country : "Most of these 

 mountaineers, but not, all i;if them, own a log caliin and a 

 minute patch of coin round it. probably also a few pigs and 

 clnckeu.s, but seem lo have no desire t"o nui!,a' any plf.irl at 

 further clearing, and quite content to Wvj fnau band lo 

 mouth. They cannot do that without hiring themselves out 

 when they get, a chance, but are most uncertain and exasper- 

 ating laborers. In the flr.sl place, though aljle to stand great 

 fatigue in hunting and perfecrl_v indiiler(ait lo weather, they 

 are not physically .so strong as average English or Northern 

 men. Then tliev are never to br relied on for a job. As soon 

 as one of them has earned three or four doUars'lic will prob- 

 ably waul, a hunt, and gooff foril, tli.-n and ih.av, sn.-nda 

 dollar i.'U powder and shot, and these rai .soiiln"].; anu oijos- 

 .siims, whose skins may po.ssibly bring liiiii in t.n n nts asliis 

 week'.s earnings," 



Berksuihk ConsTY — SloeMHdffe, Alaxs., ,\V». 5. — Owuig 

 lo the swamps and low lands being so very dry this season 

 woodcock wei-e .scarce compared "to what they usually are. 

 Raffed grouse about the usual nuniber. Init are to lie found 

 more in' marshy tracts than in their usual haunts on the hills. 

 Dneks at tunes common shootnig, but e<aiie in small flocks 

 mostly lilack duck (A. nli.ctirnj: The l-euutlful woodduck 

 breed in tliis secthai ()uite common. Kaliliits abundant, grey 

 scjuirrels common, and in some of oiu' neighboring hills quite 

 plentiful. 



It has always been a very rare thing to see or hear (piail in 

 this section, but this last season ihey have been (luite com- 

 mon, especially in the spring imd aummer. Their genial cry 

 of Bob White could be heard every day in different part.s of 

 our township. 



Our game laws are well kept of late years. Were it not ho 

 with onr great number of htmtei's and fishermen om- game 

 and 1i.sh would soon be annihilated. R. C. M. 



As UkusU-^al BAii—Pee/cikitt, ^. T., AW. .1^ -3ir. Eugene 

 Dcpew and myself bagged yestta'dfty in this county wh bin 

 forty miles of New York tliirty-sevcn quail, all line, fuU- 

 growir birds. A.\] shot over my Irish Mich " Gussie," aaid all 

 but two were shor over point-s. W. H. Pteeor. 



FioKiL).-. (JuANHK <:iia:ovEKS— Aw Ytir/.: Villi, (M. 30.— 



Could you kindly put a couple 



cation with any of yoiu" numeron.s 



r ASH S'i-keam" in regard tr, aranr- 



have read with inicrafil ila I'.i". 



p life in Florida,'- bill la a.. 



. wesbouldlikefullerinforiMuliaMaa 



to the prospects of orange growing, and to know of the most 

 suitable lands, also Stale Laws relating to jnrrchase or other- 

 wise, n. F. w. 



hklll,; 



triljut'.' 



1 the Fo 



blij 

 scarcely i 



1 Flo; 

 rjititled 



We 



C'AsiBKtDGE — Oct. —Will you please answer through your 

 valuable columns the following que.stions: What are the 



pros|j' ' i- i if a V 'ling man going 'to Florida to engage in the 

 oraii,L I ' VVliat part of llie Stale is best adapted to 



heaillifnlnessand prolit ? LIow long 



belo. 



lalize 



nppearance of these animals, all deadly enemies of the deer, 

 is certain evidence that their prey ia here in unuauB,! numbers 

 tJiis season," 



Patt'kkn Tests. — It ia impossible to fix upon any one pat- 

 tern as a standard by Which to gauge the shooting qiuilities 

 of individual guns, ficcausi.' of so wide a divei-fiity in the de- 

 gree of ciiuke. V\t- havi- ihr^rcfofo Selected the twoextremes, 

 a cylinder bun.' anil a vtay full chokehore, and give below 

 such patterns as goi.d guiia of each class .ihould make. Be- 

 tween the two limits of 110 for cylindei- aud 940 for extreme 

 choke most of our readers wdll probably find their records to 

 accord with the divergence of their "guns from these two 

 bores. 



A cylinder bore gun loaded with H o/.. No. '! shot should 

 put 110 pellot.s into a 30-inch rirele at 40 yards. 



An extreme cliok. a ; ' i. d mth 1| oz. of No. 7 



shot should put yih ; liiidi circle at 40 .vnrds. 



A good choke hui. i fer for general shooting, 



should put between Itij ..i.„ _._^ ,.i, llets into the same circle 

 inder the same conditioua. 



Tbe patterns given above are with tbe following OhMges 

 of powderi 



TWKLVE BOKB. 1'8N BORK. 



«^<il03. 10 7 11)3 a^dr. to a dr. Tjjlbs. tuSlha avj dr. 



7 lbs. to Tj^ lbs 3 di'. to s>4 dr. slbs. toStf fbs sjjdr. to 4 dr. 



Tijllis. to8Xlb9....3J4 dr. to 4 dr. Swlba to 9 lbs.., ..,4di-. 



9 lbs. (o 1 n V IDs ,1 flr. to b dr. 



The Game Laws in MAnre.— The following letters came 

 to us in the same mail. We publish them together. The 

 letter signed " Bangor " is the litsi, possible conuneut upon 

 Mr. Smith's plea that the demands uijou the t'oininissioiiers 

 are beyond their ability to meet, and lluilpiea is tlic best pos. 

 sible answer to " Bangor's "j20m plaint. Perhaps by another 

 year the people of Maine may be encomaged by the good 

 already done to increase the appropriation imd enlarge" the 

 facilities for coping with the work : 



Mor-AXG L.vKE, Mr., Ni'V. l.SdW^r Forent and Stream : 

 — "We wish it to le distinctly and cleixrly nndei'Stood that 

 we shall rigidly enforce to the utmost extent of our power imtl 

 resources these la w.s .against all parties, whether guides or 

 principals, who aliall be guilty of llnii infraction,'" E. M. 

 Stilwell, Covninis.sioner of Fisheries and Game, in last week's 

 issue of FoiiEST and Sthe,\m. 



These are brave %vords. lint of what avail Unless bucked by 

 action? These utlerances only excite laughter- antl ridicule 

 among the constant violaters of the law, kuowing a,s they do 

 that nothing will be done as usual. Why, right in the C'Vim 

 missioner's own city there arc uieu who regidarly resort every 

 fall to the Lakes in Washington County to hound and bulcher 

 deer, and this season finds them pm'suing their nefarious 

 practices with a greater boldness, born of pa.st immunity. 

 More than three weeks ago a responsible person living near 

 the scenes of the law's violation wrote to Oommiasioner Stil- 

 well and hi."i colleague to that effect, yet neither offlc«r has 

 put in on appearance nor sent a deputy to airest the parties ; 

 so the slaughter continues and will continue till the deer 

 (U-e exterminated, unless officers .are appointed who will do 

 something more ih.an fiie paper pellets. Some idea of the 

 slaughter" can be formed from the fact that twice a week 

 a team goes in from Beddinglon (five miles distant) to 

 the vicinity of Mopang and Pleasant Lakes and takes out tbe 

 venison in the night, carrying it to Milbridge for shipment. 

 Then there are parties at Rocky and Lead Mountain Ponds 

 aud ADigator Lake in tbfe same business. The still hunters 

 are doing what they can shooting hounds. Two have al- 

 ready been shot b} parties at Thirly-five Brook, and at Grux 



aud Adams' oauip. In conclusion I would ask the Commis- , -, . ^ 



aiouers of Fiiheriea and Gome, what are you going to do about pon would make an inleivigting ornament for a gvm chtb 

 It ? Bamqob. I room. 



Marylakd— />awr, Del., Jfm. 4.— W. G. Smith, trainer 

 at K-9 Kennels, has just returned from a ten-days' hunt in 

 Queen Anue County, Md. He reports an aliundanco of 

 quails aud a good number of woodcocks, fvnowing thecoim- 

 try as he does we are not surpri.sed at his success in finding 

 so ninny of the lattrr. For caamrades .and co-workers he had 

 '■f^uthair," of Orange Valley, N. .J., .and " Friti^," of Cmn- 

 berlaud, jMd. tlwing to an unusually large crop of acorns, 

 among which is llie pin uiik variely. 'a clioice article of food, 

 quail were found yiore frequently in the woods than in the 

 open. The rain wWeh is now commencing may drive them 

 out to feed. " E. V. C. 



Ha.m.mkhi Es.^ tiii.Ns- HukUih, Nue, 4,-1 am about to pur- 

 chase a line lir(( eh loading sliot gun, ten poundSj ten gauge, 

 butain nadt lidial whetlinr to get one with or without ham- 

 mers. The niechaiiism of the hamnierless .seems simple and 

 strong, aud easier to keep fme troiii rust, but I have never 

 seen one in usu. and do nol, know hiaw they are liked, .\gain 

 the action bed seems short on all tliat I have seen, .and I 

 should think they W'Ould be nica-e liable to get shaky. W'hat 

 do you think of them ? Will some of the readers of Forest 

 and StkeAjM who are using the hammerless give me their 

 opinion of them through your columns ? A. B. C, 



We should be pleased to hear from those who have used the 

 hammerless gun. 



Oslo QuAH, Hhootin«— TlaMJiectt, (>., J^o-c. 3.— I think 

 your correspondents are mistaken when they assert that iu 

 Ohio quail cannot be killed before Nov. 1.5. 'The law of 1879 

 to which they refer was passed prior to the code. The code 

 supersedes — eodlflcs all laws in lorce .January 1, 1880. One 

 game Itiw in the code supersedes the law" of 1879, and repeals 

 tliat law by implication. If tlie law- of 1879 is in force, tlien, 

 after Nov. 15, then there is no elo.se season, and quail may 

 be killed all the year round as that law contains no prohibi- 

 tion after that date. The judge of our courts concurs with 

 me in this view- 



Quail shooting is fair, and some woodcock yet linger with 

 us. H. 



SfOB'r Anoirr Newakk. — A local papa' thus sums up the 

 reports of the opening of the New .Jersey game season there- 

 abouts: Quail were found abundant and in large bevies, the 

 birds well-grown and strong of vving. Quite a number of 

 broods were reported in Essex aud Union coimties. Two 

 gentlemen from this city killed a dozen on Tuesday between 

 Ellzalietli and lloselle, and said that they left plenty for 

 breeding pin-poses, Tbe grousi' were unusually ploiUy in 

 their mounlain haunts. Woodcock are very scarce and no 

 good liags have been heard of this fall, lint the prospects are 

 that the recenl ruins and mild weather may yet fm-nisb some 

 sport with lliese highly prizetl birds. Rabbits, our only 

 groimd game, hardly bore out the promise held bj' the favor- 

 able seasou, as they' were not found to be any more plentiful 

 than usual. 



An Earnes'I' Workku— A'fid I'liH; JVon. l—UdUcr Porent 

 and Stremn: The readers of Pourst and Stream will have 

 noticed the arlicle in your issue nf Oct. 28. by W. Holber- 

 ton. on " Sabbath Marniidevs ■ at l^iskack. N. .L Tliis is bv 

 no meuus the llrst fvidtaaa- lirought to mv notice that Mr. Lf. 

 is interesting himself to prevenl the illog-d depletion of game 

 and other birds iu this vieinilv We have plenty of sports- 

 men who have time and moue\ to spare lor as.sociated effort 

 expendt^d m regular meetings,' hig udk, ( rap-shooting, grand 

 supprrs, ete, etc., but here is a man disposed to do a" little 

 actual ,r,,rk. 1 hope that not sportsmen alone, but all who 

 ft-el an interest in the preservation of tlie feathered tribe iu 

 this section from the mercenary and wit-kod assaidts of pot 

 huiitois and wanton butcherB will lend him ii liaiid. And ns 

 "fine words butter no pai-snips," let tliut hand transmit a iS5 

 note for bis cainiiaigii fund. 1:1. H. Thompson. 



Qlajx is New Jersey— jVsw J'yz-A-, lYov. S.— Our efforts 

 to stop shooting at Pascack, N. J., beJore the law was off 



"Pre entirely successful, and the parties have not put in an 



W'hat is the amount of capitn 

 time of year is best to begin ? 

 reliable information on tlie sul 

 as space wll permit uml olilige, 

 Will some one of 'lui Florida 

 has a grove to sell- give us .son 



I IV r 



■pquir 



Is 111 



the business ? 



lo start with? What 



■ any book that gives 



a I y Please iuiswer as soon 



Fr.oBtDA. 

 orrespolidenls--not one who 

 facts on this point ? 



Casada Gooaz—W/iiteatOM, L. J., Noa, 8.— White "sail- 

 ing" ducks election day on Long Island Sound near this vil- 

 liLg'e, I came upon a Canada gtiose which, evidently tked 

 from a long flight, \vas resting on the water, ft allowed me 

 to approach within alioiit fitly yards liL'fore rising, imd it had 

 not got +1'- whf.,-, an ounce aud a quarter of "B" shot 

 OVP-" ved too heavy a load to cany. Before 



die: : : I 'U Ibs. IIow docs that compare with the 



iivti;!_ nafly gee.se are seen flying over here in the 



fall, bill shooting one is a very rare occurrence. My " bag " 

 for rhe day consisted of. besides the goose, three ducks. 



■PiM. Berdoodle. 



The bird killed by onr correapondent was of about the 

 average weight. 



A CcBiosnT.— The huge gun which is e!^ewllere offered for 

 rfdo tiv Mr. Wm. K. SchacFer. of Boston, has a history, and 

 we advise the man or tfie club pnri-liasing it to get, the story 

 along with it. If wo remember rightlj', this small cannon 

 was' imported for use on Chesapeake Bay, hut its teirilic 

 pchoes awoke the lighteous wrath of the spoilsmen of that 

 region, and tbe gun was Incontinently stonned, captured and 

 sent out of the country. Eveniiially it I'umd its war to tke 

 Ilub, and has thcn-e liaiti Iiecn an olije 

 der to the modern Aili. nian,-,. It 

 plagued friends of the Pari fie Coast 



-.<■-.-: shootiim (:vov. 

 .nay from farmers am: 

 been quail shootm.g go 

 The wilduess of the'qi 

 proved this fact. Son 

 within twent\' yards 



ly, though, that dining n\ o 

 1 and 2 i hi .lersey, I heai'd but one 

 othnrs. aud that was that there had 

 ngon for iwo weeks before the Ist. 

 ail and small size of the bevies amply 

 11 bevies would nol let tbe dogs com'e 

 .,|uail wen- quite plenty early 



in the season, but the '■woodcoek shooiiug" thinned thcL. 

 out, so that there are nol enough lefl at ihis early day to 

 make il worth while going after them. W. Holb'ekton. 



Quail is Isdiana Ciocrdalr, N„l\ ."i.-Onr prospects for 

 small game— the only kind which we have— are indeed flatter- 

 ing. Quail wei-e perhaps never so plent}'. The season this 

 year was pinticularly suited to them, beiuLi' dry during their 



nc8tin;i; and lialcl: 

 strong and reaily for dog and gun, 

 been off for a few days, 1 hayc- as yta 

 quail; nor have I hean 1 any shotiling. 

 light any morning, I (an (a'airsc |a'rii'a 

 their railing, amrinivo in ilu- last fe\v 

 covies a hundred yards of rii,- hoiis. 

 m Cenliul Indiana where rl.^-voic^s ot 

 good 8(1011 us here, Sh(iuld sportsme 

 make a call we will doeverylliing we 

 plen.sant and insure plenty of sport 

 vet given us the go-b}-, 

 slop. Black tia " ' 



J good 

 lal llie fly i 



«rk taking the mi 

 ■: yet unknown. 



1 llipy arc now well grown, 



gun, Alfhough our law has 



as 3(11 to see my first dead 



J! ling. By rising about day- 



ppihaps ,t dozen covies by 



SI, lew d:i ys seen two or three 



■ li'iuo.'. I know of no place 



pps ot iljegun can secure so 



oin abroad desire to 



1 to make their stay 



Water-fowl have as 



ir do tliey larry lone when they do 



he cool days have set in, have been 



, bi 



you must know 

 La Belle, 



loulhed wiin- 

 u wild-geese 

 preserve their 



crops we rec^omuiend llr, Sctiaefer'a punt gim. The wea- 



TuE Blair Cotrsrv Method.--A young man in Blair 

 County, Pennsylvania, has discovered an ingenious and suc- 

 cessful way to capture stjuirrels, dead or alive, without eithej' 

 gun or ammunition. His outfit consists of a set of clirnliers, 

 such as are used by telegraph rpp.iirers, a sheath knife, a 

 packot nre-crackc-r.s, bos of m.itche* and a dog. The dog 

 holes the game. The young man puts on his climbers, and 

 "oes up to the hole in the ti-ee. lights a lire-cracker and 

 drops it into the hole. When il" explodes, the frightened 

 squirrel rashes out into a bag held over the hole, or if he 

 vvishes to kill it he .strikes its heart off with the sheath knife : 

 if he nns.se9, the flog soon finishes it. By Ihi.s novel contii- 

 vancp he often brings in from ten to Iwentv squirrels a. 

 da\ . Large game is captured in the same wm'—Ex. 



Cu.SKEOTluui - -/*ur-«a7/(., A'or C- -Sportsmen of this sec- 

 tion (Wiuilliam County) report quail aud woodcock more 

 plenty since the light rams, and it is considered good hunt- 

 ing at this time, especially in the runs aud gmall tiuibex. 



