410 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Deoembeb 33, 1880. 



giving us the -whole camp. Such hospitnliiy one don't, en- 

 counter except amonju; men wilh Uio- Irut "iiistinr-lr, of the 

 BportSTiiui, even if ho does happen to be :i luDilieriuan. 1 

 would like to liniitr over our sla> tliere, Inil llic yara spin- 



ning must not sv.iii for si 



"'Sunday morning ^No 



At mid-d;iv ive stopjied : 



r-h 



cull I 



lid vi ; 



and 



the Potte-r eauipers, ii t. 

 ■went boiuicins along r.:i 

 conquer. At Min.'r'ri ti; 

 p. M., we •were joined h 

 be our guide and capl 

 backwood^nmn, lithe, h 

 of tie catiunouiil, eye o 

 as rugged aa the man is 

 miles from Miner's Hnd 

 is of logs, but coinforlabl^ 



lll,; 



•.;ncc.' 



found us again moving. 



lip for dinner, fed the 



ii> craeked our whip, 



■!i wood I a good-by to 



;:;ilisf:iCtion, away we 



t i-oiul nian ever lived to 



ed ill () o'clock 



H-i lienceforth to 



ricier — a regular 



wiih liie organic grace 



(Tve of iron and a natirre 



tlis eabiu is onli^ a few 



1 domiciled. The pliuio 



if it is only fourteen feet 



«-hr 



square, and boasts besides the bed a I able nailed up to the 

 Bide, and some rather primitive but niiglity useful cooking 

 uteneUs. Including Joe and his partner "Buck" (Albert 

 Bufor) another genuine sou of the forest, eight of us bunked 

 in that one room. My clmmand I were well fi.ted witli bal- 

 sam boughs, blankets and deer skins, and I don't want a 

 better bed than we enjoyed all tlie nights we paaaed there. 



" Daylight found us .stirring. Deer signs were plentiful 

 and, marslialed by Joe and Buck, we went to business. Kiue 

 day8%ye stayed, and duiing that time wo six killed twenty- 

 six of the prettiest deer 1 have seen this season. Our chief 

 Id lied four, Oillm an and JleSweeney killed live each, and 

 Ijon,g, 3Ioore and Kddy Itilled ibe rruiainder. ]'"our of theui 

 we ale and Iwenty-tvvo of tin ui we lirouglit to town, besides 

 one live one which we are going to present to the ciiy for 

 Belle Isle Parli. Those nine days were certaiulv among the 

 most enjoyable I can recollect, and all the party feel in the 

 same way about the trip. I shall have to give SIcSweeney 

 the honor of first blood, but after thai we dl'vided llie honors 

 with frat(!vnal equaliiy. Long was aecused of a slight attaek 

 of 'buck fever,' but he took tlie joke in good part 'and gave 

 tis all practical demonstration of his nerve and coolness in 

 the midst of the mo.'Jl glorious e.vcitiug sport. 



"15at I well, I reckon. Our solids consisted of vcnLson, 

 pork, potatoes with the jackets on and tmlimitcd at that. 

 AVe broke ctimp December 8, paid Black's camp a visit on 

 our return and reached Otsego Lake (where we were to lake 

 iraiu) In a heavj' snow slonn, all broke up and ready to 

 tumble mto bed at 6 V. M. on the 0th. Hor.ws, men and 

 dogs were well caj-ed for by Mr. Brink, of ihe Otsego Lake 

 house. He is a man who knows every inch of that ^?ountry, 

 and I can cheerfully recommend him to sportsmen as one 

 they had better know if tliey go that way. 



'•Now we are liack in town and I am going to bed just as 

 qniek as I can get t])cre." 



So spoke the jolly huntei- and if oiir friend.s will come 

 this way I have no doUbt that they will hv. even liettcr enter- 

 tained by the recital at first bauds lliun I was. It is a tale 

 t ' i', i: [f^man's Ijlood, and I only wish that I could 

 c of the plea.sures of that memorable fort- 

 ,!..• a.ntlered nobility of Michigan's splendid 



i.,.i..,i„. • G. P. G. 

 .— .». — . 



THE LACKAWANNA ASSOCIATION. 



ScRANTON, Pa., December 11. 



THE gentlemen of this city are not devoted to tlie inter- 

 ests of trsde and !t>anufacturing entirel}'-, despite the 



fact that coal fir. :' i : ■'■ ur staple products, but among 



them are nuuiv . niii tbr aelive ran:-, ofbnsi- 



nesa to tha* 1 1 .ir-i! of il,e,!rlen or liook llie 



glcumiug nicie;- Tlie time biiR gone Ijy when 



one cotild find good timi d.-^fiing v.ithin ten minutes' walk of 

 tlie city's centre, for tlie polluted water pumped from a 

 hundred sulpburoin sliafls has poisoued the most of our 

 Btrcanr- 1 .i nt that no living creature can abide 



tUcreiii ji'ohe siartcd up in the com'se of an 



easy w. But an hour's ride will land one at 



good lir:l;.i,„ '. , ,.,.,, . .lud a liiilf-duy '.s journey carries the Ciiger 

 hunter into" the wild foiesis ol' Sullivan or Warren. 



The rapid development of this section, with its cousc- 

 queut inroads upon iish and game, threatening their utmost 

 exlinclion, led to the frnnaiioii, about a vear ago, of llie 

 Larkawuvina Oami: and Fish A;^.«ocia(ion, tlie menilier.s of 

 which arc p!'"!'- 



of .p.-:. 



to tllC pi'i.!^.'. -. ■- 



ciirefuliy coiiipileii ; 

 t.i Ibuteii among lUi 

 in Ihecoimly lue b 

 (lirecliou of tnember.s i 



iFsi.-t in ever\- way in the develupment 

 iiiia. To this end frequent meetings 

 iipou topics of timeij' interest aie cx- 

 attention is paid by the association 

 developmeni of game. To this end 

 1 1 ;:'-is 01 our gauie laws have been dis- 

 li.i.i:;, and iriany of the best la'iies and 

 HI sloekird with choice fish under the 



of the club. Trout and land-locked 



fliiimon htive been supplied to all parlies asking them for 

 siockine pnrpose=, and sonic thirty of the lakes in this and 

 fidioiniiig counties have iieeu plentifuhy sown with wild rice 

 wiih Itie iiiienlion and hipe of inducing the wild duck to 

 make his liaiiitat there. 



Tnc r.-Eoeialiou is under the presidency of Dr. I. F. Evcr- 

 liarl, a born naturalist, whose knowledge of woodcraft and 

 gtuacloruia inexhausiible, and whose taxidermic collection 

 of native birds anil beasts is unquestionably the finest in the 

 State, Ihe Doctor huvieg made the postural peculiarities of 

 iiisKubirri. astudy. 



LaJ iii;^lii till' association gave its first game dinner, inau- 

 gurating tlicreiu a custom which is meant to be o.a.rried out 

 yearly hereafter, at which almost all its mcmbcr.s w i .- r ■ .. i ■ o 



atirt -which was carried out wiih consummate ski: I 



ment and de'^il. Tlie laii:e diniug-hall of ii,- - -..oi. 

 House ^^^-. .'■• ■• liiy i-iuir,„, and tiK 



braced e 

 calty as . 



West.' Ti,e liioiirioiiv, 



and that tf.e editorial ui 

 I inclose the virwi ih-.'A ; 

 comprehensive eliaj-ae'e: 

 the flavor of the KtM-ral 

 One of the cm-iohities of 

 was served boiled iby si" 

 uatly plump and linn, ai 

 and French peas. This 

 nounced than the culti' 



. fri 



i till 



ds at the Far 

 I hi; \'arioii.-, dishes was perfection, 

 may not think nie guilty of gush 

 may decide for yourself upon its 

 ily "regretting that Ihe taste and 

 slies cannot be transmitted also, 

 evening was the wild rice, which 

 a! eveiy grain stood outindivid- 

 i'i'eh"wa'= served with Squirrel 

 ■ ]':v.i a dr-coiouH Qavor, njore pro- 



, peculiar del- 



ieae.y, and it was unanimously ui;Ciarcd to be a iiue article of 

 diet far exceeding in character such preparations as oatmeal, 

 hominy, crtiCkefl''-ivheftt andotherfamiliarfaiiuaceoiis dishes. 

 Tills wild rice was obtained from Canada. 



•Tbe dinner was KciTed in courses, and lasted from half -past 

 nine P, M. unto after one o'clock. Toaats weie proposed aud 



responded to as follows : "The Lackawanna Game and Piah 

 Association," by Dr. J. F. Everhurt, the President; "Quail 

 and Grouse Shooting," by Cornelius Smith, Esq.; "Deer 

 Hunting," by Col. A, B. Blair; "Game and Fish Protection," 

 by Mr. U. E. llep.s ; and "Fox Hunting," by Mr. Cha.s. R. 

 Smitli. Fun and anecdote enlivened the evening, and the 

 occasion was one replete with pleasure, from wdiieh the mem- 

 bers separated with renewed enconragemeiit in their work 

 and a determination that next year's dinner should as I'ar sur- 

 pass this as the present one exceeded anything hitherto at- 

 tempted here. 



An admirable feature in the contribution of this association 

 is that no e.vpensc is permitted to be incurred unless there is 

 money in the treasuiy to pay the same, so that the " cancer- 

 ous leprosy of debt " can never faslen itself on the society's 

 prosperity. It is doing its work in the right way, and be- 

 cause of your well known approval of alf Ihat conduces to 

 the welfare and encouragement of sporting interests I ven- 

 ture to send you this account of the llrst annual dinner of 

 the Lackawanna Game and Fish Association. 11. 10. 11. 



SQUIRREL SHOOTING. 



Mj<ctON, Mo., J)iT. 1'3. 



IN your issue of December S, " Bancho Panza" has in- 

 troduced the suViject of squirrel shooting, for which I 

 extend my hand. T •■isn!, hi luirrel shooting is fine ^port, 

 that none need to of, and liope to see the subject 



kept nj) in your ■, : . . j i r. 



I began my sho 01:11^: L.-iuiia- long ac^'i wKli mv erand- 

 father's" old tllutdoek Keniueliy rille, aiid have enjoyed the 

 .sport in all ils shades and colors, and have found if to possess 

 many attractions and pleasures not found in other kinds of 

 shooting. 



In my youthful days we used rifles altogether, and in those 

 days a man that would shoot a squirrel through the body was 

 looked upon in about the same light that a po'shot is now. 



111 my shooting 1 h 

 of experience Saneho T'anza spi 

 every means at harid in order 

 step arotind on my side of the 

 have oidy two kinds of squirrel 

 gray is nuicb more shy than 

 harder to induce to eome an: 

 When you sec a fox srjuiire! la 

 perfeclJy still for lire or ten mi 

 to get a" good .shot, nnlesa the sq 

 as his cmiosity to know what liai 

 him to look around tin your sii 

 good shot in this way, and 

 throwing a stick into t' 



ednuich of the same kind 

 aksof. Have often exhausted 



10 iialm-i- i,>, ,^iiiiin,':sl)ip to 



The 



till' ■ .:. .-I ii'. much 



iiiirl r.ii j, -jor side of a tree. 

 ke a I ree, if you will remain 

 iiutes vou will" lie very likely 

 l.iitupby'a dog. 



id". I Jiavr olteu secured a 

 ifieii scared Ihwn around bv 

 •s beyond the tree. This will 

 not always do, but 1 arn satkslied Ihal " Sttiicho Panzu's" plan 

 will almost always work to a clairin. \'ery few men know 

 how to hunt squirrels jMn.st men nrf apt to bunt loo much. 



and too much is worse than not em 

 fully you must hunt very careful l.\ 

 entirely still at least one half (he t 

 much better among the leaves and Ij 

 standing still. Sit down on a Ifig o 

 drcd ytirds, and remain just fifteen 

 you will often have you patience rev 

 the little rodents jump up on tl 



d very slow, remain 

 Any one can see 

 hes of the trees by 

 n.p, every few huii- 

 V, er.ty minutes, and 

 ed by seeing one of 

 I'e, and skip 

 •aper out on 



iderable 

 a fallen 



I fe; 



along on a log near by, or, perhaps, see- 

 some of the lower branches and begin to Iw 



I agree with "Sancho Panza" tiiat it req 

 skill io shoot a squirrel nmniiig on the ground, or 

 tree, and particularly on a worm lene,;. 'fle/i e is m 

 tryinfl: to follow the molioii of Uie squirrel in a w-orn 

 Oiiteli sight at a corner he is approacliing and lire Ihe 

 he arrives. In shooting at them runnuig Iroiu one tree to 

 another among the topmost branehes. aim to get in your 

 work just as they stop to make the spring from ime limb to 

 another, but don't feel disappointed if you miss, for I assure 

 you that you have no dead sm'c thing. 



It is fine sport to shoot them in the fall, when they begin 

 to cut down hickory nuts. Go out into the hickofy timber 

 early in the morning, or late in the afternoon, aud stand still 

 for a short time, and if tliere are any near you the falling 

 particles of hulls striking against Iho leaves will soon inform 

 3'ou of their whereabouin. It takes a strong shooiing gim. 

 and a full choke at that, to bring Lheni down from tiie tops of 

 some of the trees in this pwt of the country ; they frequent- 

 ly get entirely out of reach of an ordinary muzzle-loader in 

 tie^handsof Ihe tyro. 



As it is in Older now, I will relate one of niy exploits in 

 squirrel shouuncr Last October, myself and Cap:. -Jno. Lon- 

 don (the rea:,iari uuiiiloii r:Hpt. London i;s that I may have 

 a wituessj went squirrel hunting on the Chauton River. 1 

 found four up one tree. Got into a position where I could 

 see one, took aim, fired aud killed it, but it hung to tlie side 



of the tree a few seconds, as they often do. 

 slipped iu another shell and closed ni}' sun 

 rear Ihe top of tlie tree, which I shot and ki: 

 I fired the second shot squirrel No. 3 starli 

 gave him the other barrel, and had thr;- 



Some writers say squirrels lay up a s; 

 winter use, which I think is a mistake, 

 on this subject. - — 



.Just as 1 had 

 1 saw another 



ed, and just as 



10 nin, aud I 



■ time. 



'., for 



more 



TEXAS CHRISTMAS TURKEYS. 



Ks ■.- I'.'M iiiiLLK, N. T.. Dec. 10. 



THE editor of the Ilenri.ii.' .s ' " '/, OJay County, puis the 

 matter thus: "Thanksgiving turkeys were not numer- 

 oii.sly ciieulaicd in these parts yesterday. The weather has 

 opil too cold to CO out and shoijl tbcm." 



that the wildturkeyis, of allolJiers, "the 

 iked for to grace the holiday tablfs. But 



1 lliis- 

 n Tex 



sportsn 

 ut and s 



ril- 



chai 



■ I'shawMhev 



along their fry- 



r eamp-fires, 



lurkeysthey 



evaporated," 



\ery naturally 



of ttirkey cook- 



>l, bracing day. 



dari 

 charge—'' loo coid to gc 

 evidently must have gone hum 

 ing-pans". fml iu their joyful mi 

 anil in I heir ulter forg'etfulness 

 killed found tlieir way into Ihti 

 of course. Thai's i]i.- iniaiil' 

 too, for you wed ! 

 ing around the cai . o , , 

 This is sui'pa.'iseii oiii\ ii\ in; i.i 



Si'eaking of the looUisoine merils of the turkey reminds 

 me.f llie Frenchman's dtseriptiou of it; he was fond of a 

 .square meal. Said be, '-The turkey is one very mconveoient 

 biid; lie is a little too much for one perse n, but not quite 

 enough for two." And Ibis was said of the tame ttu'key, not 

 of the gamy wild one. Quiry : What would he have said of 

 the juicv. tat, wild turkey? Just enough for one, of course. 



The same paper Bays, "A load of wild turkeys? was recent- 



ly brought into town and sold at fifty cents apiece. Thoy 

 are reported to be abundant ui the West." Only lliink of 

 buying nice wild turkeys, some weighing fifteen to twenty 

 pounds, no doubt, for fifty cents. ThisVoiild exaelly pay 

 for live boiled egg.s in some of our fa.shionablc earing houses 

 1 observe, however, that the price of turkeys has risen since 1 

 was in thai eountr_y. I used to buy from'ilie wild Indiana 

 large, fat goblers for twenty-five eenia, and tl'c .smaller ones 

 bir ten aud fifteen cents, Jint this was iu 18o4-5, when there 

 was not a solitary resident iu this northwestern part of Texas. 

 A cold snap, commonly called "a norther" in IVjcas, is 

 just the best time possibie to hunt them. They then huddle 

 together aaid arc quite cjufused and easy to kill. They do 

 not seen, like Northern wild turkej'si to stand the' cold 

 weather with indillerence. I now recall a short hunt I made 

 for them during one of these northers. It was from Fort 

 Belknap, lying in the same region of eounlry. In two even- 

 ings we shot, mostlv bv moonliubt, six round dozen, when we 

 ceased tiring, withdrew and carried off the dead. We had 

 enouT;h for all. and as many as our wagon could accommodate. 

 1 made use of my trusty riile, and liy inoiailight brought 

 them down at cveiy shot fr:an iheir high roosling-placcs 

 among the trees. I placed tiiem dire<al\' between me and 

 the tmxin (two days from the full), aimed a little low on 

 them, pulled llie trigger, when they came tumbling to earth. 

 This was at the crossing of the Clear Fork of the BroKos 

 River, main reiad. and not far from where Fort Gi'ifllnisnow 

 situated. The month, llecenibcr. 1 nn r.tion all this 

 mainly to stimulate the good sportsmen of (lay County, to 

 good deeds for Chiisiiiias :ii 1] ;'.;.i\v i,.,i,',-. .jj.-g" i i,opo to 

 hear through the . imt of them, 



imd that lots of , ' .rliri-aa, bave 



circulated most , , , t-iy where else 



on the coining In u' I a;.. s. j.-|iniiniy may uie editor of the 

 spoil'iig journal, i'luuisr ixu Stkeam, !i!) and 40 Park Row, 

 N. Y. ciiy, be blessed on these days.'* We know him to bo 

 deserving and very modest. II. W. Mekkill. 



THE SOUTHAMPTON CLUB. 



ri'lHE Soulhamptou Sportsmen's Club was organized in 

 _L 1878 and duly incorporated under Hie laws of the State 

 of New York. The membership is limited to twenty aud , 

 comprises some of the leading and most thorough sportsmen 

 in jfew York aud Brooldyn. 



The club has leased foi 



raphi. 

 ■k J:! a 



i(di 



this coming spring. .-V 

 ly to watcii over the pi 

 poachers, snarers and pi- 

 purpo.se of prosecution, 

 made aud emirrcut ouiin 



ViolfttiUL' I 'I' :■'■■ I ' .', s. 



In win;. ' - .0 ,11 

 kept aliv.-i II ■ II-:, ■ -■ i( 

 of this pi 

 liy whi-l 

 uTune in 1 

 ing a fni- 



Ourir, 



of the 



• fall. 



; Ml' 



Bel, on Ned; 1 



Jlilo, an extraordinary 



of years Ihe exclusive right 



'"'■I '■■' i I'" ' 'sti! sod woodcock 

 1 the cast end 



-'. : III,; course for tb6 



■and llii: picservaiion from iauc 

 lid lime Kfiortusnianship. 

 -of the ehib are ail the necessary 

 e rig for duck .shooting on Siiinne- 

 ul fresh water lake about two miles 

 •roiiglily stocked with black basB 

 '111 Iceepor is cmjiloyed permanent- 



■ -• I ■ ■ ■111.1 :-i Iu die club 



oirthe 



■" ■ -. ■!■ .1,1 ve been 



: .:is.i^„.:.i ,_, pum„ii oiiKiidera for 



thoroughly fed aud by this means 

 ere weather ; and the good results 

 '■• " ted by thepeactful andha})- 

 ring and the abundance of 

 I ten (0 twenty-flve head lie- 



1 there wasii 

 '10 thetuem- 

 •1 Cox's blue 

 while setter 

 D. T. Ken. 



. fully .. 

 ■k inFhe 

 Iiiis-of f 



"Whilake 



^ i:ugiis 



, ,, -,-...11 and woodcoclc do^ , u. x. iven. 



ncdy'3 Irish setter Sankey and Henry M. Leverich's black 

 and wdiite setter Ben. The two latter are magniflceut rang- 

 ers aud exhibit extruordtnary powers of entlm-auco and kceu- 

 ness." 



During the wnter months fox huntmg is a very enjoyablft 

 fcutiire, the club owning Several fine fox hounds and genuine 

 Avild red foxes being plentiful on that part of the island. 



It is only through such associations as this that the shoot- 

 ing in the vicinity of New York can be preserved andsports- 

 man.ship relieved from the odium utlaclieil to it by tUe pej-. 

 aisleiit massacre and wanton destruction ot the poor lit|.Ic 

 doiuesticated pigeon, and tho absmd, useless and oflimes 

 aimless breaking of glass balls. 



The large clubs of New York and vicinity, both for shoot- 

 ing aud the protection of game, seem to have entirely lost 

 sight of the real object of their organization and have clegen- 

 erated into a system of periodica! dinners and post prandial 

 bombastry, uuii with many members " going shooting" is 

 synonymous with uoctm-nal Bacchanalian revelries with 

 vvhisky for ammunition and Ihe only game " poker." 



If tlie clubs really interested in pursuing their favorite pas- 

 time in a sportsraacliko manner were to emulate the example 

 set them by the Southampton Sportsmen's Club they would; 

 llnd themselves on the true path to honorable, healthful and 

 humane enjoyment. Ni.mbod. 



THE LONG ISLAND ASSOCIATION. 



AN adjourned meeting of the Game Law Committee of 

 the Long Island Sportsmen's Association was held at 

 the Fountain Gtm Club Rooics, 449 Flailnish avenue, Brook- 

 lyn, last Saturday evening, Capt. W. L B. Steers in the 

 chair. The question on the size of the mesh of nets created 

 considerable discussion. It was finally decided that what- 

 ever size mesh was adopted, the word "square" should be 

 inserteil after the word "inches." It was resolved tlitit the 

 cbairnian should have the power to appoint a committee to 

 go to Albany, as near the asseinfiling of the Legisiattire as 

 possible, for"the purpose of rpeomraending to tlie Speaker of 

 the House a committee on the gam.e laws for Lon^r Island. 

 Mr. Bamett Phillips spoke iu regard to the alarming decrease 

 iu fish, and cited some statistics that were almost incredible. 

 Also that the Association must work together and hasten 

 slowly iu order to secure proper laws to protect fish and 

 game. 



The Secretary was instructed to wite to Mr. A. E. Go'def- 

 froy in regard to the trapped quail that he saw ou a Loug 

 Island railroad train, and ask him to furnish information ou 

 the following points : The name of the boy that was selling 

 the quail, the name of the baggage-master, proof that they 

 knew the birds were trapped, aud in what county he saw 



» Texas papers please copy. 



