■FOREST AND STREAM. 



[FeerTjAey 28, 1880. 



uto the 



ia the best) is scattered. When 

 trench, to feed on the seed it gel ■■ 



To your question whal 

 the quail, I must reply that in tliis country 

 em- 1 1 i iue pretends to be a sportsman, all kii 



used', even terriers si ... \ ' - 



doubt spaniels and pointers are the best 

 shooting. The quail rea rally squats bi 

 and remains a good while before startin 

 When it is rainy weather I haw 



clout squat, but run before the dog. Shoo 



e*ally go out alone, and every 



account. During the Sight in spring our 

 corn-fields are perfect ly covered with shoo 

 quail are plentiful the firing seems like t 

 regiments in a battle, With a good * 

 Shooter can well kill 101) or more quail in 

 years ago lust April 1 shot with my central fire gun, cal- 

 rber 18, powder FFF and shot Nd. 10, seventy-three 

 quail, from 5 to;-' o'clock in the morning, and might have 

 ,!: i man; 6 bad been better provided with an* 



munition, Thous i quail arrive, here in large flocks 



they separate during i1hm1.iv. and are mostly found singly. 

 Toward the end of thefllght in spring they are often 

 found in pairs. Thev stav onlv one day with us, and as 

 they always ily against, the wind it often Imp pens that 

 one day we have plenty, and if the wind ehanges in the 



ling not a single one ran be found the next day. 



Yours, very truly, Cuii, F. BKAtTN. 



tere to find 



lere almost 

 of dogs are 

 d. But no 

 s for quail 

 e the dog, 



, pi 



Migratory Quail in Pennsylvania.— The following, 

 taken from the- "Westchester (Pa.) Republican, will be of 

 interest to many of our readers : — 



Since the close of the shooting season sportsmen have 

 been comparing notes in regard to the Messina or migra- 

 tory quail, which were turned loose in Chester County 

 last summer, and the general conclusion has been that 

 the birds scattered over a large area of country on being 

 set free. In conversation recently with a resident: of 

 West Marlboro' Township, he informed us that while out 

 shooting with a companion in the fall the dogs Hushed a 

 covey of buds consisting of a hen and seven or eight half- 

 grown birds. On rising they flew close to the ground in 

 such a way that made it exceedingly difficult to get a fair 

 shot, and" the hunters only succeeded in obtaining one 

 young bird, which they decided to be a cross between 

 ■ the imported and domestic breeds. This is the only case 

 of this nature coming to our notice, but we would be 

 glad to hear of anything in connection with the introduc- 

 tion of these birds. 



1 in i i ^ i 



Migratory Qvail in Virginia.— Book (Spring, New 



Baltimore, Fa., Feb. dth. — As it maybe inter.... big to 

 jentlernen who have been to the trouble and ex- 

 pense of importing and turning down the "European 

 quails" I wish them to know through your paper that 

 one pair settled close to me last year, bred and reared a 

 bevy- of about a dozen. They never were disturbed hy 

 gun or dog all season, and only one voungone was killed 

 i,v cb;:iice. in this way: the colore! boy « hen crossing a 

 branch at the head of a swamp the whole hew fluttered 

 : e horse's legs, and he made a cut at them with 



his whip and killed one. What beoai I fchemafter , 



can't tell; may be they are "away down in Tennessee" 

 by i his i me 1 , and should I hear of them again, or others, 

 this fall I Will report. J Iob White, 



THE NEW JERSEY LAW, 



HAVES Rock, S. J„ SVjd., I8S0. 



e.et law roust Shod. There s. 

 some half a dozen game law bills : 

 ired to become a law, if the true 



lie Sta .■ ii:i i;.o ■ i : 1 1 ■ : i i j 



■>. bole State, but tor some favored 

 luiterden, -Mercer and Other cottu- 

 ly mimhci-s, acid leave on Us- first 

 if the season is favorable, and are 

 localities; consequently tiiey 

 loting, although they breed them, 

 all the benefits of such a law, as they 



sportsmen and 

 one of them is 

 localities. For 



the pi-opl 

 ntonded 



ties, woodcock 

 full moon in J i 

 seldom afterw. 

 have no fall 



breed in 



ird seen 

 voodcoeii 



Northern Jerse 



ywillrec 



i th 



The 



are id favorof 

 ■ong. t agree 



hut nine sports- 

 ekllawol'Ncov 

 land the year 

 mis, pro- 



Btof it is 



early all 



killed. A f ew years ag-o-not so very many, either- i hadi BCB- 

 si.in to goto Paterson on a visit on Decoration Day— that is, the 

 30th of May. Happening to take a walk through the country with 

 a friend of mine, a resident of Paterson, we heard, or rather 

 counted, thirty-two shots fired in a piece of wood adioinioR a 

 swamp. We crossed the fence, and came face to faoowith the 

 ,h.i. er. Ilisdojrwasthenonapoint. Upjier. ihali ledgetl 

 woodcock, and hang ! went the gun. Evidently the Bird was un- 

 touched, hut as he-could not i-iso three yards c 1 



our sportsman's dog caught bim in the air he! at' S 1 101 I : ,i On. 

 'tin's sportsman proved to he a permanent and most aciivo mem- 

 her of the Paterson Game Association— so 1 was told afterward : 

 hut a? he was shooting on Ins own land, he could see no harm in 

 Shooting woodcock on fche30th of May. 



I bave res the shghestaoubtthatif '-Jersey" eon ata at u Bg-lris 

 nine-tenths this kind of sportsmen, he is certainly right, : hut. i r he 

 counts as sportsmen people Who cannot go out shunting when- 

 ever they please, hut only dogo wheu the law isolf, he is certainly 



I hn 



missed in New Jersey one single Fourth of 

 July for the last ten years, hut 1 must confess I have found the 

 birds becoming scarcer and. scarcer every yoai\t>i wise tt >y liad 

 1 h m [, i; [lied before the season hy parties that hunted on I heir own 

 grounds, D bj Bo ne f:ieuds of theirs from the city, to whomthoy 



■■■■.en permission to shoot. 



If "Jersey" can prevail on Senator Lawrence to have ihis 

 old law repealed, I haveno doubt that he will hud very little op- 

 position to his hill ; otherwise there will not be any necessity for 

 (his new law, as hy the 1st of October there would not ho leCi 

 any more woodcock than there is now under the old law. The 

 land owners and their friends would shoot anyway, and, as the 

 buys say, would have all the "pudding" to themselves. Kise up, 



W. 

 There is no such provision iu the present New Jersey 

 game law ;, and the old law referred to by our correspon- 

 dent is repealed by the late laws. 



Bloomsbuhg, N. J., Ftihrunru, 1880. 

 E '.,•", Roresf mid Stream:— 



In this vicinity (eastern part of Warren County ,1 we have very 

 few good woodcock grounds, and the birds found only enable us 

 to break our young dogs. During July we generally line a few 

 birds and can manage to bag five or six in an hour or I v, -. of be c6 

 work. In October or November we Very seldom get a chance at 

 them. This is owing, I suppose, to their being all shot off during 

 the summer. 1 agree with "Jersey" in all that be bos si bn 

 this subject. There is little pleasure in shooting hair-grown or 

 partly-feathered woodcock, especially when the thermometer 

 stands at 00 deg. in the shade ami nearly every thread of one's 

 garments is saturated with perspiration. 



Old sportsmen here tell us that fifty or sixty years ago there 

 were plenty of good i *>d ■- grounds, and it was no strange 

 feat for two guns toseoi oa has "'■ si cty bit ta in a few liours. 

 How ni s.j'ssil ■ i -'. se -s .1 i is are utilized, and where once were 



Long Island Sportsmen's Association.— A meeting 

 of five ' - fi-ooi each of the following' sporting 



clubs of King County— Long Island SI. ■ 

 Brooklyn. Fountain and Nassau Gun Club, and the Loilg 

 Island Foresters' Club— was held last weei of the rooms 

 of the Long Island Club, ami after a long 3i 

 growing out of a misunderstanding on t 



of the Long islandand n -' lbs, they 



supposing that the forme* meeting was merely rapo- 

 rary in character, it was resolved that in order to remove 

 aUraisaQderstandineonthi re of the 



several c 

 nent orgi 

 men's As 

 the fuller 



It I 



This 



id 



■m. ers were then ..-l.vei : — r .'■"•ioent. Mr. 

 (V. Chapi>oll ; First Vice-president, Dr. H. F. Aten, 

 Brooklyn (inn Club; Second Vice-President, Dr. W. 

 Wvnn." L. I. S. C.j ThM Vice-President, W, Selover, 



i inrrh Vice-President, CI 



Kiske. Fountain Gun Club ; Fifth "Vice-Pre ident, Henry 



Th. 



Islani ■ tea y, Abel 



Croak, Fountain Q-un Club, Treasureir, R. Robinson. I,. I. 



8, i :. : ! ■■.; •, . >• , ,-. tary B I Cool atain Gu a 



I hi i, .'■■ ■■'■.- 'oiiiniitti eon ■ . ing of live mem- 

 bers from eaoh club, was then appointed, the officers of 



the association being members ex-offieio. 33ie ; 



adjourned for two weeks, when by-laws will I 



and active measures engaged in tows $ og the ob- 

 ject of the Association. ' 

 A New PrMxsYfVANiA Clitb, — Northumberland, P.'. 



Feb. u;ih.—A meetin ■ 



was held on last Saturday 

 tirm for the protection of fig 



elected as Eollowsi — Preside 



■■ id I JOS. Anickst i 2 

 Burk : Treasurer, W. Is. IV 

 Evera.rd ; Members present. 



sportsmen 1 4 I liia J ice 

 : ; to form a 



IB . I Iffi ■ 



J tme ; 

 ident Sam. D, 



. soph W. 



Sachstry Taylor, G, ~\V. 



■ !ss. Jas. K. 



e fin 



iclds. 



tin -l 



lOthit: 



e Protective Ass. 



151 



go there during their moulting si 



derful in the opposition to the proposed law from pari o1 thi 



Statu utlectcd, while other lculitics more favored arc advocating 



it. 



have in 'orscd a proposition 

 and otmil from the 10th or 

 •rl-t as at present, and l have 

 ■eiore the Legislature. Such 

 a bill should he branded as the pot-hunters' bill, calculated to ex- 

 terminate 1 aegame of New Jersey before it is lit for use. What 

 au exhibition of skill ii would lie to see a member <?f the Associa- 

 tion sallv forth on the [.'all of October, flush a oovey of quail, 

 drive them inn, some erassy meadow, mid then sllOOt them all 



singly while they are yet lame, and some of them i nneii 



largarthan sparrows. None l.ul'villaiiunisly had shots and pot- 

 hunters advocate such a law. still this Association if- 

 correct ? 



II' Senator Lawrence will introduce a bill for tho pre\ . men ol 

 «„...|--h..p pimr, and m slop the sun from shining so hot, SO as 

 to not dry Up our swamp lands, ho will accomplish about as 

 much in tho way of woodcock pr 



Some of our selfish sportsmen argue that if we get no ahootlng 



iu July we will get a am sin fliefalt,as woodcock move southward 

 then and are not to be fouud. How they know that, none will he 

 found in the fall I cannot tell, for there lia- never been any left 

 litter July to he found at nil until the next year. Let us bave no 

 suiiiiuei shooting at all and then we can know the truth. Iain 

 iu favor of having quail, woodcock and grouse shooting open 

 Oct. loth. If we are to have no woodcock shooting until October 

 I think we ought to quail shootimr at one ami the same time. 



„ P. It. 



Smith, C. C. Jones, Jos. P. Heine 



Bright, l.evi Bussler, W. F. Sarrihan, G so. Fieweg. 



This is something that bas long been needed ia this 

 section, and if the right steps are .. i «n it will . 



advantage to farmers and sportsmen. The ass 

 ■i Sp. . si ■on. and 



• .1 oJ ttfl , cents will be paid for all hawks killed 



within a certain dist mce f CKcept to members of the asso- 

 ciation. J, H. C. 



Ohio — Waodstoek, Feb.lftfli, — This has been a 

 winter to the lovers of field sports in Ohio. No quail 

 shooting, and on account of the mild winter, no other 



to speak of, until within the last few days. 



There have been a few wild pigeons flying, but no regu- 

 :s r (light that I have heard of. ' I have not seen a dosset 

 Id ducks Ibis winter, which is something remarkahle 



in oul part of the State. 



DlJEQON— Po 



of Cedar ' ree'.- 

 erain fields of 



bad soj 



Haw in.i. - 

 enced a hearty 

 haudsorne farn 

 bospitaliiv is ; 

 smtill lake 



rbc 



i-ippleds 



St 



%m\\t §<tg m\d §fW(. 



— * — 



G A.3IE Df SEASON IN EEBKUARX. 

 Hates, bjown and gray. Wild duck, geese, brant, etc. 



FOB 



I)eer,WiidTuj-key, Woodcock, Quail, SB in..-. 1 .s- :-m, ,,; Wil.iVuwl. 



•' Bay birds" generally, including-.- . .,,,■■:■ .,-..- 



■ . curlew, oyster-catcher, s irf hi ■■ . ...•■' "s ■-. s 

 cets, etc., coming under the group JL.e ; n.e.'o ..r.-hon lies!.-, 



GAME AND FISH DIRECTORY. 



In sending reports for the Forest and Stream Directory to 



Oauie and Fish Resorts, our correspondents are cequestod to give 



the following particulars, with such other information as they 



iof value: State, Town, County; means of access; lb ;• : 



and other accommodations; Game and its Season : i'ishanil itsoca- 



etc; Na 



of pe 



a to address. 



■N'n 



ol.I 



Li 



uml. 



Hi, 



onsly bad shots, either. 



Of the half dozen bills before the Legislature, there is. but one 

 I hat deserves consideration, and iluil is Senator liecltiiKin's hill, 

 prohibiting the shooting of game birds and raid. its from Jan. 

 1st to Dec. M. Amend his bill, make it read from Dec. 15th to 

 Nov. ISth, than those villainously bad Shots curly in the sea- 



conline themselves to o.e inoiilli, which. ..witm- to the growing 

 scarcity oJ game isonough lor all practical purposes, t! 



tiontoll). .Miiisis .... : withstandlii/L'. letut I'L.tY. 



New York, Fell. mil. 

 editor Forest and Stream :— 

 Although at the present not a resident of New Jersey, I consider 

 -olf somewhat of a Jerseyman, having lived there formerly, 

 mod there for the lust fifteen year 



1 XFOR JfATION WA NTED. 



Correspondents ai 

 relittiier to (1) Bush 

 the line of the Pit 

 localities for campi 



us of information of the above nature 



I life 



ki 



1 t 



T. M. 



iStll.— In company with B. 

 id a short visit to the flooded 



lay, an 

 jing home Hurt; 



■ "d swans. "SVe ~ : ri- 

 al Mr. J. L. Ilallett, ai rhlise 

 jut headqruarters. and 

 tied to the 

 li irl tino 

 te ducks a< 



MrLT:, 



i palts, Tnd., /■'■ ') 

 along wil ttont ■ a 



lister es ii live ■■■■ ttl - .si 



liting for the dud ■..,.. ,d 



Che 



sof Indianapolis, Ind.; (',) 

 Itrnle l.ake, nincty-hve mi 



Cooking Ska Fowl.— New Bedford, Feb. 2.1st,— Your 

 ■■■moving the fishy taste 



of sea-fowl. If he will carefully remove the bit from the 

 inside and then skin them, s .el.ing a li w hours, in water 



■ ill and thai sheldrake, white- 



. no more li.-hy than a duck or 

 ■ iii ibis way is as 



palatable as a wild partridgei Even an old loon under 

 men! make.- a wrv good dish. I write from 

 experience, Co.ncua. 



Brooklyn, Feb. 3Sd.— My mother used to cook coots 

 and .sheldrakes in the following "manner ; First, pin : n- 



side of each bird one or two onions, then put them into a 

 pot of cold water, and set the pot over the tire until it 



i estoaboit, Then take the ducks, rinse ihr-o 



out, and roast them same as any other fowl. liven 

 coots, when cooked this way and served up with cmTn.ni 

 jelly, are not to be despised. 



leanUme occasionally clean my gnu. 



ffllsworttl, Win.. Feb. Sth.—l have shot buol . . 

 doer with good success. First, you can': , ■ ., 



go true unless they are round- and. as you bu; 

 there, is hardly a perfect one in a sack. V. ■■■ 



teats and feathers, which acts as 



So T take an old tile- aud finish Ofi . ehy one, 



and drop them into an old stone jag, thf _ 



that have holes in them. Then -s 

 till they are all smooth— then 1 hi 



iu loading shells, the mol " ■■ 



force you get on the shot, and the 



in loading, decrease the powder instead of iiicr asiri ■. ...,. 



most men do. I use in twelve shells iv drams !•",.. ... . r. 



and four layers of buckshot; i hat will chamb si I 



I find they make an even spread 



tration. S. V 



SOME OCXS THAT I UAV.E OWNED; 



IN what I am about to write, I solemn] v dh. ' 

 intention of either praisin ; anj toato 

 Sims, or to record anything to their disadvaoe 



simply lo give my own hi s t impressions of a g 



and to say something of some that 1 Uave ov us! 

 It was in 1849 that 1 bought my first gn 



callow da\ o made me look upoii : 



aa perfection. Thirty sis inches in the clear, vt ii 

 baches, and pot-metal, as I am a sinn 

 lie would kill squirrels like a 



[ling, and would kiclc ! 



I ovi r my head ii tee, and I have ha ' 

 hairbreadtl td field, hul 



back, with m> present knowledge of guns, I thin 

 never in more danger than whenl Bred u 

 f dl-.-ix.e charge. 



In the belli of subsequent events I now knov 

 unci.- owned a slave, i ly own agi 



taught tOBllOOt, aud who was my Fidn.-; I. :, 



panying mo in all my bunting excursions, t" . 

 .-"i ; 1 1 1 j 1 1 1 • • m of this sable sportsman was to kill 



head "duck, f'iiidingthathe was n 

 when woo me. be stole the gUn 'ine gunda 

 down to the creek, accompanied by the whole " r. ip- 

 shot " gang of the plantation. Reasoning, l. 

 otlier philosophers, from a sound basis, "bu ■ 



erroneous conclusion, Pete pul in 



and shot in each barrel, thinking that, i . 



would kill, two would do the wor ■ er. Find- 



ing a large look of "green-heads" trusting to i 

 tity of the day, and quacking as they never .lo quack 

 except on Hun'ds , 



Resting his gun on the fence aud taking careful aim, he 



