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"FOKEST AND STREAM. 



[MA.BOH 11, 1880. 



in the least. The best way to get out of this trouble ia to 

 prohibit all shooting during the close season ; mate it an 

 offense for a person" to be found gauming. I am as much 

 interested in game protection as any one, vet I scarcely 

 have time to amuse myself hunting; hut think pot-hunt- 

 ers might be led to turn from the error of then ways if 

 a little of the law, as it now stands, were administered 

 to them. If. M. 



Near the Adirondacks, Feb, 23d. 

 Editor Forest and Stream : — 



1 decidedly object to a proposition to tax guns and 

 omit rilles, for two thirds of the deer-hunting is done 

 with rifles, and in Northern New York there are ten dol- 

 lars invested in them to one in shot guns. Perhaps it 

 would be well enough not to tax rifles owned by clubs, 

 which are used at target practice only. But I know sev- 

 eral who belong to rifle clubs in the cities and large towns 

 who come up here every fall to hunt deer with a rifle 

 Of some kind, which should be taxed as much as any 

 gun. What your correspondent says about a two years' 

 prohibition law is perfectly correct". It would only ben- 

 efit the pot-hunters. Why under the sun don't they find 

 a way to enforce what laws we now have before making 

 more ? As the law is now (allowing August hunting, 

 which 1 think is wrong), if it could be rightly enforced 

 we would soon have the woods full of deer. Just con- 

 sider the great numbers which are destroyed every vear 

 out of season— two thirds, at least, of all killed during 

 the year. If these had been allowed to breed, with those 

 which we still have (which are many more than one 

 would suppose), there would be deer enough without any 

 two years' prohibition, I say to our legislators at Al- 

 bany, go to work and contrive some plan to prevent the 

 slaughter out of season. Tax our guns or anything to do 

 it. but make no more laws until those we have can be 

 cuforced. There is not a man in Franklin or St. Law- 

 rence county, who frequents the Adirondacks, but knows 

 what I say is true. All know deer are killed out of sea- 

 son, and in many instances the parties are known who 

 kill them. But the residents are not going to enforce the 

 laws. That ought to be known by this time. There is 

 no one who cares more for the preservation of game than 

 I do, still there is not a year passes but what I could se- 

 cure the conviction of dozens, yes, hundreds, if I chose, 

 for violating the game laws. 1 can do no more than hun- 

 dreds of others, if they wished. But we have many 

 reasons for not doing so, which I have neither the time 

 nor space to give here. Suffice it to say, we w r on't and 

 don't do it, and if any of your readers want to find out 

 the reason let them come here and reside, and practice 

 hunting in the Adirondacks, and enter complaints against 

 them. Adeion Ondack. 



A New Maine Association.— Po: r.and, Me., Feb. 28th, 

 —Of late there has been evinced in this locality a con- 

 siderable interest in the protection of game and fish, and 

 it has finally taken shape in the organization of (he 

 " Cumberland Game and Fish Protective. Association," 

 with its headquarters at Portland. The association has 

 started under favorable auspices, its list containing some 

 of our most prominent business men in the professions 

 and trades. We have already twenty of the leading 

 sportsmen of the city, and more are to come in, Our as- 

 sociation should number at least a hundred with the ma- 

 terial at hand. 



The permanent organization has Robert B. Swift for 

 President, Samuel Hanson, Vice-President, and Her- 

 bert M. Sylvester, Secretary and Treasurer, This as- 

 sociation does not wish to be* regarded as a shooting dub. 

 but has for its primary object the enforcement of the game 

 and fish laws, and to preserve and foster the game and 

 fish which in' season afford such healthful and appetizing 

 sport. 



'We havo herein Ciir-berlar.a County fim woodcock, 

 snipe and plover, partridge and sea shooting in their sea- 

 son. Salmon abound plentifully in Sebago Fake and its 

 tributaries, bass and trout in its 'many ponds arid streams. 



It is proposed to make the association a •■■ xinty organ- 

 ization, to embrace among its workers all true losers of 

 Sport, thereby to promote unity of action, the knowledge 

 of natural history, and to obtain all the benefits ot 

 a successful organization of this kind, and ultimately to 

 obtain an act of incorporation which shall bring with it 

 full power In the association to enforce prosecutions in 

 its own behalf ; and we hope to take, rank with the best 

 of kindred associations, and to be able to accomplish a 

 good work. H. M. Sylvester. 



The Cumberland Association has started out with ex- 

 cellent principles. Wo shall take great pleasure in re- 

 cording its good work in the early future. 



Migratory Qxta.il in Pennsylvania.— West Chester, 

 Pa., March 11 th.— Last June ninety-five quail wen- lib- 

 erated by the sportsmen of this borough and near \icin- 

 ity, principally in the several townships bounding V. est 

 Chester. For some fa n .lays or two weeks following their 

 liberation (six or eight were freed in a different place) 

 they were frequently seen and reported. Subsequent to 

 this time, however, no reliable information lias come to 

 the writer other than from Messrs. (Jeorge Little, Beau- 

 mont Oat and James Ingram, fanners n siding 111 the Vl- 

 cmiiv of Westchester. The two geirHemen Brst named 

 on several occasions during the summer, and. 1 believe, 

 early autumn, saw the quail, but noted no increase. in 

 the number which were liberated on their properties, 

 As regards their breeding we have no personal Knowl- 

 edge, Mr. dames Ingram (on bis place live buds were 

 placed), however, advises us that he had in his posses-ion 

 a young quail, that had been found by his son m a held 

 where the strangers had been repeatedly seen ami heard. 

 The bird, although not seen by any ornithologist, or 

 other person familiar with the species, Mr. Ingram suites 

 positively was a Messina quail. His reasons are: small 

 lose of bird, peculiarity of bill, and, as above referred u>, 

 habitual frequenting of bis premises. 



To the efficient managers of the Daily Local News the 

 thanks of the sporting fraternity of Chester County are 

 due for the untiring efforts (by admitting m their col- 

 umns all inquiries relative lo the quail free of charge) 

 vvliieh'thesegeutlemon mam!,-', d in , vial ion to our im- 

 portation. We regret to say that, notwithstanding the 

 liberal contribution of valuable space by Hie journal al- 

 ready named, but little authentic evidence (we do not 

 refer to the observations of Messrs. Little and Oat) was 

 adduced to show that the quail even remained in the 



■hi nt y longer than a fortnight. In regard to their breed- 

 ig, we think the Ingram "find" is the only one which 

 as any degree of plausibility about it. Several of the 

 ^utlemen who wore conspicuous in the importation 

 lavement, with whom we have conversed upon the sub- 

 •ef, are inclined to look upon the importation as a fail- 

 re. B. ILarky Warren. 



Lehigh Association.— Allentn 

 At the regular meeting ot the I 



, Pa 



March 3d.— 

 anie and Fish 

 ■8 were elected 



C. H. Hilling: Assistant Secretary, A bra 

 Board of Directors— Harry Cooper. J. Ne- 

 Kra.mer, H. Berryman, C. Lewis Huber 

 and Augustus Eberhard, of Catasauqua. 



0mqe |?## m\d 0w//. 



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G.UlK EN SEASON IN MABOU. 

 ires, brown and gray. Wila duck, geese, brant, etc. 



FOR FLORIDA. 



DeorVWfld Turkey, Woodcock, Quail, Snipe, Ducks, aud Wild Fowl. 

 " nay tarda "generally, including various species of plover, sand 

 piper, saipc. curlew, oyster-catcher, snrl birds, nlmlaropes, avo- 

 cets, etc., coining under the group LimacitUc or Shore Birds- 



GAME AND FISH DIRECTORY. 



In sending reports for the Forest and Stream Directory to 

 Game ami Fish Resorts, our correspondents are requested to give 

 the following particulars, with such other information as they 

 may deem of value : State, Town, County ; means of access ; Hotel 

 and other accommodations ; Game and Its Season : Fish and Its Sea- 

 i: Boats, Guides, etc.; Name of person to address. 



Ltte Qttail.— Limited orders for live quail can be 



filled by Whitley & Morris, 218 Washington street, New 

 York. Price $6 per dozen. 



Costly Ammunition.— Sportsmen are constantly coming 

 across curious things and having odd experiences. Our cor- 

 respondent " Buckeye," of Hudson, Ohio, sends usa story 

 of a deer's head sent from Cleveland, Ohio, to Hudson, in 

 which the taxidermist found imbedded in the lower jaw 

 a three-cent silver piece, a ten-cent silver piece and afrve- 

 cent nickel. In other parts of the head were some buck- 

 shot and a rifle ball. The coins were battered and bent 

 out of shape and had shattered the bones. Evidently, 

 our correspondent suggests, some one was short of am- 

 munition, or else had the buck fever. 



—We are not among those who deory the things of the 

 present to find all good in the past. We believe the 

 world is moving. The rough-and-ready forefather who 

 went out with his flint-lock could draw a bead on a squir- 

 rel an.'l put the ball above that particular individual hair 

 of the head, below which custom would not tolerate mu- 

 tilation, and doubtless your dilettante who fears to soil 

 his lavender kids will miss the squirrel entirely, and the 

 tree too, for that matter. But we do not for that reason 

 bewail the decadence of skill in the field. We hold that 

 the young gentleman with kidB is all the better for his 

 jaunt, and possibly he may in time enter so truly into 

 the spirit of the thing that his kids will be left at home 

 and his eye will sight more quickly and his arms hold 



more steadily. 



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—The Chinese must go. Twenty-eight sportsmen con- 

 tested for a shot g"' 1 at Seattle, W. T., last month, and, 

 after they had finished their scores, a Chinaman, who 

 runs a wash-house at that place, requested the privilege 

 of trying bis skill, and was allowed to do so. He beat all 

 the scores and won the prise. 



—The third annual reception of the Fountain (Jim 

 Club, of Brooklyn, took place Wednesday evening, Feb. 

 •1th. It was a moBt enjoyable affair, aud ovorybody 

 seemed to be having the very best kind of a time. One 

 of in, prettiest features of the evening was a little six- 

 year-old lady, will, dark flowinghair and laughing eyes, 

 who used her little feet in a way to charm all beholders. 



WtonPlOEQire.— Jfiffersofy, Ohio, March Mh— Pigeons 

 began flying over this place on Thursday morning. Fri- 

 day morning a great mainy passed over, but the trappers 

 were unable to light any, 'iho wind blowing so strong the 

 stool pigeons would not work. About eight o'clock im- 

 mense flocks passed over from the east. 



—A party of gunners at Bay Ridge, L. I., last week re- 

 ported that they started some twenty -five woodcock, 

 among them an albino. 



Massachusetts.— Duxbnry, Fel>. 23d.— The past season 

 has been the most open one for years, consequently not 

 many, lucks, whistlers, sheldrakes, etc.. bagged. What 

 were shot -were in the best possible condition. The bay 

 at the present time contains large Hocks of fowl but very 

 wild. The game birds here in their seasons are as fol- 

 lows: Partridges, quail, woodcock, snipe, teal, upland 

 pi. o er, .-ora. rail. peep, yellow legs, ringnecks, black duck, 

 coots, whistlers, sheldrake, quanders, rabbits, foxes, a 

 i\-w mink, mnskrats. Thirty-eight miles from Boston, 

 Old Colony Railroad, two hours en route, Hollis Hotel, 

 .1. U. 1 1. .His. proprietor, Grouse. 



Worgestkr SPORSJOTN'a Club.— Worcester, March 

 beir annual meeting this week the members of 

 the Worcester Sportsmen's Club elected these officers: 

 President.Ai P, Pond; Vice-Presidents, W. S. Perry, E. 

 T. Smith i Treasuri r, Gilbert J. liugg ; Secretary, Sted- 

 inan Clark ; Directors, Alba Houghton, John Goodell, M. 

 D. Oilman, C. B, Holden. 



Sktph out op Season". —Boston, March. sih.—Mt. Os- 

 good, of this oity 5 captured a Wilson's snipe on ibe?Hth 



of January last, which I have mounted, H. A. S, 



First Lono Island Snipe. — New York. March 9th. — 



Mr. C. A. Willets, of Flushing, L. I., had the plea 



killing the first snipe of the season at that play- i in !••!'. 

 34th, 1880, It was the only one seen. U. L. 



New York. March 9&»— Tests rdaj flu Ith i il 

 killed on Long island two English snipe. As this is 

 rather early, should you deem it at enough importance, 

 you might mention it in your next issue. " I ":. W. 



PBimSYtVANIA— Washi ton, M 'iStTu— ThB Wash- 

 Sportsman's Association hash,-, n .,,-;, ni/.eil with a mem- 

 bership of thirty-five, and if is hoped to double the num- 



Vm&ytA—Pc.terMmrg, March, Gth— Eleven shells, one 

 hour, half a mile from railway depot, seven English snipe. 

 Markets full of ducks and robins. J. L. K. 



Mississippi— Union Church.. Feb. 37//'/,— AVe have a 

 shooting club here with a membership of ten. Shall send 

 you some of our scores. 



Illinois— DeKalb, March Bth. — The prairie about here 

 is now dotted all over With ponds, and ducks are very 

 plentiful, more so, 1 am told, than they have been for 

 years, but thev are very wild and fly very high, and great 

 skill aud good guns are needed. 'Some good bags are 

 made every day aud there is sport for all. Chicle. m - are 

 numerous in season, aud so are the sportsmen, so that in 

 the immediate vicinity of the city the " season " is made 

 very short ; but (he wilds aud lakes of Wisconsin are 

 close by, and we need not lack for sport. W. H. K. 



OHIO— Cleveland, March nth.— Was out yesterday, -Ith, 

 and shot a Wilson snipe in very good condition indeed. 

 Is not this -very early? Never killed one before earlier 

 than March 9th two years since, of which I then advised 

 you ; have shot here nearly half a century around Cleve- 

 land. A friend of mine sprung a, woodcock 33d of Feb- 

 ruary; but the season is so very early, every indication of 

 spring — frogs calling, worms up. and oilier Southern 

 birds are here some little time since. James Chubb. 



Long Island Sportsman's Association.— The Long 

 Island Sportsmen's Association held its adjourned meet- 

 ing Monday night. Mir. Chappel, the President, was in the 

 chair. Delegates were present from live clubs. The 

 principal business was the adoption of a constitution and 

 by-laws. The general scheme provided makes each ac- 

 tive member of every club of the association a member 

 of the association. All the farmers on the Island who 

 are in sympathy 'with and will cooperate in the objects 

 of the "organization, are made honorary members. A 

 roll showing every member of each club will be prepared, 

 which will be of' benefit for reference. The objects of 

 the organization are ipecifled x be "To secure the pro- 

 pagation and protection of fish, game and birds by the 

 recommendation and enforcement, of judicious laws pro- 

 hibiting the killing and sale of game and fish during im- 

 proper seasons, and the wanton destruction by unsports- 

 manlike means. Also to foster genuine social spirit and 

 unison of action among the several dubs of Long Island 

 and their members, and encourage skill in the use of 

 the rod and gun." 



The following resolution was unanimously adopted and 

 incorporated in the constitution: ''That this association 

 denounces the mutilation of birds as unsportsmanlike 

 and barbarous, unworthy of gentlemen, and ..-,:. 

 to bring trap-shooting unjustly into disrepute, and we 

 pledge ourselves to do everything in our power, as an as- 

 sociation and as individuals, to prevent such practice and 

 punish its perpetrators." It was also declared that any 

 member guilty of such mutilation should be expelled, 

 and thereafter remain ineligible to meml ie 



The meeting adjourned to meet at the Founts 

 Club rooms March 18th, at 8 p.m. 



Monroe County Notes.— Boehetter, N. Y„ March §th, 

 — William Billiughurst, inventor of the Billinghurst reel 

 and manufacturer of the Billiughurst target rifle, died in 

 this city on the 4th inst,, of paralysis, aged 7o years, lie 

 was in the guu-making trade here nearly fifty years, and 

 doubtless thousands Of your readers have handle, 1 ,-,,.■,_ 

 pons made in his shop. In his prime of life he was an 

 ardent sportsman, and in his later years was excelled by 

 few as a rifle shot, 



A few wdld geese have been seen thus early in this 

 vicinity, and business is '• looking up " among the gun 

 dealers. Robins ami bluebirds have been here- for sonu 

 days past. An acquaintance of mine who knowsa hawk 



froin a heron yesterday saw a floe i i siuono 



of the towns of this county ; they are the first, I have 

 heard of in the State this year. 



The Monroe County Sportsmen's Club held us annual 

 meeting last night and reelected the following officers : 

 Pri t, A r . J. Babeoek : Vice President. J. H. Brown ; 



Secretary and Treasurer. L, A. Pratt. The dub has 

 ordered two hundred migratory quail through Horace I'. 

 Tooey, of Boston, and is on a good financial basis. There 

 are ninety-nine paying members on the roll and applica- 

 tions for admittance pending. 



At the charter election Tuesday last George. M. 

 Schwartz, an efficient game const&bl' : , held the 



office the two previous 1 ,, ectcd by a flat- 



tering majority and in spite of a determined movement to 

 defeat him, set on foot by law-breakers whom he had 

 prosecuted for illegal fishing. EXPLOSIVE TARGET. 



Cortland Gun Club.— Cortland, X y.. March 7th.— 

 At the annual meeting of the Cortland Gun ( llo 

 Mr. B. E. Miller's Owing offi- 



cers were elected for the ensuing year : President, A. 

 Jlaban ; Vice-President,. 0, P. Walrad : Secretary, B. E. 

 Miller : Treasurer, A. Sobermcrhorn. 



, , ctremely mild weathej of the pas! winter has 



enabled the men ie pi otic glass-ball sb to 



quently, at I B mi a made. 



There is much in! members! ; 



is increasing. A pleasant and profitable season itici- 



pated. 



Montana Deer Hunting.— San Francisco, Feb. $Mh. 



— 1 inclose a paragraph oi two from my old chum, Diok 

 Eddy, which may interest you. Under date- of Jan. Oth, 

 Missoula, Montana, he writes : " I was 



and killed ten deer, and w j 

 bring them in and killed five more 

 date of Julv loth from same place, lie says : " When I 

 wrote you last I had only started in to bum. The Quar- 



