356 



FOREST AND STREAM/ 



[June 3, 1880. 



leans and Montgomery Shooting Clubs, at New Orleans, 

 two years ago, I killed a pigeon flying nearly over the 

 eighty yards boundary, 1 standing behind the twenty-six 

 VMids score and fully ten feet back of that at the tabie 

 where our ammunition was placed. The bird was fully 

 thirty yards high. The load in my gun was 3drs. Curtis 

 & Harvey powder and 1 oz. No. G English chilled shot. T 

 have killed a, goose with the same load, exactly 60 yards. 

 I have killed a gobbler weighing eighteen and three- 

 fourths pounds the same distance, except I used No. 4 

 shot. 



I have killed a goose at one hundred yards (and per- 

 haps further) with 3drs. powder and loz. FF shot (thirty- 

 five pellets to the ounce by actual count). On nry last 

 snipe hunt I killed a snipe' seventy yards high that fell 

 perpendicularly one hundred yards from me by actual 

 "measurement on the ground. "My companion first shot 

 at it, and 1 missed with the first barrel and killed with 

 the second, and strange to say, he was struck with five or 

 six shot. I used on this occasion 3drs. powder and loz. 

 No. 8 chilled shot. 



At a thirty-inch circle, forty-five yards, tin's same gun 

 has put 270 out of 27G pellets (loz. No. chilled shot) in 

 the circle. With 2jdrs. powder and {oz. No. 8 chilled shot 

 I have shot doves "on a rise of fl f t v to sixty yards, one with 

 each barrel. Is there any other on earth to beat it ? 



Well, here comes the most remarkable shot of all, and 

 I have two witnesses to it — my companions who were 

 in the boat with me. During' the last freshet in the 

 Alabama River, when the land opposite the city was 

 under water, we started out after some ducks. We were 

 seventy five to one hundred yards outside of the trees 

 that describe the left bank of the Alabama. A flock of 

 ducks flying very high above the trees came flying down 

 and I fired at them with BdfB. powder and loz. FF shot 

 (thirty-five to the ounce), and drove a shot through the 

 wing and into the body of one of them, killing him al- 

 most instantly. The gentlemen who were with me— both 

 fine sportsmen and magnificent shots — said that he fell at 

 two hundred yards. Nothing could have astonished us 

 more than the killing of this duck. No one ever dreamed 

 that a 12 bore gun, or any other, would hold up at that 

 distance, but this is an indisputable fact. 



1 SJ ve y° u a l s0 herewith a score at pigeons with same 

 gun— 8}drs. powder and loz. No. 7 chilled shot — eight at 

 thirty yards, six at thirty-five yards rise— one barrel. 



My brother made a trip of one day down the Chata- 

 hoochee River after ducks, and with a 12 bore gun — 2fdrs. 

 powder and loz. No. 7 shot — killed and bagged forty- 

 seven ducks and one goose, without missing a single 

 shot — shooting done by himself, 



Mr. Editor, I do not give the foregoing' to brag on what 

 I could do, but you can rely upon what I have told you 

 as facts, and I should consider these shots unequalled 

 even if made by any one else. 



I challenge the world to produce anything, all things 

 considered, more remarkable. 



Ad "Vance. 



Cleveland. — " Two snipe at one shot." That's nothing. 

 I once killed seven Wilson snipe at one shot, and this is 

 how it happened : Some years ago this bird nested in 

 numbers in this locality. When the broods were able to 

 care for themselves they resorted, in August, to the 

 marshy borders of the Cuyahoga in the evening for food. 

 Near the mouth of this river was located a distillery, 

 where thousands of hogs were fed on the refuse of the 

 still, and the refuse of the hog pens was emptied daily 

 into the river ; consequently, erery bayou in the vicinity 

 had the material to develop aquatic insect life in grea't 

 abundance. There ducks and beach birds of all kinds in 

 their season resorted by the thousand. In the evening 

 the snipe would come to these insect-infested pools in 

 great numbers, and it was on one of these occasions 

 that I got a lot of them in a row and killed seven at a 

 single shot. Twice I have killed two snipe at a shot, but 

 in each case one bird only was in the air, while the other 

 was quietly feeding or squatting in the tussock beyond, 

 unknown to me when I pulled on the flying bird. 



I once drove a pack of quail into a small ravine, and aa 

 I approached the margin up got a wild turkey, not fifty 

 feet off. A firm No. 6 shot through the head and neck 

 brought down the bird, which weighed twenty-four 

 pounds when cleaned. But this is not the end of the 

 story. The same shot startled a bevy of quail, and 

 strange as it may seem to you, they left behind them two 

 of their number, killed by the same shot that captured 

 the turkey. A friend — now one of the representative 

 geologists of the country — used to pass many vacation 

 days in squirrel hunting," and on one occasion he took one 

 through the head in the usual way at short range ; but 

 was he not surprised when another squirrel fell from a 

 tree beyond, shot through the body by the same ball. 



I once took a greenhorn (in the deer hunting line) into 

 the woods of Michigan some years ago. He had never 

 seen the animal before, except" in the domesticated state, 

 or hung up in the market. The first thing he did was to 

 kill two deer at one shot the first dav we were out. I 

 had been following them in the still hunting way for two 

 hours, when the crack of a rifle indicated to me that a 

 change had taken place in my locality. Sure enough, 

 this ''greenhorn in deer hunting" had bowled over with 

 one ball a splendid ban-en doe and a picked-up fawn— one 

 shot through the shoulders, the other through the neek. 



And now I will close with one more " two-at-a-shot 

 story,'' and 1 assure you there is no fish in it. Passing the 

 margin of an oak forest, a single pigeon started from one 

 of the trees, which 1 killed while flying by. The same 

 shot brought down a beautiful male woodchuok that was 

 also feasting off the acorns from one of the oak trees. 



I filed once at a family of blue wing teal, eight in all, 

 short range. 1 gave them one barrel— not a bird, They 

 rose in a bunch, when 1 tired again — not a feather. Either 

 the powder nas bad, or the shot had spilled out of my 

 gun (a muzzle-loader), for that was the only way to 

 account for it. De. E, Sterun'i .:. 



from the attempt by the fear that the indefinable hang 

 of their favorite breech-loader might be thereby im- 

 paired. 



My experience on this point is quite the reverse, and in 

 fact I like to handle nry shot gun better, with the rifle in 

 its place. Being only twenty inches in length, and 

 heavier at the breech, its effect is to make the muzzle 

 more easily manageable. 



One point wherein lies its immense superiority over 

 any fixed contrivance, is the readiness with which it 

 may be withdrawn, leaving the shot gun always in statu 

 quo. So far as the side balance of the gun is concerned, 

 a man who shoots from the right shoulder should use the 

 "auxiliary " in the left barrel, and will find no incon- 

 venience whatever from unequal distribution of weight. 



But nothing can convince one skeptical on these and 

 similar points like the possession and use of the rifle 

 itself, which, although somewhat diminutive in size, and 

 by no means obtrusively gassy, is more thoroughly com- 

 petent to plead its own cause, by meritorious action, than 

 the most determined verbal advocate. 



Perhaps I ought to say here that I have no interest 

 whatever in the sale of these rifles, but who, with a 

 spark of philanthrophy, when he gets a good thing, will 

 keep it to himself. 



Hubert Eetxolds. 



Camillus, N. Y., May 10th. 



Pennsylvania— Greenville, May 28f/j.— A great many 

 snipe have been killed around about here. Think that 

 woodcock and pheasant shooting will be good, B. 



Shot Guns and Whale.— The 1st of May Mr. AY. R. 

 Schaffer with a party of gunners went to their grounds 

 on Small Point, Maine, on a coot-shooting trip, and had 

 very good success, killing quite a number. Early one 

 morning we discovered out in the sea what was sup- 

 posed to be a shipwreck. After considerable discussion, 

 two of the party catered to go out to it, and found it to 

 be a whale which had been killed outside by a harpoon 

 and had floated there and died. After fastening lines to 

 it, the party finally brought him to the shore. On meas- 

 uring him, they found him to be GO feet long ; diameter, 

 12 feet 9 inches ; width of flukes, 13 feet. He was full of 

 oil. The whale was turned over to the boatmen to secure 

 the oil. This, we thought, was'a capital shot-gun expedi- 

 tion. W. R, S. 



SHOOTING MATCHES. 



SCORES OF THE STATE CONVENTION. 



shoot, 10 single rises, birds all strong; 118 



First contest -Class 

 entries :— 



T.Rimber 



Hurry Drury 



Ed. Hudson 



H. Twist 



C.T.Morse 



John Bedford 



A. 8, Hale 



E. Wukeman 



S.B.Kolf 



H. B. Hooker 



W. H. Gnrbtenden 



G.S.Hier 



Fred Frazer 



Levi VanBuskirk 



W. B. Sheldon 



H. D. Pratt 



Harry Sill 



W. H. Willetts 



J . F. Lawrence 



W. S. Govitt 



D.White 



W. J. Babcook 



G. W. Crouch, Jr 



N. M. Livingston 



D. W. Peck 



Peter KiDg 



E. Taylor 



G. It. Brown 



C. W. WiDgert 



M.V. Boylis 



D. Hall 



L.H. Smith 



Charles Qulrn 



S. Du.mewood 



W. A. Mix 



J.Wiirz. 



R. l'. Flower 



E.L.Sargent ,. 



E.Andrews 



G. W. Smith 



E. fteduiond 



It. Sheldon 



Thomas Cook 



J. E. Mcintosh 



Goo. Smith 



U.K. Jones 



W, C. Jakus 



Sheldon Thompson. . . 



William Port 



D. Murphy.. 



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W.Miller-.- 1 11110 1111-9 



A. Elmendorf 1 110 11110 1-8 



H. Wnlzer 1 11111111 1-10 



G. A. Chappel 1 000111011-0 



O. Marsh 1 1110 1111 1- B 



James Faulkner 1 1 1 1 1 0— 5 



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II. H. Moore 1 11011010 1—7 



A. Sheridan 1 11111110 1-9 



J.A.Nichols 111111111—9 



E.Reamer 1 110101111-8 



J. Vandorlew 1 1111111 1-0 



Ties of 10, 25 yards:— 



Jwist 1 10 1 0-8 I Tompkins 1 1111-5 



Hooker 1 1 1 1-4 1 Tutten 1 1 1 1-4 



Hotchkiss and AValzer -withdrawn with 0. 



Ties of 0:— Kimber, Gnrritt, Thompson, Hermi 

 West, Tucker, Dcning und Marsh withdrawn 

 Lawrence, Geo. Smith, Silsl.v. Whmi.-. 1'™ T 

 G.W.Smith, Stacy, Christian, 2 each : Nichols i 

 ;h. Henderson, Sarsi.nl, Joint-, Miller and '■ 

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Ties of 8, shot off for the '.in. '.:..', . • 

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 only killed their string .if , r . lards. '1 he lie shot < 

 suited in a victory for W. J. Richardson, of the 

 Sportsman's Club, of Watertown. he only killing 



Ties on 7; the 16 corn pel itois tieing on ',. sho' - 

 fourth prize; no one killing 5 bints, a second 

 16 was necessitated ; Peter Heinz, 

 lluft'alo, killed 2 birds and won. 



Second Content— Class shooting; 10 single birds ; 21 yards:— 



N.B.Hooker 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 



William Christian - 1 " 



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,vclc, wilh 1; Sill. 

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 ls and Miller 0. 

 si.iii is; 26 .sards. 

 tin and Tallmim 

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 Jefferson County 

 : 5 birds. 



iff Ihetie for the 



-tomcat among all 



Audubon Club, of 



1-9 



The ArxfLiAKY Rifle Barrel.— Editor Forest and 

 Stream: — My attention wa.s first called to the Sheltou 

 auxiliary ritle barrel by an advertisement in the Fokfst 

 AM' Stiuoam. I am free to say that I was u . 

 agreeably surprised than by its performance, it shoots 

 wilh as much power and accuracy as any title. lever 

 owned, and my only regret is that I did not get one Of 

 heavier caliber. Doubtless.many sportsmen, who other- 

 wise- would like to use au inserted barrel, are debarred 



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W. Svynn. 



.1. G. Stacy 



F.H. Bell 



W. A. Stevens.... 



M. W.rrkley 



George Faiiz. .. 

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 F. II. Talluinu.'... 

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Thomas Cook 



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M. A. Stearns 



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W. C. Jakus 



K. H. Sargent 



It. T. Flower 



H. Twist 



A. H. Sheridan 



C. w. Wiugert 



Jacob Buck 



A.S. Hale 



J.J. Bennett 



Wm. Hughes 



Rurtllotchkin 



Peter Heinz 



('. K.Morse, Jr.... 

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1.1. Hall 



W. H. Grisivold... 



M. V. Bayles 



! I. Meaner 



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K. fl. Mndison.... 



F. Thomson 



George Lutber. . . 1 1 



J. Went 1 



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William .Miller 



G eorge A Chappell 1 J 



Cleorgu Smith 1 1 



.1. Sid way 



E. L. HudBon. 



B.Taylor 



G.R.Brown .. 

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Ties of 9, 28 yards rise :— 



Wm. Christian t \ R. Robinson 1 



G. W. Smith 4 C.F. Morse, Jr... 3 



Peter Thompkins 4 George A . Chappell 4 



J.G. Stacy 1 1 C. Warner J 



Extra ties of 4, 31 yards :— 

 G.W. Smith 4 | George A. Chappell 3 



The second prize fell to George W. Smith, of the Audubon Club, 

 of Buffalo. 



'lies of s, 30 yards rise :- 



IT. B. Hooker 5 



W.R. Willetts » 



S. A. Tucker ,-• 5 



G. W. Crouch, Jr 2 



Thomas Cook. .. 



11. Wulmer 



G. C. Luther 



Extra ties of 5, 31 yards rise :— 

 H.B.Hooker 4 | S. A. Tucker 3 



Mr. Tucker, of the Monroe County Club of Rochester, was 

 awarded the third prize. 



torge Smith... 



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K. J. ttiebardsoi! 

 E. A. Andrews. 

 T. A. Carman.... 

 Jacob Penus 



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Q.G. Howard 



A. Baker ., 



H.it. Hess.... 



G..1. -Marsh... 



B. Hotchkiss. . 



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C. J. Heiliold 



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ft. F. (Uldersleeve.. 



| Robert Newell.. 



W.J ll.il .. 

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I C. W. Rodman 1 



Wiilin 



Li. Hall 



Extra ties of 4, 31 yards:- 



J. Ueier, Jr 



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Mr. Fort is a member of the Genesee Club, Irondequoit, 

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