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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[July 22, 1880. 



they are in season here from Aug. 15th to Nov. loth, 

 i men -will find good deer shooting here in Sep- 

 tember. No other game to mention. 



Always pleased to help hunters who come in my way. 

 Went into the woods in 1873 with a bad hirer, ilenlt'h 

 improved, and I threw up my business and liu in ' ™- 

 ber most of the time. R. 



Maine. — The game and fish laws of the State of Maine 

 are published in pamphlet form for gratuitous distribu- 

 tion. The Commissioners of Fisheries and Game are E. 

 M. Stillwell, Bangor, and Everett Smith, Portland. They 

 request that any violation of the laws be reported to them. 



The close seasons in Maine are: — Salmon, July 15th to 

 A] nil 1st, following; trout, togue and land-locked sal- 

 mon, Oct. 1st to May 1st, excepting on the St. Croix 

 River a,nd its tributaries, and all the waters in Kennebec 

 County, in which the close season is Sept. 15th to May 

 1st; black bass, Oswego bass and white perch, April 1st 

 to July 1st; moose, Jan, 1st to Oct. 1st ; cariboo and 

 deer, Jan. 1st to Oct. 1st. use of dogs always prohibited : 

 beaver otter and sable, May 1st to Oct. 1st ; ruffed 

 grouse, commonly called partridge, and woodcock, Dec. 

 1st to Sept. 1st, following ; quail and pinnated grouse, 

 Jan. 1st to Sept. 1st, and quail aTe protected until Sept. 

 1st, 1883; wood duck, dusky duck, commonly called 

 black duck, May 1st to Sept. 1st — does not apply to sea- 

 coast shooting ; plover, May 1st to Aug. 1st; insectiv- 

 orous birds are always protected. 



Nebraska Game Notes.— Omaha, July Wtlu— The 

 prospects for a fine shooting season are good — quail and 

 chickens are plentiful all through the surrounding coun- 

 try—indeed, quail are to be found in large numbers, 

 within the city limits. With Omaha as a center, the 

 sportsman will be able to find good sport in almost 

 any direction he may wish to travel. Conveyances can 

 be hired at reasonable rates, and as the. roads are good, 

 a twenty or thirty mile drive is nothing. Good water 

 can be found almost everywhere, as the bottoms are but 

 a few miles apart. A trip up the Elkhorn valley will 

 give plenty of sport, and the valley itself is the finest sec- 

 tion of country to be found in the West. There is good 

 basa Sshing (said to be) in the Elkhorn, but other streams 

 will not give much satisfaction. Omaha boasts of two 

 sportsmen's clubs, the workingmen's having the most, 

 vitality and largest, membership. Pigeon and glass ball 

 matches are frequent, the last occurring on the 5th, when 

 nearly 1,000 birds were put up. The bird trap used is a 

 new one, the invention of Mr. Hathaway, a gunsmith, 

 and is without doubt the simplest and best made. Sports- 

 men hero uniformly overload their guns, and conse- 

 quently do not make the best possible scores their guns 

 are capable of doing. This fault, however, is a common 

 one all over the country, I have seen good guns con- 

 demned simply because they were overloaded. 



Natjticus. 



Caisson, Nev., May 2Gf7).— I notice that some of your 

 correspondents are relating wonderful (?) stories about 

 killing two snipe, when but two birds took flight, with 

 one barrel, I will relate my experience. In tbe fall of 

 1878 I was hunting jack snipe on a favorite ground when 

 one bird rose, flying directly from me, keeping within a 

 few feet of the ground. I pulled on him at about 

 twenty-five yards, and he fell dead. As my dog— a re- 

 triever only — went to pick up the bird, my eyes lit upon 

 another a few yards further on, and in a direct line with 

 the one 1 had just brought down. Upon my dog bring- 

 ing his second snipe, I found it to be badly hit. My 

 theory for this singular double is that the second bird, 

 being" in direct line with the one on the wing, the former 

 came in for his share of the charge as the shot struck the 

 ground. In the same field last fall I bagged two snipe 

 with one barrel as they ''crossed" — only two birds in the 

 air at that moment. Only last week, while out dove 

 shooting, I killed two birds with one barrel as they took 

 flight ; and the same day a friend who accompanied me 

 flushed three doves, lolling one with the first and two 

 with the second shot. Doves are the only birds the law 

 permits us to shoot at present ; they are quite abundant. 

 Messrs. Crawford, De Neuff, Rose and myself bagged 137 

 one day last week. 



An Echo of the Big Shots.— Editor Forest and 

 St ream :— In your last issue I notice the announcement 

 •• California Ahead "—a reply from the Pacific coast, in 

 which it is claimed that my score of eighteen snipe in 

 thirteen consecutive shots is badly beaten, To beat my 

 score he quotes an enormous bag (made in six hours) of 

 seven dozen snipe, also states that four were killed at one 

 shot, I cannot see how or upon what grounds the gen- 

 tleman from California can claim an offset to my score, 

 for the reason that I only claimed to have killed more 

 snipe in a given number of consecutive shots than any 

 one that I had yet heard of. I made three double shoots 

 and one triple, there being three birds together only 

 once, and I killed them. The gentleman from California 

 mentions, also, that his friend also made a double shot- 

 one bird on the ground unseen, the other on the wing. I 

 have frequently done this and seen it done by others, 



I claim that my double and triple shots -were not 

 "scratches." At the time this shooting was done, al- 

 though a youth, I was about as near perfection in the 

 handling of a gun as I ever expect to be, and as an illus- 

 tration of it, I will mention that 1 have called my shot 

 and knocked the tail-feathers out of a dove flying to 

 roost (and they fly faster than any bird in the world, es- 

 pecially at this time), without hurting him. To do this 

 1 used No. 10 shot, and I have, done it often. 



Seven dozen snipe in six hours is wonderfully good 

 shooting, but I will give the bag made by two gentle- 

 men in this county some years ago. This was told to 

 me when I quoted the exploit of the friend of the gen- 

 tleman from California, which I also explained as an 

 offset to my score previously given you, and which 

 even they acknowledged to be the" best 6n record. These 

 two gentlemen killed over two hundred and eighty snipe 

 in one day, and haye frequently killed from one hundred 

 to one hundred and fifty after 1 o'clock p.m. They 

 killed sometimes five, six and seven birds at one shot. 



Livery sportsman here knows that it is the habit of 

 snipe to flock in immense numbers just prior to their 

 migration northward, and, although they are wild, it is 

 not an unfrequent occurrence to hear of several being 

 killed at one shot, 1 have heard of sixteen being killed 

 at one shot on the "Teche." 1 am almost positive that 

 1 can obtain a score from the so-considered best snipe 



shot in Louisiana, of over one hundred birds scored i 

 a day, and in a manner that will eclipse the bag men- 

 tioned by the gentleman from California. I have heard 

 it from his own lips, but have forgotten it. 



1 am ready to yield the palm to any sportsman who 

 will exceed my score — " honest Injun" — all things con- 

 sidered. I forgot to mention that I used, at that time, 

 a muzzle-loader, made by J. P. Murray, of Columbus, 

 Ga. ; 13-bore, with SJJdrs. powder and fozs. No. 7 shot. 



Until you, Messrs. Editors, can supplant my record 

 more substantially, I must claim my score still in 



Ad. Vance. 



SWIPB Shooting— Hammonton, N. J., July 3d.— In 

 your last issue you published a communication written 

 by " H. C," of San Francisco, and headed " California 

 Ahead." in which be claims that tbe score of P, S, Mul- 

 lin, killing in six hours seven dozen English snipe, as the 

 best shooting yet heard of. I will and do agree with 

 " H. C," that it was big shooting ; but nothing very ex- 

 tra, considering the time and birds plenty. I will" now 

 give you, not in a spirit of braggadocio, the best snipe 

 shoot on record. In the spring of 1861 1 was in Illinois, 

 shooting in Menard County. On the ,'id of April I went 

 from Boo Grove to Middletown, Logan County, a dis- 

 tance of about five miles, of course taking my gun, and 

 accompanied by my pointer dog Jack. On the Middle- 

 town prairie is "a snipe ground of about sixty acres. On 

 reaching it, I found it alive with English snipe, I never 

 saw so many birds on the same ground. I had only 

 four pounds of shot with me (had I had a bag of shot, I 

 could have used it all). In a little less than two hours I 

 killed sixty -six English snipe and five green-winged teal. 

 I killed once, three snipe with one barrel ; and several 

 times killed two birds crossing. I had to shoot very 

 small loads, as I wished to see how many birds I could 

 kill with four pounds of shot. I measured each load of 

 shot in my hand, and can truthfully say that, toward the 

 last of the shooting, the shot would not more than cover 

 a twenty-five-cent piece. The birds were very tame, and 

 jumped close to me — the smallest load lolling them 

 clean. On my arrival at Middletown, I counted out my 

 birds on the counter in Mr. Reed's store, in the presence 

 of Hon. Colby Knapp, Drs. T. B. Perry and Hill, and 

 Mr. M. Reed, all of whom will confirm my statement. 

 On another occasion I left the house (situated on Bee 

 ve, Menard County, 111,) to shoot a few snipe on 

 Salt Greek bottom, not going off the place or out of 

 sight of the house. Col. Win. R. Roberts, of the, Twenty- 

 eighth Illinois Regiment, was on the front stoop. He re- 

 marked to me as I passed that he would count the shots, 

 and on my return tell me how many snipe I killed. I 

 laughed, and told him I would bet him a glass of tea that 

 he could not. I was not gone very long, got a good 

 mess and on my return the Colonel said: "Boy, you have 

 twenty-five snipe." I replied I did not know how many I 

 had (but 1 did know I had not missed a shot and that I 

 had killed two BUipe with one barrel). I asked him why 

 he thought I had killed twenty-five birds. He said he had 

 counted the shots and saw my dog bring me a bird after 

 each shot. I said : Colonel, you have lost your bet; we 

 had better go in the house and take that tea, explaining 

 to him,as I counted out twenty -six birds, how I had been 

 lucky in killing two with one barrel. Ca.pt. A. H. Bo- 

 gardus knows of this shooting, for Col. Roberts told him 

 of it a few weeks afterward. 



I have seen snipe in thousands in Illinois, and many 

 and many a time have I seen more than a hundred jump 

 at once. I would like much for Capt. Bogardus to state 

 through your paper the greatest number of birds ever 

 killed by him in one day's shooting. For those who 

 have never shot snipe in Indiana and Illinois I would 

 say they have no idea what good snipe grounds are, or 

 how easy it is to kill (provided you know how to do it) 

 your dozens of snipe a day. L. W. Sharp. 



Powder Measures.— Manchester, N. H., July Qth.— 

 During the last year I have become somewhat interested 

 in glass ball shooting, and after shooting a few rounds 

 a few days since a number of the club asked me 

 what the matter was with my shells. I told them 

 I did not know, and that I loaded them myself and 

 used the same grade of powder as other members of 

 the club, and my score was as good as the average. I 

 began to think of the matter and thought I would test 

 my shot and powder measure. The measure I use is one 

 of" James Dixon & Sons' combination, and the smallest 

 charge marked on it is 3drs. for powder, which by actual 

 avordupois weight is ldr. and 20grs., and the weight of 

 the largest charge marked on the measure, as the full 

 capacity, is S.jflrs. and the actual weight is 3drs. On 

 trying it for shot I find it practically correct, according 

 to the same scales and weights. Now the question with 

 me is, why should there be this discrepancy between the 

 quantity as marked on the powder side of the measure 

 and the actual weight? while on the shot side it is prac- 

 tically correct f I have spoken with a number of our 

 club in regard to this, and no one seems able to give any 

 reason for it, and only say that "the Dixon measure is 

 the standard measure and they all go by it." If you 

 could give some explanation of this subject through your 

 very interesting and valuable paper it would be a great 

 gratification, not only to me but to other members of the 

 club, who have become interested in it. 



Member Manchester Shooting Club. 



The rjowder measure is arbitrary, and doeB not agree 

 with the avoirdupois weight. Dizon's measure is the 

 standard. 



SHOOTING MATCHES. 



NoRWicn, A'. l'„ J'ily»th.— Friendly match between the Bing:- 

 hainton Gun Club anil the Norwich Gun Club, oa tho mounds of 

 the latter. Card's rotary trap; 18 yards rise; 20 balls each. The 

 Norwich Club won the match by the following score ;— 



NORWICH CLUB. 



ST. B. Boss 



Lew 



i Potei 



Waldron 16 



S. MoKean is 



G. R. Wilson 13 



A. V. Dlttmar 10 



■■'" ■. utiei 13 



P. 11. Cutler ill 



W A. Ptatl IB 



ChflB.Stoue li 



Total • • i 



W. K. Loo 



E. Eastman 10 



R. B. Kludge Is 



Fred Brooks 19 



C. House it 



it.. i. Daniels is 



II. White IS 



D. RUpci IB 



Frank Siblov IS 



T. B. Miller |f 



. 117 Total IB* 



MAHCHB3TER, N. H., July 14!/i.- Regular shoot of the Man- 

 chester Shooting Club: Card rotary trap, IS yards rise, ten balls 

 each ; score :— 





Single. 



Double. 



Total. 



F. J. Drake 



51% 6 



« 



32 



I,. K. Mead 



7 5 8 * 



fi 



29 



!■:. A. Din-gin 



7 C 8« 



2 



29 





6 5 (1 



6 7 4 (i 



•1 

 4 





C. L. Harmon 



27 



C. J. Darrah 



., . 9 3 4 5 



3 



24 



.1. E. Wilson 



E 6 i.i 7 





■a 



0. B. French 



BOBS 



6 



23 



A. Foster 



85 8 





21 



Hi. "-heeler 







21 



'1. Greeley . 



7 7 II 





20 



1.1. F. Clark 







28 



Or.Sooti 







It) 



C. C. Clark 



$ 6 ii 



3 



17 

 18 



!\. A. Robinson 



(15 





n 



U.K. Morrill 



, i 3 3 





7 



L. Huntoon . . . . . . '.'.'.'.'."..[ '.''''.'.'..'..'M 2 \ 



j. B, w. 



NASHUA, N. H.,.Tuly UWi.— The ritle and kud clubs had a meet 



on Monday, the 5tli, and celebrated the 4th by breaking glass and 

 punching bullscyes. The following is asummary S— 



Fall-mount Range, July Sth— Match open to all; 18 yards rise 1 

 Card trap ; prize, silver cup -. three scores, 10 balls each ;— 



Blodgett S 6 9-30 I Young- 4 5 4-13 



Chase ill 5 10-25 Bowers 8 7 4 17 



Pollard I 4 S-16 I MeClenna , ... R 9 0-20 



Payno 4 7 T— 18 Davis 7 4 W. 



Small 8 8 8—34 1 Sargent 8 8 9-25 



In the afternoon the members of the club shot loragnld badge. 



F.ight entries, Bogardu 

 Climax:— 



Bixbv 8 1 



Towns JO 5 



Brigham 6 (I 



Webster 7 



ules, 18 yards rise ; traps. Card's and 



(—23 I WMtanwsu.-., ■> 6 7-17 



-28 ) Lakoman 8 6 6-20 



1-20 j Latou 5 11 9-20 



i-18 | Burubum 7 8-23 



Rifle match in afternoon at the Stark Itange. First match for 

 silver oup ; 200 yards :— 



Bixby 40 ;t!i 43- 132 I Greeley 88 -42 39-119 



Bunion 38 10 39-115 | 



Second match for bronze mantle thermometer:— 



Cutter 37 88 38-113 I Fisher 31 30 33—70 



''mil ;;-, :u .:.: ..:■ : IV '. s .,; :.-:; -u 



diulap 29 23 25- 77 I 



Weiui. 



"Westboros lis. Natick.— This match took place at AVestboro 

 July 17th. Wcstboro Team— Qr.N. SmalleyO, ". B. Claik 8, w. n. 

 IticeS, H.K. TaftS, 0. H. Gates 6, .1 . B. Morse «, J. Jackson (I, 0- 

 A. Harrington 8, and C. P. Wjnslnwi); total, 03. JVntid, Team- 

 Dr. J. H Wright «, G. II. Rigolmy- s, M. Brigham S, ,1. W. Lnkcr 7, 

 C. O. Wilson 7, W. W. Clark 7, E. B. Bijrcloiy 8, Ralph Beut 5, and 

 0. W. GileB; total, 62. 



Malden, Maes,, July 16tn.— An interesting R-lass-bah contest 

 took place ou the grounds of the Maiden Gun Club, of Wyoming, 

 Mr. Button, of the Maldou Club, and Mr. King, of the Dorchester 

 Club, shooting a match at 100 balls a side, Card trap, is yards rise, 

 Bogardus rules. The match resulted in a draw, each man break- 

 ings! balls, II had previously been shut on the grounds of t)in 

 Maiden Club, ilu- contestants tieinp on 73 bulls each, and a (bird 

 meeting, to decide superiority, will tie hud. Mr, luttton's largest 

 20, Mr. King's IS. Mr. Goodale, of the Doi-chestei- Club, 

 acted as judge for Mr. IHitton, and Mr. Ilciin, of the s-.iun- ,_luh. 

 for Mr. King. Mr. Noble, of the Maiden Club, referee, and Mi. 

 Jones, of the Maiden Club, scorer. 



The Falcon Gun Cllu.— Better Pin*, Jamaica, L. I.. July 

 15th.— The prizes were a gold badge and a Westley Itichards breech- 

 loader, which, when won by any member of the 'dub three times 

 uceessiou. it will belong to him. Ten birds iwild) each. New 

 •k State Association rules, plunge traps, and Fateon Gun Club 

 handicapped rise, 80 .yards boundary :— 



Dnsehor .21 yards. ... 1 I II 1 I (I — * 



Radin 2B yards. .. 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 I I u 



Van Staadcu 2:1 yards... 1 1 1 II 1 1 1-0 



Kellv 31}-ards.. 1 1 I 1 1 1-B 



Oliermunn 21 yards.. ,101101100 1— « 



Meyer 21>ards.... 10 1 I I 1 (1-5 



Miller... 25 yards.... 1 I 1111 l 1 0—8 



Lager 31 yards.... 1 (I I 1 1 1 0-5 



I.ei.ieken - .33 yards.... II 10 111111 1—8 



Vagts .21 yards.... 1 1 I 1 I I t ] 1 0-0 



"olillng gSyoJas.... 1 1 1 li 1 I 6 



Radin and Vagts shot off tie at three hirds each-won by 



Bad in . 



15 yards. ... 01| Vagts 21 yards. ... 1 I 



Buffalo, iVeiP York— In the Buffalo Plains annual pigeon tour- 

 ameut tho attendance was more numeioua than for several 

 ears. In the match at. 15 buds, 21 yards, there were 59 QOntB6t- 

 Lits, and in the ties of 15, at 30 yards, 5 birds, for the iirsi and sec- 

 ond prizes, the contestants were J. Snc-11, Geo. Smith and Chas. 

 Mr. Weiss was the victor, winning the Hist prize, a silver 

 stem-windiug watch, aud Mr, Smith the second prize. ?ix solid 

 silver spoons. Mr. Weiss is a member of the Queeu City Club, 

 and Mr. Smith of tho Foresters. 



ic» of 11, 26 yards, 5 birds, had si.v. contestants, Mr. Geo. 

 ■, of tho Audubon Club, winning the llrsl. prize, a silver 

 indicg watch, and Mr. Kobt. F. Ilankin, of the Qui 

 Club, the second prize, a Roman gold soarf pin. 



There were 12 contestants in the tics of 13, Mr. H. M. Strong be- 

 ing the winner of the Rial pn>.e, a solid silvci gold lined cup, aud 

 Mr. .1. Ratrcrty the second prize, a half dozen silver spoons. 

 In the ties of 12 there were 10 contestants, Mr. Chas. F. Tabor, a 

 .ember of tho Audubon Club, winning tbe first prize, a solid sit- 

 ar cup, and Mr. T. E. Lodge the second prize, one 25 pound Jtefl 

 Of Lalliu & Band's powder, donated by li. .1. Duller, n 



In the lies of 11 there were 13 contestants, Mr. K. Taylor, a mem- 

 ber ot the Audubon Club, being the winner of the Dret prize, a 

 handsome trout rod and reel, donated by Messrs. S. O. Barnum, 

 m \- Co., and Mr. II. C. French the second prize, a handsome 

 ise of trolling spoons. 



In the ties of 10 there were 8 contestants, Mr, J. A. Seymour, a 

 memberof the Audubon Club, winning the first prize, 25 one 

 pound cans Falcon ducking powder, donated by the Oriental 

 Powder Company. 



Rome, Go.— The Cherokee Gun Club held its weekly practice 

 Tuesday, 6th inst.; Curd trap, Is yards rise:— 



Same. Killed. Tits. 



Albin Omberff llWlllllllOIIll 1 1 1.11111111 HKi 25 1111-4 



S. W. Wright. 011iiilllll01lllliiim-,iilliin-.y, mi -i 



K.I.Hampton id Hid 1 II131 1 1 1 1 luinml 111 I 111 25 4111-4 



T. W. H. Harris 01 11111 Umi. 1 1 llOlOlOiOOdl li ml 1-10 



B. H.Elliott lUllUOIlllOkilllllCOlll 



Joe E. Veal, Jr OOOlOol . i hoi— 14 



F. P, Bobiuson UlUOOOOIftlOUOlomUlllJlffl 21 



Balls and ammunitlou Bare out without, being able to break i.hu 

 tie on 35. Hai. tUijuCT. 



—Tbe first annual tournament of the llawkcyi Bhootiug ClUl 



of Gskaloosa, Iowa, begau yesterday a] |i 



morrow. 



Capital Citv Gun Qhxm—WmSiinilUm, V- C.,Ji,Ui l'jt/i.-The 

 shooting in Saturday's match, for i -.-. 



