Sept. 14, 1882.1 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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me he cost his line, seven times, and five tiroes drew up a 

 net, which, was immediately destroyed, and the afternoon 

 iVerly favorable either. 



i lonsiderable correspondence mis boon had with [>:« it ;■-- at 

 various locations ahonl Ball ladders, and we rejoice to lie able 

 in eaj tin? ladders are gradnallv im rea -in^ hi number. 



Wo would <ny of i lw irrigation ditch,--. Uie.e is one feature 

 unfavorable to fish. The ditch takes wail r from the rtream 

 ami carries the water (ml (ill In some plain, and it a lisli is in 

 the ditch iie soon gets into sboal water and the end is a 

 lingering death. Those in charge Of these schemes are, how 

 ovi i. disposed to take :i comprehensive view of the situation, 

 and cheerfully comply with afi offered by your 



Association W< must not ot thai WllileOur 



wink has bei n produi ■ ■ Beld of oar use 



fulness is s0 vaat thai ranch remains to be accomplished fl e 

 have made a good atari ; have irn; t- 1, the public puss ou our 

 Hide: have awakened sportsmen throughout the Siaie. and 

 daily, almost, come to us applications for copies of the Game 

 and' Fish Laws. These musi be thoroughly understood 

 before we can hope to have them observed; .some 2.000 of 

 them are already distributed, we trust, judiciously, Hut the 

 volume of eoi i e'spondetiec received shows, the spirit of our 

 people to be willing to do the fair thing, provided they first 

 thoroughly understand it, 



SOME ONTARIO RESORTS. 



\ \/ K have always had in this locality, the vicinity of 

 t ' Peterborough ahuudatice ol spoil." During the time 

 the Mi. -lulii n lion 1 was open (one or two years), no regard 

 was paid to true laws which would governany gsntietunni 

 and each and every guesl (with onl. one oi! two exci ptious) 

 vied with each other to destroy the largest ainonni a 

 leaving ihem to roi awayon the islands and shon • of Stormy 

 Lake [lad il stopped 'tliore, we O0\0d have borne with it. 

 but on several occasions deer were slaughtered from June 

 until the season opened, indeed, such was the. state ol of 

 fairs that an open rupture with the settlers of the ittpalitj 

 was inevitable, for win n the season did open not a di i 

 to lie fojund. All during the dose season gnrts and rifles 

 were frooly carried and as freely used on every trip any 

 parly would make from ii,.- lion 1. The proprietors winked 

 at the whole mailer, and actually, I was told, used the 

 venison on the table; and I was also told HI the time, that it. 

 was charged as "mutton" on the bbofcs of the company. 

 This could hoi goon much longer and any spina continue, 

 but happily some of the aggrieved habitants pin match to 

 the structure, and the place whl.-h knew ii once knows il.no 

 more. Since i hen, gam. and fish have multiplied and re- 

 plenished lake and forest and our waters are comparatively 

 free of parlies who have no regard to decency 



There is now a fine hotel at Burleigh Rapids; where a 

 genial host caters to ihc wants of any and all who wish true 

 sporl in either fishing or Shooting. Ii is easily reached and 

 offers grand inducemcijl to those who, Wearied Wttli Close 

 eounnelueul, wish a holiday in a healthy locality where 

 game and fish arc very plentiful. The scenery is grand and 

 indeed sublime; with any care i',,U place can never lie fished 



out, nor the game all shot. Deer are quite plentiful, ruffed 

 grouse everywhere, duck.', in numbers. Black bass, maski- 

 nonge, lake trout, whitefisb, and all ihc smaller kinds in. 

 great quantity. 



Another place is situated in Bobcaygeon, a village twenty 

 miles from here, where the devotees ol old Izaak Walton 

 would go mad over their favoriti sport. Mine host Goulais 

 is a square man and has l.niili n lieauliful summer hoiel 

 wln-re everything lending to the comfort and gonvenh nee 

 of. guests can be Bad 1 know of black bass being caughl 

 this Season Within cast of his fine house, and I am assured 

 by an intimate friend dial he caught three bass, two Over 

 five pouud.s and one throe pounds ihrec ounces, within a 

 space of tiftoen minutes (while the boat was waiting) not 

 twenty feci from a pari of the hotel. 1 mav state thai Ihc 

 fishing there is inexhaustible. 



All through those lakes fishing is excellent, which With 

 any care can never be tidied out. I cold direct you to 

 small lakes win ■•• ■ von could catch millions..! the tincst' black 

 bass with a piece of red flannel on a hook, where black or 

 mountain trout are so plentiful in seasons that I was per- 

 fectly astonished, and where I believe ihev will bilefineiy to 



the riy. although I never iried ihem. but iiave been assured 



by friends I seni there thai tln-v gave grand sporl in thai 

 way. On the margins of these lakes and creeks I have seen 

 deer repeatedly, and pari ridge out of number. 



1 am so often inn sketching and photographing on these 

 places that 1 know many spot's, out of ibe way ponds and 

 little rapids where few canoes other than my own go, 11. ire 

 the game is plentiful, av/d I love to si] and watch nalnre in 

 its purity, Btudyingthe habits of birds and Leasts, and learn- 

 ing many a lesson therefrom. 



But. in the autumn wln-n the leaves change and drop .off, 

 when stillness reign* everywhere, the scene changes, Early 

 morning— daySghl— dogs' are coupled and quietly pul in the 

 canoes, soon to make the woods resound with such music ns 

 only a British spoilsman cuu eujoy. Now I do not wish to 

 say that Americans do not. enjoy the voice of the hound, 

 but I do say that to my knowledge I have never known any- 

 one candid enough to tell the truth, who had a knowledge 

 of the matter, that would say hounding deer diminished 

 them or frightened them more than si ill-hunting. 



To my own kuowledge, certain localities have been in- 

 fested with wolvtjs which bave been frightened out by the 

 hunting of dogsthrough thai part of the country, and deer 

 are far more plentiful since the wolves left, although 1ioii.hI- 

 hunting is -till carried on (here every vear. Does any sane 

 man whoever still hunled. and will' I ell the truth. -:i> thai 

 deerare more afraid of a dog than a man'.' I Ihiuk not Take 

 for instance a case, A still-hunter, invariably beats up 

 agafas! the wind, and a deer will turn on ibe seem of a 

 human no mailer how faint. Will Ihev do so on thai ot a 

 dog? No. for I have oftenseen ihem stand and allow q dog 

 on a scent to pass them not tenyards oil. and whens deer 

 crosses a lake does he continue running? No, they invar i 

 ably go back to where Ihey came from. But let a "man fol- 

 low them and make Ihe noise a dog would — whv. not a dor 

 would remain in the locality, -\'"w. this Simply proves one 

 thing, al leasl here that deer can be hunted by hounds lime 

 and again, and not be chased from a locality, and 1 am sorrv 

 that your countrymen have -o died to malic dog-huming so 

 unpopular, and al the cost to themselves of loss of game. 



I have written more than I had im, aided, but anything 

 relating toeporl makes me a different man, and I will do 

 all in ii.;, power to advance any good can e relating there- 

 to. L have given you already the uawesof two responsible 

 hotels where a pleasant, holiday and good Bpwi1 maybe 

 u,.d, biii we w,*jii iv men who &ei 'cads'' .i....t Lm ebje is of 



game and fish. The true sportsman wc will always welcome 

 whether rich or poor, and I have often loaned my dogs to 

 men whose faces I never saw before, but from conversa- 

 tion I lelt thej were gentlemen and could be trusted. 1 

 was not disappointed, for 1 here is.-, kind of rnftsonry.about 

 true sport-men which i- always respected, and to such 

 men 1 will give any information in my power. G. B. S 



HOUNDING VS. STILL-HUNTING. 



Eilitiir Forest mill Stream: 



1 notice an article in issue of Sept. 7. Irom the pen ol "CK 

 K. B.," setting forth his style of deer liuUtiDg fctt 

 asserting that "one Still-hunter will cause more 'I" ' b. leave 

 their ground than the best hound dog ever pul alter Ihem" 

 Von get. after a deer as a still-hunter .J,..-. and 

 follow him until the deer knows you are after him. 

 and be will leave Ibe ground and will seek new 

 ground if hunted hard, and the worst pari of this 

 Still-hunting is done, when Ihe snow becomes deep, with 

 heavy crusts, and the deer cannot get awav from the bun 

 The:',- i- where the hunter shows his skill/ 1 In conclusi 

 In- says: "M; ilieory on hunting and the only -porting way 

 to hunt is 10 have dogs which do not run loo' long, and post 

 yOur men vn high groufidand lake their shot-: and if a man 

 'is a hunter Ihar is the way to hunt." elc. 



It has been my fortune tor years pa-t to hunt in Warren 

 and M( Kean counties, Pennsylvania, and while inyfriond, 

 ■■t;. R B.," was standing wrapi in his overcoat bythoside 

 ol .some huge free, thumping his toes againsl it to keep them 

 warm, I was moving cautioner-; along the trail If 1 gel in 

 ashen before slatting the game, well and good 1; not, I 

 sometimes follow until I start them the second time, when I 

 alwavs change off for a new track. By this method the 

 deer take no lastiugiright, and will staj and ..ccupv their 

 accustomed grounds continually day and night, the sume as 

 (hough not hunted tit all. This j know irom actual tests. 

 time and again, I suppose tint should a still-hunter stick to 

 Ihe track all day. and haw the power to run its far and fast 

 as a hound, that he might fairly compete with die (login 

 driving olT and worrying deer; no more and no les-. And 

 as for still-hunting "when the snow is deep will) heavy 



crusts," thai is entirely oui of the question, for ibis reason, 

 that up to the Lath of December, when the close season 

 shuts off all modes of hunting deer. I here i.s seldom but light 

 falls of snow of a few inches al a time, and even if that be- 

 comes crusted in the least, it is good-bye slill-huniing until 

 it is thawed out. again. No still-hunter that 1 ever saw- 

 claimed that he could kill one deer per week on a crust. 

 "There is where the still-hunter shows his skill," says our 

 scribe. Well I admit it.il such can be done, but I have yet 

 to see the man thai can do it, or one that makes any such 

 pretensions of skill. Then, 'ihe only sporting way to hunt 

 is to have dogs, and if a mar, is a hunter that is die wav to 

 hunt." Well, if that is the final edict, my gun la- for sale 

 cheap, or I will trade it for dogs and kill the dogs. I have 

 a farm, and once in awhile slaughter a slice], or calf for 

 market or for home consumption. But I always dropped 

 them by a bullet through or a blow upon the head, in cold 

 blood. Never thought, of turning them into an open field, 

 and while a pack of dogs were coursing them around it, 

 poured buckshot iulo ihem from a distance. To some this 

 would be more fun. as ii would give the animal more show 

 for its life, the dogs exer.i-e and a taste of blood , and tic 

 gunner a chance to display his skill to better advantage. 1 

 never thought ii any hcnehi to kill game that; way. could 

 always procure a quant it v even of squirrels or ruffed grouse 

 by shooting thdr heads off with a ride and ball. If not, I 

 choose to let Ihem go. A mess of either, stove lull of shot, 

 hair or feathers, never struck mv fancv, much less a deer 

 heated and bashed up by dogs and buckshot. If this is the 

 only sporting wav to liuni dear, whv is it made unlawful 

 throughout Ihe State of Pennsylvania u> • -sport it" in that 

 manner? c,vr I,o<k. 



Kiii-wsm-R.i. X. Y., Sent. 12. 



SHOOTING AT TUCKERTON BAY. 



THKRE are many points along our Allaulic coast where 

 wildlowl are more abundant . where greater bags are 



1 1'. and where the sportsman may he more certain of 



meeting with success bill in all mv experience— and I have 

 had a varied one by river, marsh and in I he held— my shoot- 



Not owingto the greai quantity, and perhaps i miel'i't' say 

 quality of gam,-, thai fell toxsur gun-, bul doubtless, in a meas- 

 ure, to the spice. ifdanger with which our sport on (be neigh- 

 boring bay- was mingled, and ibe necessary requirement of 

 being able lo handle and to be the sole occupant of one's 

 skill in shooting wild geese and brant on those waters, Ten 

 years ago more fowl frcpteiitcl Tuokerton Bay than now, 

 and there were fewer market shooters than at the present 

 time, and less watching of the ponds on the meadows after 

 dark, or night shooting indulged im The erection likewise 

 on the bench of Several large hotels and numerous cottages 

 which loom up in the distance uncovered and unsheltered 

 by foliage of any description, has had the effect of turning 

 many a flock of traveling geese and brant in their flight, 

 only too anxious to stop, vest and feed before moving on- 

 ward. 



I well remember on one occasion having gone to Tucker- 

 ton, N. J., which is situated on the mainland shore of the 

 bay at the head of a creek of the same name, thai 1 migbi be 

 there on the opening of Ihe quail shooting. November I. and 

 have a week witli my dogs and lighl.-r gun. and await the 

 coming of ihe brain iii the bay. Vnnnote kepi the hotel 

 there, and when 1 entered his commodious reception room 

 the huge stove selling ;,, its circle of -and was surrounded 



by bav.ueli will, led proppul againsl Ibe fender, which 

 told without word- m. fowl hadcomeon. Of couise there 

 Was a •Ii..wdie"all around, and B heart v -hake wii h each, 

 Van. i..:e never went fowl shooting, was' glad ,„ SC e I had 

 mv dogs, and promised me good qnafl shooting, but 



added, -the bird- go lo bad place- after we ti lit 1 them 

 and pul then, lip." 



We found il just so; our dogs poiuted many coveys, and 

 alter two or three shots at each they sought -belter in the 

 impenetrable cedar swamp-, tor which this section is noted, 



where shooting was impossible excepting 011 the outer 

 edges. Vannote had been urging me for' two years to go 

 t \cw -hooting with him in die back country, about thiru 

 miles from Tuekerton, and when he learned of my par 

 pose lo cros- the bay to the beach for brant as soon a- 1 

 tired of the ijiiail, lie became more persistent than ever, 

 promising me 11 shot at a buck withoiil fail Having been 



fully initiated 'into the uocertniatj —i Furs ■ leer shooting 

 1 declined again. .0.0 parted with him at the oreek landlnc 



when I started for Bond's, the captain having come across 

 the bay for us with his yacht wli-n sent for. It seemed as 

 if I had hit upon the exact time for fowl shooting. y[ ;lI i V 

 braul were ^-m as we Bailed over, and not a lew were young 

 birds which always stool better than old ones. 



In the morning' my man and myself, accompanied bv a 

 gentleman and lift Dayman I found stopping at Bond's, each 

 in our skill's, with their sterns loaded down with hollow de- 

 coys, made an Bttrly start, for the Bunches, a mile and a half 

 from the beach. -The BunChes," so called from being a 

 growth of sedge entirely surrounded bv water, is situated 

 directly in the track of the majority of brant that make 

 their way up and down the bav. ' Into this sedge we pushed 

 our skiffs, and the almost entire covering of decks having 

 been hidden by spreading trash over them, and the decoys. 

 to die number of one hundred and twenty, anchored in front 

 of us, we awaited the coming of daylight. Before day 

 dawned several flocks of brant passed up (be bay, but we 

 could only hear (hem. Shortly after sunrise a small bunch 

 of seven came to us, and Ihey were all easily killed. They 

 were followed soon bv a drove, as mv friend expressed ii. 

 and from the ffockof at least a hundred we ware able to 

 boat, with the eight charges of BB's we bad sixteen or seven 

 teen. For an hour or two alter this we were visited by 

 black ducks, a few redheads and a number of blackhead-, 

 our decoys reprcsenling those varieties having been placed 

 well tO leeward of the braiil and wild w<<j stools, 'toward 

 noon -even wild geese lb half a mile from us. in reply to 

 the honking of our bavman, and gradnallv swam up to the 

 stools. While we wc'e hidden in' our boats more brant de- 

 coyed, but wc could not shoot while awaiting the approach 

 Of thegeese, Of these we killed the only four thai came in 

 range, Ihe three older ones doing all in their power to pre 

 vent their younger companions from going into danger. 



In Ihe afternoon, as the wind freshened lip and the weather 

 began to look "dirlv," we thought it prudent to take up our 

 decoys and make for Bond's, ' A.s It was the sea made it 

 very rough for our little boat as we croBsefl die main chan- 

 nel, and we weie glad lo reach Ihe beach in safety. On ibis 

 trip 1 spent a week at ('apt. Bond's, and il proved dm most 

 successful one I ever had. Fowl were plentiful, had been 

 sbol at but little, and they decoyed nicely. On my return 

 to the mainland 1 found Vannote back from the deer shoot 

 ing mid three bucks hanging up lo taunt me with. Two he 

 had killed iu the drive with his dogs, the third was shot by 

 one of the parly "on the Bame.stand I should have put vou." 

 he said 10 me. ' 1 could show him three large sacks of "wild- 

 fowl in return, to Which he retorted, "I never shoot them." 



Homo. 



GAME IN ARKANSAS. 



IN this beautiful prairie region of Arkansas game of all 

 kinds i.s very plenty except prairie chickens-, for some 

 reason, perhaps the extreme wetness of the spring, they did 

 nol breed well. I find a good many very early cove\- and a 

 few very laic ones. Quail are unusually abundant. Some cov 

 eys were nearly grown in .June, but the greai majority of them 

 are late; not large enough for game yet; some are piM from 

 the nest. Six weeks from now quail shooting will be very 

 line here. Squirrels, 'coon, 'possums and line game tis'h 

 such as black and striped bass, perch, etc., are very abund- 

 ant. Deer and turkey aboul Ihe same as lost year, low it, 

 abundantly plenty. "Bear, otter, mink and beaver can be 

 had by those who' know how to hunt them. Three hears 

 were killed a short distance up the river by a party in two 

 days three weeks ago. 



\Ve are now having the last days of the sickly season 

 along the river and overflows. Soon it will be safe for the 

 sportsman to hunt anywhere here. There is no healthier or 

 more pleasant climate than this after frosts. 



The country back from the river has remained quite 

 healthy, especially families living right out on the piairie.-,. 

 far as 1 have observed, have been entirely healthy. 



For those who contemplate looking for a home in the West, 

 now from this until ihe holidays i.s the time to look over this 

 beautiful region. The (Tops are very line and plenty in the 

 country lo live mi. lam confident" dial (here is noplace 

 where one can get so good lands as cheaply as hen, and no- 

 where that one can make a good living or money more easily. 

 Crockett's Bmjff, Arkansas Ob., Ark., Sept-. 5, Byrne. 



Tf.nnkssf.k N"i)Tt;s. — Nashville. Sept. 8.— Within the nexi 

 two weeks (he <(unil .season will open in this Stale, and from 

 all the reports I can gather they will be very abundanl. A I 

 ready our local sportsmen arc burnishing up their guns, 

 loading shells, and conditioning their dogs for the "fray. 

 Hermann Benkhok/. has a beautiful setter bitch thai he paid 

 $100 for. He also has the old reliable Jeff, and a voungster 

 that will make a ml lit r when trained, .lack Be'iilley'iind 

 Joe Clarke own two excellent dogs that are well trained and 

 untiring in tic field. Charlev Grifiilh also has a good one. 

 Mayor Burr's brace is as good as anybody need want. Joe 

 Woodfolk and Clarke Pritchett each have fair fielders, while 

 Jim Palmer claims the championship for his Prince. Felix 

 Mitchell, Tom Chadwell, Will Erwin, and a score more of 

 our best shots own each one or more dogs, and though they 

 are not much on the boast, are the most reliable baggers of 

 game about here. Several large bags of squirrels have been 

 made lately, and as the mast is most abundant this year, the 

 little bunnies are as fat. as butler. While waiting for the 



si ing season to roll round our fox hunters have b.-.-n 



making some of the grandest runa ever known iu this see 

 (ion. Col. U". II. Johnson's pack of hounds is 11 remarkably 

 fine one. and when put upon Reynard's 'trail the music that 

 comes from its members is an entire opera in Itself, They 

 had a run yesterday, and after a mosi exciting .-has. earthed 

 their game in a "bluff on the Cumberland River, near be. 

 where a most sunjptuous barb.-eue was servttd to the hunts- 

 men. There is nowhere on this continent where similarly 

 grand sport can be enjoyed, because game is abundant, dog's 

 unsurpassed, first-class horses, and all within the midst of 



high civilization and the loveliest country iu America. I 

 wish some of the Newport and Long Island fox hunters 

 could run down here and fal-c a spin after Col. Johnson's 

 bounds, and I am certain they would never gallop after a 

 drag or half lame fox any more. Our hou-.s mav not be -.. 

 large nor their owners as woallliv. but on the welcome they 

 will receive, Ihe dogs, mounts,' eonnlrv and sports 1 will 

 wager ,u\ la-l currciicv. It an\ of the palrons of Ihe 

 F..ki;m ASTJ 8TEBAM Should determine io come Olll here. let. 

 them but bring a word 110111 any of ils editors in ens at the 

 office of Suutlurn Industries, 169 Union street, Nashville, and 

 1 will do all in my power to launch diem inlo the hospitable 

 cjov of Nashville - .1 1). H 



