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FOREST AND STREAM. 



feet. La, 'mi 



t wan em Bocks Neslsluivi been found, and young birds 



seen in Leicester, twenty mil"- from here to 1 1 » ■ _- north ward. 



One of three wing? fa certain, -eithar the birds were at 



"Itliri ill |»i«K by i >:i 1 1 1 1 :i I lin ::n- . i.i- nil l.i.<K We** 



grual rovers(niul 1 do no1 uncle-island ilia, the native i ird i- 

 a i-KMiinM-.t Or and here conies) the point of greater inter 

 <:si — the itiigrntorj qunilbavo come back tons, i <[<> m>i 

 like it. ^n-rik \. ryposltivi l\ "i i vi 'i hopefully about this 

 la-i i<i> ; .ni. imi there are certainly souie iodk-atioiis tiial such 

 id the ease. 



A farmer who I -, ok great Interest in Ihr iidgi-.iiiniis. and 

 mi whose land thej bred in great numbers, When they wi re 



tunned oul some years lance, asserts i itively thai he 



flushed a bevy of til least ft 1 1 v biitls in his stubble field on 

 iln' 35r.li of iiii. month, thai tin > rose to a good height in 

 the nir, and flew .'iiviv ovur the woods to the south, thai he 

 watched ihi-iii iii least u quarter of un hour. Now thi- is 

 just what tlii- migratory should do, and iusi the season for 

 them lo do it, and it is not like Bob White to- do nuyaueh 

 thing. Furthermore . Bob Whites do uotflock lit II 

 sou so thai, fifty birds oau be flushed together. There were 

 no Boii White.- raised, so i.n as is known, on this or adja- 

 cent ..farmx. if they had been native birds tiny would 



almost eerlailll.V haw rellirne.l In lhal -n UK' --lulil.ile.iiul 



there are no birds there, so that lain well inclined to be- 

 lievi llial the migratnl ie- hav.- I n here litis -e-.ison. but, it 



i- not certain. W leu, k are fairly abundant this seastqi— 



thai i- for this coatitry, whore tn'oj are always scarce, I 

 killed nine line birds yesterday afternoon, Ruffed grouse 

 v ry scarce here and everywhere rise, as 1 think, 



The judge ha* a line lot of rainbow limit growing. 1 

 hare mot seen them, but thej an said lo be all that thej 



should he. YEMIK ^ 1 < > n 1 I 



Rrrt-.iNU. Vt.. September, ISSS, 



THE VERMONT DEER. 



SOME time since .you asked mo to write yon the result of 

 our effortato restocls the mountains bit this Btatewitli 

 deer. It is, perhaps, too daily yet to speak with certainty 

 as to the -3000688 or failure of the experiment. Sofaras we 



are now nhle lo fudge, howoVCJ", we liave bo re-a-mi to be 

 dissatisfied wiih' the r. -nil lie- de.r. -nine li 1 1 < .-■, in 



number, were turned loose m the spring of 1877,3 th'-nk. 

 They were all park deer, and some of th.-m very lame. Iheii 

 tameness, in [act, was a source oi infinite trouble to us, and 

 some expense as well, for instead of seeking at once the 

 fastnesses of the forests as i)i<\ weri expected to do, they 

 sought instead the gard n- and grain Belds of the farmers, 

 from which it w;w nlmo-i impossible. to drive them. They 

 would run just fast enough and far enough to discourage 

 the farmers' dogs, and in an bout bi v back in £he garden. 

 Blank cartridges had nOterrors for them, and horn-, 

 and the like seemed to be rather an invitation 

 alarm. Many around bill for damages, we bad to paj the 

 riiigthte first two yeans Now. however, thi native wild 

 in-- uf i he animal seem-, in have returned to it, and we ran l.y 

 see or hear of them mar the habitation of men. Borne ol 

 Lho original stuck have probably died from natural causes, 

 ami it is possible that some have been ItiUed, although we 



have no reason Iii lielieve lliat such i- the i a--.'. W. are 

 assured thai they bred and multiplied after the manner of 

 their kind. Every season we have seen or heard of fawns 

 following their dams. Their tracks are also seen by the 

 lumbermen every winter, and it is n i infrequently the ease 

 that they conic, about the places where the lumber hunters 

 feed their horses, to pick -up the refuse hoy and grain. 80 

 that on the whole, we have no occasion to regret having 

 made the plant. Tln-v are protected by law until 1885, and 

 w,- shall make tim ily provision for an extension of the pro- 

 tection for a long lefms of years. Not one ot the parlies 

 engaged in the enterprise ever expects to Bhoot a deer in 

 Vermont, that pleasure is in belong to another generation 

 ■who shall come after us. Verde Monte. 



Ri-TLANii. Vt., September, 188U. 



THE IVlcCLOUD RIVER PANTHER. 



tfcT'VE got the panther," Mr. Barbour called out to us 

 J. when he cam ■ down to the river hank this morning, 

 where we were hauling the seine for salmon. 



The panther referred to had made himself very much dis- 

 liked in our neighborhood the last, two or three weeks. He 

 had com. down to .Mr. Barbour'.- huus • every two or three 

 nights, and had stolen several pigs almost from his very 

 door. It is estimated that he and his mate have killed up- 

 wards of twenty pigs .ml hogs this season. He s, emed to 

 hav» a regular Deal foi hi- nightly foragings. His 1 istom 

 was to go to Mr. Barbour's house', and from there to follow 

 up the . ■•■■• ■ T.o.n Ponds, where he would akir- 



mish around for something to eat, and where, a few nights 

 ago, In- 'Mil on-.- open a cage containing a beautiful pel 



grftj .- plinvl. winch lie kille I ami an:, i-'rom the Trout 



Ponds his ti.- 8C k usually went directly up the high mountain 

 behind the house, on tie- Banks or summit of which he prob- 

 ablj spent his days, like other cats, sleeping. 



The panthers lately have become vny hold and numerous 

 here, and besides hogs, they have killed ealvfs, colts, and 

 even full-grown cattle and hois—. The cdhsequence is. thai 

 r/nr whole neighborhood has had a lively feeling toward 

 panthers in general, and particularly toward this one refer 

 red i" by Mr. Barbour when he culled to us this morning as 

 wi v. ere drawing in the seine, 



"When- did vou kill the panther?" we inquired, 



"Just behind the hittse," Mr Barbour answered. 



Upon, hearing this, I told Mr, Barbour i would like to go 

 up with him when he went for the animal, ami se< tl 

 pf the conflict. So taking an Indian with ns to pitck iln- 

 creature down to the house, we 6tarted off. Onourway 

 u 1, Mr. Barbciiii .aid ihai tin- panther came to the house, 

 about two o'clock that inorning and pounced on a pig, as 

 usual, almosl under hi- window. Seizing his rifle 

 torch, and calling hi.- son, they started in pursuit. They 

 did not have io go Ear, for tbey found the- panther in 

 hardly a stone's throw from the dour. Their approach 

 frightened htm out of the tree, and he jumped and ran for 

 another tree a few rods off. He left this one again as they 

 came up, ami we 11. -_.;i'i about iwinly rods 



further. This time includedttot to come up 



again lo him with a liulii. and so they built a fire win r- 

 they were ami wailed ;ill dtybreak When il was light 

 enough to Stji a little, 'h. hunter.-, left their tire and Went lo 

 the tree whei- ih.- [nn'her «:i-. ii -. St, tawny, but 

 graceful form could he plainly seen about forty feel up the 

 tie--. Mr. Barbour did .not lilw to shoot y so dim a light, 

 I, it ■ .i .,..e , • :: i:, "churn" the limb he wh on wlrji 



hi 11..1 ■ p.-iw . an, 1 ,1, 1. ]\ i ; ;. tail, and it was evident 



Unit il was m.v ,,i n -v.-i. fo) he ■• - ; ' to spring-, 



Drawint 



good a bead .,.- 1„- , ,,.,ld i.v th- gray lighl o! life 

 early tnviVning. Mr. Bailmur aimed undlir-d a> the panther's 

 •■ye. ft was* most successful shot The ball entered his 

 eye and pas-ed Khrou'gh his 'iCni and neik. and « ilh hardlv 



n struggle the cieftWi-e fi 11 to the ground— dead. 



When Mr Barbour and ] teaclfed thu Bpot, the panther 

 la) wt.ei-el.e had fallen, and looked like a large cat asleep. 

 We lilicd tin- body on ihe Indian', hack and took il to the 

 house and dressed r We found nearly a whole pig in the 

 creature's stomach. Hia Bkin nreasured eighi f.-m ami a half 

 wh.-n stretched, Binoo his capture, We have- had rOaai 

 panther, boiled panther, patithei' steaks and paBther Cro- 

 quettes The meat is white-, dry and oleaB, tasting Boirie- 

 thing lik.- partridge meat, ie;:--:' a ni-r-, rgi'ain, OurhOuse 

 cat- eat of their gfeat dousin with much relish, but the 

 human member- of the house-hold ate only enough to satisfv 

 their an riOsity. Such is t in- tore ■ of prejudice, tor the meal 

 was as clean ami delicate as any venison or beefj and v. llolly 

 tie,- from any unpleasftni tasU* h. S. 



U. s Ki-iikiW. sfcetoud EUVei s,|,i. it, 1882. 



Mapsamu siars Nori;s — Tauuliin. Ma--., October 9.— 

 One glorious month of auiuinn ha- uuickly passed, and 

 October, tin best mouth in the yearin rXow England, ishere. 

 Tlii- is one of the months that the true sportsman hi - . lib -i 

 for, and as he passes into the woods, where the lea vee are 

 falling from the trees, the ruffed grouse springs up with a 

 roar like muttering of thunder, and he must RaVe a Steady 

 hand and ;; i ool tioad to bring this gratid game bird to hag. 

 1 have been OUl in til • WOOds marly evc-ry day tor the past 



month, inn my bag? ol galne have Men few and far between. 

 The leaves have been loo thi k to have good sport with the 

 noble- grouae, and owing to the dry weather in August, but 

 few woodcock are to be found. The prospect for quail 

 shooting i- -rood; have- started young quail ncarh every day, 

 a large number Of which were not more then half grown. 

 How anyone can shoot quail that can hardly fly. ami call it 

 sport, is what 1 can't sec into, Thi* last spring 1 found a 

 a quail's not with ris^ just lain, at Cape Cod, May a?, nhtl 

 my brothor found ft quail's nest with eggs here Julj 27, 

 Any person can see by this that quail must have at least two 

 broods in a season, tlrav squirrels arc more- abundaul Hum 

 for years past, Quite a number' of black ducks have been 



-Imi in pond- ilea; here \\ bile out with mv gun one dav 

 l:.-i v.- 1. a little incident occurred, which l' should like to 

 relate. I wa- pas-ing through some fields, when a meadow 

 lark (lew off of a fence in the field and alighted near a piece 

 of land that had just been plowed, 1 had shot away all of 

 my large charges, and had in my gun at the time a shell 

 loaded with dust shot I determined that I would creep 

 Inward tin lark and -<-,- if I could get near enousrh to shoos 

 bun. I crept forward on my hands : „ u | knees. um jj | 



p CI <■■ i.--,c the' lark, but to my Surprise the lark wa- not 

 in sight. Stepping quickly forward to one of the furrows 1 

 looked down to lie- end. and Ih .re beheld Mr. Lark, run 

 uim: as hard as he could, lie saw me, and knowing well 

 thai lie va- out of gun dmi in- started up with a nod of his 

 head, as niuch as to say, "1 was too cunning for vou thai 

 linn-, old fellow."- -Cm-:-ri-:u. 



i i :-.;:--.. h 

 hundanl, thoi 



— Quail areas 1 have wriltc n. very 

 weeds are too rank for the dogs to 

 assabh- toman. Notwithstanding this 

 statement, a restaurateur has -Quail on toast only 25 cents." 

 It is a disgrace to our State Legislature that tin- laws passed 

 to protect game arc not enforced. Hundreds of negroes 

 armed with muskets, and worthless shotguns, overrun lin- 

 en lire country, killing scarcely any, but wounding thousands 

 of birds, rabbits and other game. ' One in a hundred of these 

 fellows may know how lo shoot, though certainly not more, 

 and ns a small size porker, ora few innocent barnyard fowls 

 are as acceptable to their palates as game, they content 

 themselves with breaking up I In- spent of genuine. spoilsmen, 

 injure the game, and rely upon ihe domestic -animals enu 

 merated to fill their bags with. Xow that we are lo have 

 Charles Reed, of Saratoga, domiciliated in our midst, I 

 expect lo see a tremendous boom iu "fox hunting." He is 

 so partial to steeple chasing and across country work as 

 sport, the taste must have sprung from his fondness for the 

 chase, li'.-o. In- has purchased a farm in ju.-t the hest fox 

 hunting portion of Tennessee, and with such neighbors as 

 (ol. \\ . H. Johnson, Bill Shutc Tom Chadwcll and Marsh 

 Pinkard, it will aot be long before a rattling pack of houuds, 

 and a few trained fencers, will Form part of the new estab- 

 lishment at "Fail-view." That the native knights of the 

 pigskin will receive him with opens arms it is useless to re- 

 peat, and they will cotton to lrm all the closer, when they 



Wl 



Mill 



I 111, 



odious sound of the. I: 

 will pa-.- a-, ong them 

 want -nine uew elern 

 breeder ol thoroughbrc 

 that element, so let it c 



-.- .1. I). I! 



ntry. but w 

 e hightouei 

 sportsmen i 



Georgia. — Golutnbus, <>et. 2.— Being an ardent sportsman, 

 (and a successful one), 1 can't resist this opportunity cef 

 writing something about game. I kill turkeys, ducks, 

 gee -c. siii-ie. quail and sonic- few woodcock. 1 bav 



' ' locality but that I could kill largely of 



tin 



named £ 



cold to bii 



-ept -y, 

 ion the 



Ib-i 



iii 



ducking days I Icave.Oolu 



old Reuben to paddle. I travel f, 



M., shoot for an hour at .Icuvhill l J c 



bait, -an with 

 iile- before 1 P. 



e steamboat at 10 

 o'clock P. M., sleep well in good berth, and at 2 P M. am 

 showing my hick to madam, who counts on an. average 

 afoul twenty-five ducks, with an occasional turkey gobbler 

 iiiid a fc-v ■ g. esc. Besides 1 an) within forty-eight hours' 

 travel ol hear. deer, ducks, and i/eese, without number. — 

 (I. B. V. 



Dii.wvahe Rah.-— Wilmington, Del., Oct. -J.— 1 will 

 tell vou cvhat some of bur crack shots (not professionals) 

 have done with the rail birds Bept, 26— On the tide, E. 

 T. Wallon killed •--:!. B. lb v.. . . :.-|H. Win. Jones, 310; G 

 Churchman, 2on. G. 13. Richardson, 164; Jl. Gausc, 185; 

 •\. C. Wilson 1 in; making 1,291 birds for seven boats. 

 Bept. 27— E. T. Walton. 983; E. Hewcs, 201, and broke his 

 gun; II. Gause, 241 G. < burchmi ■< 230; A. S. Richardson, 

 .'■::;. A. ii. Wilson, 187; G. Me-Ci.-llen. LOS; making 1,428 

 iats. That is hard to bant, Would, lik.- 



I , hear linn, s,,nj- nth,-, - up tl,,- riv, ,- -Jn. 



n ,'h 



'I'm. Nr« Bsass Siu-.i.i. Askoad -Philadelphia, l*a 

 Oct. 7. 1882.— The most Lntcresting current discussion o 

 which I hitve any knowli .Il'c — inl.c.csting lo "shooting 

 men, I near, is thai one which. |r, r th& past six weeks 

 has absorbed the attention ol every reallj Wnll-postcd love 

 mi In England, on the improved or ''perfecj 

 ' dl (ftud borio'g of chambers) Of the Messrs. Kynocl 

 lliriuiughaiu Thi- objective poini is the reduction e>f 111 

 considerable "Bbotilder" between ehamber nm! bnrtali an 



this, ii seem . Is effected In a marfctl ma -r in hsiitg Ih 



-s.,.ib,rl "perfect" shell (onlv oue-fourili as thick as th 

 paper shell) in barrels, either new or "bushed," fitted I'o 

 ibis -hell: the "shoulder," in these barrels being reduce 

 about .005 of an ii.ch. Thi- n,-w shell i- only .03711 

 thick, while the- pape-r case is .il2?in. Ibick. Il -"c-- wit| 

 out saying that, if thJf m-v, fafigled • ' . i ' i ■-■ b lifts oul 

 ,:- i ; ba statted, n will prove the mosl important ihing, t 

 hal has been brought out in I. u years. Th 



si and keenlv inlerc -liuir. ami 1 sioni-het 



v that so far, 1 have -. en not a weird in refer, 

 am Lmericari |>aper. Who docs not dislik 

 E "shoulder" v- W W( I-:. I! imi, 



ama.— Allcgbee, I by, Oct 7. 1888,— I hoy 

 on extensivi hunting lour iln-oiigh iln- vaii-tus 



\'c.'-lern l ; i iiii-vh -aiiiii. in luilian-i anil VVlWV 

 iral tlii 



s| mil -mi 



subject i 

 to have I 



what 



arcp 



what 

 In Me 



% sduirrel hunter has absolctely 



. the frosts ha v in.- killed all the 



■erv Iii 



eel mi 



plentiful, and r; 

 . county, north trom 

 plentiful, with, 'l believe, the sin 

 squirrels. For those who wish to t 

 in this State, I would recommend Su 

 the best place For it. Ii is readily ac 

 port by stage, Brook trout flshlugi 



sception of gre 

 ..ec-i or bear hut 



i county a- be-in 



rle from William 

 excellent in ih 



• town of Mer.ce 

 In M-.-i-,-. r i-eiuni.v. I would recommend Whistler's Qotel , 



hospitality of Ihehosi and 'th,- kind i.e.-. and generosity 

 the people in general are unexcelled, wiihin a radina-l 

 i .vo miles li-iuii town you can have royml sport, -0. A. li. 



liiMi.NCi ix Ti:x:s— The folic 

 |.!ihlish-d in 1738: "The Arabs 

 of Tunis who delight in field sp< 

 with dogs, but shading themselv 

 sireleiiecl upon two reeds into t 

 through the several brakes and : 

 to find it. The canvas is usualh 



ikth 



irious birds will, upon tl 



togethi r. though they wi.... 



•ai-h other, The tv Icot I-. qua 



commonly feed in flocks, uih, 



inc. -bind' Still . '"I look HbtOnttlU' 



nnan an opportunity ol orbing \ 

 . resting the canvas- upon Ihi 

 uiz/ic of his piece through mn of i 



I hole cm, .c ni .-, linn-. ' 



or painted wii 

 the top there 



oilgh andobsc r\ 



hat" the iiarlrid 



lipproaoh of I 



l)i fore al son 



and sm 



Tl 



IK'I 



locks down somcti 



VKti.MUNr ffOTES.- -Highgate. Vt , Oct. 4.— Large number! 

 of gray squirrels have been killed during the pa t mout 



her 



in Northern Vermont, around our 



ad oiduuildings. This has led many 

 ho!-- i-ounlrv is swarming with this ga 



r'n lie-Ids, ore -hard 

 to believe that oi 



fair. 



. but the truth 

 are no nuts in the woods this season, and flush 

 I ihe squirrels to come out to the ■cultivated district* 

 rch of food. Ruffed grouse shooting has been, so I'ai 

 Tin- Missisquoi Gun Olub report black duck shootinj 

 heir grounds, but snipe shooting poor, owing 

 the high water, that has completely flooded the marshes, 

 \ erv few woodcock, so far, have been bagged h\ the 

 bcrs of ibis club. Fall duck and wild ge. -e an'- nov 

 bag in, and they will remain with us until the bay frecS 

 up. Mr. Leach, President, and Mr. Beatty. member of tl 

 club, have made some good bags of wood-cluck and blue 

 winged teal. — STAXsriiAO. 



Minnesota.— Duck shooting is in full vigor around iln? 

 twin e-iiies of St. Paul and Minneapolis, and Pickerel Lake 



Pig's Eye, the pass on the Mini 

 Sugar Island, at Lhc sloughs ( 

 every piece of water within w 

 cither city, bad more than ils c 



range or not The amount of auinn 

 oi rang, ducks is marvelous, equaled ( 

 number of ducks reported killed and 

 Paul i'> u. 



s placi 



: . . 



. - nil e 

 HIS 1 



I 111 



h • ■:;: 



\ ver 



all all 



u-itliin 



i on oil 

 arv, !ou 



Missoi hi.— Jackson, Oct. S, — The quail law in this Stat 

 t out (on the loth ins!.), and our sportsmen ar 



i,,„g for thai tin,.. 

 d, ami we are e xp ( 

 /.w weeks we have 1 

 ich are also immi-rou. 

 in the evening, to r 



Quad promise t 

 ic fine -ii"i'. Ke 

 pun ti'.e. Bhootin 

 come in from th 

 • fruit and shad 

 airgeof the breeel 

 cuiirtels have- been 

 • them to 

 ol a trip in th 



nd if they g( 



. bul we look lo 

 the b'oys an- talking 



id turkey hunt almui tin 10th oi b.l 

 'ill have a grand time. We also lool 



mil duck shooting later in the .season.— 11. 



Ni.w II wpsuiut: Game.— Chireinont. N II . Oct. 6>4 



The grouse with 

 birds— have not 3 



Fouler. 1 

 teotive \ 

 1 was sick 



lvside- 



lull, bul 1 



goi 01 



webagget 



si\te, 



lo.||- L ,|01l- 



e.— M 



. . ud the woodcock I 

 t appeared. 1 have been out a few lime 

 n all, over Elcho, i'orty-flvc birds, tliirtv 

 use. my best day's score he.iug e ight coe !; 

 six cock, one grouse, then three grouse 

 ir-c not much, inc just enough to ItCSB] 

 sport with doa and gun we have Mr 

 of Massachuae tts Fish and Game P« 

 u. lias bi en visiting mi loi a week oast 

 lack two days, which rather affected my 

 with him for a conple of days. Oncdaj 



COCk. six gl-Oll-e. and anolilel live , 



;x ('i.Ai;u. 



