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OUR CHICAGO LETTER. 



[From a 1 Chi ■ Correspondent.] 



THE marshes, lakes and sl.ree.ijs Ste Solidly froZCC and 

 tlie leal, blue bill, mallard, canvas-back 'and such ilk 

 have winged sou III wmd. it is neatly certain that none have 

 slopped north of the Ohio River Afew hunter^ followed them 

 into Hie Tennessee sunken lands. The Inst place in Ibis 

 ggction where there was any duek shooting was on the 



Illinois Hirer, near Dclnvau, The r'euaohn ine was deSCTtOd 

 lasl week by the Kleinmans, Coleman, Whipple and the rest 

 of the boys. With the exception of one rather thrilling in 

 eideut, given below, your readers mu?l content themselves 

 this week wilh a little personal chat. On the return from 

 the North of Fred. Taylor, the veteran sporlsman of this 

 section, your correspondent will furnish yon with Ihc article 

 promised on the hunting haunts of Die vicinity, as whs 

 promised. Tin; sportsmen are all [waiting its publication, 

 even though they know, or think they Ijijow, every spot in 

 the 'i e'liboiiiood. QJ our hunters. Frank Mercer Is in Can- 

 aila, trying to gel a bag Of something near Quebec. Hurry 

 Ivenyon ami Dave Jewell are over in Michigan slaughtering 



qnail and rabbits, ^ogt of our hunters, however, declare 



that there is too little apart about shooting the latter to pny 

 for the trouble Several of our hoys have gone over to 

 Detroit to attend a swecpsuiLe clay pigeon shoot. Will 

 send you returns as concerns local shots Upon their return. 

 Ell. Hudson, one of our besi young shots, has just, returned 

 1 mm Alpena, where be goi away With a plentiful supply of the 

 n gular season's game. There have bicu no returns from our 

 deer stalking party as yet. They return some t hue lids week. 



One of our hoys racejVOd a lei ter from the well-known 

 shot and sportsman Al. Headers, wdio figures in nearly every 

 pigeon tourney held in this country, yesterday. Mcaders is 

 at his home mar Meiirpids, Tenn. and scuds word here 

 that there will he the greatest kino of shooting at Reelfoot 

 Lake, about fifty miles north of Memphis, should the 

 weather continue good here. As this is a noted spot for 

 hunters, though little known Last, your correspondent 

 sought Abe. Kleinman anil asked him about the hike. 



•A'ouwnnt lo know about Reelfoot. Lake? Well, you can 

 iust say that it's the greatest Hunting resort that' I ever 

 saw. You must know thai the lake is really sunken lands 

 Hooded with water. You can row over the 'tops of stately 

 forest trees, and looking down can sec the bottom, like a 

 forest glade, some sixty to seventy feet, at places, below. 

 At other times j on are scraping in the lops of the trees and 

 brush. The ducks are thick there when cold North 

 wid have great feeding grounds. They catch a fish 

 like our black bass, only they call il a "trout." 1 can't ex- 

 plain why, for it is not Uk'e a trout at all. When I was 

 there a few years ago, there were no floats, no house to 

 Ston at or anything. [ understand there is a house with 

 bouts there now. As the hunting season lasts fully two 

 months, ii pays any spoilsman lo pay a, visit to tliat section 

 : the country. You can also say that there are any quau- 

 liiv oi .;,/ :„ , uranls, eic, I here.''' 



There will be plenty of sportsmen's t'eslivilies here Christ- 

 mas week. The Pullman Club gives a pigcou shoot, the 

 English Lake and Lake George Clubs turkey shoots, and the 

 resl will hold some [dud of a tournament, if it is nothing 

 hut glass ball matches, etc. 



JoUD Gillespie and several more of the English Lakevs wdio 

 returned from their club house last week report an event 

 that came near proving tragical in its results. It seems they 

 were all at the club house at English Lake, hid., Thursday 

 moraine last, when two pitiful-looking, half-frozen and 

 half-starved hunters, hailing from Richmond, Ind.. came 

 Staggering into the club house. They had been caught, out 

 on i lie marshes the Wednesday night before, which, your 

 readers will remember, was the night of the fearful cold 

 Snap, They had been closed in by the fnsl-lreezing ice of 

 the river, and could not get away', They hroke lip their 

 boat and burned il, dually being compelled to sit in the cold 

 for hours without a spark of tire. They had their faces, 

 hands, feet, and other parts of their bodies frozen, and were 

 as near dead as any one could ask for, They said they had 

 never passed such 'a terrible time in all their lives. 'Both 

 were wealthy gentlemen of Richmond. They walked over 

 the lake on the solidly frozen ice the next day'. 



OREGON GAME LAW. 



Y\, r L have just received the follow iug text of the, new 

 Vt Oregon game law, which was approved by the. Gov- 

 ernor la-t October; 



Sue. 1. Every person who shall within the State of Ore- 

 gou. between liic first day of .November in each year and 

 the first day of July of the following year. bunt, pursue, 

 take, kill or destroy any DBtle deer or buck-, shall tie guilty 



Of a misdemi Evi ry pi rso.n who shall for the period 



of four Veal's from and after lii I passage of this act pursue, 

 Jtuiif, takeki'l or tlcslroy any female deer or doe, shall be 

 guilty of a. misdemeanor, Every person who, alter the. 

 passage of this act, shall kill an; d fawn, snail he 



guilty of a misdemeanor, Every person who, after the pas- 

 Sage of this act, shall take, kill or destroy any male or female 

 deer or buck at any time, unless the carcass of such animal 

 is used or preserved, by the person slaying it, or is sold for 

 food, is guilty of a misdemeanor. 



SbO; 2. Every person who buys, sells or has in possession, 

 any of the deer enumerated in the preceding section, within 

 the time the taking or killing thereof is prohibited, except 

 such as are tamed or kept for show or curiosily, is guilty of 

 a misdemeanor. 



Sice. 3. Every person wdio shall, within the State of Ore- 

 gon, between the flrst day of January and the lirst day of 

 August of each year, hunt, pursue, take, kill op destroy any 

 elk, moose, or mountain sheep, shall be guilty of a misde- 

 meanor. Every person who hil.-:. |. : ;]l«, injures or destroys, 

 or pursues wdh intent to take, kill, injure or destroy any 

 elk. moose, or uioi.mlli.iu sheep, al any lime for the sole pur- 



of < ii, . i ■ in, hide or hams of any such ani- 



ii.si, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 



Sec. A. Every person who shall within the State of 

 Oregon, between the first day of April anrj the first day of 

 September of each year, lake, bill, injure, or destroy, or 

 have in possession, Bl II or after for sale any wild swan, mal- 

 lard duck, wood duck, widgeon, teal, spoonbill, gray, black 

 or sprig/tail duck, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, provided, 

 that any person may at any lime kill ducks to protect his 

 growing crops. 



Sec. ii. Every person who shall within the S ; E>W 



fon, between the lirst day of April and the fifteenth day of 

 line of each year, f Or an; purpi e, lake, kill, injure or de- 

 i c ,v in ii 'm ill [in en ■ ■ II n ni.'i . lo. ale any prairie 



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Sec. 0. Every person who shall within the State of Ore- 

 gon, between the first day of January and the loth day of 

 July of each year, take, kill, injure, or destroy, or have in 

 possession, sell or offer for sale, liny grouse, pheasant, 

 quail or partridge, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 



SEp. 7. Every person who shall within the Slate of Ore- 

 gon, during the months of November. December, January, 

 February and March, of any year, catch, kill, or have in 

 possession, sell or offer for sale, any mountain or brook 

 trout, shall be guilty of a -misdemeanor. Every person who 

 shall withiuthe State of Oregon take or attempt to take, or 

 catch, wilh any seine, net or weir, or other device other Ihau 

 hook and line, any mountain or brook trout, at any time 

 after the passage of this act, shall be guilty of a misde- 

 meanor. 



Sec. fif, Every person, who shall within the State of 

 Oregon, and after the passage of this act, trap, net or en- 

 snare, or attempt lo trap, Bel or ensnare, any quail or Bob 

 "While, prairie chicken, grouse or pheasant, or have in pos- 

 session any live quail or Bob While, prairie chicken, grouse 

 or pheasant, shall bo guilty of a misdemeanor. 



Sec. 9. Every person," who shall within the State of 

 Oregon, at any lime after the passage of this act, destroy or 

 remove from ike nest of auy mallard duck, widgeon, wood 

 duck, teal, spoonbill, gray, black or sprigtail duck, prairie 

 chicken or sage lion, grouse, pheasant, quail or partridge, or 

 other wild fowls, any egg or eggs of such fowls or birds, or 

 have in possession, sell or offer for sale, any such egg or 

 eggs, or wilfully destroy the nesl of an any such fowls or 

 birds, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 



Sec. 10. Every person who shall have any male deer or 

 buck, or any female deer or doc, or spotted fawn, elk, 

 moose or mountain sheep, swan, mallard duck, wood duck, 

 widgeon, teal, spoonbill, gray, black, or sprigtail duck, 

 prairie chicken or sage hen, grouse, pheasant, quail, Bob 

 White or partridge, mountain or brook trout, at any- time 

 when it is unlawful to take or kill the same, as provided in 

 this act. shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and a proof of the 

 possession of any of the aforesaid animals, fowls, birds or fish 

 at a time when it is unlawful to take or kill the same, in the 

 county where the same is found, shall lie , , ., ,;,,,, ,- v i- 

 dence in auy prosecution for a violation of any of the piv- 



sions of this act, that the person or persons in whose pos- 

 session the same is found, took, killed or destroyed l he same 

 in the county wherein the same is found during the period 

 wdien it was unlawful to take, kill or destroy the same. 



Sec. 11. Every person convicted of a violation of any of 

 the provisions of this act shall be punished by- a fine of not 

 less than ten dollars nor more than three hundred dollars, 

 or imprisonment in the county jail of the county where 

 the offense. was committed for not less than five days nor 

 more than three months, or both such imprisonment and 

 fine. One-half of all moneys collected for lines for violation 

 of Ihe provisions of this act shall be paid to informois and 

 one-half to the district attorney in the county in which ihc 

 case is prosecuted. 



Sec. 12. All acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith 

 are hereby repealed. 



Minnesota. — The St. Paul Pioneer- Press is wide awake; 

 it proposes: "Now that the new Legislature is elected, let 

 the members-elect give due consideration to the matter of 

 game protection. Let the game law be simplified to the' 

 fewest possible words and clauses. Prairie chickens, ducks, 

 geese, woodcock, sharp-tailed grouse, snipe, plover of all 

 kinds, squirrels, deer, moose and caribou should become 

 shootable Aug. 15; quail Oct. 1. Ailshootingshouldcea.se 

 Dec. 1. Let Minnesota lead the way in the abolition of 

 spring shooting. Her entire territory is a breeding ground 

 for wildfowl. When they reach our Stale from the South 

 they are. ready to settle down to family duties, and are per- 

 haps already mated, if the endless banging of spring waa 

 prohibited these birds would at once go to housekeeping, 

 and on every pond, lake or slough through our State the 

 ducks, snipe, plover and geese would locate and raise their 

 young. In the fall, instead of a few days' flight shooting at 

 migratory bauds, we should have three or three and a half 

 months of fine shooting of juicy young birds. Then in the 

 spring, along through April and the early part of May, our 

 prairie chickens and grouse are mating, and a duck shooter 

 is not likely to spare these if he flushes them on his travels 

 from slough to slough. By preserving our wildfowl we 

 add to the attractions of our State as a summer resort; we 

 add to the commercial value of our products and to 

 the food supply. Woodcock shooting in the summer 

 should, anyhow, be abolished, and even if the spring 

 shooting of ducks is continued, this abomination should he 

 done away with. There are many true, and good spoilsmen 

 in the present Minnesota Legislature, especially in the 

 Senate. They all know that they would not go cock 

 shooting oh a hot July day for $20. What sport is there, 

 with the thermometer eighty-live in the shade, down in a 

 willowy bottom, without a breeze stirring to cool the levered 

 brow, the noble army of mosquitoes buzzing around and 

 thirsting for blood, and twigs switching you in the fall, 

 every now and then, as a stimulant. Only the pot-hunter — 

 the market man who cares not whether it be woodcock or 

 wood-duck, quail or grouse, that falls to his gun, will risk 

 these discomforts, for to him it is dollars and cents. Why, 

 then, for the sake of nobody should this be allowed to con- 

 tinue? Let this be done, and to make the law no dead letter, 

 lei .them appropriate some $3,000 or $4,000 to enforce the 

 law thoroughly. All sheriffs of counties should be obliged 

 to arrest on complaint. A penally of not lc-.s than -d i for 

 each and every bird or beast killed should be enforced, with 

 one-lhird to tlie complainant, one third lo theeounl, school 

 fund and one third lo the State. A game warden should be 

 appointed, whose special duty must lie the enforcement of 

 the laws, and a thorough scouring of the country to. see that 

 sheriffs of counties are doing their duty. Game is Slate 

 property, and the State should see lo it, even as they are 

 seeing to the preservation of lish, that this valuable property 

 be not squandered by the reckless few." 



Help the QoAil.— It is quite probable we are to have, 

 this winter, a counterpart of that of 1880. and a succession 

 of snowstorms will follow the fall of the one just past. De- 

 cember set in ominously, ihc snow now on the ground has 

 thawed and then became crusted by a low temperature. 

 Even now, this curly in the season, the quail find it difficult 

 to gather their necessary food, and t he oullook is not a prom- 

 ising one for the safeiy'of our favorite bird, whose ranks 

 were terribly decimated by the severe winter of year before 

 last. The chilis must lake the mailer in hand at once. Let 

 everyone who is aba- Keep over until spring a number- 

 some more and some less it, will pay -Homo 



following 

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Ontario Proposed Non-Export Law 

 petition is being circulated by the Londc 

 Fish and Game Protection" Society: 

 able the LeytglaMve Asiembly af Qntw 

 Awt-wl/lal: --We, the undersigned inhabitants of the pro- 

 vince of Ontario, most respectfully beg lo bringtoyour 

 espeeial notice a grievance which' we labor under, 'and 

 which is yearly becoming a greater evil. J| is a msll-fcnc .' 

 fact that wc arc subject to the inroads of a huge number of 

 "market shooters" from the United States year after year, 

 who make Ontario the basis of their trade, and, as soon as 

 the shooting season opens, kill, destroy, and clear off nearly 

 all our game birds and food-producing animals, and ship 

 and export them to the various markets in the Eastern 

 States, to the detriment of this province and the sportsmen 

 resident therciir. Of these fads we are cognizant, and are 

 prepared to prove them before any committee which your 

 honorable House may choose to appoint to take into consid- 

 eration this, our petition, for relief in the matter. As a rem- 

 edy for this great evil, we beg most respectfully to suggest lo 

 your honorable House the insertion of the following clause as 

 im addition to the present game law:— No person not being a 

 permanent resident of Ontario shall at any lime hunt, take or 

 kill any deer, elk, moose, reindeer, caribou, grouse, pheas- 

 ant, prairie fowl, partridge, wild turkey, quail. woodcock, 

 snipe, plover, wild duel;, swan, goose, hare, rabbit, or squir- 

 rel, for Ihe purpose of exporting the same out of Ontario, 

 and in all cases the onus of proving thai any said deer, elk, 

 moose, reindeer, caribou, grouse, pheasant, prairie fowl, 

 partridge, wild turkey, quail, woodcock, snipe, plover, 

 wild duck, swan, hare,' rabbit, or squirrel so bunted, taken, 

 or killed is nol intended to be exported as aforesaid, shall 

 be upon the person hunting, killing, or taking the same. 

 Offenses against this section Shah be punished bv a fine not 

 exceeding twenty-five dollars, nor less than five dollars, for 

 each animal or bird. No railway, express company, or 

 other common carrier, or any other of their agents or serv- 

 ants, shall knowingly receive any of the above-mentioned 

 animals or birds for transportation out of Ontario. Offenses 

 against this section shall be punished by a fine not exceed- 

 ing twenty-five dollars nor less than five dollars, for each 

 animal or bird. And your petitioners will ever pray, etc." 



Sagadahoc Association. — The Sagadahoc Association 

 for the Protection of Fish and Game held their annual meet- 

 ing for the choice of officers at Bath. Me., Dec. (5, at the 

 office of Dr. C. A. Packhard. The following officers were 

 elected: Dr. C. A. Packard, Bath, President; A. Q. Goud, 

 Topsham; J. H. MUlay, Bowdoinham, Vice-Presidents; 

 Geo. E. Newman, Bath, 'Secretary and Treasurer. Execu- 

 tive Committee— S. W. Carr. Bowdoinham; A. Q, Goud, 

 Topsham; Geo. H. Nichols,' Bath; Dr. E. W. Johnson, 

 Brunswick: A. S. Alexander, Richmond. A resolution was 

 unanimously adopted, expressing as the sentiment of the 

 association, that suitable laws should be enacted prohibiting 

 the exportation of game from the State, and requesting our 

 Senator and representatives to use their influence to procure 

 the passage of such a law. It was stated at. the meeting 

 that Sewall's Pond in Arrowsic, Nequassct Pond, Woolwich, 

 and Campbell's Pond, West Bath, have been slocked with 

 black bass during the year. The association enters upon 

 the fourth year of its lii'c with a membership of one bundled 

 or more, and has become a factor of benefit, to the com- 

 munity far beyond any idea of the unthinking. Hereafter, 

 with the exception of the annual meeting, the only meetings 

 of the association will be at the call of the Executive Com- 

 mittee.— G. E. N. 



Michigan Deer Shooting. — Detroit, Mich,, Dec. 1. — 

 Sportsmen who have returned from their deer shooting ex- 

 cursions report excellent sport and plenty of game. The 

 markets bein * practically closed the pot-hunter has not been 

 found haunting every runway with his 'mangy hound of 

 doubtful antecedents. The enjoyment, therefore, to those 

 who hunt for pleasure rather than profit has been greater 

 than in previous seasons. E. H. Gillman and two friends 

 have iust returned from a six weeks' sojourn in the North 

 Woods, during which time they have killed nearly fifty 

 deer and several good bags of ruffed grouse and 'quail. 

 Ducks are still here in good' numbers and the market is filled 

 with them. Nearly everbody who goes to the SI. Clair 

 Flats or down to Point Moui'ller gets a fair return for his 

 time and expense. Shop. Maisonville, of Windsor, bagged 

 sixty-two in one day, which is the best report I have heard 

 this'week.— W. ' 



Deer Near Lake George.— In a private letter from a 

 correspondent at Glens Falls, N- Y., he says: "Visitors to 

 Lake George do not all know that the hills that border that 

 beautiful sheet of water still contain deer. Capt. Leo Har- 

 ris, Aleck Taylor and Oscar Tinkle returned from a hunt 

 on Black Mountain, just below the Narrows, with seven 

 deer. They are all. old and good hunters, and nearly every 

 year kill a few deer around "Black Mountain, Mr. Colvin's 

 headquarters in 1881. Burr Phelps, pilot of the Ganous/kie, 

 was really the man that killed the bear in Lake George in 

 1881, by roping him from the deck of the steamer, although 

 credit was given to another. I was hshiug in the lake that 

 day and remarked the lateness of the boat; later Burr told 

 me the facts, which were different from the newspaper ac- 

 count, Burr killed one buck that he says was Ihe largest he 

 oversaw. My younger brother and Burr killed a deer on 

 Utawanna Lake, between Blue .Mountain and Piaqucllc lakes, 

 in 1880, by running it down with a little steamer." 



He On out to Have A Medal. — Ashland. Mass., Dec. 

 4, INH2.- -Ktiitor FuirMiUttl Stmnn: Mr. G. G. Tidsbury, of 

 Ibis place, while out hunting with Dr. itedfearirs Gordon 

 seller, lasl Saturday, bagged nine quail atone shot. They 

 were sitting about 'twenty-live yards away. The shell was 

 loaded With four and one-half drams powder and one and 

 one-quarter ounces, shot. The most remarkable feature of 

 this exploit is the fact that he killed every bird in Ihe Hock. 

 Have any of your readers equaled this v,i v successful shot 

 this season?— O. [We feel no hesitation in venturing the 

 opinion that the shot has not been excelled, although our 

 Arkansas duck-shooting friend, John, Whose exploit was 

 heralded by "Byrne, " in a recent issue, may come in for 

 second honors. Mr. 'tidsbury ought to have a medal, per- 

 haps something like the Trout-ling Medal, of which the de- 

 sign was published in our issue of July 7, 1881.] 



Florida. -Jaeksoi 

 Ei - .vri l is i taken High 

 from Ecnaacolu in ih 

 are arriving and so a.i 



I882i— Din gu e ( break-bone 



Florida, and yellow fever 

 atioi.of Ihe State. Ducks 

 al sportsmen - -Ai. Frsho, 



