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FOREST AND STREAM. 



TDec. 14, 1882. 



The "Am Space" BlATTKR.— Philadelphia, Doc. 8.— The 

 dissenting voices in your issue nf December 7, n* to mv 

 denial of the clanger of Me "air space" ie: rifles does not 

 Biirpri.se me. Much fatigued with the caperitaenl 



which 1 havedoDi lasi tllrge. weeks, 1 choose 



now merejyto refer lo my assertions hereon, in FoJiest 

 and stream of Xovi'm!ievJ;i 'n.l 30, and to rtefa fori 

 Week, or bo, further answer. Ofooi well-posted 



Ordnance officer, no defense of my position would be acces- 

 sary. The subject is trae.of peculiar interest, and I shall 

 have somewhat to say on it hereafter. — \V, McK. Keath. 



Petersburg. Ta„ Nov. 29.— Here is au item from the 

 lias, only too true. "We understand thai 

 large numbers of wild clucks are being caught in Hie James 

 River Mow City Point— most of which Tare seal totlli 

 Northern rniritcts. The Wttterg Of tllO James River are the 

 resort of myriads of wild fowls, which riad feeding grounds 

 there during the winter." Partridge snooting hies been pooi 

 Bofar, Hhe birds ranging in the woods on account of the 

 dryness of the fields. Hop- ror hitler sport when Ibis storm 

 is over. Peer are reported plentiful; hares in abundance.— 



wild turkey Sep. IB to Jan. 1, pheasant Atifr. 15 to Jan. 1. partridge 

 Nor. 1 to Jan. 1, trou' April l to Aug. 1. Harford: partridge and 



i ■'!'''" ' '■■! ''■ i.i t'o. '''. v.- i.-,ick June m lo .Jan. 1, rail and pheas- 

 ant Scut. lOl.ii .Tnn. 111. Kfllt: niirlriiU'i) Nov 1 lo.Tm, 1.1 nihnil Oct 

 1 to .TttU. 15. M..1.I...UC ■■■ - ,.T., ,!:-,. Oct 15 to Li..,-' 15 ... .-., .,1- 



eoelc June 10 to .Ian. 1, pheasant s>-pt 1 to Fob I robin ^"i>t t 

 to May 1. Princ ifcrse: rabbits Oct. 15 t<j Keb i robin Sept' l to 



i.' Li-, i>. .•: •■•-i. ortolan snra rail bird -•-{-■t -, to 



So i ' trou baa ' i n oi I 8h' An&feto to 16 ' Queen I ni 



■ ■ ■ .■■■■■n .1 i lb Oct! to Jan '15. 'robin Oct 1 to 



....-...■ ■., Idgl Nov l to Feb 1 St Ma.v's ,obin 



net. i t.-. v,,c, ii i. r abot: robin Sent t to M r i ■ h'i.mi ,. . ,.-,,. 



!. .,,, b15 to Jan.' I, Washington: 



Aug. 13 to De lid ft] - | ; . | . | .i; ..' ',..•"■'::.;..,' Oct. Bute 



SPORTSMEN OS THE 1miia-N Ti:nniToi;Y this winter ere 

 having more excitement than they looked for. Instead of 

 encasing in the chase as soon as they ero-s the border, they 

 find themselves chased by Indian policemen. One party ol 

 five hunters was t us run dowu last week and taken into 

 Custody. Their horses, wagon.-, guns and supplies wen 

 confiscated according lo la*", and [hey may be fined $600 

 each. The Indian policemen ni'e pitiollia : the border itl 

 force to keep out other intruders. incredible asitmav 

 seem in New York, thev haven't ohiMud anybody yet.— 

 H B )-,.e/- Suft. _____ ' ' 



TrrE 05ErDA Cl.TJB..-T|i|- 'lnl, ol ■ irgjl ni/i d. ha, I 

 .liir.ii-I llii.iivol.,..;^. ....:..: i ... r .: . i i i ■ .. • 



serves in the State Of New York. The ujEmbi r- of fire club 

 are gentlemen living in different parts of the country and are 

 especially interested in preserving the fish in ilic waters OVM 

 which they have control. 



Tire Barred Wire Fence.— I am triad t., see you callins 

 attention to the danger of thai abominable nuisance, the 

 barbed wire fence. A party of four of us \ isiterj I lap • ( "•: 

 for n three weeks' shoot, and had a fine hound nearly ruined 

 by running against one of the barbs, and used him up bo wi 

 could not use him for the whole time we v ,iv there.— 

 J. TJ. U. 



Nebraska.— Falls Ciiy . Dec. 8.— Five of our load -pet's 

 men spent four days on the Platte River, some time ago, 

 bringing homo ■:.%■> gvese as the result of their prowess 

 Ducks and geese arc not verj plentiful In:- jn-i al 'hi 

 time. The cold >, go| fairly seJ in yet. Then 



tire plenty of quail, cbitekelis, rabbits and squirrels here, 

 though.— D. B" 



Flocuester. N. Y., Nov. 98.— Mb Win. ,1. i 



ity, has just returned from n (3 



the St. flair Flats, where herepoi i i the thaj ■; • 



MjcHiOAM SeoirrsMKx'.- As-mciatiox. — The neM annual 

 session of the Michigan Spoilsmen's Association willbe heltl 

 at Pclroif, commencing on the Dili of .hnni.>.\. I ■-:; 



FOREST AND STREAM SCHEDULE " B." 



EXCEPTIONS, LOCAL LAWS, ETC 



...«. — Law aj 



win, Marengo. Lowndes 



T:.I]ioi.-:;a, rickeus, libb. Autauga. Wllrtfow 

 Mobile and tluldwin counties; night shooting:. Ilea 

 and battery forbidden. 



Arizona and Arkansas— nave no game laws. 

 . California.— In Lassen. Plumas, Sierra counties: quail, 

 grouse, niatl ti-,1, iv.-.o.l, teal, spoonbill, , .• am- broadbiU duel;, Aug 

 i j to .Maid, in. Doer law apnB •■ bora lies Eoi ii I ten to l,i!l females 



Colorado. -Game ni.iv I.,.- kill-d old," for iuimrili.'ile nv as 



food. Exportation for speculative purpo rorhitltlen 



Connecticut. -Game exportation forbidden, wildrowl mat 



' :!" " ith .a. I, • -"I,- , .:- i- .-.,,,,;,,. .,,|v raided 111 HI'llC: 



length;" ahootfog from joilfl g-or steam vi al 



"! Men. Unlawful to net pHte. ],(■ lor- i 



' Local flab laws govern certain waters. 



Dakota. ItimtiiiL; on lands without first obtainin.- owner > 



consent forbidden'. I rlawapnlie !■ 



ties only. Unla^ Fu! .■■ '•'■ 



or parts of buffalo. • : 



game birds I 



plwer, curlew can be sul I, A Dec 3 



food, nit I, in Territoi ? 



Delaware. Buffed grouse, qUs.il, rabbit in Wow Castle conntv, 

 J<ov. 15 to Jan. 1. Birds and r.ibb.i,; may be kill d hv person on hi 

 own land at any lime. Knlrauc- upon land foi shomnif. nii.lioii 



owner's consent, fcrljiddrr, Nona. si. ban ■: most 1 one mcuiber 



Of the Delaware Game P teiatlon .i v-ir •' 

 s - . ■ ■ i , 



District of Columbia.— Unlawful i fowl atniclil 



or with "arc ■ .: • .,.,_,,:, ,, ,,,, 



tenet ti and fire I from the sho.i'.. 



Florida. DTogaaiB lav, 



Georsia.— No'tieueril 1 iw : local statutes in aboul thirtveoiuities. 

 Law (looted applies to Thomas county and most of lite others. 



Idaho.— wildfowl and prairie chicken laws apply !•• Ada cnnly 



Illinois.— Uiil.ii . i ! ho I ' M!'.'.' ' 'ii 



Indiana.- Exportation of deer. " , u „|. ,, „..,s,,,t. uilddnek, 

 ;.i "I . i-ivit „• ,...i.., .. .. ,.,.i ,,. ,,i:.,.|,ie,,. 



Iowa -Lnhntfnl to kill foi i,-.i,,c ,,i-.,in.. cliickcn. woodooolc, 

 quail, ruffel gronse. p'.,- i ,m: ,„• for one p -rso,, io kill in one day 

 morethantwenty-flvoofe.itior!:iidof bii-.U u..m.-i. E.vporlalionol 

 .. i fpf. r.-, i-l.i, i,t..«. /j i ii... i 



to pel 

 saill. 

 profit. 

 Shot from the Shoulder. 



Kentucky. -Law applies lo certain counties ,„,i v 



Maine -.■;.■■■ i ,, - bmnc.l with do-~ 



Wildfowl l.i ■. i 



may kid be. .... 



(lovernor. ADsrling for Balm n ... ; |. ,.f tish 



way, dam or mill race, f,,,™ j.i, , , |. 



.1 Croi Kivei .'■ i ■ ..or.' . lr i-:- ■ ' 



'■ oo tnty, May i to Wepi. i. ■■■ ■ ,,, 



i i h i ■ I ,. i i. ,, • iTitl-loek 



"a , 1 couvei the ■ r tu I in - inil, n il 



Jl.osione.'of i; ,-.,.■ ::■,' i ,.|, .-:..,. , j . ■ . , ,- i i ,- , ,-..;, .1,1, >],. 



Maryland. -s -a , 



■! mi.'- in- us foliowH. Ailcelianv: d.-.-r Ar_' . 



■'. '•'l-ald '- 1 lllfc.l , ,;, .- , | ■ lail. I. I'lll .li I",' 



■■ i "., ' eel done lib. i clj. I, robin March 1 

 lo April 1 wild mi!..' ,i,,i , ., ,, , .,., ts to .l.ili 1. Aune Artnid.. 1: 

 iabl.it ' let. i '.. i . . i, ,.,,.. , ; ..,,,, (jet. ir, |o Jan. I. p '''I 

 or.i, rail i, ..,,': ■ 



. ..." i ,.. 

 1 sent, t to d.-.n I, rabbit 

 ; "■ ■ ' Feb. 15. Cecil; partridge .id. Nov. t io 



■■ ii is.iiu Hept. 10 lo 



' ' ' I - . mm. laj IB .. Jan i.raobU. Ow. 



it. 1, to D«o.l (use of dogs forbidden), 



to Jai 



ass plover, Aug. 1 to April 1; wood, summer, blaek, dusky, duck, 

 je or green-winged teal, Sept. 1 to March 1. Use. of ferret or weasel 

 ilawful. Sneaeh Pond in C'lmilierland tcccepl.-d from Ida. I; bass law 

 essee.-Law o noted applies to counties of Jtem-v, Dyer, 

 e-e'}. I'livid.oc, u-tdbion, Hamilton, Bedford. Wilson.' In 



Teu. 



i, Hi-. :n 



Monle, 



lay and r . 



I iws are published in 

 ' " i MM . ■ .!,,.] Preserv 

 Secretary. W3 St, Paul s 

 Massachusetts.- 

 trull. Aug. I to May 1 . 

 Quail arid pralrfa cblc 

 kitlcdi.lan. 1 to May 1. 

 black duel;, teal. Use 

 lights, or "jiiekv ■ ., 

 Pi hand Game Pr\ I » ' 



Michig-aio !. 

 Peninsula, &.itg. IS to Ni 

 fawn in spotted cos 

 teal, mall. i.: 

 ■tin! nightshoeiin.; .... i|,i 

 vieinitc (five miles) of n 

 Uiiail. prairie chicken. 

 trout from stream '.vitbi 

 catch gravlii 



irary oompUoatsd. The 



riinid As:,", i,.,ii,,,, i.,i ti,.- 

 ml Fish, Edivin S"li", el 



■to .In: 

 ■Is the 



Mil 



ota. 



bidden. I). 



Pigeons protected on nesting grounds in Olmstead and Dodge 

 e,,uuies The seci-i ' . i si ate Sportsmen's Assool- 



ae;.c. i- W. S. Timlieihtkc. St. Paul. 



Missouri. -Unlawful for non-residents to kill game for exporta- 

 tion from Slate. 



Montana.— Unlawful at all times lo kill butfalo, moose, elk, 

 deer, mountain sheep, eoac antelope tor hides only. 



Nebraska.-Chasint- deer witfi dogs forbidden in Burt. Wash- 

 ington, Douglas. Suipv. Ca-s. s:int ders and Dodge counties. Unlaw- 

 ful for common can a is io (tsoBpori game at any time. Use of punt 

 ■■uu unlawful. 



Nevada. -Sand-hill crane, plover, yfllow hammer, bittorn, Sept. 

 i t" \|'id I Pi o'i"chi ken and sharo-iad.-d grouse seasons applv 

 to Humboldt. Klko. Kilr-lat and Lander: sage Inn sons..,, in sl.m'e 



in'l's'ni-r'd'la. hoiVg'l s. ,.,'„,sbv, Lyon, Storey, Churehli and WeShoe 



protected lo Sept. 1. 1S'3. 



New Brunswick.- For non-resident law see Nova Scotia. 



New Hampshire. -Yellow-legs, sandptosrs, Aug. 1 !<■ Feb, t. 



-i". I lo .Ian. 1. Lake trout may lie taken "with 



ingle ho..k ami l,n '.".lei I io \ pi il I. Fish iiilrn.luiv.lliv 



" 



':. elli: 



Nevt 



' ■ 



i, ,.i or I. 



:,..! I ..,,• M 



i. rsey Garni 

 tlioreafU'r. '-'■ i : iry, V 

 New Mexico. --Ti 

 ■ l-ions respecting large 

 camp"wti.e' 



A. II. Poi 



lie-i 

 Me 



daw ftil al all times to hoiil deer With dogs il, St. 



or nap unlawful. Pluck bass in Lake Miiliopae, Dutchess 

 y. S..|. r,..,-. lake and river, Paradox l.al ■•: duly P'.io.lan 1: Lake 



■■••'•: -:ht. Unlawful t'.> eatcli any li'-h wiiiiin eighty 

 of ti-'.bw-ay. Sunday shooting forbidden. Unlawful to e.Yport 

 e from Duchess county. .Sahnon or lake trout in Lake George, 



i.ti. 



■.... . , ledum 



pli :■! lid"- 



■elvani.i. Hand, 



s.n i , •,„,„ ti-s. for the purpose o 

 i d. Thai this section shall not a 

 it lo ihe waters of Currituck s 



llian Feb :. Phe 



file- out a li s. 



Fisbei ■•. l 

 Ohio.-Wildfo 



ui, ,,i sb,iu!der .'nil 

 due!.- Sept, 1 to \l 



Ontario.— Ma 



Aur. 15 to din. 1. 

 bidden iii wildfow 

 out consent of la, 



•Sl-r-r. elk. „,. c 



Pennsylvan 



Dec. 15, rnbtilt < >et. 15 to 



I. wooiVoct: July J I" Lie. 



■ ■ •■ 



e I to Feb. 15 



Uuebeo 



birds, Sept. It... Marco l.i 



m.-!.i sboothiK wildfowl i 



Rhode Island.- -'I 



"nwallowor box :n:;iiin 



3 must be 



eh 1; 



Scott- Campbc 

 quiiil season Oc 



females only. 



'.. qua 1. grouse, lark, i.j i. ' 

 r, Aug. 1 to Jlarult I: snipe, plover, 

 .lertsom Davidson. Ataurv, Lincoln 

 oodcock, snipe, lark, Sept. 1 to Feb. 

 els. I iiti'.v, woodcock, snfpo, ltirlr, 

 to April i. Ria-tfoot Lato! Son- 

 ; : ■- ... ;,„; i i to kill rili fowl for 



dies only. Deer la' 



— Imported quail pr 



?, within ten miles 

 and Hue at any 



West Virginia.— WlMfowlsho rir.,; foibidi. Ml I-,,!,',.,- it,,, 



Wisconsin. -Woodduck. mallard and teal, Aug. 15 to .Tan, 1. 

 Chasing deer with dogs unlawful; also wildfowl shooting with "other 

 than a gun habitually raised at arm's lengl i and discha»ed-trom 

 l.b« shoulder." or by float, sneak hoar, sail ,., steamboat Unlawful 

 p. kill deer in Door county for exp irt or for hide, Grouse, quail in 

 St. Croix county Oct. 1 to Nov. 15. TTnluwful to export trout from 



Wyoming.— Greenshank. tattler, godwit, nvocet, Aug. 15 to Apr 

 , Trafllc in hides of game forbidden. Unlawful io kill any grouse 

 :iv« for use. as food. One person may uoi kill more than 50 ..f am 

 ne species of gamebirds in one day. 



Any person sending their or 

 Co.. Ill , will receive in return 

 senting pinnated grouse shot 

 of cartridge holders, belts,, vi 



ess to R. H. Pooler, Serena, La Salle 

 ee a fine colored lithograph repre- 

 lg on the prairies, also n catalogue 

 L&c.—Afo. 



!#* and ffiver ^ishinft. 



Allow me to add, nest to spiritual aid. nothing has kept up my 

 heart and vigor more than my ardent love for nature, and my fro 

 queut communing with her in her wildest forms. Tim mountain, 

 the laughing stream, the deep wooded valley, the foicst-bordcred 

 lake, are my friends, eloquent of God and nlwavs my delight. —Dr. 

 Petl • . 



WINTER TALKS ON SUMMER PASTIMES. 



v. — KKMINIs-l LNCKS. 



1 have written Tor lovers of the gentle art, and if this whicli 1 have 

 written falls into other hands let him who reads ui.di rstand it is not 

 for him.— W. C. Pi'tnie. 



r PilKSK "Talks" are written on Ulu presumption that thty 

 1 will onlv lie read i>y the ''simple wise men" wlio can syin- 

 patliize with their thenie ami who .\re iu accord with thiir 

 sentiments. To those who know nolli'ine. oi the ait or of 

 its ilelitrliit'ul i.ossinildics. ii, ( •>. win ti 'as seunding Brass 

 ur tinkling cymbals." Bp.t to Ihc mihl ib.inticnd find 

 merry hearted hrotherhood they uiay have something cif the 

 music of forest liirds and the nicloily of running water?. 



ftot only has every pastime its special at tractions, l.mt its 

 votaries have their .special reasons i' i thi l.i-h ittimate 

 iu which they hold it. Others may. Ion they t.. v ( r win: v 

 of talking ahoul it. WhaM is true Of other pastimes is pre 

 eminently true of angling. No Qtlier afford3 so maiiy inci- 

 dents that it is a pleasure to remember and a greater ph:8s- 

 ure to recoum to appreciative apd 8ymp«fhizing listeners. 

 The "memory" which lorinetl the theme ol my last "Talk." 

 was followed" by other reminiscences, one of wlikl, is sub- 

 joined. 



Several years ago I found I hut 1 lcul not lime to Blake my 

 usual August trip to the North Woods; but 1 knew vv: y v. ell 

 if I allowed the mouth to pass without enjoying a "t ast" 

 somewhere I woultl lind my mental .machineiv sadly out of 

 joint. I had tri.-d ii once and remembered the result, I 

 cannot sue Hint I suffered" nuv real physical detriment, but 

 i evinced neither good temper nor »■. oil mannera (arid they 

 always hunt in couples) until the fever subsided Willi the 



And Ibis is the experience of all aiielcr.s ivlm haw lut'l a 



taste of the invigorating and exhilarating m lights thai ecine 

 lo those who have even passable skill v i i } i rod and reel. 

 Perhaps something of ibis Feeling way pass imo the experj 

 ence of those who' have onlv ft It ibe excilemenl iiiiiil. tit to 

 the capture of fiflh with the rougher iropli mentsof the craft. 

 "Still-fishing" with bait, nr trolling Willi "spoon" or min 



now is ii.ii, r ib: ii no li .bin::. US " 'tis In in r lo have loved 

 anil lost than never to have loved ttl all." Bill thai sort of 

 fishing never reaches to the dignity of a passion. The out- 

 ing necessary to engage in it may be missed, but no great 

 disappointment will be fell if circumstances compel a r. ion 

 to sonic other mode of diversion, I Jm wiib those who hove 

 lone enjoveil the ecslnsy t)f lly-i nsl'uig il is n01 su. In be 

 satisfying, their ■'vnratiti.r must cany Hum to trout, bass. 

 gray ling or salmon Wated, No other uuimlea-s or healthful 

 recreation takes -e- strong a be. Id upoi one's -jiiiii or imagi- 

 nation, because there is no Other- which meets so fully the 

 menial, physical and .-esthetic demands nf mind ami heart 

 in following the brooks and rivers which, wend their way 

 through forest ami mountain and valley, where solitude has 

 aer abode and wheie rustling leaves antl singing birds and 



these qualities inhere in the psstimi — arc identii al with and 



| inse|i:irablc run,, ii -ilut il is go inv:is'ibiv fasdnalrng lo 

 its votaries. They can be proffered no -rul^titute, bccai 

 like matchless beauty, •'otily itself can b, ; t- pan II, I. " 



On the occasion to which I have referrod, my usual two 

 weeks' vi.sii in i he "spring holes" between Ray Brook ;'i 

 Setting Bole Rapids, wbci'cloave had such Sport ?s bind 

 me-into the seventh heaven, of delectation was reduced to 



a tbree-dav.s' sojourn when' tie- v hi lie of Ibe locomo- 

 tive could be h. hk'. . anil where, ii nuil be, a l.clcaiapb nits 



sagecouW reach ma It was, i thought, a pitiful subslituti 

 for my old-time free and cum- swine in the grand old wood- 

 where, for so many years, a seme or good ic'leWs consljtuted 

 ibe sum total of intruders upon its then unbroken solitude. 

 Ah, tho*e were days in be remembered — w hi a trout wen 



plenty and SUgleTS te.w, wiun you i.tnild Uoai trciu .Mar- 

 tin's to Kuquette Falls, and from lilue Mountain take tq 





