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FOREST AND STREAM. 



fatnq ffr# nnd (§tm. 



GAME IN SEASON IN OCTOBER. 



3Ioos Alcese, mOehlis, Red Deer, Cariaam virgmianus. 



Elk or wapiti, fleriiw canadeims. Squirrels, red, black: anil gray. 



Bares, brown arid gray. Quad, Optgx virginianua. 



Wllil turkey, Melcagris gallopavo. Pinnated urouse, Cupitln Cwpidunia 



Woodcock, Philohela Miner. Ctirlew, Xirmeiiiux urinaria. 



Ruffed group.!'. ISimamvit'bvUi's, sandpipers, 7'iingante, 



Plover, Charadriinoe. Wdlels. 



Godwit. Heed or Rice Birds, Volichmuix oriz- 



Ratl?, RaUu-ft virginiamis. varus. 



Snipe aud Bay Birds. Wild Duck. 



Cariboo, Tarandus rangifer. 



"Bay birds " generally, including various species of plover, sand- 

 piper, snipe, curlew, oyster-catcher, surf birds, phalaropcs, avoccte, 

 etc, coming under the group Limacola; or Shore Birds. 



<ST The frequent alteration of game laws inalces such con- 

 fusion that sportsmen are kept quite in the dark as to when 

 shooting on various kinds of game is permitted. We there- 

 fore append the following table for reference : 



States 



111 



Ind.... 



!<>wa... 

 Minn... 

 Wis.... 

 Neb. 



I Ruffed (irons' 1 



Quail. 



Sep 1 to Jan 15 Oct 1 to JJeb 1 Nov 1 to Feb 1 Sept 1 to Jan 15 



Oct 1 to Feb 1 Novl to Jan INovl to Jan 1 July 1 to Jan 1 



Aug 15 to Dec i Sep 12 to Declo Oct 1 to Jan 1 Jul v 1 to Jan 1 



Aug 14 to Oct. 1 1 Sep 1 to Dec 1. Sep 1 to Deo 1 July 3 to Nov! 



Aug l5toNovl5 3ep 15 to Jan 1 Sep 15 to Jan 1 July 4 to Nov 15 



No Shooting \'o Shooting. No Shooting No Restric- 



Woodcoek. 



Kans. . . 1 Aug 1 to Feb 1 1 



Octl to Janl 



tions. 



M ASSACHT8ETTS— Salem, Oct. — Since my last there has been 

 a fair sprinkling of luck in getting the various kinds of fall 

 game now in season. Two or three fair bags of snipe (for 

 this section) have been made, a'so some woodcock, with a few 

 black ducks, squirrels, etc. Proctor, of Svvampscott, shot 

 nine coots off Tinker's Island one a. m. last week. Some 

 geese have been flying. There ought to be some " winters," 

 yet to come, and some late grassbirds, both A. metadata arid 

 P. americana. Weather cold and raw now, with N. E. wind 

 and a heavy sea in the bay. I recently viewed two fine setter 

 pups at the Stetson farm, Swampscott. They are beauties. 



Teal. 



Spenc-er, Oct. 20,— The Sportsman's Club have elected the 

 following officers for the ensuing year: Pres., E. M. Bliss; 

 Vice-Pres., L. M. French; Sec. and Treas., A. W. Curtis; 

 Executive Committee, F. N. Prouty, C. A. Chapman and D. 

 C. Luther. The club has accepted an invitation to partici- 

 pate in the glass ball shoot at Worcester, Saturday, 



New York — Shooting about Rochester. — The Express sums 

 up the fall bird shooting in the vicinity of that city. Snipe 

 and woodcock are not so abundant as usual this season. Par- 

 tridges are found in fair numbers, and good bags reward the 

 sportsman. There is a noticeable scarcity of plover, ducks, 

 pigeons and quail. 



New York — Schenectady, Oct. 20. — Shooting is belter 'in 

 this vicinity than before for years. Partridges, gray squirrels 

 and rabbits are very plenty. Chas. W. Haverley has come in 

 with fine bags this week. Parties have had fine sport coon 

 hunting this fall. Thev have been quite, plenty. Red squir- 

 rels and woodcock very scarce. C. W. 



Ithaca, Oct. 22. — Quite a number oflarge flocks of ducks 

 have made their appearance at this end of the lake within the 

 past two or three days. Seneca. 



Long Island — Atlantioville, Oct. 23. — The broad-billa begin 

 to make (good shooting in Shinnecock Bay, and as there is 

 plenty of feed in this end of the bay we are expecting fine 

 sport. Probably before this is perused by the readers of your 

 valuable paper many birds will have succumbed to a steady 

 hand and straight eye. The largest bag 1 have heard of was 

 thirty-nine, ah killed by one man, a neighbor of mine. 



W. F. Halsey. 



-The next meet of the Queens County hunt will be on Sat- 

 urday, Oct. 27, at Newcastle Wood. 



New Jebset — Bergen Point, Oct. 20. — Ten gentlemen have 

 organized the "Bergen Point Amateur Gun CJub ; " they 

 have purchased a Bogardus trap. Mr. C. H. Davis is Presi- 

 dent. 



Dover, Oct. 19 — Buffed grouse are numerousjin the vicinity. 



J. L. D. 



Pennsylvania.— Delanco, Oct. 23. — This morning I saw 

 quite a variety of ducks, including black duck, gray duck, 

 teal, widgeon and divers. I captured two black ducks and a 

 widgeon. Rail birds very scarce ; quite a number of gray 

 snipe have been shot on the meadows the last few days. Any 

 one desiring boats for fishing and gunniDgand full information 

 should address George Hartley, this place. Rail. 



Tionesta, Oct. 19. — Ruffed grouse are rather scarce in 

 the immediate neighborhood, but out six or eight miles from 

 town sportsmen report them abundant. 



Kentucky— Louisville, Oct. 22. — Quail shooting is the spoil 

 at present, and a great number of hunters are out. 



Michigan — Pap City, Oct. 21. — Have jug; returned from 

 camp, a hundred miles north of here. Our party had eniiii'mt 

 success, bagging twenty -three deer in a fortnight. 



D. H. FlTZHUGH. 



f Oma—Carrollton, Oct. 20. — We have very fine grouse 

 shooting here this season. Quail in abundance, also some 

 woodcock. I was out shooting on the 18th, and bagged nine 

 woodcock and two grouse. M. Stockton. 



TzK-ssmm— Huntingdon, Oct. 18. — There are now im- 

 mense numbers of squirrels in particular localities in Carroll 

 County, confined principally to the bottoms, where hickory 

 Duts are abundant. If they are on the move I cannot ascer- 

 tain in which direction they are going ; but they are moving, 

 as hundreds are killed in the same place. With an ordinary 

 hunter the average bag per day is from twenty-five to tbirty. 

 First mallards seen in a mill pond on the 16th inst. by Scott 

 Bennett. No wild pigeons in the woods here as yet. 



L. L. H. 



Florida— A r ew Smyrna, Oct 18.— Sportsmen will have 

 gTand sport here this winter, Deer and bears are very plenty. 

 A neighbor counted fifty quails in one flock in hid garden. 

 Turkeys are also seen, and many signs of ihetn. The writer 

 stepped out about half a mile from his office and succeeded 

 in stalling and killing a very large doe which had ventured 

 "hi ucav. Morrison Lewis killed two turkeys recently. 



Star, 



Mississippi— Natclmz, Oct. 15.— For some time past but little 

 interest 1 n the sports of the field lias been manifest in this county, 

 but there has been a revival amougthe lovers of legitimate sport 

 which has resulted in the. organization 0! the Gaillard Sporting 

 Club. Although our game law expires 1 5th Sept ., it is too warm 

 to hunt the partridge or other game, so our season does not it al- 

 ly begin until a month later. Game in abundance this vear ; 

 wild fowl can now be seen on the bars of the Mississippi 

 River. It is early for this game to put in an appearance. 



W. D. J. 



Texas— Galveston, Oct. 19. — Our sportsmen are making 

 good bags. Teal and grayback are arriving in good numbers 

 and a stiff% norther will make decoy shooting good on the 

 island. I have seen a few Wilson snipe, but not enough to 

 hunt such an uncertain game yet. B. R. "B. 



Wisconsin— Puckaway, Oct. 20.— The shooting is very fine 

 and improving. Skip. 



Kansas— Independence, Oct. 18.— A large hunting party for 

 the capture of all kinds of game is being organized here. A 

 like enterprise is on foot at Lee's Summit. 



California— Cliico, Ocl.'lQ.—G&o. Bidwell shot a black 

 rabbit here the other day. The skin has been preserved, 



Canada— Magog, P. Q. — Partridges are plenty, but veiy wild, 

 and as the foliage is very thick, it is hard to get at the birds. 



Impervious Shells.— The following information is cheer- 

 fully published: 



V. S. S. Saratoga, Hampton Roads, Va.,1 

 October 19, 18TT. J 

 Editor Forest and Stream : 



Having seen a good deal of discussion in different papers about the 

 relative merits of Ely's aud American made paper shells for shot guns, 

 1 wish to state Unit about a week ago, while shooting "sora," or "orto- 

 lans," on some flats near the Dismal Swamp, the boat I was In sunk 

 and carried about seventy-live loaded shel's, among other things, to the 

 bottom. These shells were about one-half each kind, Ely's and the 

 St. Louis conical base shell. On raising the boat aud getting the am- 

 munition out of the water, they all appeared about equally soaked, but 

 after thoroughly drying them, the American shells fitted the gun per- 

 fectly, with the exception of one that happened to be crushed, while of 

 the Bily's about one-half had absorbed so much water and altered so 

 much in shape that it was Impossible to do anything with them. 



This I consider a fair te-t. so much fur the relative merits. 



Yours sincerely, E, J. Ahthuk, Lieutenant V. S. Navy, 



A Disastrous Buffalo Hunt. — The Independence (Kan.) 

 courts have just acquitted'of the charge of horse stealing a 

 young English aristocrat, whose appearauce in the prisoner's 

 dock was due to this extraordinary chain of circumstances: 

 Last spring Norman Francis Bennett, Esq., one of the landed 

 gentry of England, having read of the bunting exploits of 

 Grand Duke Alexis, Buffalo Bill and other Nimrods, anived in 

 this country. Supposing Kansas City to be iu the centre of 

 the buffalo country, he proceeded thither, and providing him- 

 self with all the hunting paraphernalia, he selected a wild 

 Texas mustang and went, forth. Before going two squares 

 the broncho had bucked him twice, and upon reaching the 

 public square positively refused to go further. Selling the 

 animal iu disgust, the young hunter then hired a livery horse, 

 and proceeded on his way. It is needless to say he saw no 

 buffaloes, but wandered on in search of ducks. His horse fall- 

 ing lame and darkness coming on, he kindled a fire by the 

 wayside and went to sleep, only to be awakened by a man's 

 knee on his chest and hand on his throat. Robbed and 

 pitched headlong down a declivity he lay for a long time un- 

 conscious. The next morning he went on, and the day fol- 

 lowing arrived at St. Joseph, where a new misfortune awaited 

 him. The irate livery man here overtook - him, and despite his 

 protestations of innocence, the Englishman was lodged in 

 jail on a charge of horse stealing. There he has remained 

 until his trial the other day. Through the whole train of his 

 misfortunes he has won favor everywhere, and while cooped 

 up among the vilest criminals never lost the bearing of a true 

 gentleman, and endured his confinement and trial with true 

 bulldog grit. But "when the foreman arose and announced 

 that the jury had decided upon a verdict of ■ Not guilty,' the 

 the young tourist's nerve gave way. Tears came to his eyes, 

 and as he rose from the prisoner's dock the tearB rolled down 

 his cheeks. He walked to the jurymen, shaking each by the 

 hand, remarking : ' I knew I was not a thief. I scorn a thief, 

 and I knew you would prove me to be an honest man.'" 



It is certainly very strange aud little to their credit that the 

 many professed friends whom Bennett made in Kansas City 

 should have allowed him to start out on any such wild chase. 



Converting Muzzi,e-Loaoek.s. — In the Fokest andStueam 

 of October 4th, Mr. R. C. Ducaigne informs us that muzzle- 

 loaders canuct be converted to breech-loaders with any degree 

 of satisfaction. I beg leave to differ, and will try to explain 

 how it is done: 



First, remove the breeches, and separate the barrels : solder 

 on the lugs, and bore out the breeches for shells. Saw off 

 the fore-end of the stock, and fit a breech piece of the pre- 

 ferred pattern, fasten in place, fit locks, then the barrels to 

 breech piece. Now, cut the fore-end to proper length, fit fore- 

 iron to it, rebore barrels, and you have a breech-loader equal 

 in all respects to a new oue, and of nearly the same weight 



We have reduced the barrels by boring for shells, but have 

 soldered more metal in the shape of lugs and under plates. If 

 the work is done by a good mechanic, it will stand as heavy 

 charges as when a muzzle-loader. I know of an old London 

 finn-lock double guu that has been converted first into a per- 

 cussion lock, then a pin-fire breech-loader, and to day is a top- 

 snap, central fire breech-loader. The grandson of the maker 

 of this gun is still in the trade, but he cannot turn out better 

 work than is seen on this gun, nor one capable of doing better 

 execution. My advice to those who own good muzzle-loaders 

 is. to convert them, and thus retain an old and tried friend. 



B. R. B. 



Hunting is Palace Cars. — It w r ill be remembered that iu 

 his Stray Notes from Minnesota Mr. Hallock speaks of meeting 

 a hunting party composed of Capt. Chas. A. Messiter and 

 Fitz Matthews, late of the British Army, and Messrs. Jerome 

 Marble and C. C. Houghton, of Worcester, Mass. Their 

 movements beyond Brainerd are mentioned in the i>/> 

 (D. T.) Tribune, at which place the party arrived Oct. 14: 

 They left Brainerd on Sept. 10th, and have "been working this 

 way, shouting ducks, geese, chickens aud plover. They 

 stopped at Crystal Springs for two weeks unci had a nn\ 

 time around there. This is the third season these gentlemen 

 have been out here. They hunt iu style, or rather under cir- 

 cumstances more convenient than the average hunter enjoys. 

 They have chartered two cars. Oue of them is divided into 

 kitchen, dining-room and drawing-room, with the usual palace 



car berths in the same car. The other is devoted to the four 

 hunting dogs, a supply store and game, depot and sleeping 

 room for one of the party. Accompanying the gentlemen are 

 Mrs. Jerome Marble and two daughters and Mrs. Houghton, 

 find daughter. They enjoy life on the track. The gentle- 

 men expect a week's hunt in this vicinity with officers of Port 

 Lincoln. 



The party have killed 1,200 birds. While here they will, 

 go down toward Fort. Rice aud bring down a few deer and 

 elk. They will keep up their sport until snow begins to fly. 



A Big Hunt.— The Raleigh (N. C.) Observer comes to. 

 the front with a long story of a man who started out with 

 one bullet in his rifle, missed the buck at which he shot, but 

 with the one bullet killed two depr he bad not seen: on the 

 way home flushed a flock of turkeys, constructed a blind on 

 the spot, called a gobbler up within three feet, and then jump- 

 ing out with a yell, petrified the bird with terror and capt 11 r- d 

 it alive. Then encountered a flock of partridges who attack- 

 ed him, and were slain one by one at the point of the ramrod. 

 The Observer not only prints this tale, but has a man who will 

 vouch for it. 



PIGEON MATCHES, 



Kansas— Rose&ale, Oct. 18.— Team match between Pn>t ac- 

 tive and Invincible Clubs ; 10 glass balls each. 



T-BOTBCTIVES. lJfVINTlBI.ES. 



B Rees 11110 111 n— T Bousman....O 11 -o 



it Mrithias...O 110 11-4 Love i_i 



.T h White... 1 1 1 1 u 1 0-5 Einnell 1 O-i 



JHines 10 0-1 Holmes 1 UlllOOO 0— fi 



W Bowen..,.l 01101001 0-5 Brodie 1 1 1 1 1 i-e 



Total 22 Total ^ 



■J. H. W. 



Phcmix Sportsmen's Association, Benem Falls, Oct. 17. 



The trap shoot at the reunion of the club, resulted in the 

 following score : 



ZTCaae. Capt 8 M E-nnsev. Capt a 



AHShtnlan 4 \V s 4t, ray ." " 4 



EDummt 5 Wm 'vliug 



WJPecK :i c ehaii.t.-Tiaiii 



RDenae 3 R Rune* ' » 



J.J liurroughs 2 11 T Compsor, "g 



W Tanlinger A I D Burroughs "* 



W Lawrence 4 T Lawrence 5 



scompson 4 P Lev 4 



A W Wonh 4 Jo Vo-fburgu ..".".'"'•> 



A. Goodman 2 HHJoues 



A -S Baker 1 11 N Rutnsey *:... ' '•".■ 



OSLathara 2 1-1 Stowed 



K Rurusev 2 E Butcher 1 



VV Preston 4 R u Dunham a 



J O Gillett i Geo Hunter .'.'.'." "1 



E Kumsey 2 Wm O'Brien '"a 



II Breslm 2 Chas Hubbell ""■& 



W Harris 5 Chas Fitch .".'.'.'.'.'.':.' .'.s 



Total 53 Total |^ 



Texas. — Marshall, Oct. 9. — Match for premium silver cup, 

 offered by Harrison County Fair Association. In addition to 

 representatives from all the neighboring towns, the best shots 

 of Shreveport were present. Terms : 10 glass balls ; 3 of 

 Bogardus' patent traps ten }ards apart ; 18 yards rise, 1] oz. 

 shot ; Sage balls : 



AHStuart 1 oiooiiii i_T 



AB\Va*kom 1 1 1 1 1 1 1— T 



WE Winston 11110 10 1 1—1 



NBMurff 1 1 1 1 1 I) n 1 j_7 



WUPope 1 10 111 i-.« 



MC Kleiner 1 110 1 10 I 0— •; 



R Blalocfc..., 1 10110010 1-6 



HTtJohnBon 10 111110 0— G 



MHagar 1 11013 104 0—6 



J N Saunders 1 1 l 0010 l-& 



Wm Motley 1 1 1 1 i_s 



WE Powell 1 10001 1-4 



E A Conway .0 1 1 1 1 0-4 



S F Perry 1 1 1 1 o-l 



TieB— 5 balls, 21 yards rise. 



A H Stuart (First prize, silver cup) 1 111 l— 5 



A E! Wa'-koni (Second prize, $5) 1 1 1 (1— 3 



W E Winston t 1 0— 2 



NBMurff 1 1-2 



On the 11th inst., a pigeon match took place; prizes, $20 

 and $10; 8 birds each, 25 yards rise, 80 yards boundary- 

 ground traps. Stuart, 1st prize, with 5 out of 7; Llngsar, 

 second, with 4 out of 8. The winners of both prizes shot 

 with very light 12-gauge (choke-bored) breech-loaders, made 

 for them by Ceo.'Gibbs, of Bristol, England. "Yjexator. 



WordBworth says, with poetic fervor, that heaven lies about us In our 

 infancy. This depends largely on conditions. Among others, it has 

 something to do with such things as soap. Parents who wish to bright- 

 en the paths of their children through infancy and upward, hereatter 

 will use B. T. Babbitt's Toilet Soap, than which chemical art can reach 

 no liner product. It is pure, sweet and einollteut, and soon becomss 

 an tndespensable adjunct to toilet aud bBtft. — [Adv. 



%nsw&[8 to <^o\rta$onthnt&. 



No Notice Taken of Anoiijn 



SS~ A number of anonymous correspondents will understand why 

 their queries are not answered, when they read the lines at the head of 

 this column. 



Srr.scmiiER, Norfolk, Va.— See aDswer to Tyler. 

 Jacob CeRLEW, Brosklyn.— See notice at head of answers to corres- 

 pondents. 



A Model Camp.— Will the author of " Reminiscences of Camp Life" 

 kindly send us his address, which has been lost ? 



Horace W., Clyde, Mich.— What It the fastest pacing in harness on 

 record? Ans. By Swell zer at Cleveland, Oct. 3, 1S17, time 2:16and 2:16-.. . 



O. L. P., Port Henry, N. Y — Can you furnish Frank Schley's book on 

 •• Partridge and Pheasant Shooting 1" Ans. Yes, we have them for sale ; 

 price $-2. 



R. W. C, Vineyard Haven.— Can you inform me where I can pur- 

 chase a paii- of beagles for rabbit shooting, male and female? Ads. See 

 advertising columns. 



Sportsman, Pottsville, Pa.— Please inform me where the Newcastle 

 chilled shot are made and where they can be bought! Ans. Bought at 

 H. C Squires, No 1 Cortlandr st. Made at Newcastle on the Tyne, Eng- 

 land. 



L., Mansfield, Pa.— 1. In your table of charges for shotguns in the 

 " Gazetteer" you say 1 1-3 oz. for No. 13. 1= that correct-: 2. Which is 

 the best for hunting through briars, Spanish needle or duck, fustian, or 

 corduroy v All's. lT Yes. 2. Either are good, bin corduroy Is gener- 

 ally preferred, 



