May 4, 1883.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



269 



Sec it. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to 

 Eill more of the animals named in section one of this act 

 man lie or they can use or dispose of for food. Prvoidetf,, 

 ffhat nothing in this act shall deprive, any citizen of this 

 Territory from killing any game for the use of himself or 

 family for food if killed within ten miles of the residence of 

 l&Cfl 'citizen. 



rr 10. Any corporation, companr, person or persons 

 violating anj df the provisions of this aci shall be deemed 

 i i i a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall he 

 subject to a line of one hundred dollars for each offense, or 

 i - isedf a person or persons by imprisonment in the 

 county jail for a. period of not more than ninetv days or 

 both. 



SEC. 1 1 . Any person or persons giving information of any 

 violation of this act to the prosecuting attorney or any jus- 

 tice of the peace of the county in which such violation 'oc- 

 curred shall he entitled to one-half of all such fines recov- 

 ered. The other one half of such fines after deducting costs 

 of prosecution shall be paid into the county school fund, and 

 in case said informer shall not demand one-half of said fine, 

 then the whole of said fine so received (deducting cost's) shall 

 he paid into the said school fund. 



Beg, 12, That chapter fifty-nine of the Compiled Laws of 

 Wyoming, being an act entitled an act for the protection of 

 game and fish in the Territory of Wyoming approved De- 

 cember 1, 1869, and all acts amendatory, supplemental 

 thereto, and all acts and parts of acts in conflict with this 

 act are hereby repealed. 



Seo, 18, This act, shall take effect and be in force from 

 and after its passage. 



Approved March 9, 1882. 



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PHILADELPHIA GAME NOTES. 



J\ T E of our professional shooters, while hunting snipe 

 " between Pennsville and Salem Creek, N. J., came 

 across a great number of woodcock on the borders of the 

 open meadows, in grounds that would have been considered 

 excellent for snipe. This place was but a short distance 

 from Salem Creek, and, as I was told, the birds were mostly 

 started in pairs. We may, then, look for the hatching of a 

 good crop of woodcock in that neighborhood this season. 

 Salem Creek and thereabouts has always been a good ground 

 for woodcock shooting in the summer. 



I had the pleasure of meeting a friend of yours last week 

 on bis return journey from Milford, Del., where he had been 

 < njoyiue; some snipe shooting. A large bunch of birds shown 

 file by St. Probst proved he had fallen in with the snipe ; 

 but 1 was sorry he had not tried the Milton grounds, where 

 he .would have had the shooting all to himself. 



For many years back our Delaware River rail pushers, who 

 furnish u* with all the sport we enjoy in September on the 

 reed flats, have used the clinker-built skiffs peculiar to the 

 Delaware. The boat appeared to be beyond improvement 

 for the purpose it was made for, being round-bottomed, very 

 light, and easily propelled through the reeds where the water 

 allowed rail shooting at all. Last year at Gloucester, N. J., 

 there appeared on the inarshes One or two fiat-bottomed boats 

 wlieic pushers were able to put them where the old clinker- 

 built boats could not get — that is, into much higher ground 

 among the bushes, yellow flowers, and cat-tails, and conse- 

 quently many more rail were boated by the shooters in these 

 flat-bol touted dinkeys. The professionals at Gloucester and 

 other points along the river have this spring taken the hint, 

 and .many boats of the latter sort are being built, fifteen at 

 least at Gloucester, five or six at Bridgeport, and as many at 

 nlarous Hook. 



If these boats will take us to where there are more rail, 

 certainly we want them; but we hear that they are terribly 

 cranky to stand up in and shoot from. We doubt if they 

 will Be used for anything else than rail shooting; and the old 

 clinker-built craft will be the stand-by for general work on 

 Sbe Delaware 



Last autumn the majority of our sportsmen abstained from 

 quail shooting owing to the severe "weather test" they had 

 undergone and the consequent scarcity of birds. We hear 

 of the good effects of this all through our own State as well 

 as in New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland. Quail are 

 whistling their "Boh White" in many places where but few 

 birds were known to have been left over, and we may expect 

 fair if not good shooting next season, providing we don't 

 have very wet weather to drown or destroy the young birds. 



Homo. 



A Last Word.— Warrcntown, Va.— "II. P. U." says that 

 he is nothing if not a logician. Andhe proves I am no sports- 

 man. Alas! and alack! I am ruined and undone. "H. P. 

 I .." take back those cruel words, I implore you, and do not 

 by the force of your relentless logic crush me to the earth. 1 

 am a young man yet , nptherngola enough to have fit in the late 

 wah, and had a. "future before me; but now all looks black. 

 I have given away my dogs, have cast aside ray .guns forever, 

 ■}' whatjoj has life for me now? Somebody once asked 

 a s : ■■ Jerry Black of Pennsylvania, the most graceful writer 

 ami ;inesi rhetorician in America, why he did not write a 

 ■ •'■'• the famous men of the times, of whom he had 

 such an intimate acquaintance and could describe with the 

 Bel] of a master, The old man eloquent paused for a mo- 

 ment, and then replied, as he twirled his silver snuff-box 

 beiween his thumb and forefinger, "Well, I did have that 

 idea, but then some fool would be sure to catch me up." — 

 CllASSECK. 



Iowa.— Carroll City. Iowa, April 27. — Pursuant to call, 

 I meeting of the sportsmen of Carroll City was held in J. W. 

 Katton's office last night, and it was unanimously resolved 

 tu form aguiiclnb. The following sportsmen, all of them 

 keen sport-men and well known to the sporting fraternity. 

 lected officers: E. M. Parsons, President;"!). A. Kerit- 

 n. r. Vie, President; Prank C. Dennett, Secretary, and Wm. 

 An / . Treasurer. The shooting has been very fine here. The 

 leason, now closing, has been the finest for ten years. 

 Koung sportsmen have won their laurels, and old ones have 

 earned home bigger gamebags than ever. More anon.— 



Y ENATOR. 



Game Lvw.— A bill is now before the Quebec 

 ee to amend the Act for the protection of game. 

 o( Lpal changes provided for are as follows; Deer, 

 ad caribou. — present close season, 1st February to 1st 

 E aber; proposed close season, 1st January lo 1st Sep- 

 tember. Wild ducks, geese and swans— present clo 

 H May to l-l uf September, west of Three Rivers, and 15ih 

 ii 1st of September, east, of Three Rivers; proposed 

 ion, 1st May to 1st September throughout the Prov- 

 '"'". far! ridge— present close season, 1st" March to 1st 



September; proposed close season, 1st January to 20th 

 August. Hares— (snaring permitted hy present act) to be 

 prohibited. By the new act all persons who shoot, arc re- 

 quired to take out licenses; nou-residents of the Province to 

 pay $20 for a license to hunt any kind of game in each dis- 

 trict; residents to pay $1 to |3'foi' licenses to shoot in each 

 distrid i m id for three months. Licenses good for the 



whole Province Cor three months, $50. The following arc 

 the changes proposed and asked for by the Fish and Game 

 Protection Club; 1st That fehe elose-senson tor deer and 

 moose be altered so as to commence on ls1 January, instead 

 of 1st Fcbuary (caribou to remain 1st Foimary) 2d. Close 

 season for partridge to commence 1st of February, instead 

 1st March. 3d. Close season for black duck, mallard, wood 

 duck and teal to commence 1st March or even loth April, 

 instead 1st May. The club consider it of the utmost import- 

 ance that the shooting of ducks just enumerated should be 

 prohibited in the spring, because they come here at the 

 season to breed. 



Woodcock in New Jeuset.— Hackettslown, 1ST. J., April 

 26. — Last evening when a friend of mine returned home he 

 found the children playing with two young woodcock. He 

 told the children to take them back to the "place they found 

 them. They did so, and said they did not see the old birds, 

 but heard one making a noise just like the youug one. 

 These birds were found on the side'of a mountain in a growth 

 of chestnut sprouts of about fifteen years of age, and distant 

 from any water or swamp about one-half mile. I suppose 

 from this that they breed on high ground and 'fly to and 

 from the feed white, breeding, and after bringing forth the 

 young move to the swamps and remain there until the mid- 

 dle of July or the first of August, and then — "Where are 

 they?" Except an occasional bird in the cornfields there 

 are none to be found until (he fall flight arrives.— Daly. 



Trot, N. Y. — I have protected my farm of 170 acres from 

 trespassers by taking advantage of that provision of the 

 game law of this State (New York) which allows the owners 

 of land to advertise for three months in one of the county 

 papers an intention to propagate game o: fish on the land, 

 describing the land in the advertisement and posting notices 

 (warning off trespassers) every forty rods around the land. — 

 R, M. Habbegook. 



The Ohio Hawk Industry. — Hawkk 

 quite an industry in Ohio since a bounty 

 their heads, and' large numbers have been' 

 Auditor's offices — some of the carcases quit' 

 certificates made out. Every time the cou 

 meet, they allow a lot of bills for killing 

 way with seven of the "varmints" last su 



BIQUE. 



lling is becoming 

 - was offered for 

 brought into the 

 ! odorous — to have 

 ity commissioners 

 hawks. I made 

 mmer . —Mo z-Am- 



Ppa^BTEVAsiiA Association.— New Brighton, Pa., April 

 25. — The annual meeting of the Pennsylvania State Associa- 

 tion for Protection of Game and Fish, will he held at 

 Meadville, Pa., Tuesday, June 13, 1882, at 2 o'clock. No 

 postponement for any cause. The secret try is Dr. D. Mc- 

 Kinney. 



Iowa. — Keokuk, April 25. — Messrs. Brown, Hewett, 

 Hurskamp and Steele, crack shots of this place, killed 232 

 jacksnipe on grounds near here one day 1 >st week in less 

 than four hours' shooting, and a pelican which measured nine 

 feet from tip to tip of wings. It was the largest I ever 

 saw. — S. 



Woodford's, Maine, April 19. — Wild .e?ese were flying 

 north over here last night in very large numbers; more than 

 have been seen for years. — Mac. 



"Ground Hog Day." — When is it? 



\e& mid fitter <J$ishmg. 



HOW HE WENT TROU TING. 



WHEN the cold, raw winds of March have ceased to 

 sweep the earth in their customary drying and settling 

 course, when the balmy air, sunshine and showers of latter 

 April have come, and the blithesome squi 'ming worm hath 

 risen within easy reach of the eager spade, then our amateur, 

 all impatience to take another step in i he gentle art, sets 

 about for some kind friend to lead him to the spot where 

 awaits his first trout. Many a one can bring to mind at once 

 some chap who knows all the roads and can take you to a 

 given point quicker and easier than any live, man. Knows 

 all the good brooks in the State and out of it perhaps. He 

 always has some place abounding with trout where he is sure 

 no one else fishes. These great secrets arc not dividged for 

 mere friendship's sake. However, there are some that are 

 always willing to lend a helping hand, remembering bow 

 they in the novitiate leaned upon their more learned 

 friends. 



Let us suppose our amateur hits upon one of those who 

 find pleasure in hefriending others. A day is set and an 

 hour appointed, which none too soon arrives. A moat beau- 

 tiful morning with a cool, fresh movemenl of the air hailing 

 from about west southwest. The sun is no' yet risen, but in 

 the eastern sky shading Upward from the deeper glow on the 

 horizon, is that halo which tells that the. great giver of light 

 is close at hand. How the balmy air of springs early morn 

 deepens into positive perfume as the open country is reached 

 aud the vapors of the factoiies are left with the 'dwellers in 

 the city. 



"Where will you take me to-day, friend?" 



•'] hardly know. I have been thinking of a number of 

 brooks to which this road would lead us. You won't lie 

 disheartened by a little hard work, will you?" 



■'Oh no. I think not." 



"Well, then we will try the cedar swamp brook, one of the 

 main tribnteries of Queens River, perhaps the largest." 



"What brook is this we are now crossing?" 



"This is known as Fry's Brook. It 'adds its waters to 

 Hunt's River. Sue how it crosses and re-crosses the road, 

 and how it runs along the side of it as if loth to leave its 

 company. Within a year T saw a trout hooked here as I 

 was riding by. There, you see it leaves us at last and 

 wanders away through the meadows to join the river in its 

 flow to tide wafer. You would hardly look for trout by a 

 roadside, yet as I tell you, they are sometimes ta ei 

 In fact, all of these little brooks aud ponds have had, and 

 some still have, a fair sprinkling of trout. Over the top of this 

 next hill I will try to show you when.- a most famous stream 



has its course. There! do you note that low-lying land on 

 our left backed by those heavy pines? That is where the 

 stream called 'Put Gurner's Bog' flows, called so, I believe, 

 from a farmer of that name who once owned the land through 

 which a portion of it flows. In this old tumble-down barn 



friend S and I oft have baited our horse and taken our 



'noonday rest. ' Here comes the little Nichols Brook leaping 

 down that rugged hill, surging itself under the bridge and 

 through the meadows to meet 'old Put' in the swale below. 

 \ on ask what place this is— I don't wonder, three or f«iar 

 houses don't make a town, clo they? Yet this is Scrabbletown, 

 and this brook we are crossing will presently flow through 

 ' Put's Bog.' Now we are onjthe road known as Stony Lane; 

 well named, is it not? Our cedar swamp brook crosses 

 this road. I suppose you wish yourself there." 



"lam not impatient, the road to me is new and the sur- 

 roundings very pleasant. Tell me, have you ever taken 

 many trout where we are going?" 



"No, not many large catches, still I remember some very 

 pleasant trips. 'My father, who first led me to the spot, has 

 taken many large and handsome fish. That was many years 

 ago, and the like I fear will never be known again. 



' 'Well, partner, here we are at last ! We will tie up to this 

 pair of bars. Throw that light blanket »n the mare while I 

 get her a wisp of hay to nibble while we are gone. Take 

 your rod, reel and bait. We will cross this pair of bars on 

 our right and follow the cart path up stream a bit to where 

 the brook is spanned by three or four large and massive 

 stones. Ere you jump from the top rail of that barway, 

 look down the road to where the brook crosses. See where 

 it flows under the rustic bridge and where it issues and 

 .silently spreads out into a broad and noble basin. See where 

 that fallen pine with its accumulation of drift wood has 

 partially dammed the stream and thus formed a cool and 

 almost hidden retreat for the wary trout. Wc cannot linger 

 longer. The Bun climbs fast and'we should be fishing now. 

 This walk through the. woods after our long ride is very 

 pleasant^ is it not, partner?" 



' 'Yes indeed, it is. The air is cool and sweet, the birds 

 chirp and twitter as they jump from limb to hmb. Each 

 minute is fraught with thankfulness that I am at last at the 

 portal of that health-giving recreation of which I have read 

 so much. Thankful am I to Him who in His infinite care 

 has given to us the possibilities of so pleasant a pastime, 

 and fitted us to enjoy, and I trust, appreciate the good 

 which surrounds us. 



"I agree with you ; let us not abuse the privilege." 



"This, my friend, must be the bridge of which you spoke." 



"Yes, this is the place; now let us get to work. Look 

 where the whirling eddy loses itself in that deep hole at the 

 foot of yon noble pine. K there be no trout there then I 

 am all astray. 



' 'Joint your rod with the guides in line and the reel under- 

 neath. A three foot leader is long enough. Select a worm 

 of moderate size, red and hard. Spit it on your carlyle 

 hook at about its middle, slide it on a little way and bring 

 out the hook. Select a second like the first. Impale it as 

 before, but let this one cover the point of your hook. You 

 now have four squirming ends. Drop them gently in the 

 water where it comes from under the bridge. Aid your bait 

 carefully along until the current carries it naturally into the 

 pool. Note that curve in your line where the current has 

 carried out the slack. Your bait is either fast in a root or a 

 trout's mouth. Wait a minute and then carefully reel in the 

 slack of your line until it runs straight to the point where it 

 is fast. Do it gently, so that you may not disturb your fish 

 if you have one. That's good. Now tighten your line a 

 little and perhaps you will feel answer. There 1 what was 

 that tremor of your line? Did you not feel it to your 

 shotdder? Give him a little line and another minute. Now 

 straighten until your line comes taut, and if you feel the 

 fish snub him once sharply, just strong enough to set the 

 hook. 



"What was it that shot across the pool? What is it that 

 has so quickly transformed this quiet pool into a boiling 

 spring ? Hold him hard, don't give him an inch of line, 

 That barrier of brash and driftwood would prove a Waterloo 

 to your hopes should he reach it. Take in line whenever 

 possible. Let the spring of your rod do the work. Another 

 plunge or two and I think you have him. There, guide him 

 to your right to that shallow water, and draw him gently 

 out on the pebbly shore. Break his neck at once for human- 

 ity's sake if nothing more. 



"About three-quarters of a pound I imagine he weighs; 

 a good trout for your first one. Rest the pool for a little, it 

 may yield you another. Should it not, take the stream for 

 your guide and meet me at the wagon. Meanwhile I will 

 try them further down. I leave you then unto your owa 

 resources. Remember that patience is one of the cardinal 

 virtues which lead to the angler's success, and cany your 

 rod ahead of you when going through the woods." 



"Adieu, my friend, I will endeavor to follow your advice. 

 Now indeed am I left to my own capabihties, and I doubt 

 if there is another fish left in this pool. Therefore I will at 

 once away. This brush is very thick and there is my fine 

 caught in" the limb of that cedari Now I have it all right. 

 What was it my friend said? Carry the rod ahead? That 

 is better; now I can see what I am about. Csesar! I most 

 broke my tip that time trying to push that big cedar over. 

 Here is a little open spot where I can see the brook. I will 

 try them here. I'll drop in carefully; now the current 

 moves il along; it stops. I have one now! Let me feel him 

 once, (th, dear, it's the root of a bush. lean see the top 

 move when 1 pull. I must have it out, however. 'Swish,' 

 solid as a ruck. 'Swish,' there goes my leader! Well, well, 

 never mind, here is another. I think I won't fish any more 

 unlit I find more open water. It is as much as I can do to 

 get through myself, let alone attend to the fishing. Through 

 the woods I see some signs of open country ahead. This is 

 better; I will take a trout here, A good lively bait this one. 

 I'll drop it in right here and let it run down yonder under 

 those, bushes. 



"Whew ' this is a bite surely. Come out, my beauty! At 

 last I have one of my own, no coaching here. This "is just 

 grand! How I do enjoy it! Nothing that I have ever 

 entered into at all compares with it, Now for another one. 



1 see a spi.it where there must be By jimminy! I saw 



no hole. Hugh, how cold the water is. I am wet to my 

 hips. I must get out of this at, once and dry myself before 

 1 catch cold. 1 11 hurry along and find a cart path as soon 

 as possible. How hot it, grows.' The sun beats relentlessly 

 upon my head wherever the trees break apart enough to 

 admit it? rays The briars wind about my legs p^reing to 

 the hide, as if determined to hold me back. 



"Oh I that infernal root, 1 thought I stepped high enough; 

 yet you have brought me to the earth. My rod — where is the 

 tip? Alas! 'tis broken. Will my troubles never cease ? Is 



