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No Notice Taken of Anonymous Gorrespondents. . 



Amatetjb.— For pigeon shooting use No. 9 shot. 

 R. H. BcRKS.— The Great Eastern has six masts. 

 H. B. t., Portland, Me.— The ears .may possibly come right with 

 age. 



B. G., Texas.— Write to Milton P. Peu-ee, Philadelphia, Pa., for the 

 slKht. 



T. S., Cheboygan, Mich.— We shall publish a list of photos of Puri- 

 tan and Genesta shoitlv. 



W. B. B.— The address of the game protector of Distinct No. 10 is 

 Nathan C. Phelps, Remsen, N. Y. 



G. S., N. Y.— No permit is required for Long Island shooting, ex- 

 cept on inclosed and posted lands. 



F. W. D., Dunkirk.— For the liquid write to Zucker & Levett, No. 

 538 West Sixteenth street, New \ ork city. 



W. J.— The open season for robins in New York State opens Oct. 1. 

 For local supervisors' law apply to your supervisor. 



F. L., New York.— No vessel has crossed the Atlantic in 13 days, 

 the quickest passage under sail was 13 days 6 hours. 



L. C, Iowa.— See the letter from Bismarck. Dakota, in this issue. 

 The prairie chicken .season in Dakota is Aug. 16 Jan. 1. 



E. A. W., Rome, N. Y.— We hold the opinion that for the gun you 

 want you will not go astray if you buy one of any of tlie mxkes ad- 

 vertised in our columns. 



MoR Em — For hunting rifle see our advertising columns. The 

 various makes there noted are all flrst-class, and any one of them will 

 give you satisfactory work if you know how to use "it. 



R. Brothers, Milwaukee.— What is the diffei-ence between a 

 muscalonge and a pickerel? Ans. The most striking point is the 

 coloration. Tne great lake pike, often called pickerel, is of a grayish 



color with oval .spots which are nearly white. The muscalonge is 

 usually lighter with round black spots, but is occasionally found 

 without spots. The muscalonge has no scales on tbo lower half of 

 th(5 cheek and gill cover, while the great pike has the cheek scaly. 



G. S L.— Of the two States named you will do well to try Arkansas 

 for bear, deer and tm-key shooting. But deer and bear may be had 

 nearer home. See note in another column about the Chateaugay 

 Lake country, of the Adirondacks. 



F. W. F.— 1. What flsh can be found in St. Mary's, Fla., Savannah, 

 Oape Fear, .Tames and Potomac rivei's? 2. Is a Great Dane or Ger- 

 man mastiif nearly full grown at 8 months? Ans. 1. Black bass, 

 sunflsh or bi'eam, chubs, perch, and suckers. 2. No. 



C. W. B.— Given a certam result with 43^ drams powder andl ounce 

 shot from 10-gauge gun, what will be the proper charge to obtain a 

 similar pattern with same penetration, from 12-gauge gun, distance 

 and shot same as before? Ans. You may do it witli 4 drams powder, 

 but 3 drams will give better results. 



G. C. H.— 1, The "best" goose shooting is to be had in the West, 

 and if you really want to know wbat goose shooting is go out to 

 Dakota or Nebraska. See current repoi-ts in our game columns. 2. 

 In the Lower Peninsula of Michigan you will find deer and quail. It 

 is forbidden to transport game oiitof the State. 



Knotch— 1. To decide proper charge for your gun experiment with 

 shot Nos. 0, 7 and 8, with dilTerent charges of powder, until you get 

 pattern and penetration which suit you. 2. The fourth notch iu the 

 trap is the hardest. Two eyed shooting is better for some persons, 

 while others cannot accustom themselves to it; but it is the beat if 

 one can succeed with it. 



C. &. B., London. Ont.— There are a few rails in this part of Ontario 

 in marshy and wet places, but I have only come acros? three in as 

 many years. They will fly only about ten yards when flu.shed, and a 

 dog cannot flush them again. "Sportsmen around here claim they are 

 not good to eat. They have a short yellow bill, brown feathers, edged 

 with white, green legs and stand about as high as a snipe. Are these 

 the same bird I read about so often in your journal? Ans. Probably 



it is. Test the edible qualities and the next time you kill one send us 

 the skin for identification. 



E. H. F.— Can you inform me whei'e a good 300yds. rifle range is 

 located other than Creedmoor. either in the suburbs of this city, in 

 Brooklyn, or across the river in Jersey? Ans. Try the Schuetaen 

 Park range, at Union Hill, N. J., reached via Hoboken. 



E. W, D., Tallahassee, Fla.— Are there now in this country any fly- 

 flshermen. who. while sitting by the water's edge and observing the 

 particular flies at which the flsh are biting, can make then and there 

 this same fly? Ans. There are plenty of such angler.«, most of the 

 amateur fly-tyers can do it if the materials are at hand. 



S. F. J.— Please tell me of the right treatment of the ro=ie-breasted 

 grosbeak, when kept in a cage. This bird was given to me by a gun- 

 ner early last spring, he having wounded it. I nursed it until it got 

 well. It sung very sweetly for about a month, when it commenced to 

 moult. Since then io has not svmg. I cannot get it to eat any seed 

 except canary, nor any other kind of food so far. This bird 

 seems nocturrial, being more lively at night than through the day. 

 It will not bathe in water, but about 13 o'clock at night it wakes me 

 up, taking a sand bath, it makes the sand fly in all directions. Wflson 

 in his book says this bird sings at niglit, I have not heard this one yet. 

 Will it stand a cold climate? Ans. Give the bird some raw apples and 

 berries of difEerenc kinds. They eat the seeds of weeds and grasses. 

 They have been kept in confinement. We send you a copy of Forisst 

 AND Stream giving accoimt of their successful treatment. The bird 

 comes to us from the North, and thrives in cold weather. 



INFORMATION WANTED. 



O. G. L.. wants to be told of the grouse and squirrel shooting in Liv 

 Ingston county. N. Y. 



8. R. B. wants to be told of the best place in West Virginia to hunt 

 deer, bears, turkeys and grouse. 



G. S. wants to know about the grouse and squirrel shooting in coun- 

 try between Owaseo and Oayuga lakes. N. Y. 



C. A. C. asks if "Ah Pe" will give bis mode of changing the drop of 

 a gun stock that is too straight for the shooter. 



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