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the brilliant shot. Ordering Rock to bring the bird, the 

 dog slightly turned his head and giving me an expressive 

 glance, accompanied with a. sliglit Avag of his tail, drew 

 on a few yards and again stiffened on point. Tliis time 

 there was no partnership about it, for the bird rose inside 

 from me, and, as I was Jceyed up to the proper pitch, he 

 never topped the sjarouts. 



As before, old Rock just roUed his eyes in my direction 

 and would not budge from tlie trail, but drew on in grand 

 style and soon had his bird fast near the upper edge. The 

 Professor was in position and I walked up and forced the 

 bird into the o])cn. I could not see the result of his shot, 

 but a deep, long-drawn sigh of satisfaction assured me 

 that our long chase wus over. Sending Rock to bring in 

 the birds, we crossed to the road a few rods distant, where 

 Joe soon joined us, and in a few minutes -we were on our 

 way home. Our ride was almost a silent one. For my 

 part I was too full of the recollections of om" glorious 

 day's sport to say a single word, and my companion 

 evidently was in the same happy state of mitid. As we 

 left him at his door I handed tlie birds to him, at the same 

 time remarking, "We have had a glorious hunt." Draw- 

 ing himself up to his full height and waving back the 

 piroffered birds, in a deeplj'' impressive tone he replied, 

 "It is not all of Ininting to hunt." Shadow. 



DEER AND DEER HUNTING. 



THERE are yet deer in the Avoods of Pike comity, Pa., 

 despite c'onstant hounding. George M. Quick, the 

 Shockapee Farm hunter, whose log hut near Milford is 

 nigh half a century old and of whom I wi-ote a few weeks 

 ago, has had some legitimate fun with a few of them. 

 Last week he started tracking in a light snowfall near 

 what is known as the Yellow Pine Swamp and found 

 where fom* deer had been feeding during the night. 

 They all went away together to the Orry Cabin Br<)ok and 

 went into a dense little swamp. Quick aud three mem- 

 bers of his fanrily, Rod, Vic and Frank, succeeded in 

 routing out a fat' young doe, which fell in her tracks 

 when Greorge's gun cracked. Another party hunting in 

 the same I'egion came across another doe and wounded 

 her, and next day all hands combined and tracked lier up 

 and shot her. A couple of days later Greorge, liis son 

 Charles and Franlv, fired by the news that the mammoth 

 track of "the big buck" had been followed all the preced- 

 ing day by Charles, went out early, took the ti-ack where 

 it had been abandoned the night before, near Button 

 Rock, an the Sanvantine, and ran the track of tlie old and 

 craftj- bluecoat, who for the past three years had baffled 

 many a hunter and dog and carried away some lead, for 

 four hours, until they ran the old fellow into the Sanvan- 

 tine Swamp, so that "by crossing one arm of it they could 

 cut him off and drive him to the comparatively open 

 second-growth timber. Charles did the driving, and in 

 ten minutes shouted as the buck went off on a crouching 

 lope toward his father and uncle. The deer tried to slip 

 past George at twenty -five j)aces and received two loads 

 of big buckshot. He ran a lumdred and fifty yards and 

 dropped venison. He had a superb head and uninjured 

 antlers, and, although poor from the late yearhng doe 

 rut, weighed nearly SOOlbs. The three were five miles 

 from home and without means of getting the deer in; so, 

 dressing it and can-ying and dragging it half the distance, 

 they hung the carcass up and took it in next day. This 

 ended the deer Ininting for 1886 in spite of gi'eat tempta- 

 tion to follow a numl»er of fine tracks. Ahiateuk. 



From reading the accounts of the Maine game warden 

 tragedy published in the pai^ers at the time, many a friend 

 of the dog has beeu led to feel that perhaps the mm-ders 

 were standing between the wardens and the life of a 

 beloved hourid, and that a quarrel ensued wherein both of 

 the wardens were shot, and that seeing what they had 

 done in the heat of passion, they fled. It was not so. 

 Both McFarlan and Graves are noted for their cruelty to 

 dogs, as well as to other animals. This was not the first 

 time they had been wanted by the wardens for dogging 

 deer. They have been for some time notorious in the 

 famous Nicatmis Lake band of poachers, who had up 

 notices that "No Wardens are Allowed Here," and they 

 meant to enforce it too. In that band they have been 

 noted for training hounds so that "they wouldn't yip." 

 That is, they had their dogs trained so that 'at a 

 moment's warning the dog could be driven into a 

 corner of the cabin, and anything could be piled upon 

 him, and he dared make no sound. In one case the game 

 wardens, suspicious that there were dogs in the camp, 

 entered. Not a dog could be seen. The campers also 

 were out — had just left. Tliere was a pile in the corner; 

 first an old blanket, then any sort of camp fm-niture, fol- 

 lowed by a camp table, bottom up, on the top. Under 

 this pile the wardens discovered a poor liotmd, half dead 

 from fear of a beating. Did tliis indicate pm-e love for 

 the dog? 



Again, the wardens were once following up the camp 

 of these deer doggers. The roadway led tlumigh the 

 deep woods. The baying of hounds' was heard. Then 

 came the thud of a deer's feet, slow-bounding, as though 

 nearly exhausted. Then came another sound — it was the 

 deer's tongue, flopping against his jaws as he tried to run. 

 In a second the hounds hove in sight — two noble ones, of 

 fine breed. The double shots of the warden leveled them 

 both. The deer escaped with his life. The poor dogs 

 had bleeding feet, they had been forced to run so long, 

 and even the ends of their tails were skinned and bleed- 

 ing, where they had beaten them against the brush and 

 briers. 



Another story is told of the love of these murderous 

 hunters for their dogs. They are famous crust hunters, 

 but they always preferr •! to have dogs with them to do 

 the principal "yarding up." On a certain occasion, it is 

 told of them, the crust was not sufficiently strong to bear 

 the dogs, aud there was a good deal of diificulty in getting 

 the deer in hand. The poor dogs broke thi-ough at nearly 

 every bound, and they soon began to fail. This 

 enraged one of the men who was concerned in the warden 

 murder, so the story goes, and he came up to a poor 

 hound vJying in the snow with tongue protruding and 

 bleeding', while the blood oozed from his beUy and legs, 

 and ordered the poor beast to "on!" The dog ga^-e one 

 pleading look, then tried to crawl to do his master's bid- 

 ding. He only succeeded in making a few^ faint bounds, 

 with a distressed attempt at baying, then fell exhausted 

 again into the sharp snow crust. His master came up. 

 The dog gave a beseeching look that would have dra\\Ti 

 tears of pjty from any but a heart that could delib^ately 



shoot a game warden in the pursuit of his duty, and then 

 cowered down into the snow. His master kicked and 

 j)oimded the poor beast unmercifully, then in a rage he 

 drew off and shot the dog dead. Boston. 



In the "Gazetteer's" routes to hunting grounds, I find im- 

 der Indiana, Allen Co., things that were but are not now, 

 and I suppose a correction woidd not be inappropriate, 

 for changes occm' as the years glide by, and the facts, 

 not what "they say" is what we want. Deer are no 

 longer found along the Muncie route, but good tiu-key, 

 pheasant, quail, rabbit and squirrel shooting may be had. 

 In the eastern part of this county commence what are 

 called the "Big Woods" or "Paulding Woods," embracing 

 a tract of wooded land six or seven miles wide and twelve 

 or thirteen miles long, extending into Ohio. In these 

 Avoods deer are found as also are porcupines, some turkeys 

 and smaller game. Last Saturday I saw three deer hang- 

 ing up in front of a saloon on j\Iain street, and on inquiry 

 found that they were killed within twenty miles of tliis 

 city, in these woods, by Mr. Frederick Hockenieier, with 

 tAv'o shots. He killed the buck on the run when the doe 

 and fawTi stopped witli tlieir heads close together, and he 

 di-opped them both with the remaining load, shooting 

 buckshot. Quite a number of porcupines are found in 

 these woods and are often killed by oui- hunters. 



J. P. Hance. 



FoHT A¥ayne, Ind. 



A splendid red deer w^as killed at the Liscomb Lake in 

 Guysboro country, a few days ago. This is the first red 

 deer I have known to have been killed in this province. 

 It was a full grown buck in good condition. The deer 

 are gradually working doA\Ti into this province, and tlie 

 wolves are following. For many years no wolves Avere 

 seen here, lately a few have made their appearance. 

 Moose are faMy plentiful. I was out for three days in 

 October and shot one. A hunter who lives here has killed 

 several since the season opened. We will try to get a laAv 

 passed at this session of the Legislature forbidding the 

 kilhng of deer, so as to give them a chance to stay with 

 us. Thirty-eight boxes' of grouse Avere seized on the 

 international steamship at St. John a day or tvv-o ago, 

 consigned to Boston parties. The American office at 

 Eastport also claims them, as they were entered on a false 

 invoice as geese and tm'keys. Globe Sight. 



Nbav GiiASGOA^, Nova Scotia. 



About ten days ago I was out on the mountains Avith 

 my favorite saddle horse and rifle for a few horns, and 

 had the satisfaction of bringing dovrn Avith the first shot 

 a magnificent buck, standing at 200yds. It was done so 

 quickly and easily tliat I almost felt "disappointed in not 

 liaAdng had more sport with so large a deer, but still it 

 could not liave been more satisfactory to me. Last season 

 I brought home eleven deer in all Avith the same rifle, and 

 had grand sport Avith some of them. The deer here are 

 eicellent eating, much better than in the lower country, 

 I fancy, and I have killed them old and young in both 

 pai-ts "of British Columbia. The difference must be in 

 the food and climate, as they are the same species. I. L, 



Cache Cheek, Britisli Columbia, Dec. 8. 



A f e.Av deer are left on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. At a 

 recent meeting of the Massachusetts Fish and Game Pro- 

 tective Association much interest was expressed regard- 

 ing certain alleged Adolations of the game laAvs relating 

 to the killing of deer in Barnstable aud Plymouth coun- 

 ties, and the Association voted that any complaint should 

 be investigated and prosecuted if accompanied Avith 

 CAddence, or Avillingness on the part of the complainant 

 to co-operate with and assist the Association in the case. 



We get occasional accounts of successful deer hunts in 

 some of the border mountain counties, and liave heard of 

 bunches here and there appearing in long unfrequented 

 haunts, but their destruction is assured soon after their 

 discovery. Kenttjokian. 



Cjentbal Ksntuckv. 



C. O. Slddmore returned from Nettleton, Ark., yester- 

 day, where he has been for three weeks himting. He 

 killed five deer. They boys say that Daniel Calvert killed 

 one deer with a five dollar gold piece. J. B. D. 



Charleston, 111., Dec. 23. 



Settlers in northern Wisconsin ai'e shooting dogs that 

 are found chasing deer. B, 

 Gratiot, Wis., Dec. 12. 



INTEREST IN THE PARK. 



Editor Forest and Stream : 



it seems to me very important that early concerted 

 action should be taken by scientific societies and indiAdd- 

 uals who are interested in the preservation of the different 

 species of game and fish and the many objects of scientific 

 interest and value contained in the Yellowstone Park, to 

 secure from Congress a judicious law tlie present session. 

 Every one admits that something ought to be done to 

 bring about a different state of things from that noAv 

 existing in the Park, and wliich you have so ably shovm 

 in your valuable paper, but unless a great deal of earnest 

 wo'rk is done by those who are interested, nothing Avill be 

 accomplished this session, and the longer the present con- 

 ditions exist the harder tliey will be to remedy. I am do- 

 ing all I can, and I hope every other sj)ortsman wiU put 

 in his quota of Av^ork. 



As president of the Waltham (Mass.) Farmers' Club, 

 one of the largest and most important in the State, I re- 

 cently inti-oduced for action by the club the folloAving 

 resolves in relation to the Yellowstone Park: 



Bcf^nlved, That, in the opinion of the Waltham Farmers' Cluh 

 decided action on the part of our general government, for securing 

 a proper and efficient protection and management of the Yellow- 

 stone Park, cp.n no longer %yith safety be delayed. 



Resolved, That t]ie Senators and Representatives from this 

 State, iu Congress assembled, ai-e respectfullv req-ested to giA' e 

 their early attention to tk:s matter, and endeavor to secure 

 enactment of the bill reported by Senator JIanderson, from tlie 

 Committee on Territories, May 17, 1886, and designated as Senate 

 Bill No. 2,136, provided this bill, in their opinion, is found adequate 

 to secure that degree of govermnent and preservation of our great 

 national reservation which is now so grieA'Cusly needed. 



These resolutions AA^ere adopted unanimously, and the 

 secretary Avas dii-ected by the club to send a copy of them 

 to every member of CongTess from this State. 



Last evemng I presented to the Massachusetts Fish and 



Game Protective Association the following resolutions for 



action by that body: 



Whcrm.% Although a large tract of the public domain has been 

 "by the ^^isdom of the Isatioiial Government, set aside as a perpet- 

 ual naHonal reservation and cailed the I cUowstone Park, no ade- 

 quate laM'S haA'e afl yet been enacted wliicli will secure, for the 

 variotifi species of game and flsh and the many objed s of scientific 

 interest and value contained within its limits, protection from 

 utter destruction; it is, tiierefore, 



Rcsolvecl, That the Massachusetts Fish and Game Pi-otective 

 Association regards with anxiety and grave misgivings the com- 

 paratively unprotected condition in which tlie icUowstone Park 

 now exists. 



Renolvcd, That the ditferont members of Congress from this 

 State are respectfully, yet most earnestly, requested to uso all 

 possible etforts to procure for tite Park a proper system of manage- 

 me7itai)d protection, which 7na>' be done m the opinion of this 

 Association, by securing the early enactment into la^v of the bill 

 reported hv Senator Manderson from the Committee on Terri- 

 tories, 'Mny 17, im>, and designated as Senate Bill No. 2,4.36: "A bill 

 to amend sections 2,t7i and 2,475 of the Revised Statutes of the 

 United States, setting apart a certain tract of land lying near the 

 headwaters of (he Vello^ stone Ri\'er .as a public park." 



These resolutions were adopted unanimously, and the 

 secretary Avas uhected to foiAA'ard a copy to every Massa- 

 chusetts member of Congress. I dm connected with other 

 associations and shall do all I can to push on the good 

 work. Edward A. Samuels, 



Pres. Mass. Fish and Gfame Protective Association. 



The Memphis Avalanche of Dec. 25 has this to say about 

 the National Park: "Tliis area embraces, more than any 

 other of equal extent, all the varieties of the most sublime 

 scenery, tlie greatest natural curiosities, and the most 

 favored haunts of the rarest Ictnds of American fauna, 

 now fast disappearing from the face of the earth — the 

 buffalo, the elk and the grizzly bear — whicli the continent 

 of North America affords. The design of the Nationtd 

 Park scheme is to perpetuate for our posterity this clioice 

 specimen of the natural grandeur of our national domain, 

 so that, Avhen all else of our vast expanse of territory 

 shall be reduced to the dead level of dollars and cents, 

 this one spot shall remain uncontaniinated by the insa- 

 tiate greed of money seekers, a miniature of America as 

 it Avas porti"ayed so romantically by LongfeUoAV and so 

 truthfully by Cooper. Every individual wliose soul can 

 rise above the consideration of mere sordid gain should 

 feel a hearty sympatliy and a national -pride in sectmng 

 such a legacy to futiire generations, that they may be 

 able to reahze Avhat would otherwise appear a wdld 

 romance in reading the early history of America. The 

 Forty-eighth Congress provided a commission to take 

 charge of tliis domain, to provide facilities for its enjoy- 

 ment by tlie iieople, and to prevent its desecration and 

 the destruction of its natural beauties by vandals. Com- 

 ing Avithin the Department of the Interior, Secretary 

 Lamar selected Colonel Wear to take charge of the Park, 

 who, with his able corps of assistants, peformed their 

 duties in the most admirable manner. But the Forty- 

 ninth Congress, in the wretched spirit of paradoxical 

 absurdity wdilcli characterized much of its proceedings, 

 after making an approjiriatiop to continue the improA'e- 

 ment of the Park, refused to provide for the sustenance of 

 its OAvn Park Commission, and so Colonel Wear and liis 

 staft' were comj)eiled to retue, whereupon it became the 

 duty of the Secretaiy of War to send a cavalry company 

 to take their places, an arrangement which is (almost) 

 ludicrous from its imfitness, since the duties to be per- 

 formed require the tact, skill and experience of trained 

 limiters and mountaineers, duties entu-ely foreign to the 

 character and training of dragoons. This state of things 

 Avas brought about by the influence of certain raflroad 

 corporations who sought to iuA^ade the sanctity of the 

 Park Avith their iron tracks, and all the attendant elements 

 of destruction to everything Avliich Avould not put money 

 into their pockets, Senator Vest, of Missouri, has been 

 one of the ablest champions of the National Park, resist- 

 ing with all his might the determined eft'ort to invade it 

 with railroads. Senator Manderson reported a bill from 

 the Committee on Territories, in the last Congi'ess, which 

 is designed to restore the Park government on a rational 

 basis. This bill aa^IH come up before the present Congress, 

 and it is to be hoped it AviU receiA^e the support of all 

 Southern Senators." 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Yom- leading editoral of Dec. 16 (The Schemers Balked) 

 has afforded me, as it doubtless Avill thousands of intelli- 

 gent men and women the country over, an exquisite 

 pleasure. It is certainly cause for general thanksgiAdng 

 that our great National Park has, by timely and adroit 

 legislation, been snatched from the perils by Avhich it was 

 imminently menaced. To see that magnilicent heritage 

 — one of the most majestic trophies of the Great An-anger's 

 handiwork — transformed into a railway focus, as Niagara 

 came Avithin an ace of being into the "Great American 

 SaAv and Grist Mill," would have been an indelible dis- 

 grace to modern civilization, 



IVIr. Cox is an ingrained Democrat, I am an ingrained 

 Republican. My admiration of him, however, as a man 

 of exceptional talent, diamond wit, aud stainless patriot- 

 ism, has always been sincere. Let me add in further and 

 well-merited compliment, that he has never, in aU his 

 brilliant career, done anything which Avill be more thor- 

 oughly ajipreciated, or more gratefully remembered by 

 his countrymen, than this successf id endeavor to preserve 

 from desecration their gi'eat Museum of Natural Wonders. 



Elihu Phinnby. 



coopebstoav^n, n. y. 



Eailway Imposition. — A correspondent who was 

 charged for carriage of liis gun on a St. Louis, Iron 

 Mountain & Southern tr.ain, on which he was a passenger, 

 Avrote to Gen'l Passenger Agent Townsend, and received 

 the folloAving reply: "The Missoiui Pacific Raihvay Co. 

 — Office of General Passenger and Ticket Agent, St. Louis, 

 Mo., Nov. 3D, 1886. — Dear Sir: I am in receipt of your 

 favor of Nov. 25, being in substance a, complaint against 

 one of our train baggage men^ Avho charged you §1 for 

 carrying your gun from St, L/Ouis to Neeleyville, and I 

 note' yoiu-'belief that this charge was an imposition. In 

 order to encourage sportsmen to visit the fine hunting 

 gi-ounds along our S, L., I. M. & S. Ry., we have issued 



Sositive written instructions to our baggage men to carry 

 ogs, guns and other hunters' outfits free, and whenever 

 we hear of this rule being Adolated the gaiilty one is 

 promptly discliarged. I have referred yom- letter to our 

 GenerarBaggage Agent forinvestigatio'n, and instnictions 

 given to discharge the offender if he can be identified. 

 We shaU also take great pleasm-e in refunding the amount 

 overcharged if investigation carries out your statements. 

 Youra truly> H, C» TownseStd." 



