May 12, 1887.J 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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I know how well one feels when going into a new sec- 

 tion to have some one in whom he can rely, not only to 

 guide them but to advise them, and I can answer any of 

 my Eastern friends or sportsmen friends, wherever they 

 may be, that any information you wish will be furnished 

 you willingly by Chas. F. Lee, General Passenger Agent 

 of the N. P. R. R., or by his First Assistant, Joseph 

 Marsh, at St. Paul. I can also cheerfully recommend for 

 guide to the best resorts in the northwest, J. W. Proctor, 

 who is thoroughly posted upon all these matters, and 

 what is very agreeable in a guide, he is reliable, honest 

 and truthful. He does not require liquor as part of his 

 compensation, nor is lie profane. He is a typical fron- 

 tiersman, 6ft. 6in. high, weighs 1901bs., wears the regu- 

 lation buckskins, sombi-ero, two huge navy revolvers and 

 a bowie. He is accorded to be the best shot in the North- 

 west, and what is best of all he is not too officious. Any 

 one can, with plenty of time, be thoroughly satisfied with 

 a trip under his guidance. He has now under his control 

 here in the city four black bears, one grizzly and two cow 

 buffalo. 



A little incident occurred at his ranch a few days ago 

 and had a very unfortunate termination. One of the 

 buffalo got out and made off. With the assistance of an- 

 other buffalo, which is a pet, and aided by a cayuse and 

 two veritable cowboys, she was headed and returned to 

 the corral; but not wishing to go in, she made a break, 

 and nothing but the swift-footed little cayuse, guided by 

 the cowboy, could turn her. She was driven back sev- 

 eral times, but would get a start every time, until finally 

 she was secured. It had all the elements of a genuine 

 buffalo hunt in it, minus the shooting, but the result was 

 just the same, for within a half hour she was dead. 

 Whether she broke a bloodvessel or not could not be de- 

 termined, but it is a sad loss. Her skin, head and legs to 

 the knees and gambrels were carefully saved, and they 

 will be preserved for mounting. The pet buffalo will 

 drop a calf in about a month or so. The sire is a buli 

 which belonged to the Major, but which, straying off one 

 day, was seen by the soldiers of Fort Snelling lying down 

 by a hay stack, and they went and shot him. 



In my next I will give information that will enable any 

 one to get an outfit in either Montana or Idaho, thereby 

 saving much expense and getting all that one needs, be- 

 sides giving points where'fine sport with both rod and 

 gun abounds in plenty. Dr. T. 



I left St. Paul in the early part of April for a month's 

 outing, and have so far met with a good run of luck. 

 After spending a few days at Aberdeen, Dakota, with 

 more or less luck, the geese flying very high, I left for 

 Webster, Da. , and found the best of shooting. Between 

 Webster and Waubay are innumerable sloughs full of 

 ducks. I would advise any one to visit these points in 

 the fall, as I have always found plenty of ducks and 

 geese whenever I have been there. At Webster may be 

 found a good hotel, and within a mile are the shooting- 

 grounds. Milbank is another good point. At Big Stone 

 City I stayed several days and coidd not complain. Or- 

 tonville, Minn., is a famous summer resort, much fre- 



?uented by St. Paul sportsmen, at the foot of Traverse 

 iake, a splendid sheet "cf water and a good feeding 

 ground for ducks and geese. Fishing with hook and line 

 has not yet begun, but spearing is good, pike and pickerel 

 being taken. From Ortonville I went to Granville and 

 from the car windows saw innumerable flocks of ducks. 

 The sloughs are just full of them. At Graceville are 

 Toka and West lakes. Plenty of ducks were swimming 

 in the water, and as the game laws were enforced, no 

 shooting was allowed. In company with some of the 

 townsmen I took a row around Toka Lake. We spied a 

 pelican in the water, and as its wing was disabled, caused 

 by a shot, we finally captured it after a hard struggle. 

 We placed it in a coop in company with a turkey. In the 

 space of five minutes there was as pretty a fight as one 

 could see, and we took the turkey out more dead than 

 alive, and with very few feathers. From Graceville I 

 went to Brown Valley, situated in a valley between Big 

 Stone Lake and Traverse Lake, a natural duck pass. 

 Owing to the pass being on the Minnesota side, I eordd do 

 no shooting, but I can assure you it would have been a 

 temptation, if I had a gun in my hands, to see flocks of 

 ducks and geese continually passing over one's head. 

 Spearing for pike and pickerel was very good, a 221b. 

 pickerel being speared in my presence. I am now on my 

 way to Devil's Lake, where I expect to make a prolonged 

 stay, as shooting is reported good in that vicinity. Fish- 

 ing is good in the Red River here, mostly pickerel. 



Young Sport. 



Wahpeton, Dakota. 



What Killed the Deer?— The location was Beaver 

 River a few miles above Stillwater, at the first pond on 

 the south side, situated about 100yds. from the river. 

 Ward well's best dog was making it warm for something 

 and coming down the river, as the sound indicated. I 

 was not connected with that hunt, and so ran my boat 

 ashore, that I need not turn the game; and none too soon, 

 for a fine buck, about three years old, came in sight nearly 

 as soon as I was secreted. He was swimming, but would 

 cut the bends short and rim in the shoal water, and was 

 breathing heavily, as I could plainly see and hear. The 

 dog ran past me down stream, but made no sound except 

 with his feet. He was followed by his master a few 

 moments later, using a double-blade paddle with the vigor 

 of an athlete. The pine dugout yielded as only a fine 

 model can. I was just stepping into my own boat when' 

 he said, "Have you seen the deer?" I replied, "Yes, and 

 he is just a few rods ahead of you." I soon heard the 

 report of his heavy rifle and the sharp bark of the dog- 

 running back up the river toward the pond, and then his 

 "water call." I landed and walked across the short carry 

 as soon as I could get there, and saw the dog following 

 around shore, but no deer swimming. When Ward well 

 came back I called to him to take a look at an object near 

 the center of the pond that must be the deer dead. We 

 carried a boat across to the pond and he went out, return- 

 ing with a very fat buck still warm. But there were no 

 bullet marks, and Ward well was not satisfied about it, 

 but said he only had a broadside shot at the back of the 

 skulking deer nearly under water in the alders. Dr. W. 

 L. Collins, of Turin, Lewis county, who "put out the 

 dog," after carefully removing the skin and finding no 

 mark, asked how Wardwell looked when chasing it. 

 I replied, "Eyes like peeled onions." "That's it. He 

 scared it to death." But the Doctor found the lungs filled 

 with blood. — Ned Norton. 



NOTES FROM MICHIGAN. 



Editor Forest and Stremn: 



Geese have been flying for the past ten days. The ice 

 left Green Bay April 23. An occasional flight of ducks 

 has appeared for a few days. A few pigeons are seen. 

 Too much cannot be said in praise of our present Legis- 

 lature for abolishing our spring shooting. Wisconsin 

 followed suit. It has been a blot upon both States allow- 

 ing spring shooting. Oiu- open season for deer is from 

 Nov. 2 to "Dec. 1. In the Upper Peninsula snow usually 

 comes early hi November, and it will have a tendency to 

 keep people of weak constitution, who usually came here 

 in August and stayed until froze out or driven out by 

 snow, away from here, as cloth tents are a very poor pro- 

 tection up here. Three game wardens in each comity 

 will try and enforce the laws against shipment out of the 

 State, hide hunters and the festive trout hog, who come 

 at the same time that the flies, gnats and other vermin. 

 At times he claims to be a tourist in search of health, but 

 we know him a3 one whose only inspiration is to destroy 

 any and all things in season or out of season. The days 

 of worrying deer in Michigan are passed, any one finding 

 a dog running in the woods can shoot him, and any one 

 claiming him is liable to $100 fine for hounding deer. 

 Our lumbermen will also, perhaps, suffer for want of 

 meat at times, as nearly all camps keep hunters during 

 winter. Deer only costs $35 per month, the cost of the 

 man hired to keep the camp in meat. I am pleased that 

 we have gained our rights, which we have tried for years 

 to get. Judge Holmes and his co-workers should receive 

 the thanks of all reputable sportsmen in tho land for 

 their untiring energy. S. E. B. 



Menominee, Mich., May 1. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



The warden system is meeting with great success in the 

 State, and the people seem to have taken hold of it 

 with a vim, giving our deputy every encouragement 

 possible, and game protection bids fair to become as pop- 

 ular as base ball. Here in Saginaw county, since the ap- 

 pointment of Connors, there has been an offender yanked 

 up nearly every day. W. B. M. 



East Saginaw, Mich. 



A DEER ON THE SAN PEDRO. 



NACOSAN, the little mining town where I am, is in 

 the Sierra Madre Mountains. Whitetail deer, tur- 

 keys and jack rabbits are plentiful near here, and a few 

 miles up in the mountains are bears, mountain Hons and 

 bob and civet cats. There are also several different kinds 

 of skunks or pole cats. My trip from Arizona down here 

 was most of the way through canons in the mountains. 

 Near the San Pedro River, before we struck into the 

 canons, we saw several bunches of antelope. Along the 

 Tronteriza River we saw large flocks of clucks, out of 

 which I distinguished black ducks, mallards and green- 

 winged teal. 



One afternoon we camped about 5 in a canon in some 

 foothills. We wanted some meat. Shouldering my re- 

 peater I started up a small canon that led off into the hills 

 and followed the canon a short distance, and then went 

 up on to the hills. The sun was sinking below the tops 

 of the mountains. After walking a short distance, I 

 reached the top of a small hill and looked down into a 

 little valley. There were a few scattering live oaks, and 

 as I looked between two trees I saw three deer walking 

 slowly along, about 350yds. away; and as it was quite 

 dusky, I thought that I would get nearer so as to make a 

 sure shot. One of the deer, a fine buck, was 20yds. in 

 advance of the other two. I got down on my hands and 

 knees and commenced to creep down to them, keeping 

 behind a tree as much as possible. After creeping about 

 200yds., I raised myself up and looked for the deer. The 

 buck was not in sight and the other two had stopped and 

 were looldng directly toward me. I raised my rifle care- 

 fully, but before I could get aim they started on a run up 

 a little knoll quartering to the left from me. Following 

 along with my rifle I pulled, and the bullet made the dust 

 fly a few yards behind the deer I aimed at. 



The two deer disappeared over the knoll, and as I threw 

 back the lever and reloaded, I looked about and saw the 

 buck going with a jump up a hill in the opposite direction. 

 I fired one shot at him, but he kept on. I started on over 

 the knoll in the direction the two deer had gone. When 

 I got to the top, on a sidehill 200yds. away, I saw one of 

 the deer standing under a small tree and the other walk- 

 ing slowly along. It was so dusky by this time that I 

 could not see my sights, but I judged as well as I could 

 and fired at the one standing under the tree. The deer 

 that I had shot at ran about 50yds. and stopped, and the 

 other disappeared over the liill. I reloaded ancLwalked 

 toward the deer that had stopped. It was now so dark 

 that I had to shoot by guess work. I fired again at the 

 deer, which was about 100yds. off; it slowly walked 

 about 25yds. and stopped again. I got up to within 

 50yds. and pulled. There was a click. The cartridge did 

 not go. Throwing out the poor cartridge I raised my 

 rifle and pulled again, and the second cartridge missed 

 fire. I pushed the lever back to throw out that cartridge, 

 but it stuck, and by the time I did get it out the deer was 

 gone. It was quite dark so I turned about and started 

 for canip. After walking a short distance I heard two 

 pistol shots from the direction of camp; I walked on and 

 after nearly falling down a hill crossed a canon up the 

 side of a second hill, and reaching the top looked down 

 into a cafion and saw the camp-fire, 100yds. awav. The 

 side of the hill toward the camp was very steep, but it 

 was too far to go back and down the other side, and the 

 thought of the supper awaiting me was enough to nerve 

 me for anything, so I turned down the hill. It was dark 

 and the hill was steep and rocky. I got about half way 

 down safely and thought I was almost down; grew care- 

 less, my foot struck a round stone that gave way, and 

 down I went at railroad speed, but succeeded in keeping 

 my feet until I struck the foot of the grade, and there I 

 succeeded in making an impression in the ground with 

 the end of my nose. 



Thankiul to have escaped so easily, I made all possible 

 speed to camp, and was soon engaged in eating my sup- 

 per and relating to Nick my hunt. He thought it a queer 

 deer that would not run away after I had shot at him 

 several times. As we rolled ourselves up in our blankets 

 after supper I remarked that I should get up at daybreak 

 and go out and see if I could not be more fortunate. 

 After that as I lay there thinking it struck me, and I 



wondered I had not thought of it before, had I not 

 wounded the deer and that was the reason he did not run 

 away. I rose very early in the morning, and started for 

 the place where I had shot at the deer on the sidehill; I 

 was fortunate enough to find the place without any 

 trouble, and looking carefully about found the spot where 

 the deer had jumped after I fired; and near by on the 

 leaves saw some drops of blood. Following along the 

 drops became thicker, and I reached the spoot where the 

 deer had stopped the first time. Here there was quite a 

 pool of blood dried on the leaves and grass. I went on 

 25yds. to the place where the deer had stopped when my 

 shells missed fire. From this place the trail of blood was 

 fainter and the drops were far apart; and I had decided 

 not to follow any longer when they became more numer- 

 ous and led up the side of a hill. Looking a short dis- 

 tance ahead under an oak tree I saw the antlers of a deer 

 above the grass. With my rifle ready I reached the tree 

 and found my buck just alive. The bullet had entered 

 his right hindquarters and ranged along into his stomach. 

 I raised my rifle and put a bullet through his heart, and 

 then cut his throat and dressing him, proceeded to tote 

 him to camp. It was about two and one half miles to 

 camp, and when I got to the top of the first hill I chopped • 

 the deer. I then made up my mind that I did not want 

 the whole of him, so I cut off the head and neck and the 

 two hind quarters, and slinging them on to my back I 

 started a second time for camp, which I reached with the 

 sun one hour high. Chester. 

 Nacosan, Mexico. 



CARIBOU NOTES. 



SMYRNA, Me., May 1. — Some time ago there were sev- 

 eral articles in your columns in regard to female 

 caribou having horns, and as I had the good luck to secure 

 a specimen which had a nice set, I would like to hear 

 from brother hunters as to what their experience has 

 been. Is it common or is it of rare occurrence? Mine 

 was shot in December, and was one of two killed by one 

 shot and already briefly alluded to by one of your corres- 

 pondents. 



My partner and I were on a round to our traps, and 

 were crossing the upper end of a large open bay, when 

 looking down it we saw four caribou coming toward us 

 and perhaps a quarter of a mile away. The wind being 

 . in my favor, I was not long in getting my 45-60 Win- 

 chester off my hand sled and getting to a friendly stump. 

 They came up on a gallop to about twenty rods of me 

 and stopped. I drew bsad on the one nearest me and 

 pulled the trigger. There was only a dull clink. The 

 lock was frozen. Without stopping to examine I threw 

 in another cartridge, and this time she responded and I 

 saw one drop. The others, not knowing where the shot 

 had come from, came toward us and passed within 50yds. 

 when we saw one was badly hit. Going a short distance 

 further she sank down and was dead when we got to her. 

 The bullet had entered just forward of the foreshoulder, 

 passed obliquely through and came out back of the other 

 shoulder, passing just over the heart and cutting the 

 large vein, which soon bled her out. On turning our 

 attention to the first one that fell, we found the shot had 

 broken the back of a yearling buck which stood behind 

 the other. Only one shot was fired and here were tv» o 

 dead caribou. When we were skinning them out, one of 

 those remaining came out of the woods and stood within 

 50yds. of us some time, and at last trotted off with that 

 gait peculiar to them. It was near dark, and we had to 

 hurry up to make our camp about a mile away, and we 

 were soon discussing the events of the day by the warmth 

 of our little sheeSiron stove in Camp Fisher. On our re- 

 turn trip we t:ok the meat out to our homes in the settle- 

 ment. 



The past winter has been hard on game and good for 

 the Province lumbermen, and if your correspondent 

 "Special" doubts that they kill out of season he would do 

 well to make a tour of the camps of Upper Aroostook in 

 crusting time and see for himself. A few such winters 

 and the moose will be a thing of the past unless the law 

 can be enforced in the lumber camps. Spring-Pole. 



MASSACHUSETTS ASSOCIATION. 



THE regular monthly meeting of the Massachusetts 

 Fish and Game Protective Association was held on 

 Thursday evening last, April 5, between fifty and sixty 

 members sitting down at the hospitable boards of the 

 Tremont House. After supper the following-named gen- 

 tlemen were elected members: Chas. D. Appleton, Ly- 

 man Sticknev, N. S. Jones, Chas. F. Sprague, William J. 

 Fegan, H. W. Tenney, Jos. R. Scott, F. M. Tupper, Henry 

 L. Roberts, H. B. Thayer, W. S. Shepard, H. J. Johnson, 

 F. W. Dickinson and Geo. W. Williams. 



Although business was by no means slighted, still the 

 major portion of the evening was devoted more especially 

 to social intercourse; and there were few who did not en- 

 joy the evening thoroughly. 



Many were the tales of fishing and shooting experiences, 

 and also of projected trips the coming summer in quest of 

 trout and salmon in Maine and Canada lakes and rivers. 

 But of all present, the one most complimented and con- 

 gratulated was the veteran sportsman Warren Hapgood, 

 for more than fifty years a devoted sportsman, and who 

 can still bring down his bird, and who piides himself in 

 having been a member of the party recently commented 

 upon hi the Boston papers as having shot at Monomoy, 

 Cape Cod, the wonderful score of 172 brant and Canada 

 geese— of that number 112 being secured in one day (April 

 19) — the equal of which has not been known for over 

 twenty years. 



Several persons spoke in regard to certain proposed 

 changes in the Massachusetts game and lobster laws, and 

 the. following resolutions were unanimously adopted: 



Whereas, The Legislature of Massachusetts in the session of 

 1886-7 enacted a wise and consistent law for the protection of our 

 game and insectivorous birds, a law that can be enforced, and if 

 enforced will give the protection that is so much needed. In view 

 of this it is 



Resolved, That it is the opinion of the Massachusetts Fish and 

 Game Protective Association that any change in the provisions 

 of the law would bo detrimental to the objects for which it was 

 designed. 



Resolved, That this Association most earnestly protests against 

 any change in the existing law tha t will permit the snaring of the 

 ruffed grouse (a partridge). 



Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Association, with the 

 abundant evidence that we have, that such change would surely 

 lead to the extermination of the bird in the localities where snar» 

 ing is practiced. 



