June 9, 1887.J 



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After a little I calmed down and concluded it would be 

 just as well to trap him. Still I couldn't account for the 

 miss, as I felt sure I was dead on him; but upon reload- 

 ing it was made plain. I used a cartridge that was no 

 longer manufactured and difficult to obtain, andl reloaded 

 shells with a round ball for use when necessary to shoot 

 a trapped bear, saving those with long bullets for long 

 shots, and I usually cruised with one of the latter in the 

 rifle. There was a difference of lOiru in curve, the round 

 ball shooting highest. That morning I had loaded with 

 round ball by mistake. Thus my miss was excusable, 

 and my equanimity was, in a measure, restored, 



I shouldered my "load again and started down the hill 

 toward a brook to find wbere he got his drink, as bears 

 always seek water after eating. A stream ran along at 

 the base of the ridge, and beside it was a hard-beaten 

 bear path. This I struck and followed till I found where 

 the big bear stepped over it to reach the brook. Such old, 

 cunning bears seldom travel the beaten roads, knowing 

 that therein often lie the. hidden traps. The problem now 

 was to find the right place to set my trap. I had taken 

 several cunning old chaps by a plan I studied out, and, 

 though it is a "dead give away," it goes. I followed up 

 his trail to where it passed through a clump of low hem- 

 locks; cutting out only enough sprays to bed the trap, and 

 those few were stuck beside the trap in finishing up, so as 

 to fill the gap at the top. The explanation of this is that 

 in passing through the brash a bear will close bis eyes for 

 then protection, and so not discover any disturbance of 

 the surface to excite suspicion. The impress of the foot 

 imlieates where the trap should be placed. (Where there 

 is no bush growing I improvise a hedge). Lastly, I made 

 a cup of bark, fetched water, and with a wiiisp of fir 

 cleansed everything I had touched, besides drenching the 

 ground I had 'trodden. I put up no bait in such cases, as 

 its presence is a danger signal. 



Six days later on my second look the trap was gone and 

 the sport began: for the most interesting part in trapping 

 is trailing the game. From the word go, the old fellow 

 meant business, stopping for no obstructions, tearing the 

 heavy birch sapling clog through logs, fallen treetops and 

 small growth like" a plow hitched to a pair of runaway 

 steers. Up the hill and over boulders and every obstruc- 

 tion he went with apparent ease. And how my heart 

 beat, as I saw such evidence of his power, lest the new 

 and untried trap should fail. Gaining the top of the 

 ridge, he tinned and started for the further end, keeping 

 well up on the backbone. Over and down into a thick 

 cedar swamp, and here I expected to find him, if at all, 

 played out; as by the looks of the trail he had been in for 

 thirty horns or more. On reaching the swamp I was well 

 played out myself, but the probable nearness of the game 

 nerved me up. After half a mile in the swamp I sighted 

 him going like a colt, but often brought to by foul- 

 ing snags. I closed up and kept within shooting dis- 

 tance waiting for a fall, so as to get a fair shot. 

 Presently the clog caught, throwing him broadside, 

 but so that only the head and neck were in sight. 

 I fired quickly, and he dropped, but was right up 

 again bleeding at the mouth. I aimed to break Ins 

 neck, but shot a little under. He was away before I 

 got in another shell, but fell again shortly full in view, 

 quartering, head toward me. I sent another, this time 

 at the shoulder, and he fell in a heap. I confess I had a 

 wholesome respect for his power and kept my distance a 

 while lest he should revive, and seeing me at close 

 quarters reverse the order of the chase. But the old 

 Remington .58-85-530 had done for him this time, and as 

 I sat and enjoyed my pipe on his huge proportions, I con- 

 gratulated myself on my success. The fatal ball of pure 

 lead had struck the joint of the right shoulder, passed 

 down and backward and lodged against the skin on the 

 belly. It was flattened to nearly the size of a half dollar 

 and pulverized the bone and flesh to a pulp for a diameter 

 of Sin. , tearing the heart to shreds in its course. Such 

 ammunition is good medicine for big game. One front 

 foot had been mutilated years before, evidently by a steel 

 trap. The fat on his rump was 3-Un. deep, that on the 

 belly li deep. I should have liked to see him weighed; 

 but having weighed others I judged by comparison he 

 weighed all of 600. His pelt weighed 37lbs. , and when 

 stretched was plump 8ft. long. 



It was the largest bear I ever killed or have over seen. 

 His capture was hailed with pleasure by every one, and 

 never since has any one seen the big bear of Toby Guzzle. 



Warfield. 



The pranks of what must be the Toby Guzzle bear's 

 twin brother in ursine depravity are related by our New 

 Brunswick correspondent, Mr. Edward Jack, who writes 

 from Fredericton: 



"Bears are numerous in many places in the country 

 here. Last autumn one got so bold that he broke open 

 several barn doors at Durham, on the Nashuaak, and 

 carried off some sheep. In one instance when a party of 

 young men were watching for his return to the carcass of 

 a sheep which he had killed, he left that spot and helped 

 himself to an animal belonging to a neighboring farmer. 

 At another time he tore the shingles and boards from the 

 side of a barn, looked in, and not deeming it prudent to 

 enter, walked leisurely off. He also broke open a barn 

 door where some cows were stabled, but left without 

 doing any further damage. He is very bold, attacking 

 animals in open day, and seems to have but little fear of 

 man. He is also very cunning, refusing to be caught in 

 any deadfall, though many have been set for him." 



A Woodcock in Pawtucket.— Pawtucket, R. I.. June 

 2. — Tuesday evening watchman Crandali picked up on 

 the platform at the passenger station a woodcock partially 

 insensible. The bird had evidently flown against some 

 of the wires and was "knocked out of time." It soon 

 recovered, and this morning was apparently as well as 

 ever in its captivity. The bird was kept in captivity until 

 it fully recovered, when it was liberated and went on its 

 way rejoicing. — R. 



New Brunswick Moose.— Fredericton, N. B., June 2. 

 — Fewer moose than ordinary were killed by New Bruns- 

 wick lumbermen on the branches of the Miramichi last 

 winter. Henry Turnbull a few days since saw the tracks 

 of a cow moose and calf some miles above the mouth of 

 the Taxis River, thirty-eight miles distant from the city 

 of Fredericton. — Edward Jack. 



The Parker Gtjn took the leading prizes in the expert 

 class at the great Wellington shoot last week. A full 

 report of the meeting is given in our trap columns. 



ZINC FOR RUST IN BARRELS. 



Editor Forest, and Stream: 



Sixty years ago, before the galvanizing of iron came 

 into use, a citizen of this town strapped the blades of 

 his oars with strips of sheet zinc secured by iron tacks. 

 In three years' use in salt water the iron tacks had not 

 rusted, and were as bright as when new. 



Seven years ago I fitted a steel bar to the keel of a row 

 boat, and laid under it before nailing a strip of sheet zinc. 

 The boat was used hi salt water two years, and has been 

 used hi fresh water to this time, and the steel shoe has 

 always been and now is entirely free from rust, 



I tacked a small piece of zinc with a bright tack to a 

 piece of wood, and applied nitric acid to them. The tack 

 remained bright. 



Place a strip of zinc the length and width of the bore 

 in the gun barrel when not in use, and there will be no 

 beginning to rust, nor increase if already rusted. If pre- 

 ferred, roll up thin zinc to fill the barrel. 



The Soule Brothers, of Freeport, heavy ship builders in 

 the past, have improved this principle for several years 

 by laying zinc under iron when the iron was not already 

 galvanized. 



The iron is galvanized as effectively when it lies in 

 contact with zinc as when its pores are permeated. 



The reverse action takes place with copper and iron. 

 In this case the iron wastes rapidly. Austin. 



Portland, Me. 



THE NEW YORK GAME LAW. 



THE general object of game legislation during the past winter, 

 according to Mr. Hadley, has been to keep the game laws 

 about where tney are wit hout making many changes. Mr. Hadley 

 claims that therefore it was foolish to go on and amend them any 

 more. The general codifications that were offered by Senator 

 Daly and Assemblyman Langbe.in shared the same fate with 

 Assemblyman Uadley's bill covering the same ground. Not one 

 of the three codes were reported; or, if it had been, it would have 

 stood no chance of getting through. 



In regard to sea game it may he stated that the 10-incb lobster 

 act of 1880 has been repealed. The Governor has signed Senator 

 Wemple's bill appropriating 80,000 to the Commissioners of Fish- 

 eries to erect, as soon as practicable, a fish hatchory at Mill Creek, 

 Routid Lake, Hamilton county, so as to restock the Adirondack 

 streams with trout and other fish natural to that locality. The 

 Governor is likely to sign Assemblyman Fitch's bill appropriating 

 $5,000 for new hatchery buildings and improvement of grounds at 

 the Cold Spring Harbor station of the Commissioners of Fisheries, 

 to be expended under the direction of the Commissioners of Fish- 

 eries, on vouchers to bo approved by the Comptroller; but no 

 money shall be paid out of this appropriation till a lease of the 

 lanes and water rights now occupied for such hatchery shall be 

 executed to the State, rent free, from the owner, for such period 

 as the same may be occupied as a public hatchery, which lease, 

 when accepted by the Commissioners, shall be tiled in the office of 

 the Secretary of State. The Governor signed, under protest, 

 Bulkley's bill forbidding the taking of fish in Lake Ontario in the 

 town of Cape Vincent, within a mile of the shore, except by hook 

 and line held in the hand. The Governor also signed Brundage's 

 bill, making it unlawful to catch trout in the county of Steuben 

 except from May 1 to Aug. 1, and Hogeboom's bill forbidding shad 

 fishing in the Hudson on Sundays, amended so as to add, in Sec. 1, 

 after the word river, the words, past the northern boundary of 

 Westchester county," thus limiting the space in the river devoted 

 to the operation of the Law. 



The Governor has in his possession, and is likely to sign, the fol- 

 lowing fish bills: Senator Murphy, authorizing the possession and 

 sale in the city of New York of salmon trout and other fish taken 

 from waters outside of this State; McMillan's bill (Sheehan's in 

 the Assembly), amending Chap. 437 of the laws of 188(5 so that the 

 act shall not apply to salmon trout or landlocked salmon caught 

 in lakes Michigan, Superior, Huron, St. Clair, or in the waters 

 adjacent thereto or connecting the same; Senator Comstock, pro- 

 viding for the construction of a fishway in the State dam at Troy 

 amended so as to recognize the rights of the mill owners; Senator 

 Coggeshall, restoring the Gin. provision stricken out last year 

 relative to the possession of brook trout, speckled ti'out, salmon 

 trout and landlocked salmon, the $10 line being omitted; Assem- 

 blyman Corn well, allowing the spearing of any tish but bass a.nd 

 pike in Seneca, Keuka and Canandaigua lakes, and the drawing 

 of seines for the catching of bait; Assemblyman Hamilton, allow- 

 ing any individual or association having exclusive right to shoot 

 game on certain tracts of land to post notices and arrest trespas- 

 sers; Assemblyman Sirne, providing that the bills of State fish 

 protectors shall be audited by boards of supervisors as other bills 

 are audited; Assemblyman Giese (from the Audubon Club of Buf- 

 falo), amending Chap. 531 of the laws of 1879, Sec. 21, so that no 

 black bass shall be caught in the waters of Lake Erie and Niagara 

 River above Niagara Falls on the American side between the 1st 

 day of January and the 1st day of July, bullheads in Lake George 

 being exempted; Assemblyman Collins, providing that no person 

 shall at any time catch salmon in the waters of this State with 

 any device save that of angling with line or rod held in the hand, 

 and then only from March 1 to August 15 in each year. Any per- 

 son in fishing for other fish allowed to be taken by nets shall upon 

 catching any salmon immediately return the same to the water 

 without injury. (The foregoing provisions not to apply to the 

 artificial propagation of fish by State or public authority). Viola- 

 tions are termed misdemeanors and there is a penalty of $100, or 

 one day's imprisonment for each dollar of fine, the informer to 

 receive one-half of said fine; Assemblyman Sweet, allowing the 

 taking of suckers and other fish with nets at the foot of Cayuga 

 Lake; Assemblyman Emery, forbidding pound nets, etc., in Lake 

 Erie adjacent to Erie county. 



Among the fish bills that never reached the Governor were the 

 following: Assemblyman Leete, prohibiting fishing in Oneida 

 Lake between April 1 and June 1 for pike, perch or wall-eyed pike; 

 Senator Dunham (similar to Assemblyman Hamilton's) relating 

 to special privileges for fishing, etc.; Senator Yedder and Assem 

 blyman Frost, prohibiting the killing of quail bet ween Jan. 1 and 

 Nov. 1, and hares between Feb. 1 and Nov. 1 ; Senator Kellogg, 

 allowing the catching of all kinds of fish in Lake Champlatn 

 during October and the first 15 days of November ; Senator Corn- 

 stock, amending the game law of 1879 so as to include "set hues" 

 among prohibited devices unless by permission of the Commis- 

 sioners of Fisheries j Assemblyman Reeves, providing that notices 

 forbidding trespassing must be placed on every half mile along 

 highways, instead of every 50 acres, as now; Assemblyman Reeves, 

 forbidding the taking up of any net, weir, etc., at the peril of 

 heavy fines; Assemblyman Fort, forbidding the possession of 

 snares, etc., on waters inhabited by salmon, lake trout, etc., in 

 close season; Assemblyman Thompson, amending the Jefferson 

 county act so as to except that part of Lake Ontario bordering on 

 one of the towns. 



The oyster interest has been helped by the new law, introduced 

 by Senator Fagan and Assemblyman Hines, amendi ng the Jamaica 

 and Hempstead law of 1871 so as to place the planting of oysters in 

 the hands of the respective boards of auditors of those towns. The 

 Governor has ihe very important bill, introduced originally by 

 Assemblyman Reeves, and afterward somewhat modified by the 

 Committee on Game Laws in the Assembly and by the Finance 

 Committee in the Senate, for the protection of shellfish cultiva- 

 tion within the waters of this State and to raise revenues. As 

 finally passed, it provides for the mapping out of the oyster lands 

 and makes very strict regulations. Assemblyman Moore's bill 

 regulating the use of steam dredges weighing over 301bs. in taking 

 oysters never came out of the Judiciary Committee. Assembly- 

 man Reeves's appropriation for a steamer to patrol the harbor of 

 New York to prevent dumping did not pass the Senate. 



In regard to the song bird act of 1886, se veral amendments were 

 offered. The one by Assemblyman Moore, allowing the taking of 

 birds and eggs for scientific purposes became a law. The Gov- 

 ernor has before him Erwin's amendment to the same act which, 

 in the first place, merely exempted St. Lawrence county so as to 

 allow the shooting of blackbirds, hawks, etc. It was finally passed, 

 mating it a misdemeanor to feed or shelter sparrows, also mak- 

 ing it lawful to kill crows, hen hawks, owls and blackbirds. As- 

 semblyman Smith's amendment to the same law did not pass the 

 Assembly. It made certain exemptions, so as to allow importers 

 of plumage to deal in feathers, etc., of birds killed in other States. 



The chief bill relating to forestry was the one introduced by 

 Assemblyman Hadley appropriating f 15,000 to continue the work 

 of the Adirondack survey. This is how in the hands of the Gov- 

 ernor, but there are slim prospects of his signing it. The Governor 

 has signed the Hadley bill permitting the sale or exchange of 

 consolidated tracts of forest lands to secure contiguity. The Gov- 



ernor has before him Assemblyman Winnie's hill appropriating 

 $5,000 to allow the Forest Commission to develop the Stale Park 

 in the Catskills; also Assemblyman Lyman Hall's bill amending 

 the law for the taxation of forest preserves; also Assemblyman 

 Hall's bill adding Oneida county to the forest preserve. 



The Ways and Means Committee, of the Assembly reported As- 

 semblyman Eldridge's bill exempting from taxation forest lands 

 exceeding ten acres from which no income is derived. The Com- 

 mittee on Game Laws never reported Davics's bill creating a com- 

 mission to act in connection with the State Fishery Commission- 

 ers to prepare a codification of the fish and game laws. The Wavs 

 and Means Committee did not report Assemblyman Winnie's bill 

 amending the law of 1880 so that the game and fish protectors ap- 

 pointed under that act shall be under the control and authority 

 of the Forestry Commission, as created by Chap. 283 of the la ws of 

 1885. The Senate did not pass Assemblyman Hogeboom's bill 

 amending the Forest Commission act of 1885 so as to give certain 

 exemptions to summer occupants and to leased premises. 



In regard to the shooting of game, the Governor has Reeves's 

 bill amending the general laws of 1880 and 1879, extending the ex- 

 emption clause to Gardiner's and Pecouic bays, so that wildfowl 

 may he shot from boats. The Assembly refused to pass Senator 

 Coggesh all's bill restoring the law so that woodcock may be killed 

 in August, and prohibiting the killing of ducks, geese and brant 

 in April excepting in the waters of Long Island Sound, where they 

 may he killed during that month. The Assembly also refused to 

 pass Senator Pierce's hill allowing the shooting of quail and rab- 

 bits on Long Island from Nov. Id to Dec. 31. The Assembly did 

 not pass Assemblyman Reeves's hill making the quail, grouse, 

 ha re and squirrel season on Long Island, Nov. 1 to Jan. 1; wood- 

 cock, July 1 to 31 and Nov. 1 to Jan. 1; shore birds and wildfowl, 

 July 15 to May 1. The three following bills were never reported 

 from the Assembly Committee on Game Laws: White, providing 

 that it shall not be lawful to shoot or kill any wild duck between 

 t he first day of January and the first day of September in each 

 year; Reeves, amending the general law of 1879 so as to forbid the 

 killing, possession or sale of wildfowl between May 1 and Sept. 1; 

 Ainsworth, amending the laws of 1879 and 1880 so that the time for 

 hunting deer is extended from Nov. 1 to Dec. 18, and the time for 

 having in possession from Nov. 15 to Dec. 1, and the time for trans- 

 portation from Nov. 15 to Dec.l. Albany. 



June . 



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K!^* No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents. 



AnnuESSKS Wantee.— "Hutch," D., C. 0., P. C. 



J. C. E.— Give the smaller bores a handicap of 2yds. each. 



J. G. S.— Snipe shooting season on Long Island will begin July 10. 



Boston.— We have published description of sleeping bag; see 

 issue of Dec. 31, 1885. You will have to have one made. 



A. M.— You can train your spaniels by the "Training vs. Break- 

 ing" system. We know of a bull-terrier which has been taught 

 successfully by the book. Your time ought to suffice. 



C. H. M.— 1. Farrar's Maine guides will give you the informa- 

 tion. 2. The rifle will do, but a .40 or M wotddbe better. 3. The 

 make is reliable. 4. The issue with "P.'s" grizzly story can be 

 supplied. 



E. G. B., Hartford— The rifle and charge named would kill a 

 deer, if hit in a vital spot, at short range. Choose a .40 or .45 in- 

 stead, and a single-shooter. The short bullet will not be fitted to 

 the long chamber. 



C. B. W., California.— 1. Is a 12ft. sneakbox large enough for two 

 to cruise in? 2. What are the cheapest boxes built for, both 12ft. 

 and 14ft.? 3. Are they safe to sail in? 4. Would you advise B. L. 

 shotgun and rifle combined for Florida, or douhlebarreled B. L. 

 shotgun alone? 1. Yes. 2. The price varies from $30 to $200; see 

 the builders' catalogues. 3. Yes, if not over-rigged. 4. Take the 

 douolebarreled breechloader in preference to the other. 



Pug, Waterbury.— 1. Does a bitch in whelp need more exercise 

 than she will naturally take if given her liberty? 2. What kind 

 of dogs do you consider most likely to have distemper, and at what 

 age will it appear? 3. Which of the following breeds do you con- 

 sider the best to breed for profit, the St. Bernard, Great Dane or 

 cocker spaniel? Ans. 1. No. 2. Puppies from 3 to 7 or 8 months of 

 age. 3. St. Bernards, if any one of the three, but it is not always 

 safe to look for profits from the breeding of any breed. 



§m and ^iver Jflishing. 



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TO KEEP FISH FRESH. 



THINKING it may be of use to some of our brother 

 anglers, and the season being on hand, I would relate 

 my way of preserving trout which I intend to take home. 

 It may be an old thing, but I never have seen it in print 

 and to many an old woodsman it was quite new. I found 

 it by experimenting, and here it is: Kill your fish when 

 caught. Pick out the trout you wish to preserve, clean 

 them well, taking out the gills and all the clotted blood 

 on the backbone; wash them thoroughly in cold spring 

 water (be particular about that), sprinkle a little salt 

 along the backbone and let them dry off by ah- in a shaded 

 place. They need not be so dry that the skin draws, but 

 only in such a measure that no water drops off from them. 

 While they are drying, select a shady place under some 

 low bushes where the loam underneath is cool to the 

 hand. Dig a hole 1ft. deep by 2 or 3ft. long, according 

 to the quantity of your fish. Now put down one layer in 

 such a manner that none touches the other. Then put on 

 one inch of loam and put it down tightly with your hand. 

 Be also very particular about that. You may then put 

 in another layer and continue until the hole is filled up 

 to within 2in. from the top, when it is to be closed with 

 loam. If you take good care to close up every layer 

 tightly, you will find your fish at the end of six days as 

 fresh as when you put them in. I have kept them per- 

 fectly hard for ten days and then took them fifteen miles 

 out of the woods and expressed them to New York, where 

 they arrived in very good condition. In taking them out 

 for final transportation do not clean them of particles of 

 earth which may cling to them, but pack them closely hi 

 moss, and if you have it bundle all up in packing paper, 

 so as to exclude as much air as possible. Now try it and 

 you will have well conditioned fish to take home. 



PlSCATOR. 



The Undine Fishing Club of Eockaway, L. I., cele- 

 brated then annual opening on Decoration Day, May 30. 

 The members were out in full force, and the spacious 

 club house, with its wide verandas, presented an animated 

 scene. The reception committee, headed by Com. Taylor 

 and Dr. J. C. Ubert, welcomed a large number of visitors 

 in royal style. An elegant dinner was served at all hours. 

 Every one enjoyed themselves thoroughly. The club has 

 a fine house pleasantly situated and well appointed, and 

 its members are all good fellows who pass their spare 

 time in fishing and yachting. "We hope to be on hand to 

 help them "open" another season. — Biz. 



Write UPTHEGnovs & McLellan, Valparaiso, Ind., for new 

 catalogue of sportsmen's and civil engineers' wear.— Adv. 



