July 16, 1891.1 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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Clarksville, Teim.— Our bird hunters are looking for- 

 ward to good shooting this fall. The birds wintered well 

 and tlie crop bids fair to be unusually large. The bird 

 law is very well observed in this locality. The restless 

 shooter who can't bear the idea of his gun lying idle can 

 turn hiss attention to the trap. — ^B. 



MARyLAND.— Union Bridge, Carroll County, July 6.— 

 The hearty whistle of the Bjb White is beard often and 

 in all directions. While fishing several days ago I hooked 

 ten "cut lips" or "stone toters" {Exoglossum maxillingua), 

 but not a single game fish.— Bonart. 



HUNTING AND FISHING IN THE WEST. 



THERE 18 DO excitement so thrilling and healthful as that born 

 of the chase, and when the tremor of expectation has marred 

 tii6 aim, and its obj ct flies over the hills exultant, it is genuine 

 disappointmeDt wh(ch follows. Hunting: has been reduced to a 

 scieucc; hni the amatt ur's first idea is to find hig ,e;anie, and, hav- 

 luK foniid it, to blir/e h way for general results. Until some skill 

 has been acquired by practice the results are avt to be extremely 

 general, but never from lack of opportunity. 



AntL'loptts are tempting, albeit r,neir hnman-liko eyes bee with 

 muie eloquence from their liquid dopthsfor life. To find them, be 

 up early, and gun in hand, before the sun has risen; for two hours 

 then will give more shots than all the remainder of the day, for 

 it is then they are feeding, unconsciou=i of danger. On the vast 

 plains, where there is often no shrub, and where the level is like a 

 floor, It would Seem that their hiding was impossible; but there 

 are many ravines in which they may be sheltered secure from any 

 enemy. These same ravines permit the enemy to approach under 

 cover. Antelope meat is sweet and tender, and really creates an 

 appetite as it crisps over the oamp-fire, and sends its ai oma to the 

 omer edge of the circle of light. The flesh of the mountain slieen 

 is regal dtd as superior to any other trophy of the hunt, not ex- 

 cept! ns ttiat of elk or black-tailed deer, which, before the rare 

 toothsomeness of a juicy saddle, or the dripping ribs of a young and 

 leader mountain sneep, is found below par. The sheep inay be 

 chased into the wildest abyss, and to the loftiest mountain tops, 

 these di (Be ul ties tending only to make the pursuit more attrac- 

 tive, and many to follow it would give up buffalo, antelope, elk 

 and deer. North Park, Colo., is surrounued by sucti a formation 

 as makes it a tavoriie place for this game. The immense horns 

 and ihe bony forehead nature has given the animal often enables 

 it to baffle the pursuer by hurling itself from giddy heights and 

 alighting on the protecting frontal. Or it leaps frighi ful chasms 

 where no foot can follow, and if killed by an accurate bullet would 

 only decompose far out of reach. 



The most formidable antagonist to be met with is the grizzly 

 hear, which inhabits the higtier ranges of the Rocky Mountains. 

 To meet i t requires a steady hand and a stout heart. The best nerve 

 and i he besi weapons are not in vincible. Never fire at a grizzly 

 utiless a partner is near with rifle ready poised. To come within 

 the embrace of its migbty paws, which with one blow can bivak 

 the back of an ox, is to be crushed. And yet there is nothing to 

 which a nimrod will point with more pride than to a grizzly's 

 robe, with a hole through the portion which had covered the 

 heart. This bear may be found in autumn among the raspberry 

 patches; but the finder will usually steal quietly away. Ten to 

 one he has not "lott a bear." The cinnamon and common black 

 vai'iety attain great size, but they are lambs compared with their 

 great cousin. 



Tne Western water courses are mostprolific of black-tailed deer, 

 that come in little bands to drink just before sunrise or just after 

 sunset. They are at home in an altitude which no other variety 

 oanendtu'e, and graze in the highest parks near the summits. 

 Generally, four or five are together. The hunter is lucky who 

 bags more than one. It is lower down the mountain that the 

 whistle of the elk is heard as he plunges through the forest, with 

 Ms great horns laid back. It is a delightful sound to the sporTs- 

 man, who steals up for a shot in the gray of the dawn. He must 

 keep well hidden, for the eye of the elk is keen; and to the wind- 

 ward, for the scent is most acute. But by enough precaution a 

 splendid shot is obtained and some magnificent bull bounds away 

 in an instant, and falls with a crash— strong to the last. It is 

 then that the sportsman exults. 



The time was, and not many years ago, that to enjoy this sport, 

 long excursions were necessary by horse or wagon, but now the 

 most perfect hunting and fishing grounds are reached by the 

 divisions of the Union Paciflc. 



Antelope are found on all the plains adjacent to the Union Pa- 

 ciflc where there is any pasture. They abound in the parks of 

 Colorado and Wyoming, aud on the plains just east of the moun- 

 tains. Jack rabbits and smaller same are met with in great num- 

 bers in the smoother portions of the mountains and on the prairies. 

 Grizzly bear inhabit the more elevated peaks of the mountains, 

 and are especially numerous in the Uintah and Wahsatch ranges 

 of Utah, Wyoming and Montana. In Colorado and Idaho they 

 lurk about the rougher defiles, near the timber line. Black and 

 cinnamon bear, elk, black-tailed deer, mountain sheep and moun- 

 tain lions are comm m to all the higher regions of the range. In 

 Montana and Wyoming occasionally mountain goats and buffalo 

 are brought down. Ducks, geese, brant and other water lowl can 

 be found on the shores of all the rivers and lakes in the regions 

 traversed by the Union Paciflc. Nearly all the mountain brooks 

 and lakes abound in trout and otber varieties of fish. The Snake 

 Kiver and other tributaries of the Columbia are filled witb salmon. 

 The angler can scarcely go amiss in any nart of the region above 

 named. Prairie chicken, sage hen, quail, snipe and other land 

 birds are abundant every where. Eagles are picked off the peaks 

 of the Rocliies occasionally. In short, the country tributary to 

 the Union Paciflc everywhere presents attractions to the sports- 

 man. Perhaps The most famous aud favorite hunting ground of 

 North America to-day. is tUat portion of Wyoming lying north 

 and south of Rock Creek and Rawlins. In that region can be 

 found all varieties of game, from the mountain squirrel to tne 

 grizzly bear, and from the harmless beaver to the bellowing bul- 

 talo. Transportation thither can be engaged at Cheyenne, Lara- 

 mie, Rock Creek or Rawlins. Arrangements should be made for 

 camping out, and from two to six weeks should be spent in the 

 field to thoroughly enjoy the sport. The North Park of Colorado 

 is another lamous hunting ground where the largest game 

 abounds. Herds of 500 tlk are frequently seen. The Bear River 

 country, in Idaho, Utah aud Wyoming has been a glorious region 

 for disciples of the gtm and rod since the earliest days of Its dis- 

 covery. But, as said before, the hunter or fisherman can find 

 rare sport in almost any portion of the territory tributary to the 

 Union Paciflc. 



Among the several varieties of food-fash which are found in the 

 streams of Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, Utau. Oregon 

 and WaBhiugton m^.y be mentioned speckled mountain brook 

 trout, silver trout, bh-.ck trout, common trout, bass, pike, pickerel, 

 salmon, etc., some twenty-flve or more species abounding in the 

 Western water-courses. Particular attention is called to the 

 speckled mountain brook trout, here so common, for it is con- 

 sidered the finest food -fish, as well as the "gamiest" of all the 

 finny tribe, and consequently affords more ap irt to the angler. 



ITly-flshing for trout is good during the mouths of July, August, 

 Sep- ember aud October. Bait-flsuing Is generally good during the 

 early summer. The angleworm is good bail the world over. 

 Besides the artificial bait, which cau be procured anywhere, 

 nature provides an abundance of flies and worms along every 

 stream, which the auglor can readily hnd. 



Good troui fields are loimd in Platte Cafion, South Park, Middle 

 Park, North Park and H;sLeB Park; in Clear Creek Canon, Green 

 Lake, near Georgetown, and in Boulder Can m, all in Colorado; in 

 Blackfoot Creek, near Soda Springs, Idaho; in Yellowstone 

 National Park, and in almost aU the mountain streams of 

 Montana, Utah, Oregon ai.d Washington, particularly in the 

 northern streams of Idaho, around Hmtey, Ketchum and Boise 

 City. Write to E. L. Lomax, G. P. & T. A.. U. P. System, Omaha, 

 for a copy of 1891 "Gun CluD Rules and Kevised Ixame Laws" and 

 " Western Resort Book." Mention this paper.— Adu. 



SAVED M \KY Lives.— An example of the practical use to which 

 a iitfht sporting boat ma> be put was given in the terrible flood 

 which recently nearly overwhelmed the town of Cherokee, la. 

 The Associated Press despatches of June 29 contain the following 

 item: "Mr. Thos. M •Oulla, editor of the Times, rendered valuaole 

 service. In a light cauvas boat he ventured into the raging tor- 

 rent, and by his heroic conduct saved many lives." The boat re- 

 ferred to in this despatch was manufactured by Che Acme Folding 

 Boat Co., and weighed 45lbs.— Atiy. 



Names s^h Portraits of Bebds, by Gurdon Trumbull. A 

 took particularly interesting to gunners, for by its use they can 

 iJentlfy without question all the American game birds which 

 they mfty &ill. Cloth, 230 pagee, price 82.80, For salebyFOBBST 

 Aim STB1U.M. 



The Ptixii TEXTS of the game fish laws of all the States, 

 Territories and British Provinces are given in the -Boo7« of 

 tlie Game Laws. 



WHERE THE TROUT RISE. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



I promised to write you of my trip on my return from 

 New BrunSAvick and Canada. I reached home last Friday 

 after an absence of nineteen days. There were four of 

 n8 in the party. We had previously written Mr. Ray- 

 mond, of Edmonston, N. B., to get our guides and sup- 

 plies ready, together with a permit for fishing, which 

 upon our arrival we found he had done. We went from 

 Edmonston some fifteen miles up theTeraisconla railway, 

 where they kindly stopped and Jet us off. There we found 

 our guides and canoes waiting, but the man who was to 

 drag our canoes through the woods had to build a raft to 

 take his horses over the Madawaska River, which delayed 

 us. However, we went over with the canoes, aud while 

 getting dinner heard a number of shots fired in the woods 

 near by, and a Frenchman soon came out, saying, "Mo 

 kill two bear; want to see him?" We went in with him 

 and, sure enough, he had two bears, one a very large one 

 and the other small. 



After getting the horses over and helping to build the 

 drags, we started. It was rough, hard and very wet, and 

 we got only as far as Mud Lake that day, camped and 

 next morning started for our destination, Squatuck Lake. 

 I have been through some rougli places in my life, but 

 that trip beat them all. The brook from Mad Lake to the 

 river emptying into Squatuck was simply awful. We 

 had to wade over falls and rough places for miles, and the 

 last part of it being still water, the alders grew from each 

 side across the stream close down to the water, and we 

 could get along only by continually lifting them over our 

 heads and shoving the canoes through. To walk on the 

 shore was impossible, it was so tangled with underbrush. 

 After reaching the river we had better going, as the 

 stream is a fair-sized one, swift and full of trout. We 

 saw some beaver in this river and fresh moose tracks were 

 frequent on the banks. 



We reached Squatuck Lake about night. It is 8 miles 

 long, and is very seldom visited. We camped there some 

 eight days, and if there is a place in the world where trout 

 are plenty, it was just there. "There were trout galore.'" 

 We caught lake trout from 5 to ISlbs. until we were tired 

 of taking them ofl' the spoon and putting them back into 

 the water. Then as to fly-fishing, we took them on the 

 shores and out in the lake as well. Trout from ilh. to 

 4lb. would take the fly till one was tired of fishing. After 

 leaving this lake we oontintxed on through several lakes 

 and rivers, in all of which the fishing was equally good, 

 and fly-fishing in the rivers cannot be excelled. Some- 

 times we had on two or three at once. In coming down 

 one of the falls my Frenchman lost his balance and pitched 

 head foremost into the stream, and, as his feet caught 

 under the cross-bar of the canoe, he turned the boat over 

 and away I went into the swift running stream. He began 

 to swear in aU the languages he knew before he struck 

 the water, and kept it up till we reached the shore, much 

 to my amusement, wet as I was. However, all things 

 come to an end, and we got through at last. 



Although the fishing is the best I know of, I would 

 advise no one to make the trip we did, as "the game wiU 

 not pay for the powder." One can, however, have firat- 

 ciass fishing by going to Notre Dame on the Temisconta 

 railroad, cross that lake and go up the river we cacne 

 out say 2 to 4 miles. Mr. Raymond, of Edmonston, is a 

 reliable man and will fit one out with guides and canoes 

 for this or any other trip. I will give you our route and 

 distances: Madawaska River to Mud Lake, 6 miles 

 (awful); Mud Lake to Squatuck Lake, 12 miles (damna- 

 ble); Squatuck Lake, 8 miles long (good); Squatuck River 

 to Sugar Loaf Lake, 15 miles (fair); Sugar Loaf Lake, 4 

 miles, (good); Little Squatuck Lake, 6 miles (good); Dead 

 Water River to Two Lady Lake, 9 miles (good); Two 

 Lady Lake, 7 miles long, Two Lady River, i miles long, 

 swift water 4 miles, but excellent fiihing, to Temisconta 

 Lake. On Temisconta Lake, 15 miles to St. Rose station, 

 on the Temisconta railroad, thence 31 miles by rail to 

 Edmonston. From Edmonston 171 miles to Vauceboro, 

 Maine. Walter Aiken. 



FRANKniN Falls, N. H., July 6. 



SAINT MARY'S LAKES FISHING. 



THE St. Mary's Lakes are situated in the Rocky 

 Mountains, about nine miles south of the inter- 

 national boundary line. The outlet, the St. Mary's River, 

 is the south fork of the South Saskatchewan, The lower 

 lake is about seven miles long, and in places two miles 

 wide. The upper one, fifteen miles in length, reaches 

 back into the very heart of the mountains. The greatest 

 depth in the lower lake which I have found is 76ft., the 

 upper one must be very deep. About a mile from the 

 outlet I found bottom at 183ft., and beyond that made 

 no soundings. 



Tiiree varieties of trout are common here. The lake 

 trout {Salvelinus namaycush), the black-spotted trout 

 {Salmo purpuratus), and the Dolly Varden trout (Salve- 

 linus maltna), locally known as "bull" trout. The lake 

 trout are very plentiful in the upper lake. Trolling in 

 deep water one can catch them rigfit along of large size. 

 The largest one I ever caught weighed 351b3. 



The black-spotted trout are found along the shores of 

 the lakes in sliallow water, but are more plentiful in the 

 river. At the head of the upper lake, however, at the 

 entrance of several small streams, they are quite com- 

 mon, and average about Slbs. in weight. The largest one 

 I ever saw was caught here by Col Chas. Baring, of Lon- 

 don. It weighed 5lo8, plump. The inlets at the head of 

 the lake tumble down the mountain sides from glaciers 

 near by, and are of a milky color. Tlie trout which live 

 in this water are silvery green, the handsomest fish I 

 have seen. The black-spotted trout rise to the fly from 

 early spring until the lakes freeze up, and my experience 

 is that one fly is as good as another so far as color goes. 

 I think a hackle the best shape, be it red, white, brown, 

 or any other color. In the river these trout seem to pre- 

 fer a rather etili deep pool. I never had much success on 

 the riflles. 



The Dolly Varden trout here average about 41b8, in 

 weight; pne often gets th«m weighing eibs, The largest 



one I ever saw weighed 8Jlbs. I have never known them 

 to take an ordinary fly, but they will seize a small spin- 

 ner with avidity, and, once hooked, I think them the equal 

 to Salvelinus fontinalis in fighting qualities. They have 

 great endurance and will break water repeatedly. I 

 found that they frequent the deep pools and eddies in. 

 spring and early summer. Later on they seem to prefer 

 swift, shallow water. They seem to be a voracious fiish, 

 and yet, so far as my experience goes, their stomacbs are 

 generally empty, I was fishing once with a gentleman 

 at Red Eagle Falls when he hooked a black-spotted trout 

 which would weigh about }[h. While he was playing it 

 a Dolly Varden of even smaller size chased it around and 

 tried to eat it. 



Whitefish (Coregomis wilUamsoni) are very plenty here, 

 the young fry forming the principal diet of the trout. 

 The large lake trout, however, eat only adult whitefish: 

 one or more are always found in their stomachs. I be- 

 lieve that a 24lb. laker devours at least 300 whitefish in 

 a year, a total weight of 7o0lbg. The whitefish in the 

 lower lake average Stbs. in weight and are fatter and finer 

 flavored than those in the upper lake, which average 

 3j-lb3. This is probably caused by a greater variety of 

 food in the lower lake. It would seem that the glacial 

 water of the upper lake is too cold for the animalculse 

 which are their favorite food. 



The lake trout spawn in November; the black-spotted 

 trout all the year round, and the Dolly Varden, I believe, 

 in November. The whitefish begin to spawn in the lower 

 lake about Dec. 1, but in the upper lake not until January. 

 The lake trout, like the pike, will take almost any moving 

 bait. I once caught one which had a mink, two-thirds 

 grown, in its stomach. Twice I have found three dead 

 whitefish sticking out of their mouths which were too 

 large for them to swallow. 



Pike are common in the St. Mary's River, but one is 

 seldom caught in the lakes. Three only, so far as I know, 

 have ever been caught, ajid they were found near the 

 outlet of the lower lake, in a shallow, reedy place. 



J. W. SCHULTZ. 

 PiEOAN, Montana^ 



CANADIAN ANGLING NOTES. 



QUEBEC and Lake St. John, -within the past three or 

 four weeks, have been invaded by quite an army of 

 American anglers. From most of the salmon streams 

 come complaints that the fishing this season is not up to 

 that of former years, and some of the salmon fishermen 

 are now turning their attention to the gamy sea trout. 

 Lord Stanley of Preston, the Governor-General of Can- 

 ada has joined his family upon the Cascapedia, but even 

 this famous stream fails to afford anything like the sport 

 of former seasons. The long drought of the early sum- 

 mer and the consequent clearness of the water are largely 

 responsible for these unfavorable conditions. Nor is any 

 better sport furnished by the old favorite ti-out lakes of 

 Beatiport and St. Charles in the immediate vicinity of 

 Quebec. One has now to leave these far behind him in 

 order to get fishing worthy of _the name. 



Up the line of the Lake St. John Railway this season's 

 lake fishing has been, so far, much ahead of that in the 

 rivers. These lakes oft'er, probably, the best fishing in 

 North America. Two members of the Stadacona Club, 

 of Quebec, took recently in a day's fishing no fewer than 

 125 irout— 85 with the fly and the balance with minnows. 

 The largest fish of the lot weighed 4^1 bs., and two or 

 three others turned the scale at 4lb3, Messrs. E. J. 

 Meyers and A. W. Koehler, of New York, left Roberval 

 on the 5th inst. with four Indians in two canoes for a 

 hunting, fishing and camping expedition up the Peri- 

 bonca River, to last fifteen to twenty days. They have 

 with them one of the finest assortments of fishing rods 

 and tackle ever brought to Canada by so small a party, 

 running in value, as it does, from $500 to .$1,000. Other 

 camping parties have gone back from Roberval, a journey 

 of a day and a half up the Ouiatchouaniche River, where 

 in the lake whence it flows they found trout in profusion 

 of 4 and 51b8. in weight. 



Of the ouananiohe fishing at the Grande Discharge I 

 can speak from experience, having just retm-ned there- 

 from. I shall refrain from speaking of my own exploits, 

 having not yet sufficiently recovered from the mortifica- 

 tion caused by the loss of the traditional big fish. The 

 largest of these finny warriors are certainly guarded by 

 the demon of ill luck and their mouths are exceedingly 

 tender. I had excellent luck, considering the very bad 

 weather (heavy rain and a strong east vsdnd), but my 

 sport was not to be compared with that of many of those 

 whom it was my privilege to meet on the fishing grounds. 

 Some of their catches were exceedingly plentiful, Mr. 

 J. H. Botterell, of Qtiebec, returned on Monday from his 

 sixth annual visit to the Discharge. He was accompanied 

 this year by Mr. E, H. Botterell, of Montreal, and by 

 Messrs. F. Fairman and .John NichoUs, of the same city, 

 and the party took over 100 fish. The largest fish taken 

 out of the Discharge last week was killed by one of the 

 Montrealers, and weighed o^lbs. A New York gentle- 

 man, who was fishing there last Saturday, hooked a good 

 fish, when to his dismay and that of his guide they found 

 that they had forgotten the landing net ashore. The fish 

 relieved them of their embarrassment by jumping, in 

 the course of his contortions, right into tlie ca.n6e of his 

 captors. Mr. W. Lake Marler, formerly of Quebec, now 

 manager of the Merchants' Bank at Ottawa, was at the 

 Discharge with the Rev. C. Bancroft, of Sutton, while 

 Mr. Botterell and party were there, and also enjoyed ex- 

 cellent sport. So did Messrs. R. G. Mitchell and Geo. 

 Newbold, of New York. 



Among others who have had good success this season 

 so far with the ouananiohe may be mentioned Messrs. J. 

 L. Chamberlain, of Rochester, N. Y., and J. H. Osborne, 

 of Auburn, N. Y., members of the Alma Club; Mr. 

 Coates and p^irty, of the Springfield Club; Mr. John 

 Mackay and Mr. L. S. OdeU, of Quebec, and Messrs. 

 Flanders and Howell, of the Boston & Maine Railway. 

 Mr. C. R. Miller, editor of the New York Times, and Mrs. 

 Miller went to the Discharge on Sunday last for the third 

 consecutive season. Mrs. Sillier is an ardent and buccess- 

 ful angler and last season killed a ouananiohe weighing 

 nearly tilbs. Other fishermen and ladies now at the Dis- 

 charge are E. McCarthy, son of Senator McCarthy and 

 Geo. B. Green way, of Syracuse; O. M. Lea and A. H, 

 Lea, of Philadelphia; Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Lawrence, Ji-., 

 and Miss Lawrence, of New York; Mr, and Mrs. W. J. 

 Kimmont and Mx". and Mrs. 0. P. Choate, of Detroit, and 

 W. K Geger and R. Jj. Fox, of Ononta, N. Y. 

 It has become quite the proper thing this eeanon tox 



