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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[March 10, 1SS2, 



The Ozark Coujs try. —Editor Forest and Stream: 

 will not some of your readers familiar with the Ozark 

 region as a game country give us through these columns 

 an account of it? I am sure that the subject would inter- 

 est a large number besides myself.— Brigh am, 



If a partridge could read it would give him unal- 

 loyed satisfaction to peruse the trap pages of the Forest 

 and Stream, and reflect that the tens of thousands of 

 shots there recorded are all spent ammunition so far as 

 the partridge tribe are concerned. 



THE NEW YORK GAME BILL. 



THE most important sections of the Gould bill are 

 given in their full text below. For summary of 

 other portions of the bill see last issue. The bill was 

 considered by the Legislature last Monday night and on 

 Tuesday: and important changes were made. Sec. 149, 

 which opened the woodcock season in Lewis, Warren, 

 Fulton, Hamilton and Saragato counties, Aug. 14, was 

 killed. The woodcock season is made to open Sept. 14, 

 everywhere except on Long Island, where the date is 

 Nov. 10, Sec. 49 protecting hares and rabbits was 

 stricken out on the ground that they are pests; there is 

 now no protection for them except on Long Island. 

 Sec. 79 was so amended as to protect robins at all times, 

 also blackbirds. The prohibition of carrying guns on 

 Sunday was killed. Sec. 70 was amended to permit kill- 

 ing wildfowl on Hudson River below Troy to May; Sec. 

 153 1 by striking out "in any county adjoining;'' Sec. 243 

 by striking out "such protector or peace officer," etc., to 

 end. 



An amendment was adopted to prohibit purse-nets 

 from Long Island Sound between Westchester county 

 and Long Island. 



The speckled trout opening was changed from May 1 to 

 April 15. Sec. 139 requiring non-residents to pay a license 

 fee of § L0 to shoot in Richmond county (Staten Island) 

 was killed. Sec. 143 permitting trout fishing in Spring 

 Brook creek was killed. 



Certain of the sections here given were put into type 

 before the amendments above noted had been made. 



40. Deer —Wild deer shall not be caught, shot at. bunted or 

 killed between the 1st day of November and the 15th dav of 

 August following. No person shall kill or take alive more than 

 two dper in any season. 



41. Venison.— Wild deer or venison shall not be possessed or 

 sold between the loth day of November and the 15th day of 

 August foUowing, and possession thereof, between the 1st day of 

 November and the 15th day of November is forbidden and shall 

 be deemed a violation of this section unless it be proved by the 

 po'SFSsor or seller that such deer or venison was killed within the 

 lawful period for killing or out of the State. 



15. Fawns.— Nu> fawns shall be caught or killed at any time in 

 this Stale, nor any part thereof be possessed at anv timp, posses- 

 sion of fawns shall be presumptive evidence of the violation of 

 this section. 



43. Traps.— Traps or any device whatsoever to catch or entice 

 deer, including salt-licks, shall not be made, set or used, and deer 

 shall not be caught, hunted or killed by aid or use thereof.* 



44. Hounding.— Deer shall not be hunted with dogs between the 

 11th day of October and the lOtb day of September following. 

 Dogs of the breed commonly used for hunting deer shall not be 

 permitted by the owner or person harboring the same to run at 

 large between such dates, in the forest where deer inhabit. Deer 

 shall not be bunted witb dogs in the counties of St. Lawrence, 

 Delaware, Green, Ulster at anytime, or in Sullivan county be- 

 tweeu the 1st day of December and the 1st day of October. 45. 

 Dogs, while chasing deer in violation of law, may be killed by 

 any person. 



46. Transportation.— Deer or venison killed in this State shall 

 not be transported to any point within the State from or through 

 any of the counties thereof or possessed for that purpose, except 

 as follows; One carcass or a part thereof may be transported 

 from the county where killed when accompanied by the owner. 

 The possession of deer or venison by common carriers, unaccom- 

 panied by the owner, is a violation of ibis section. This section 

 does not apply to the head and feet or skin of deer severed from 

 the bodv. 



47. Crusting and Yarding.— Deer shall not be hunted, killed 

 or captured by what is commonly known as crusting nor while 

 thpy are yarded. 



49. Hares and Rabbits.— Hares and rabbits shall not be 

 hunted, shot at, killed or possessed between the 1st day of Janu- 

 ary and the 1st day of September, nor shall they be caught in 

 traps, nor shall traps be set to catch them, except as provided by 

 Sec. 169. [Sec. 49 stricken out.] 



50. Squirrels —Black and gray squirrels shall not be hunted, 

 shot at, killed, or possessed after the same have been killed, be- 

 tween the 1st day of January and the 1st day of September, 

 except as provided by Sec. 171 



70. Wildeowl.— Web-footed wildfowl, except geese and brant, 

 shall not be pursued, shot at, hunted, killed, possessed or sold 

 between the 1st day of March and the 1st day of September, 

 except as provided by Sec. 161, and shall not be pursued, shot at, 

 hunted or killed between sunset and sunrise. 71. Web-footed 

 wildfowl shall not be pursued, shot at, hunted, killed or caught 

 in any way, save with gun raised at arm's length and fired from 

 the shoulder without other rest: nor from any boat other than a 

 boat propelled by band or floating device, except as provided by 

 Sec. 162; nor by the use of any bough-house at a greater distance 

 than 50ft. from eitcer the shore or a natural growth of grass or 

 flags. Such fowls caught or killed, in any manuer prohibited by 

 this section, shall not be brought to the shore, sold or possessed. 



72. Quail.— Quail shall not be pursued, shot at, hunted or 

 killed between rue 1st day of January and the 1st day of Novem- 

 ber, except as provided in Sec. 165. 73 Quail shall not be sold or 

 possessed between the 1st day of February and the 1st day of 

 November, but possession thereof between the 1st day of January 

 and the 1st day of February is forbidden and shall be deemed a 

 violation of this section, unless it be proved by the possessor that 

 said birds were killed within the lawful periods for killing the 

 same or outside the State. 



74. Woodcock and Grouse.— Woodcock, ruffed grouse, com- 

 monly known as partridge, or any member of the grouse family, 

 shall not be pursued, shot at, hunted or killed between the 1st day 

 of January and tbe 1st day of September, except as provided by 

 Sees. 164 and 119. 75. Woodcock, ruffed grouse, commonly known 

 as partridge, or any member of the grouse family, shall not be 

 sold or possessed between the 1st day of February and the 1st 

 day of September, and possession or sale thereof between the 1st 

 day of January and the 1st day of February is forbidden and shall 

 be deemed a violation of this section, unless it be proved by the 

 possessor or seller that said birds were killed within the lawful 

 period for killing the same or out of the State, except as provided 

 by Sees. 149 and 164. 76. Woodcock, ruffed grou«e, commonly 

 known a« partridge, or any member of the grouse family, or quail 

 killed in this State, shall not be transported to any point, within 

 this State, from any of the counties thereof, or possessed for that 

 purpose, except that such birds maybe transported from toe 

 county where killed when accompanied by the owner thereof. 

 Possession of the birds named, by a common carrier, unaccom- 

 panied by the owner, is a violation of this section, unless it be 

 proved by such common carrier that the birds were killed out of 

 tbe State. 



149. Woodcock in Certain Counties.— Woodcock shall not be 

 hunted, shot at, killed or possessed in the counties of Lewis, 

 Warren, Fulton, Hamilton and Saratoga between the 1st day of 

 January and the 1st day of August, (sec. 149 stricken out.] 



77. Plover, Snipe.— Willow's [.Wilson's], commonlv known as 

 English snipe, plover, mudhen, gallinule, grebe, bittern, surf 

 bird, curlew, water chicken, bay snipe or shore birds, shall not 

 be pursued, shot at, hunted, killed or possessed between the 1st 

 day of January and the 1st day of September, except as provided 

 by See. 163. 



79. Robins, Blackbirds, Meadow Larks.— Robins, blackbirds 

 and meadow larks shall not be shot at, hunted, killed or possessed 

 after they have been killed, between the 1st day of January and 

 the 1st day of November. 



61, Snaring, Netting, Trapping.— Ruffed grouse, commonly 

 known as partridge, or any member of the grouse family, or 



quail, shall not be trapped, netted or snared, nor sball any per- 

 son possess any of said birds, so taken, nor shall any net, tran or 

 snare of any kind commonly used for taking mffed grouse, or any 

 member of the grouse family, or quail, be set. Any such net, 

 trap or snare is declared to be a public nuisance and may be 

 abated and summarily destroyed. 



105. Trout.— Trout of any kind shall not be fished for, caught, 

 killed or possessed between the 1st day of September and the 1st 

 day of May following, except as provided by Sees. 166 and 148. 108. 

 Trout of any kind, salmon trout or landlocked salmon, less than 

 six inches in length, shall not be intentionally taken or possessed, 

 and in case any such fish is caught or taken, the person taking it 

 shaU immediately place such fish back in tbp waters from which 

 it was taken, without unnecessary injury. 107. Trout of any kind, 

 salmon trout or landlocked salmon, sball not be willfully molested 

 or disturbed while upon their spawning beds during the close 

 season, nor shall such fish or any spawn or milt from any such 

 fish be taken or carried away while upon tbe spawning beds. 



108. Salmon Trout andLand locked Salmon shall not be fished 

 tor, caught or killed, in the inland waters of this State between 

 the 1st day of October and the 1st day of May following, nor shall 

 such fish so caught be possessed, except as otherwise provided by 

 Sees. 116 and 167. 116. it shall be lawful to possess and sell at any 

 time salmon trout, sometimes known as lake trout, if said fish 

 have not been taken from the inland waters of this State during 

 the close season, but possession of such fish between the 1st day 

 of October and the 1st day of May following is forbidden and 

 shall be deemed a violation of Sec. 108, unless* it be proved by the 

 possessor that such fish were not caught in such inland waters 

 during the close season. 



109. Transportation.— Trout of any kind, salmon trout or 

 landlocked salmon, caught in any of the inland waters of this 

 State, shall not be transported to any point within the Slate from 

 any of the counties thereof, or possessed for that purpose, except 

 when accompanied by the owner. Possession thereof by a common 

 carrier, unaccompanied by the owner is a violation of this section. 



110. Black Bass, or Oswego bass, shall not be fished for, caught, 

 killed or possessed between the 1st day of Januarv and the 30th 

 day of May, except as provided by Sees. 144 and 168. ill. No black 

 bass less tban Sin. in length shall be intentionally taken from any 

 of the waters of this State, nor possessed, and in case any such fish 

 is caught or taken the person taking it shall immediatelv return 

 it to the waters from which it was taken without unnecessary 

 injury. 



j 112. Muskallonge shall not be fished for, caught, killed or pos- 

 sessed between the 1st day of January and the 30th dav of May. 



113 Salmon shall not be fished for, caught, or killed between 

 the 15th day of August and the 1st day of March following, nor 

 shall such fish taken between those dates in this State be possessed. 

 114. No salmon less than 18in. in length shall be intentionally 

 taken from any of the waters of this State, nor possessed, and in 

 case any such fish is caught or taken the person taking it shall 

 immediately place such fish back in the waters from which it was 

 taken without unnecessary injury. 



115. Size of Meshes.— The use of seines, pound -nets, gill-nets or 

 fykes for taking fish tbe meshes of which shall be less than l^gin. 

 bar is forbidden, except as provided by Sees. 134, 146, 147 and 173. 



LFor summary of exceptions and local fishing laws, see last 

 issue.] 



SOME OP THE PROSECUTION SECTIONS. 



230. Actions.— All penalties imposed by this chapter may be 

 sued for and recovered in the name of "the people of the State of 

 New York." 231. Actions for penalties, and as provided in Sec. 

 230, shall be brought in the name of the people on order of the 

 chief protector or by direction of either the Commissioners, who 

 are hereby authorized, in their discretion, to employ special coun- 

 sel to commence and maintain such actions, and the compensation 

 of such special counsel may be fixed and allowed by the Commis- 

 sioners. 232. Actions for penalties imposed by this act may be 

 brought in any county where the penalty shall be incurred, in any 

 county adjoining, or in the county where defendant resides, sub- 

 ject only to the right to remove the same to any other county 

 adjoining that in which the psnalty shall be incurred, or in which 

 the action shall have been brought as aforesaid, for cause shown 

 as provided by the code of procedure. But the same shall not be 

 changed to the county wherein the offense was committed. 236. 

 Any individual, upon giving security for costs, unless he shall be 

 the owner or lessee of the premises upon which it shall be claimed 

 the penalty was incurred; and any society or corporation or agent 

 of any society or association for the protection of fish or game 

 may recover in his or its name all penalties provived for by this 

 act with costs, but on recovery by the plaint iff in such case of a 

 less sum than fifty dollars, plaintiff shall only be entitled to costs 

 to the amount of such recovery. Such person shall be entitled to 

 one-half of the penalty recovered, the other half to be paid to the 

 Board of Commissioners. * * * 



243. Arrest and Trial.— Any protector or peace officer may, 

 without warrant, arrest any person committing a misdemeanor 

 under the provisions of this chapter, in his presence, or where 

 such a misdemeanor has been committed and he has reasonable 

 cause for believing the person to be arrested to have committed 

 it, and take such person immediately before a justice of the peace 

 or police justice or other magistrate having jurisdiction, who 

 shall proceed without delay to hear, try and determine the matter 

 and give and enforce judgment according to the allegations and 

 proofs. Such protector or peace officer may cause any chest, 

 locker, box, crate, basket or packages in possession of sncb per- 

 son to be broken open and the contents examined, and may enter 

 upon any skiff, boat or vessel and search any and all parts thereof 

 for that purpose. 



248. Witnesses.— No person shall be excused from giving evi- 

 dence in any civil or criminal aciion, prosecution, or proceeding, 

 under or authorized by this act, on the ground that the evidence 

 might tend to convict such witness of a crime, or misdemeanor, 

 or to establish the liability of such witness under any of the pro- 

 visions thereof; but such evidence sball not be received against 

 such witness in any civil or criminal action, prosecution, or pro- 

 ceeding. 



SUPERVISOBS' ORDINANCES. 



272. Ordinances of Supervisors Repealed.— Ail laws or 

 ordinances heretofore passed by any board of supervisors of any 

 county in this State, relating to birds, fish, shell fish and wild 

 animals are hereby repealed, except the laws parsed by the super- 

 visors of the county ot Suffolk in respect to salt-water fishing and 

 in respect to shell fish, and boards of supervisors, except as pro- 

 vided by Sees. 173 and 273, sball hereafter have no power or 

 authority to pass any regulation or ordinance relating to birds, 

 fish, Bt-ell fish or game contrary to the provisions of this chapter. 

 [173 gives Suffolk county supervisors authority as to salt water 

 fish and shell fish.] 



273. Powers of supervisors.— Boards of supervisors may pass 

 at their annual session such ordinances as shall afford additional 

 protection to and further restrictions for the protection of birds, 

 fish, shell fish and wild animal*, except wild deer, but no such 

 ordinance shall he operative until a duly authenticated copy 

 thereof shall have been filed in the office of the clerk of the 

 county, and published in the papers in such county in which the 

 session laws are published, and filed in the office of tne Secretary 

 of State, and it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to fur- 

 nish a copy of such ordinance to the chief game protector, and to 

 print all such ordinances in the volume of session laws for the 

 current years. No such ordinance shall take effect until the 1st 

 day of May next after its paesage. 



274. Additional Powers— The board of supervisors of any 

 county may raise by tax any sum not exceeding $1,000 in any 

 year, to aid in the enforcement of tbe provisions of this chapter. 



long island game and Fisn. 



160. This article applies exclusively to the counties of Kings, 

 Queens, Suffolk and Long Island Sound. 



161. Wildfowl —Web-footed wildfowl, except wild geese and 

 brant, shall not be shot at, hunted, ailed or possessed between the 

 1st day of May and the 1st of day October, or shall not be pursued, 

 shot at, hunted or killed between sunset and daylight. 162. Float- 

 ing devices may be used for the purpose of shooting web-footed 

 wildfowl theretrom in the Long Island sound. Great South Bay 

 west of Smith's Point, Sbinneeoek and Peconic bays and in any 

 part of said counties said birds may be pursued and killed from 

 boats propelled by hand, and from any sail boats in Long Island 

 sound, Gardiner and Peconic bays. 



163. Plover, Snipe —Plover, Willows [Wilson'sl commonly 

 known as English snipe, rail, sand-piper, mud-hen, gallinule, 

 grebe, bittern, surf -bird, snipe, curlew, water-chicken, bay-snipe 

 or sbore-birds, of any kind, shall not be shot at, killed or possessed 

 between the 1st dsy of January and the 1st day of July. 



164. Woodcock and Grouse.— Woodcock, ruffed grouse, com- 

 monly known as partridge, or any member of the grouse family, 

 shall not be hunted, shot at or killed between the 10th dav of 

 January and the 10th day of; November, nor possessed or sold be- 

 tween the 1st day of February and tbe 10th" day of November, 

 and possession thereof between the 10th day of January and the 

 1st day of February, is forbidden, and shall be deemed a violation 

 of this section, unless it be proved by the possessor or seller that 

 said birds were killed within the lawful period for killing the 

 same, or out of the State. 



166. Trout —Trout shall not be fished for, caught, killed, sold or 



possessed between the 1st day of September and the 1st day of 

 April following. 



167. Salmon Trout and Landlocked Salmon.— Salmon tront 

 and landlocked salmon shall not be fished for, caught, killed, sold 

 or possessed between tbe 1st day of October and the 1st day of 

 April following, except as otherwise provided bv Sec. 116. 



168. Black Bass.— Black bass shall not ba fished for, caught, 

 killed or possessed between the 1st day of January and the 80 :h 

 day of May. 



169. Hares and Rabbits.— Hares and rabbits sball not be shot 

 at. bun t<>d, killed or possessed between the IQfch day of Jan oar v 

 an<i the lOnh day of November. 



170. Deer.— Deer shall not be shot at, hunted or killed for fiv* 

 years from the 11th day of August, 1892, except from the 10th to 

 the 16th day of November inclusive. 



171. Squirrels.— Black and gray squirrels sball not be bunted, 

 shot at, killed or possessed between the 10th dav of January and 

 the 10th day of November. 



172. Jamaica Bay.— Fish shall not be fished for, caught or killed 

 by any device except angling, which shall be lawful on any day 

 of the year between the 1st dav of April and t be 1st day of Decem- 

 ber in the waters of Jamaica Bay or the inlet thereof. No striped 

 bass, sea bass or blackfish under 6in. in length sball be taken in 

 said waters; if any are taken, the samn shall be returned to the 

 water without unnecessary in jury. The inlet of Jamaica Bay 

 shall not be willfully obstructed by any net or device so as to pre- 

 vent tbe passage of fish therein at any time. This section does 

 not. prevent the catching of eels by the use of spear or eel weir, 

 or the capture of fish for bait or shrimp by means of hand or east- 

 nets. 



COMPARATIVE LIST OF CLOSE SEASONS. • 



The season designated in the first line, for each species, is that 

 of the present law; in the lower line is that of the Gould bill: 

 i, Stqte Law. Long Island. 



Deer Nov. 1 to Aug. 15. Nov. 1 to Aug. 15, 



Nov. 1 to Aug. 15. Nov. 17 to Nov. 10. 



Hounding Oct. 20 to Sept. 1. Oct. 10 to Oct. 1. 



Oct. 11 to Sept. 10. Nov. 17 to Nov. 10. 



Wildfowl May 1 to Sept. 1. May 1 to Oct. 1. 



March 1 to Sept. 1. May 1 to Oct. 1. 



Quail Jan. 1 to Nov. L Jan. 1 to Nov. 1. 



Jan. 1 to Nov. 1. Jan. 1 to Nov. 1. 



Grouse Jan. 1 to Sept. 1. Jan. 1 to Nov. 3L 



Jan. 1 to Sept. I. Jan. 10 to Nov. 10. 



Woodcock Jan. 1 to Sept. 1. Jan. 1. to Sept. L 



Jan. 1 to Sept. L Jan. 10 to Nov. 10. 



Snipe Jan. 1 to July 10. 



Jan. 1 to Sept. 1. Jan. 1 to July 1. 



Robin At all times. Jan. 1 to Nov, 1. 



At all times. At all times. 



Hare Feb. 1 to Nov. L Feb. 1 to Nov. 1. 



No protection. Jan. 10 to Nov. 10, 



Squirrel Feb. 1 to Aug. 1. Feb .1 to Aug. 1. 



Jan. 1 to Sept. 1. Jan. 10 to Nov. 10. 



8peckled trout Sept. 1 to April 1 . - Sept. 1 to April 1. 



Sept. 1 to April 15. Sept, 1 to A pril 1. 



Salmon trout Sept. 30 to April 1. Sept. 30 to April 1. 



Oct. 1 to May 1. Oct. 1 to April 1. 



Black bass Jan. 1 to May 30. Jan, 1 to May 20. 



Jan. 1 to May 30. Jan. 1 to May 30. 



Muskallonge Jan. 1 to May 30, Jan. 1 to May 30. 



Jan. 1 to May 30. Jan. 1 to May 30. 



The present law allows an individual 3 deer in a season: tbo 

 Gould bill reduces the limit to 2. The law forb'ds ferrets for rab- 

 bits; the bill does not. The law gives a later trout, season to the 

 Forest Preserve; the bill makes the seasons uniform. 



"That reminds me." 



MAJE was "no good" any way. In the first place he 

 was "yallet", besides he wouldn't follow anything 

 but rabbits, and then he wouldn't bark, but would squeal 

 instead like a young pig. None of the boys liked Maje 

 much, but Laura did, so he was allowed to live at the 

 farm. Walter C. lived up the road a little way and used 

 to come down consiberable, sometimes to go hunting with 

 the boys, but mostly to see Laura. One moonlight even- 

 ing he came down and found the boys getting ready to go 

 out after foxes. Walter C. thought lots of Laura, but he 

 thought lots of fox hunting as well, so he went home for 

 his gun and joined the party. Now Maje had a bad trick 

 of going with the other dogs and leading them off on a 

 rabbit track, at which times he would bark as well as any 

 dog. So the boya told Laura' to keep Maje in the house 

 that night, and started on their hunt. Walter C, and a 

 companion had just got stationed when they heard the 

 dogs coming right for them. Eagerly they watched up 

 the old blind road, and they soon saw the whole pack com- 

 ing, led by a yellow streak. '-That's Ma je," said Walter 

 C. in disgust, and he set his gun against a tree and waited 

 for the culprit. When he got abreast, the disappointed 

 hunter jumped for him, and landed sprawling in his wake, 

 but the yellow streak was too quick for him, and the 

 dogs were soon out of sight and finally out of hearing. 

 Wrathfully the hunters returned home, and there under 

 the stove lay Maje sleeping the sleep of the innocent. 

 Walter C, had jumped for a fox. Darb*. 

 Plymouth, Mass. 



Fmir years ago a part of seven or eight men went up to 

 the Seeberry Stillwater, on the West Canada Creek, after 

 deer. With them were eight dogr, one a pup mongrel 

 that had never smelled a track. During the first day's 

 hunt the dog showed a great desire for camp, especially 

 as his nose had been jammed in a bear's track that day. 



The owner said it could live one more day and that was 

 all, unless it showed better spirit than that. 



At breakfast next morning the health of the dog was 

 drunk, first out of a four-quart pail of tea, made of two 

 handsful of black tea. Then something stronger was 

 proposed. Then, as the dog evinced a desire to drink out 

 of the tea pail, a large tin cup of Crow whisky was put 

 down for the pup's benefit. That pleased the pup won- 

 derfully; he drained the cup to the last drop. 



The pup's poor qualities never showed again, for he ran 

 into the woods and started a deer and put it to water in 

 fifteen minutes after his "nip." A guide said that he 

 never saw a dog run so well before or since. 



Fortunately the dog ran without dosing after that. He 

 was shot while chasing sheep a year later. 



WOODCHITCK. 



North wood, N. Y. 



A party of six were in a hunting camp on a small 

 stream heading at the base of the Rockies. Four were 

 ranchers and two were city braves fresh from office work, 

 The latter had brought to camp with them a new and 

 very handsome Kodak. En route to camp views of every 

 pretty piece of landscape were duly recorded by Mr. 

 Kodak. The next day in camp Mr. Kodak goes a fishing 

 and sketches all sorts of pretty holes and nooks and every- 

 thing of interest excepting the fish. They were in the 

 next creek over the hill. The third day. our two braves 

 having heard of three big deer hanging up in the trees on 

 top of a high mountain, decided to make the attempt to 



