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FORE.ST AND STREAM. 



[Jan. 26, 1898. 



idea, of line of effort is to establish these httle organiza- 

 tions erery where you can. Get good men. G-et theni in- 

 terested. The chief obstacle has been the determination 

 of the fishermen, 



Niagara County Anglers' Club. 



F. K, Sweet— The Niagara County Anglers' Club was 

 organized in 1876. We commenced with a membership 

 of 11 and now number 140 active jiiet libera;. Our annual 

 dues are $3 and every member is in good standing, that 

 is, his dues are paid. We ha\'e an annual tournament. 

 This last summer at our tournament there wei'e 1,100 fish 

 caught. The day was -\ er.r windy and \vas not as good a 

 day for fishing as miglit )iave heeu. Altogetlier there 

 were 219 black bass, the smnhest of which w'as lib. loz. 

 and the largest 4113. 5oz. The cost of the tournament, 

 chartering a regular train and steamer, was |248, the 

 balance on hand in our treasury being !|925.7o. 



The club is harmonious and entlmsiastic in preventing 

 lUeanl h-hiiit, Jhetlnl) |)lii)t(d ui I'^M) ^lO 000 lalmou 

 trv m Henderson llarliof. We now catch them up to 

 20ni. in length and hnd them to he \-erv fine fi.sh. Game 

 and Fish Pi-oi.ect(_)r (_ liarles Ri]_)son has done some noble 

 work and our club would recommend that he be better 

 paid, as it requires all his time and lie is a man ot large 

 lamih Hf hi i^ki d iIk \m hi (. ()unt\ ( lui) to pui 

 chase him a boat. A\ e know Ije is domu- good work. 

 There are a lot ot .sharks at AVdsoii. at the nioutli ot 

 Niagara River, that liave to be watclied between 1 o clock 

 and daylight. It is probabh- tlie worst spot on earth for 

 illegal hshmg. or has lieen. but tliroudi the aid of Mr. 

 Ripson we have stopped the most ot it. Mr. Ripson secured 

 a net a half-mdc m lenath and b or 10ft. m Avidth aliout 

 two montlis ago. t his is the last .seizure he has made. 



Uiere is one |>rovision m regard to nets that, oui' (!iiil) 

 IS ojiposed to. It IS tlie size of the 1)ai-. It is t>ntirelv 

 Loo sin ill l]n\eluu a sim])le ot ihis n( I lint ^\ is 

 captured. It should be at least a 2in. bar: this ^\-lll catch 

 almost any tiling. The legal net is Um. There have been 

 some Lo or 1-i nets destroyed. It has been necessary tor 

 the proiccior to do most ot his work at night. The net- 

 ting is nearly broken up. 



\\ c nave a \-ery eiVLlinsiastic membership. We want.to 

 co-oijei ate with chis Association and other organizations, 

 and to be with vou m assisting in the culture of hsh. the 

 protection ol ;;iune and the disKeinination of right senti- 

 ment generally. 



Trout Brook Fish and Game Club. 



Hi!. M. R. Smith — In August. In!»2. we oriramzed the 

 Trout f-irooU [<ish and (iame ( hihot Mcdir'awville. After- 

 vs-ard ^\^e came to the conclusion that it would strengthen 

 us to become a. member ot tlie State organization. Wp. 

 have a little district there what. I suppose, is like other 

 disliut-. et it sf c ni'- i( mk 1h it ^\ i h id moic ditdnuned 

 opposition to all law in that district than in any other 

 place in the world. 1 am riding nights — ^mjMiccupation 

 is til at of a pliysician — and 1 remember going over a trout 

 Btream nine niglits last summer, when i saw from 1 to 15 

 jack-lights every night. 



We sent a gentleman to represent us before the Board 

 of Cortland county. There we met a most determined 

 opposition, and they "sat down on'" us most vigorously. 

 They refused to appoint a special pi-ofector; said they had 

 no right to do so. W^e asked them 1:.o shorten the' time 

 when tnait could be caught in our streams, from the loth 

 of Aijril in the 1st or July or the middle of July. They 

 said the}- liad no power to make any such change; that 

 it was a State kuv. They opened on our steams saw- 

 mills and persistett in emptying the sawdust into the 

 stream; and then coal ashes were emptied on the ice. W"e 

 y^usli to know how we are to proceed with those sawmill 

 nuisances and the garbage and j)riyies, for privies are built 

 out on the stream. We want to know how \ye are to pro- 

 ceed against these parties, and what steps we are to take. 

 We ha\'e -^vorkc-d the best we could ^vith the knowledge 

 we had, and \s'e are, of coui'se, a very ^ cmiig organization 

 .and poor. AVe made our yearly dues to commence with 

 50 cents, and every man has paid his dues: we have an 

 organization now of thirtj^ two. 



Syracuse Indoor ShootuTgr Club. 



Mk. Ghahles H. Mowrt— Tlie Indoor Shooting Club 

 may not appear applicable to the protection of fish and 

 game, but its members are composed of active and enthu- 

 siastic sportsmen, who desire the iirotection of fish and 

 game to the fullest extent. I can onty speak in a general 

 way in relation to its work. W'hat active protection work 

 we have done has onl}- been as an adjunct to other associ- 

 ations in this cimnty. ' 



Our District Attorney is apparently with us, heartily 

 in accord with our intentions, and has signified his inten- 

 tion of working with us. AVe have recently, tlirough 

 hard work and active measures, secured an appropriation 

 from our Board of Supervisors of this county of $500 to 

 apply for the protection of fish and ,aame. [A delegate — 

 "First case on record." | Tliere is an example foi- other 

 counties to follow, 



Onondag-a Sportsmen's Club. 



Mr. Wiedman, of the Onondaga Sportsmen's Club — Our 

 club has had very little to do lately oi- for some years back 

 with fisli and game protection, but they are now making 

 a better eft'ort in botli. Lately there were seventy pai'- 

 tridges shipped into town. They were seized. They had 

 been pui'chased by a grocery firm. We commenced action 

 against them. We have another action now against 

 the same fiarty for the same offense. The action com- 

 menced first was settled yesterday for 1150 and costs. 

 Anglers' Association of Onondaga. 



Mk, AV alter MacGregor— Forty gentlemen met three 

 years ago and organized the Anglers" Association here in 

 Syracuse. It was to be primarily a protective associa- 

 tion. We fixed the initiation fee at $3. The money received 

 ■ was paid out in engaging detectiA'es who would" discovei- 

 idolaters of the laws and for prosecution. We determined 

 to punish these violators, not by criminal action, because 

 we did not think the grand jury had been sufiiciently 

 educated, but we determined to reach their pocket-books. 

 Our first agent was Harry Hawn, who was %vith us some 

 eighteen months, and captured some 3r>(j nets besides cap- 

 turing a good many men and recovering judgments. Our 

 Association noAV consists of o4U memljers. and there is an 

 annual income of 8600. Every LloUar of that money has 

 been used to pay the wages of our special detective." We 

 liave driven. I think, three-quarters of the illegal fisher- 

 men of this county out of the business. AVe have educated 

 the people so that they see the merits of our work. The 



sympathies of the common people are with us, and that is 

 the surest indication of tlie work that is being don'e. 

 Smce Mr, Ha\yn has left us. to be a State Game Protector, 

 we have had Mr. Jackson, who has destroyed over 100 

 nets, besides capturing a great many men. I believe that 

 the iknglers' Association has done' more to educate^the 

 people in Onondaga county than ail other influences put 

 together. 



Protection in Jefferson County. 



Mr, Geo. H, Strou<;h— I would like to say a word with 

 reference to Jeft'erson count}', and incidentallj' do justice 

 to one of the best protectors the State boasts of. I simply 

 read you tlie work that has been done hv Protector Jo.sepii 

 Nortlirap in District No. 11 during the year 1892, He 

 seized 11 trap nets, 21 gill nets, ITS scoop nets, 42 set lines. 

 Of the three actions commenced, one settled <in payinent 

 of $150 damages: one tried in Supreme Court resulted in 

 a fine of IriO: one is to be tried at the next term of court, 



Chemung County Sportsmen's Club. 



(JHEMUNG toUNTV SPURT.SMBX S ( 'LIB- Eliuira. iS.\.. .J.ltl. 11, Clias. 



1^. Reynolds. President: I would be trlcul to be present at vour eon- 

 vention and regret exceedinglv uiv inaljibtv to do so: but I have been 

 elected Distviet Attorney- ot this eouutv. and shall be engaged m court 

 all ot this week .so that it will he iinpos.sible tor me to get away. 



In retejeiiee to the matter ot I'eports sugsjested m voui- circular 

 letter. 1 would say: hrst, that our club has not pu.shed its work with 

 the activity that it is expected will characterize the tuture. tor the 

 leasoTi thittiiur ettorts have been directed mainly toward hrst secnnuK 

 tile aijpiiiiitniHiit i,t a game protector tor tins couiUv. Strenuous 

 efforts 1' II -J :■ Im -t spimsr when the additional wardens were aj>- 



pomted. 1:1' .-iission saw fit to leave us out. appoint inc-. as vou 



know, ai'i . . ;.ith. Steuben county. \\e have not ivla.xetl oni- 



efloi ts III 1 1 i.ii iii'ji and have lieen asking for tlie appoiutment ot 

 a special priiLeetor. the telegraph dispatches, published m our daily 

 ]iapers a day or two ago. announce that the coniniission have com- 

 plied with our reijuest and aiipomted neA\ itt Staring, of this county-, 

 as such special protector. He is a very conii_ietent man. keenly at-rt 

 to the interest ot sportsmen: and we now expect to stop the open 

 and notorious violation ot llie ^-ame laws which has characterized this 

 locality tor a number ot years past. 



1 lie prmci)i.Hl vn ilaiions liarc lieen in illegal hshmg from our trout 

 sU eains. y liicli we had stocked at much expense, both by angling and 

 nets, akso the d)-awiiia- ot seines m our rivers and sjjearnig. The 

 shooting and marketing ot liirds out of season. While these viola- 

 tions were well known m a general way it has been impossilile to 

 secure many convictions for lack of assistance in securing evidence 

 Two actions wen' prosecuted last vear by the District Attorney o I 

 bteub^n ■:<■ ' i -iMnmg m our river here. The recoyerv of pidg- 

 mentsm /us had a good effect upon the poachers here. I 



think till' 111' niijUiries marked 1. x: and o. and in reply 



tothefouriii '.v'.iildsav that while our last District Attorney was not 

 a sportsman or particularly interested in their interests T am no \ 

 filhng that ofhce and 1 think there wUl not In the future be any cause 

 tor complaint about the District AttorneVs ofUce in this comity not 

 bemg at the service of anv complainant, and \'iolators who are prose 

 cuted will find that the prosecutions arc conducted with sufhcieiit 

 vigor to secure for them m the tmare some ot tlip tmnishment which 

 they have escaped m Hie past. 



f have not tunc to outline any suggestions tor modihcatioils of the 

 game law. Ag-ain expressing m\ i-egret that I hall not lie able tn nieet 

 yon f remain, very 1 rulv yours, Ch.-^s. H. Iinipp. 



See v Clu'iiiiiiiK ('o. fsporvsiueiv.s C'luli. 



A Steuben County Association. 



A MEETING was held in Bath, N, Y.. last Friday, to pro- 

 Aude a fish and game protective association f(>r Steuben 

 county. Mr. F, J. Amsden, of Rochester, and Chief Pro- 

 tector Pontl. were there: and, the meeting was attended 

 by representatives friuii all parts of the county. County 

 Treasurer Z. L. Parker presided. Mr. Amsden stated 

 that the New York Staff . Lssi icia tio.n , now well e.stciblislied 

 on the line of protection, was desirous of a local organiz- 

 ation in every county of the State, and that unity of action 

 would give great strength. His remarks were well re- 

 ceived and endorsed, and a committee of eight, including 

 the chairman, was ajtpointcd tofunmilatc a eon.stitution 

 and by-laws, and report at a subsec[uent meeting, 



Mr, Amsden writes us: ■■Steuben county lias within it« 

 borders a nuinlier of streams that in early days were very 

 fine trout streams. Sav^-mills and over-fislnng have veiy 

 much depleted tliein. The sawmills runs' ha^'e passed 

 away and it \\-ould require merely reasonable protection 

 and a little artificial planting to restore these streams to 

 their original condition. Keuka Lake is also in this 

 county and has been noted for its abuiitlance of lake trout 

 and bass, but for lack itf jiroper protection ami illegal fish- 

 ing these fish have become very .scarce. .-\s they have 

 diminished, the fisJi that \\ ere their food has correspond- 

 ingly increased so that ciscoes and whitetish are very 

 abundant, but these fish are not very good fish for angling, 

 as they have a ver}- tender mouth. There is no doubt 

 that if the trout and fiass hail a reasonable pi-otectii;)n they 

 would inci'ease and thrive on the young of the ciscoes and 

 whitefisli. A strong and vigorous local orgiiization can 

 bring these all about and I hm.& confidence to helieve 

 that it will be done." 



An Ear-Marked Moose. 



BrooivLYN. N. Y.— The inclosed clipping from Shel- 

 burne, N, S, Budget, may be of interest to Forest and 

 Stream readers. John Bower, the author, was my com- 

 panion last summer on many a good cruise on tlie trout 

 streams of Shelbnrne county. 



.Among othei- things he has found time to invent a fish- 

 way, that is the best thing of the kind I have ever seen, 

 iind 1 am ijtiite certain that when vou see the plans, vou 

 will think so too, " P. B. V, 



A South Carolina Woodcock FUght. 



St. Vl oustine, Fla., Jan. 17.— While I was in the city 

 cif Chaileston. about the lOth iiist., I was informed by 

 Mr. L. W. Bicasse. a noted sportsman and dealer in 

 sporting goods, that a vei-v large flight of woodcock had 

 suddenly appeared on tlie coast sliores in the vicinity and 

 roadsides, and e\-en in the Liack yards of tlie cit\ houses 

 and public parks of Chariesttm. They w ere totmd in a 

 dazed, weak and very thin condition, CAddently exhausted 

 by their long flight and want of food, havmg been driven 

 from their feeding grounds further north ami overtaken 

 by the extremely cold weather and consequent frosts, 

 which followed them oll^\■ard. They v ere simply 

 slaughtered by the boys and men, who shot them in hun- 

 dreds on the ground. This lasted for over a week, vdieii 

 the birds appeared to have gained strength and to htrve 

 sought theii' usual haunts. S|jortsmen were mentioned 

 who killed OA-er one hundred birds in a few- lioiirs' slioot- 

 ing, and.Avhen I left there, on the I'itli hist.. 1 was told 

 that bags of from ten to fitty birds were being made 

 daily. Tliey A\-ere then in fietter condition, yet they 

 could be found t^n tlie market and Ijouglit for 50 cents the 

 brace. Wliether the continuation ot" the cold weather 

 lias driven tliem further south I cannot say. biit I liave 

 been told they Iuia'c been seen in the vicinity of St, 

 Augustine, Avhich is rather unusual. Snipe and all shore 

 bircls, as Avell as ducks, are plentififi. Deer and Avilcl 

 turkeys are also met with. .J. U. GRECfORY, 



Texas and Indian Territory. 



Jamestoavx, N, Y,— I lately returned from Texas and 

 Indian Territory. Avhere in company Avith four other 

 roA'ers like myself, we enjoyed an outing of three Aveeks. 

 We brought home twenty-nme turkeys, two geese, and 

 two deer, besides prauie chickens and quad too nmnerous 

 to count. ' M. L. F. 



In the spring of YHS'i. George Bates, his man Cyril, 

 Daniel BoAver and AYilliam A. Bower were trout fishing at 

 Bluff Hill Lake, on the head Avaters of Slielburne RiA-er, 

 One fine morning they espied a coav moose and tAvo eah-es 

 swimming across the lake. They immediately gave chase. 

 In the excitement of the chase Dan broke one of thf 

 tliolepins. and fell backAvard in the bottom of the boat, 

 T lijs det( nlion allow ed the tow to est qx Ihit the cahes 

 were taken alive, anil landed on the liank ot the lake. 

 I he vouiiK bull was then marlscd l>v taking a swallow 

 fork out of his right ear. and a lopi off the left ear, 



111 t Ik A ( ti f)t _i K ( |s<P DinulPAin the eat nun 

 rod ot Sable Kiver. when out moose huntnm-. tell in with 

 i\(iA ln,,< moos( ti i( k nid iliu lollowuuit toi nme 

 miles sncceetied m gettmo- a shot, and cou.sequentlv bnno- 

 mg,- doAvn one ot the monarchs ot the toreht. 



How tins wilv old eliap escajied the unerring aim ot so 

 many ritles tor so long a tune js sometlnng marvelous. 

 But the strangest ^lart of the storv is that the hunter sold 

 tlie head and horns to my son hudiartl (and bv tlie wav 

 the horns have a spread ot .ilm. ). and Avheii Mr. Ryan was 

 niipa(.'king the skin ot the head. V\ illiam ,\. l-iower came 

 in tlie store and recognized the marks on the old telloAv s 

 ears to be the same which he had put there ten years ago. 

 31r. bA'an intorms me that if the moose had lieen tat he 

 Avould haA"e Aveighed 1 .-SOdlbs. .\s he was killed m Octo- 

 bi.'r, when considerably run down, the meat wcighrul 

 MlOlbs riu he id uid liomst ni b Min il ni\ ^Uui b\ 

 anv one who wishes to see them. .JoilN Bovver. 



The Ontario Moose Close Season. 



\\ VMiiM ION |) ( Tin 14 -f thill I II I mill "^1 1 HI III 

 In your last pajier is a note from m correspondent, A\diose 

 name IS not given, in which he sa\'s ilmt last vear he 

 kdled a moose north ot Mattawa and west of Ottawa. At 

 the distance he mentions nortli ot Mattawa the CttaAvfl, liS 

 called Lake Temiscaniiiione., and from Ins desiaaption he 

 was m Ontano and in a region with parts of which I am 

 latniliar. Is not the ' >iitario law prohdntiug the kdlmg 

 of moose until is'.).) siill m lorce.'' H so. what about vour 

 corj-espondeut, s admission.' ( . ( . 



MVSKOKA. OTi\.—t<]iinr Foroiil 'iiixl Sftrrtm; For in- 

 structi^■p and inten'^tiau r. ' rliris from a sportsnuin's point 

 of view, your ]ia]:)t-: i Mssed. I was. hoAvever, dis- 

 gusted to see in a. lejii-j irotu ■ Alediciis." in your issue of 

 Jan. I'i, an admission from that gentleman, that he and 

 his friend had, last fall. AA'hile enjoying an outing in the 

 Nipissiug District, Out., killed a moose. ISow. even- 

 sportsman knows, or should knoAv, that these animals are 

 protected in Ontario until Nov. 1, 1 rnticli regret 



that a game overseer did not lia|jpen to fiut in an appear- 

 ance at the camp of ■■Medicns" and administer to him the 

 full extent of tlie law as prescribed for viijlators and 

 poachers, Game VV.ardbn. 



Virginia Partridges. 



Richmond, Va., Jan. n.—Uditor- Forest and Stream: 

 The birds of this State are starving or freezing, and it is 



necessary that A\^e should ]jtit forward our best efforts to 

 prevent their destruction. I have ady ertised to the farm- 

 ers of Yirginia that if they will catch, house and feed 

 tlieni. we would piermit them to turn tlit'in loose on their 

 (nvn farms after March 1, and |ja\' for tltem at the rate of 

 25 cents per pair up to one thousand ptiirs. I have also 

 agreed to supply Avith trash w heat, merchants and rail- 

 road .station agents avIio will take the trouble to feed coaj- 

 eys near their premises. To this apfietil many are giving 

 heed, and money is needed to cairy out our l iargain. 



PoLic' Miller, 

 President Yirginia Field Sporte AsSQciation. 



Quebec Caribou. 



BergerA'ILLE, Quebec. Dec. 3.S.— Ciiribou were usually 

 plentiful on the Quebec & Lake St. John road this season, 

 laut were hard to get owing to the bad weather. : 



There is a double ice on the lake-i and riAa?rs, the upper 

 jiortionof which gives way. and makes the hunter's snow- 

 shoe anytlimg but a feather-weight. 



The ProA'incial Legislature of Quebec will contest the 

 right of the Dominion GoA-ernmen t to t>ievent fishing in 

 the Avinter. on all interior lakes etc.. in tlie I'ro\ ince. 



O. Yo.x I, 



Albany Fish and Game Legislation. 



[Special Correspondence I if Forest and Stream.] 

 .Vlb.anv, .tan. 24.~Edilor Forest, tnul Stream: 1 am unable to flud 

 ciay trace of tlie new ,«:ame and fisli cnle your Koeliester correspond- 

 ent iiKinircs about. Xone of tlie meniljcrs < a the Fish and Ciame Com- 

 mittees kiio\\' anything of it. f .sliall aihise yon immediately if such 

 a bill shall appear. 



Ice Fishing in Conesus and Hemlock Lakes. 



Assemblyman Roberts 1ias an amendment to Section 1^1 of thp 

 K'ame code which adds Conesus and Hemlock lakes to the other lakes 

 ill wliich bulfbeads. etc'., may be eatiglit through tlie ice. 



IVlenhaden. 



Assemblioiiaii Yetman has an ameiidmeut to Section i'iS stfiking: out 

 tlie words, '-excepit menliaden:" and adding' at the end of the section 

 the Avords'^'in the montlis of .June. July and Aii.eust.'' 



Pay for Special Protectors. 



Senator Parsons has an aineiidnient to Section 30 relating to special 

 protection, allowinj;- each prfiteccor a day during their services, the 

 total expense of each one not to exceed SlOO, Assembljatien O'G-rady 

 lia.s introduced this l3ill in the AbbetnbJ.\-. 



A Genesee Valley Association. 



Senator Parsons and Assemblyman O'Grady hui e introduced a 

 charter for --Tlie Genesee A^alley Fish and Bird Pi-otective and Props. - 

 gating Association "■ The incorporators are AVilliani A, Wadsworth 

 and others. Real property to the amount of g20,000, and personal 

 property to the same amount , may lie held. 



By Mr. Hennesex — Making the open sea-son for deer hunting from 

 Sept. 1 to Now 1 : for hounding deer froai Sept, 1 to Oct, 15, and for 

 trout llshing from May 1 to Sept, I. 



Manufactured A. D. 1639. 



From ■■Conceits. Clinches, Flashes and \Vlii.mzie>i,'' Lundan WSd. 



Why are tailors like Avoodeocks? 



A. Because they live by their long bills. 



