Jan. 5, 1893.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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wreaths ot powder smoke rose cuvliiiR' above the bar, 

 ' spiead oiif into a bint h.i/c drid irnnuli d \\ itli tii( tohicco 

 jsinoke ue.ij tin ccihrm, Tht luiid t i1k i< i i I m-t nih, 

 and lb(M^()^^(l ])i(ss(d itji to tlif !> i 1 li Imdlotd ilso 

 came rushmc;- m. and mi the ontsknis nl H IP rtowd. and 

 peerint;- m thfiumii upeii donrw a\ s stt.nd tiip tpmali' IipI]). 

 All were appreheMSJAV thai, a trawdv hud been eiia.f.ted. 

 The residt ot the shot was jilaiiih U> he seeii m a, laruv 

 hole toru thron£;'h tlie Honr; hnt the cause ot th^ <'xplosinu 

 could not be ascertained. It was simply an accident 

 UiroiiKli carelessnpss. and a mere i natter ot luck and 

 cliancc that Liol.odv liad lieeu killed bv it. 



bucli trides dul iio|. daniii tVic ardd]- or check the euthu- 

 I Siasni ot the ci cA\-d m the slikhiest de>>;ree: I hey were 

 there tor a rijj roarmc!' old tinii! and w eic t)orind to have it. 

 At iiip,'ht when we qnil shuotint:- we ah had several tur- 

 keys— I had hve; and as we sejia rated all agreed that 

 baniui' th( .uvidonts ol thi d,i\ \m hid <ri)o\(doui 

 selvet. famously, and decided that 'alU will th n uids 



Wpn." Pmjj I'J.AVKoKJ). 



A BUDGET FROM BLUENOSE LAND. 



Thi; tall ol will he reiueivil)p,red bv the fraternitv 

 heie;)honts as the hesl season lor woodcock and .sniyio^ 

 known to the preseirt generation of shooters. .Vraon^-onr 

 leadline wiiiLi .-^llllls are Hair\ Atheitoil. <ve(ics;e IhietiiJ'. 

 Lee Babbitt and M-rseant Walker, As the Nerti'eant re- 

 nuii] ^ tla\ h i\( ln^_ d I itla i ol snip, md i pi ui i ot 

 cock. The ]iartnd^e cioji was ahunt an a^ ej-aee vield. 

 Never w ere rlie lnrd^ wci .^peeiiy arid ^anletid. 



"W hat has become ot the ■■patrid£;e ot our torefai hecS? 

 A\ hall IS he eA <_)lntiin; into, anvhow.- "Shoot tlie lowe-st 

 bird on the ti'ce. mv son. and voii 11 i;cr em all- the old 

 man used to sav. Luck v old mani Venlv. ' •twere better 

 to tie a toretather then than a huidlather now. 



tertaiulv. the sj-ronse hunter in these rei;ious who ivbey 

 ' ' on win t;- shootnit;' alone will not, Imve. much li-ouhle m 

 luf>'!iiua' home Ins birds at niuht. His bat;- will be at least 

 as buoyant as Ins spirits. No donlit- upon ttie edues of 

 holds or clean nc;s \vherc the shdotint;' is o]ieii. oi' ahmg 

 the backwood roads, wlieie the lards come out tor gravel 

 and sunshme earh' m the mornniii- and late in the atter- 

 noon. the snap slmt. is otten teasible. But m the dense 

 alder swales, or njinn the hardwood ridtj-i's. or alonj;- the 

 -streams Avhere lurds do most alionnd. --take em as von 

 fand em is the oid^- pracrical rule. An Enu'bsh arm}' 

 oflacers exyienence here last season inavbe cited hie wa^ 

 a .iJ-rand winji- shot and mowed the smpe and woodco(di 

 down like ^-r-ass, He scMrned to shuot a. tiai-tndsi'e on the. 

 ground .:,r m tla- tJY'e, ide sjient toni dav^ with a tnend 

 at tJie Nasluvaak Narrow s, cint oi pj-obahlv two hundred 

 birds that were flushed be aarhered m ]ust ei^ht. The 

 triend. not so scriipulons. bas'2,'ed to/tv-twu. and added 

 msult to urtvrrv l iv beirii: the hapi)!er man ot the two. 



< ni in\ oiH . \|>hni l)\ w h n s|k , k ^ , | |ii , \ n ^ 



that Kmo- Umbellns makes himseh invisible to mortal 

 eyes when he is really in plain, open sis.'hti' All my life 

 1 have traiii|jed the woods, and 1 am (aedited witli know- 

 rn.^ a. thiUR- or two ationl: rutted t^'roiise. too. Rut. they 

 tool me .tiist the same as ever, tn tact. 1 thmk ihe\- fool 

 me now nan-e tlian ever, And thev do it dead ea.-^v every 

 time. The loniier I \i\e the more I heheve that it a [lart- 

 ridReA^vere to liyhi. on a felee,-rapli iiole m tull vie\v of 

 1* twenty men. at least ten ot those men would walk np to 

 that jiole and d(:'clare that he wasii t there. In old times 

 when T was alter a,roiise T utsed tci hre ai notlun^' but 

 }<TOUsc. Rut now 1 Irre ni knots, roots, snans ami even at 

 shadow-, md M,iinds \n(lU)M\s Mind tii it loot^ w dl 

 pan out oil th( i\(irui about Id jk i m iii dl ^loii^e. 

 Sounds are not so prohtable. But shadows w ill yreld oO 



JK I Mill ( i( II _|(HNi llld ,20 JJCl ( elU ol nil biH k 



I remember once tins tall looking caretulh- throut;h a. 

 big birch tree mro which 1 tliou^tit one ot the urav phan- 

 toms had flitted. It seemed to me tlnit 1 Avas m full i_)Os- 

 session ot nrv faculties. I examined the tree from cverv 

 standpomt md pa-ised even knot and hud) in (iitu il 

 review . 1 uave it iiji. As i stood hlluifi- mv ]iipe mv 



oomiMiiioi ( donji Baiv' anddow ik <tm( ,i leathcn 



. knot from the loNvest limb. Ban<i' aa-ain! a bunch of 

 moss irom the mam trunk flnttcred dow^n. Why. it 

 fairly rained grouse for a few seconds, and I g'ot m out of 

 that ram without delay. From that identical fijrch tree 

 the ^-leelul Harry harvcsii'd there and thfMi a beautiful 

 bunch, of four. It was over ten indeti to tctwu. but 1 

 kicked invHeLt the whole way home. Aud then 1 went to 

 bed. 



Fool me.' A^'lly, I think the i^rr arse about tins disti-ict 

 woukbi t care to live if thev hadn t me tri plav with- And 

 the rulmy,- passion with them is |ust as stronjj, m death 

 Soon after the hrst snowfall m Novemlier- 1 was pniwhiif;- 

 the woods as usual, when I saw a. i^ronse on a small ash 

 tree about 2Uvds. from the lot;£i-mt;- roa.d on which 1 stood- 

 It was ]ustal)out dusk, 1 hred at him and s,a.w him fall 

 Then another bird materialized on an upper branch of the 

 tree. The second barrel fetched liim and I saw him 

 tumble to the ground. But Avhen I reached the foot of 

 the tree to my amazement neither of the birds were to be 

 seen. I tramped a,r(-amd awhile, lart not a feather could I 

 find. Then I came back to the tree and saw wliere tlie 

 No. 6 shot had fairly riddled the limbs on which tlie birds 

 had been sitting, J. was satisfied that I was alive, and also 

 that I was awake, tint as to my complete sanity I had 

 grave doubts. Finally I stood at the foot of the tree, com- 

 pletely rattled. At once a muflied flutter caught my ear. 

 Stooping down I discovered a hole in the crust less- than 

 3in. wide and about Sin. deejj. There I found my tA\'o 

 little vagrants lying snugly together in thek last, cold 

 sleep. 



The piohibition against deer-shooting expired Sept. 1 . 

 The only kill yet scored was that of Mr. Frank Risteen, 

 who, on Nov. 1^. while after grouse, stumbled upon a fine 

 doe in the Odell Brook, \A-ithin the toAvn limits. Frank 

 always carries a prescription for Brer Bruin. He utilized 

 it promptly. His gun was fidl-choke and the .slugs flew 

 over the most of the parish. One of them, how-ever, 

 shattered tlie s] iinal column of the doe and she dropped at 

 once. Deer are drifting in graduafly from Maine and the 

 Canadas now and quite a number will doubtless be 

 brought in this v inter. An old farmer claims to have 

 seen woh es. Imt this parficiflar old farmer is an able Uar 

 on Ijotli sides of the family. 



Within a dozen iuile> of town is Yoho Lake, and udtlnn 

 mncli less than a dozen miles of Yoho Lake, if all reports 

 be true, there is a .mow-w.-hite deer. The animal was seen 

 by four dtffereut men latel.y. Any quanthv of men can 

 be produced who have seen the lake, The krea.t trottble 



now IS for the boys to agree on some practical plan of 

 action. Some think the deer shoidd be taken in alive. 

 Others want him t;iken m dead. It is prol>ablc ihat a 

 compromise will be leached by the deer takiim m the 

 bo vs. 



1 wo (it the citv amateurs were ma<ie happy a few weeks 

 i^o \ll \ tnw lit and Will Ben\ They win up thi 

 Nashwaak road after rabbits and ra n across a rfOOIbs. bear, 

 liie b(^a.i; hadiit much luck hmitirii;,- ior his den. so he 



changed his mmd. and linnted .Alt andA'\ ill. The hitter 

 had nothing liigoei- 1 lum No. 5, but they AA-ent up close to 

 the bear and hred a \ iille\- into his skull. It proved lo be 

 a lust t(i m H<lidt Th( b< u u i- h ^Ih s , spell but 

 liA'e and bve he ca.lnieil dov\M.i and bis bide and a, piece ot 

 his .steak Avere liiaged into lown that evening. The bulk 

 ' i W 'I md Ml u I- . \ I K d w ith blootl <nid mild, but tiu 

 balaiict^ was cox ered with Li,liAry. 



Ileiirv l-!ia,il hw aite, the noted i;Tnde and tr.apper. has 

 just come out trnm liis L;'rou)ids on the Diingarvon. He 

 wants a, Irreatliinf; spell ami. meidentallv. more thrill). 

 Henrv has slam tw.. line nn---.r laieiv. one ol them a 

 monster that has been dodiiim; : i > ;m\s. d he horns 

 ol this moose ineiisureil oAcr nil. w In n the tafie was 

 passed, around the jirongs. aud a httle over !tr. wdien 

 nu isim d sii (i_ht K lo-s I h ni \ is \ti \ ^i m i il ih it 

 this moose should tall to him. Last snmmer. w hen lu) 

 hadn i, his gnu along, it looked as though .Henry would 

 tall to the moose. 



i>ra,iili wa.ile has irit^d. all l<in<ls o| riMes. and now tavors 

 tlie exjiress .aUcal. A\ itli plenls nt powder behrnd the ball. 

 He says tlic, .40-14 \^ imdiester merelv tickles a moose and 



SOME NEW BRUNSWICK TRAPS.-l. 



Pun tiap heje bhown (big, 1) is a dead l.iU for bears, as 

 budt b\ tiappei-, ou the Tobi<|ue Kn « i. New Brunswick, 

 111 the followiim' mannei': 



Stout stakes, sinndimi' lour or Ave feet high, are diiveu 

 ( losi ti>_< till r in ill iKim ol a pf u about three feet wide, 

 ra ther d.eejier. and open in tront. The .first pair of stakes, 

 hdw \ I upon ( I II si(t( III 1 loot ol more taller than 

 the ntheis Old st ind i mht oi nine inches apart. Two or 

 three short logs. t<n- a "-bed-piece, eight or nine inches in, 

 diameter, are laid one al.xn'e the other U))on the ground, 

 K loss the liont ot till pin b(iA\tin tin pairs of front 

 --tikis Then ri spiiK I oi In io^ aboid Ihe same thick- 

 ness it the butt <is till b( d pii ( ( md over twenty feet 

 loiu Is Mil loi I till I lu I 11^(1 (lid is laid length- 

 wise U])on the iied-jiiece and tlie smaller end is, if neces- 

 -.ii\ ill III d upon a 1(^^ to make it l< Aej. Thetipperends 

 ol each pair ot I font Stakes are tied together with a withe 

 to })revent spreading. 



Ni;xi a Slake, a. tour or livt; inches thick, and three feet 

 high is b i\ I II intd till 411)1111(1 ( los(- bcside the bed-piece 

 at OIK siii, dl ilu pMi iiisid( \bout f ight inches from 

 the rear wall of tlie jieii two short stakes are driven, afoot 

 ipiil ( nil v\itli 1 Idik il till iipp( I (Uid pointing down- 

 AVHi d and forAvard, Then are tait a stick. 5. two and a half 

 Ol tliiK till II n_ riitttmd d out < nd and another, c, 

 three teet lout;'. liaA^ng a square notch near each end but 

 III < ppi -Ml --lo dl tin stuk Wlun the trap is set, the 

 -Il 1 ' 1 I II I i< 1 ss tin lop of flu post « and the fall rests 

 upon tiie |)ro|cctiiig end of the stick, which is held hori 



Fit 1 Bl \H Tr\i^ 



makes him want nnne. He is also opposed to magazine 

 rifles, as thev otten u'ct out of order, esjieciallv in Avmter 

 This IS 1111] lortant tor there is a marked scarntv of gmi- 

 smiths 111 the Dungarvon ^\ oods. and the e,\-])ress and 

 jiostal fa.f.'ilities are ]ioor. 



Jdsepii Selick. another tamous hunter, will use nothrn<i' 

 < Im liut till \\ nil 111 sii 1 i4 iipeald He /iiins tot tlu 

 head and sa\ s w liat It don t kdl it Avill stun. In a liear 

 ai Kmiiein lb an n waite s faA-onte doctrine is a chapter ot 

 buckshot through the Iuuks. Jim ( onnel. of the Batlmrst 

 road. a. Avell kiKjAvn cariliou hunter, sa vs a snmle-shot Rein- 

 uiiiton (old stvlei ..iScal. IS good eiionyli lur Inm All of 

 winch should make us humble. Ndli.idy knows it all 



The ])anther s musical poAvers have lieeii drscussed here 

 as well as elseAxdiere, BraithAvaite says the panther is a 

 soloist ot till --tidndi.uik latdiit lu ( i.mp ned w ill tlu 

 wolAenne or - Indian Devil. ' Cjliiet ( abe disputes tins 

 stauiiHiit Hi siAstlu Indian Ik vd is the p.inth( i oi 

 caiamouiit. It s a (|ueer thmg," he says, "if us Indians 

 don t know our own devil! ■ Prowlf.R. 



iMiEDKitieriiN. .\. U.. iif.e. ■-'■1. 



zontal. Upon the other end ot tiiis stick is suspended, by 

 nieaus of tlu notch the stick ( The notch at the lower 

 ( nd ol th( stH k < is (.aught on the under side of a square 

 stick on a foot log that is ]:)laced horizontally under the 

 pni ol muitid loiks rims the weight of the "fall" 

 up(_)n one end ot the stick 7» causes, through the series of 

 ( oniii ( K d ti iL>r I IS in npwaid pressure up(m the forked 

 rile bait, a piece ot smoked codfish, is tied close to 

 '(•r end. of the stick c (known as a "bait-stick.") 

 ir enters the trap about half Avay and with a slight 

 It releases the lower end' of the bait-stick, 

 jw ard, as the fall drops down across the ani- 

 Ihe faU is heavily loaded with logs laid 



th( 



Tlie 

 pull 

 AV"-ln 



t the 



1 Hies 

 m iN link 

 upon it. 



I n the (jfuistruction ot this trap, only the oldest materials 

 -houid b< Used Theie slmuld be, if p(0ssible, no newaxe- 

 I-; 111 tiie neighborhood, and the older a trap can be, 

 (onsi-tcnth with stiength. the better. Often the trap is 

 all "brushed over ' to conceal the nature thereof and allav 

 suspicion. Tappax Apney. ' 



INDIANA QUAIL SHOOTING. 



AVTLi.iAAtsBUBG, Ind.. Dec. 32.— The open season for 

 quail in Indiana closed on the 30th. Birds were about as 

 nuinercais as u.sual, but not so plenty as were extiected. 

 for there were more did liirds last snmnier than for ten 

 A-ears jiast: but the very wet weather of th.- early summer 

 spoiled many eggs. The sea,son.Iias been one of unusual 

 enj(-iyment for tlie Avriter on account of lia\ ing abimdant 

 leisure and so many days of pleasant weather. The shoot- 

 ing was nearly all done on a tract of ground three miles 

 long and two miles wide, on Avhich there were at the 

 beginning of the season tAA t^uty-ftA-e coveys, about 500 

 birds in all. Three hundred of these as- ere bagged by the 

 writer and fifty more by various c>ther parties. The Avhole 

 tract was traversed during the last three days of the sea- 

 son, and careftd note taken of the number of liirds found 

 at that time shoAved too strong birds still alive. If nature 

 is kind to theintdl next season they Avill rear from twenty- 

 fiv(3 to fort}' broods, averaging twenty birds each. 



No lands are leased for shooting purposes inthissectiijn, 

 and probably three-fourths df "the land is forbidden 

 ground to shooters, though most of the farms are shot 

 oyer by some one^ — some friend of the owner, the OAviier 

 himself, or his boys. Few of these hunters liave dog-s. 

 but they are none the less destructive, for the shooting is 

 done Avhfle the snoAv is on. The birds are found ui liunches. 

 and both barrels of the K'ni tired into them w ipes out the 

 lot. Our law does not protect rabbits, and many (jf these 

 rabbit liunters kill quail whenever tht^ can hind tliem. 

 The labbit is a nuisance, but he ought to have the same 

 protection as quail, so there would be no excuse for carry- 

 ing a gun when quail are not in season. 



0, H,. Hampton, 



Pi'otector Carr's Christmas. 



.State Game Photector Henry C. Carr was presented 

 with an elegant gold watch and chain to-daj' by a num- 

 ber of his frieds. Mr. Bannister making the presentation 

 speech. The watch is a AV^althani moyeraent, full jewel, 

 adjusted to lieat, cold and position and was made particu- 

 larly foi- the occasion. It is a st;em-Avinder, open-face and 

 on tire inside is this inscription: 



Pivseuted to Henry 0. t.'aiT hy the Central .Vew Vork Gamp and 

 risli Proteetivf! As.sociatlon, Dec. 2.5. 1892, in token for his services lu 

 protectinfi' game aud fish. 



The contributors from Auburn are Jay E. Stokes, Geo. 

 H. Nye. H. E. Hills. G. E. Peck, C. A. Bannister, J. H. 

 Clark, G. W. NeUie, C. U. Chedell, W. Cosgrove, John 

 D. Tripp; from Lyons. W. 8. Gavitt; from Ithaca, W. H. 

 ^^'ilson, L. Kinney. A. B. Stamp, A. H. Fowler, C. B, 

 BroAvn, H. M. Hubbard, C*. M. Sharpe. Jesse Jennings, E. 

 W. Prague, C. J. Rumsey. from Oswego. B. J. DaAds; 

 from Seneca Falls, W. T. Seymour. C. T. Silsby, Frank 

 G. Seaman. Hammond & Hammond, W. S. Silsb>-. John 

 Cuddeback. Frank Gargan and .some from Union Springs. 

 It goes without saying that Mr. Carr appreciated the 

 kindness of his friends and values highly their recognition 

 of his work. 



Mr. Carr expressed his gratitude for the gift and his 

 apirreciation of the motive behind it. He said he was 

 never ■■harnessed up" with a watch before, but had always 

 been Avilling. He promised never to forget the Christmas 

 of f>^93- He also said he had received the heartiest sup- 

 port in the past f roi n the association and that ha(i been 

 one of the pleasantest features of his official life, and he 

 trusted the cordial relations would continue in the future 

 and added: "I shall do my best to deserve it, you may 

 depend upon i,hsit"—4uburn (N, Y,) Advertiser, jpee, 24, 



