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FOREST. .AND STREAM. 



[Feb. 9, 1898. 



Vei-non Rod and Gun Club 



Held 'its first regular monthly shoot of the year at Dexfcer Park on 

 Tuesday, Jan. 31. Ten members competed for the chih medal and a 

 sweepstake of $1 each, at 7 birds, then miss and out, A. S. A. rules, H, 

 and T. traps. Dr. Little, the president of the club and a most enthu- 

 siastic shooter, took the medal and first money with 6. Seven tied for 

 the second money, but owing to the birds giving out G. Greiff, E. 

 Phister, Jr., and C. Wischerth div. Dr. Lamadrid took thu-d money 

 with 2. Scores follow: 



Club Shoot. Sweep No. 1 . 



Dr Little 1313203—6 1110111111—9 



F A Thompson 2111002—5 1110110011—7 



G GreifE S232003— 5 



O Becker, 2202310—5 



JSchUeman 1222»30— 5 



Dr Van ZUe 2212200—5 0011101001—5 



R Phister, Jr 1131002—5 1011 111110—8 



Dr Lamadrid 0200002—3 1111101011—8 



O Wischerth 1011022—5 



Dr Hazzard 2020013-4 



T Collet 



A match was shot off between C. Becker and Gus Greiff at 15 birds 

 each, for $10 and the bii-ds. The latter won by the following score: 

 Beckei- (28) 120201211021001-10 GreiflE (30) 012220232123013-12 



Sweep No. 3. 

 0110111001— 6 

 1101111011— 8 



1111111111—10 

 1011111111-- 9 

 1111011101— 8 



0010000000—1 0000010010— 5 



Penn Gun Club. 



NoRBisTowN, Pa., Jan. 28. — ^Inclosed find score of our semi-monthly 

 shoot of the Penn Gim Club, standard Keystone targets, rapid firing 

 system, team race. None of the boys can shoot except they shoot 

 another club; then look out for them. Here is the score, 25 birds jier 

 man: 



Geo. Kerper's Team. 



R Sheerz 14 



Geo Kei-per 10 



P W Yosi 20 



J Kohl 13 



J R Yosi 19 



FBillerbeck 15 



S RKriebel 17—107 



J. Cassel's Team. 



M Haws 15 



A Tyson 14 



J Cassel 19 



HESaney 21 



GH Kriebel 16 



F Gross ..11 



J Fry 14—110 



Chas. a. West, Sec'y- 



^■nmvetf to ^nmspand^nts. 



R. C. L.— The name is E. Malley. 



T. W. W.. New York.— Addi-ess the State Geological Surveys at the 

 capitals of the several States. 



O. G. L., Comstock, Mich.— The autobiographical sketch of "Ness- 

 muk" published in his "Forest Runes'"' was reprinted in our issue of 

 May 8, 1890, the nmnber containing notice of his death. See "Ness- 

 muk" memorial note elsewhere. 



C. O. H., SpringviUe, la.— Please informme through yonr paper if there 

 is any law in Iowa to protect rabbits from being hunted by ferrets. 

 There are pai'ties hunting rabbits that way here, and they say it is all 

 right, but I don't think so, although I can't find any law to protect 



them. Ans. The Book of the Game Laws gives no law at all on rab- 

 bits in Iowa. 



W, E. R., Reading, Pa.— Please tell me through your paper what 

 niunber of shot arid powder charges I should use for ducks; ain 

 arranging for my first ducking trip this coming spring? Ans. For 

 10-gauge gim use 4i^drs. powder and IJ^oz. No. 6 shot; lor 13-gauge, 

 .33^drs. powder, IJ^oz. No. 6 shot. 



W. G. B., Boston, Mass.— Are seals known to eat Tvild fowl, or do 

 they subsist wholly on fish? Ans. They subsist chiefly on fish, with 

 the probable addition of squid and shrimp, but occasionally capture 

 gulls and other sea birds. They are reported to swim beneath the 

 fowl and seize them unobserved. See Dr. J. A. Allen's "History of 

 North American Pinnipeds." 



W. E. D., Portland, Oregon.— Where and how and at what cost can 

 I procure the reports of the Fishei-ies Commission? Ans. For R& 

 ports and BuUetins of U. S. Fish Commission write to Marshall Mc 

 Donald, Washington, D. C.,or to your Representative in Ctongress. 

 For State reports addi-ess the presidents of the various Fish Commis- 

 sions mentioned in our issue of Jan. IS, 1893. 



S. L., Union Centre.— As there seems to be some doubt In regard to 

 the law, wUl you kindlj^ advise. Is the catching of perch and pickerel 

 with hook and line on tip-up to be used in holes cut through the ice 

 prohibited by the present game law in the counties of Broome and 

 Tioga, also in Susquehanna county. Pa, ? Ans, For the New York law 

 see answer to C. S. S. The Pennsylvania law forbids taking pickerel 

 between Feb. 1 and June 1. 



C. K. S.— What was the name of the author of "Woodcraft," when 

 and where did he die, and what was the significance of the word "Ness- 

 muk"? Ans. "Nessmuk" was a pseudonym of Geo. W. Sears, who 

 died May 1 , 1890, at his home in Wellsboro, Pa. The word is Narra- 

 gansett Indian origin, and signifies "Wooddtick." See this issue and 

 preceding ones for notice of memorial fund now in progress to pro- 

 vide a stone for the grave of "Nessmuk." 



Cooking Ceawfish.— A correspondent wants to know how to cook 

 crawfish. New York, New Orleans and San Francisco are the princi- 

 pal markets for these crustaceans. The best crawfish come to New 

 York from Milwaukee. Montreal furnishes the smallest kind, and San 

 Francisco has a form generically distinct from the Eastern ones. 

 Milwaukee and Montreal crawfish ai-e said to turn red after bofiing, 

 wWle those from the Potomac River do not become red. Perhaps 

 some readers of Forest and Stream will inform us of methods of 

 cooking these animals other than by boiUng. 



Inqtiibbr, Florence, Mass.— Can you tell me who the game warden 

 for western Massachusetts is? I send you an advertisement cut from 

 our local paper which shows that oui- markets and restaurants are 

 selling game here right along. I .saw grouse, quail and jack rabbits in 

 one of our markets to-day. Is it not against the laws of this State now 

 to sell game? Ans. For name of warden apply to Fish and Game 

 Commissioner E. H. Lathrop, Springfield. The birds you name may be 

 sold in Massachusetts all the year around, according to the laws of 

 1891. Hare or rabbit may be sold to March 1. 



Mult, Poi'tland, Ore.— What would be the cost of 10,000 black bass 

 fry landed at this place? Ans. We do not know any one who would 

 undertake to fill an order for such a number of black bass, but 

 suggest that you write Mark Samuel. 10 East Sixteenth street. New 

 York. The U. S. Fish Commission distributed upward of 30,000 

 young bass recently and perhaps might be able to send you enough to 

 stock your waters this year. Black bass are easily carried, but the 

 number you mention would fiU a car. The cost from private parties 



would be about $400 or $500 and the transportation will be an ex- 

 pensive item. 



C. S. S., Haverstraw, N. Y.— AVill ;^ou please inform me through the 

 columns of yom- valuable paper if it is against the law to fish 

 through the ice for pickerel in Rockland county? Ans. The State 

 law (see Game Laws in Brief) provides as follows: 



Sec. 104. No fish shall be caught through the ice in any waters in- 

 habited by trout, salmon trout or landlocked salmon, except as per- 

 mitted by Sections 133 and 140 and 141. Skc. 133. The provisions of 

 section 104 against fishing through the ice do not apply to Lake On- 

 tario, Lake Erie, Otsego Lake, Rondout Creek, below Honk Falls, the 

 Hudson and Niagara rivers. Sec. 140. It shall be lawful at any time 

 to fish for suckers, buUheads and pickerel with nets and fykes, to 

 shoot and spear such fish through ice and to catch the same in any of 

 the streams, ponds or lakes in Warren county, excepting in Schroon 

 Lake and Long Pond or Glen Lake, and Lake George as to the use of 

 nets, fykes and the catching of bidlheads. Sec. 141. BiUlheads, cat- 

 fish, eels, suckers, perch, pickerel and sunfish may be caught by hook 

 and line through the ice in Lakes Champlain, Seneca, Cayuga, Keuka, 

 Canandaigua, Skaneateles, Oneida and Owasco lakes: also in any of 

 the waters of Chenango, Delaware and Madison counties, Fair Haven 

 Bay and pond in Cayiiga county; also all waters in Wayne county and 

 in Seneca River. This section shall apply to catching bullheads in 

 Chautauqua Lake. 



The law also says that no fish shall be caught "in any manner or by 

 any device except anghng;" and angling is defined to mean "taking 

 fish with hook and line or rod held in hand, and does not include set 

 lines." The Attorney General has ruled that "tip-ups" for pickerel 

 come under the head of "set lines." From this view others differ. 

 The question has not been otherwise judicially passed upon. 



A Priest, New Jersey.— 1. "miat, if anj% is the precise dilference 

 between the lake trout and the landlocked salmon? 3. How comes it 

 that all of the efforts so far made to stock the waters of northern 

 New Jersey with lake trout and landlocked salmon have ended in 

 utter failm-e? 3. Have we a right to expect that the pike-perch ^sill 

 propagate his kind in a spring lake without either inlet or outlet, but 

 deep, cool, and having a splendid gravel bottom? 4. Is minnow-casting, 

 so much belauded by Dr. Henshall, a generally successful mode of 

 angling for black bass in our Eastern ponds and streams? 5. Is it not 

 a fact that in the same waters the black bass is more than a match for 

 the pickerel of murderous mouth? I, for one, have more than a few 

 reasons to think that he is. Ans. 1. The lake ti'out is related to the 

 common red-spotted brook trout, while the landlocked salmon is 

 scarcely different from the sea salmon. The lake trout has very small 

 scales (nearly 200 rows along the median line of the body), and is pro- 

 fusely marked with round, pale spots. The landlocked salmon has 

 about 125 rows of scales along the body and has numerous black spots. 

 The trout has a deeply-forked tafi, while the tail of the salmon is near- 

 ly truncate. The lake trout reaches a weight of 25Ibs., and the land- 

 locked salmon seldom weighs more than 51b3. Besides these there are 

 many other important differences between the fish. 3. Probably be- 

 cause the lakes are too shaUow, too warm, and not provided with food 

 suitable for these fish. 8. They will thrive best in large streams and 

 lakes. In lakes they spawn on sand bars in depths of 4 to 8ft, ; in 

 streams they select sandy bottoms in shallow water. Unless the lake 

 is large and deep, it will probably not siut the pike-perch. 4. In many 

 waters known to us it is, particularly on the Potomac, Susquehanna 

 and Delaware, as well as in Lake Erie. At certain times other methods 

 are more successful. 5. Yes, the black bass is more pugnacious and 

 more powerful in action than the pickerel and most other fish of 

 equal size. 



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