June 16, 18W4.J 



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requesting information and will here say that I have 

 Bio financial gain in view, but appreciating a good thing 

 J)f this kind, when I possess it am willing others should 

 jhare it also. E. M. Htjngerford. 



The Jury Dined on Venison. 



St. Johnsbury, Vt., June 4.— Vermont papers fre- 

 quently report through correspondents from towns in 

 various parts of the State, that deer were seen feeding 

 *dth Mr. Blank's herd of cows, or were seen to cross a 

 5ertain highway, or unwelcome news, that a wounded 

 leer was seen, etc. It is a fact that deer are increasing 

 rery rapidly, and are not confined to one particular 

 ocality. The laws for their protection are stringent, 

 ind the penalty for killing one is $100. It is well ob- 

 served in most parts of the State, but in Essex county 

 vnd occasionally in Caledonia county the deer law is 

 aolated by from ten to twenty hunters. These men all 

 ive in sparsely settled communities and are a law unto 

 jhemselves. The Fish and Game Commissioners assisted 

 by the State League have this year been investigating 

 j;he rumored violations, and the result is that several in- 

 jlictments may be expected against persons residing in 

 both Essex and Caledonia counties. It is rumored that a 

 l»wn grand juror is one of the gentlemen who will be 

 [jailed upon to pay dearly for his venison. A former 

 [justice of the peace is another lover of venison who should 

 [say for such luxuries. Indeed, we might name a relative 

 | jf one of our State's attorneys, but it will not do to be too 

 hasty. People in the back towns in Essex county are not 

 [in favor of a continual close season on deer, and there- 

 fore it is difficult to secure evidence against any one. 

 [Many law-abiding citizens who would not ' personally 

 Iriolate our existing law maintain that it cannot be en- 

 forced , but that a short open season for three or four 

 {extreme northern counties would secure the co-operation 

 p£ all citizens to enforce the law during the close season. 

 Jviost of these sportsmen would not advise dogging deer 

 it any season. 



[ An illustration of how the law operated a few years ago 

 [when there was no State league may be described as 

 Icollows: A certain young man, the proprietor of a saw- 

 [mill in one of the back towns, during one of his visits to 

 [the mill, killed a deer. He was prosecuted by the State's 

 attorney before a local justice of the peace and called for 

 a jury. During the course of the trial all adjourned for 

 linner. As there was no hotel in the town the jury 

 boarded around like the "school marm." Three of them 

 stopped at a certain house where the defendant and his 

 awyer also stopped. A part of the deer which was the 

 eause of the trial was served to all at the table. After 

 a hearty dinner of venison the jury heard the case and 

 were unanimous for acquital. While public sentiment 

 has changed somewhat in the past six years, it is neces- 

 sary to look after the witnesses very sharp, and select a 

 jury in order to convict in a violation of the deer law in 

 some towns in Vermont. Wheelock. 



Locust's Kazoo and Bob White's Call. 



Willow Springs, Mo., June 1. — Loveliest weather here 

 that ever was on sea or land. The seventeen year locusts 

 are here on time, and there are seventeen quadruples of 

 quintillions of billions of them, too, and you can't hear 

 yourself shout unless you get close up, on account of the 

 everlasting "kazoo" they carry. Or, no, it's only the 

 males that are so provided. I was explaining this to a 

 friend who was ignorant of that fact, the other day, 

 making an objective lesson of it, when he said very im- 

 petuously, as though he had suffered offense, "I wish 

 they were all females." What a "consummation de- 

 voutly to be wished." No more locusts. 



Quail are whistling on every hand. It is very pleasant 

 to step out of doors "at 5 o'clock in the morning" when 

 nature is at her loveliest, bedewed and fresh, cool and 

 invigorating, and listen to Bob White from a dozen 

 throats calling and answering to each other. It is 

 pleasantly suggestive of an autumn to come. I hear of 

 young turkeys having been seen not far away, and I want 

 to be there when they get ripe. O. O. S. 



The Sioux Game Raid. 



Lincoln, Neb., Neb., June 2. — Editor Forest and 

 Stream: An Oelrichs, S. D., dispatch reports: "Red 

 Cloud, the famous chief of the Sioux Nation, with the 

 following-named Sioux Indians, Slow Bear, Back B me, 

 Jack Eed Cloud, Moccasin Top, He Dog, Little^ Shield, 

 Good, Broken Arm, Kills at Night, Paints Yellow and 

 Hollow Wood, who, with their families, made a party of 

 about 50, came into town to-day from the reservation and 

 traded quite extensively with local merchants, after which 

 they departed on their way to the Shoshone Reservation, 

 near the Yellowstone Park, where they go on a 50 days' 

 hunting expedition." What encouragement is there for 

 white men to observe game laws, simply to help keep up 

 the supply for the red men to slaughter in season and out 

 of season? E. E. 



For railing a Doe in May. 



A WELL-KNOWN broker, long connected with the mili- 

 tary of the city, was arraigned in the Police Court this 

 morning before Judge Desnoyers and charged by the Pish 

 and Game Society with a violation of the game laws. The 

 society was represented by Mr. E. A. Cowley, its secretary, 

 and Mr. Charles Raynes, advocate. The specific charge 

 consisted in shooting a doe during the close season at 

 Trout Lake, near Labelle, on May 25. The accused 

 pleaded guilty and was fined $30. The society are deter- 

 mined to have the fish and game laws observed, and are 

 taking measures with that purpose in view. The dyna- 

 miting of fish is also to be done away with. — Montreal 

 Star. 



New Jersey 1 Game Protection. 



The Farmers' Game Protective Association of Bergen 

 County. N. J., has bought and distributed in that county 

 this spring 300 quail and 71 hares, distributed as follows: 

 Hackensack and East Hackensack, 8 dozen quail, 44 hares: 

 Ridgewood, 3 dozen quail, 10 hares; W estwood, 3 dozen 

 quail, 10 hares; Tenafly, 3 dozen quail: River Edge, 3 

 dozen quail; Oradell 3 dozen quail, 10 hares; Cherry Hill, 

 1 dozen quail; Spring Valley, 1 dozen quail. Very 

 stringent measures have been taken to enforce the game 

 laws and have violators (including all non-residents; 

 j&rrested.— Evening Post, 



Illinois Quail. 



Decatur, 111. — I am positive that we have not had as 

 fine a prospect for quail shooting in central Illinois in 

 years as we have this season. The weather was unfavor- 

 able for shooting last fall and this spring has been par- 

 ticularly favorable for breeding — no heavy rains and an 

 early spring. Driving in the country, while attending to 

 professional business, I have been 'struck by the great 

 numbers of the birds I have seen and the farmers report 

 them in great numbers. M. H. F. 



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THE BIG TROUT OF MAINE. 



The Maine fishing parties are many of them returning. 

 Trains on the Maine Central and Boston & Maine railways 

 are bringing in the returning fishermen every evening. 

 The train to reach Boston at 9:30 P. M. Monday had one 

 parlor car completely loaded with trout fishermen, among 

 them the Governor Russell party, just out from Mr. John 

 E. Thayer's camps at B. Pond, where they had been for 

 fly-fishing. The party was made up about as usual; ex- 

 Governor Russell, Hod. John E. Thayer, Eugene Thayer, 

 J. O. Wetherbee, Hon. John F. Andrew, Governor Rus- 

 sell's brother, Colonel Eustis Russell, Hon. John Simpkins 

 and others. It is rumored that they had rather poor fish- 

 ing, their trip being early and being attended with very 

 bad weather. Most of the members of the Camp Stewart 

 party also came out from Richardson Lake on Monday. 

 With this party fishing was very fair. The ladies all 

 caught large trout. Mrs. Parris took a 4J-pound 

 trout Mrs, Moody, as usual, took several large fish. 

 Mrs. Stearns hooked and landed a 3|-pound fish. Mrs. 

 Farley was successful with trout running up to 31bs. and 

 slightly above. W. K. Moody landed a 5+lb. trout, just 

 as a hail storm had ceased, which storm covered the 

 ground until it was white, and set the water boiling. The 

 theory is that it takes some commotion of the water to stir 

 up the big trout. Mr. Parris landed a handsome trout 

 weighing full o^lbs. This was his first experience in fish- 

 ing at the Rangeleys, and his delight may be imagined. 

 He is a lover of trouting in Massachusetts, but up to this 

 season he has been in the habit of considering a £lb. 

 trout a monster. He fears that his taste for catching small 

 fish is spoiled. As luck will sometimes run, Mr. Farley's 

 trout were all rather under size for that region, though 

 showing a handsome average of fully lib. weight. Mr. 

 Stearns and Mr. Hoitt both caught trout something above 

 31bs. , and Mr. Kempton had two above 31bs. weight. 



But the glory of being high line indeed fell to Mr. Geo. 

 T. Freeman. That gentleman staid in camp for four 

 days after the other members of the party had left, to be 

 in company with Mr. C. H. Johnson, of Mattipoisett, 

 Mass., who had been unavoidably hindered from joining 

 the party till about the last day. They fished rather 

 leisurely for the three additional days they remained. Mr. 

 Johnson took 28 trout, one 31bs., one 3§lbs,, and all over 

 ilb. weight. The last day they fished they spent on the 

 stream till toward nightfall, when their guide, Mr. Geo. 

 H. Cutting, rowed them down the lake some distance. 

 Mr. Freeman had a strike. In a moment he was aware 

 that he was a big one. It would not give an inch of line, 

 but rather kept taking it. When nearly 100ft. of line 

 was out the fish came to the surface, jumping full length 

 into the air. Then they were sure they had a big trout. 

 It took almost an hour to land the fellow. When secured 

 he was found to weigh plump 71bs., was 7£in. deep, and 

 3iin. through the back. He was only 23in. long, how- 

 ever, showing him to be a wonderfully plump fish. Mr. 

 Freeman is a happy man, and has received hosts of con- 

 gratulations; his friends feeling much pleased to have him 

 take a big fish, by reason of his genuine goodness of heart 

 and kindness to others in camp. The fish was displayed 

 in Appleton & Basset'ts window on Friday. Lying on 

 the great fish was a litle yearling trout, not over 4in. in 

 length; an idea of Mr. Freeman, to show "Fishing in 

 Massachusetts and in Maine." 



Mr. Chas. Z. Bassett has just returned from an extended 

 fishing trip. He had splendid luck at Kennebago, land- 

 ing a 5lbs. trout on a fly with several of a slightly lesser 

 weight. Mr. Bassett has been wonderfully successful as 

 a fly-fisherman, even earlier than most of the sportsmen 

 have considered it of any use to expect large trout, ex- 

 cept from trolling. He landed several large ones last 

 year on the fly, while all the other fishermen were "drag- 

 ging minnows," and the same thing was true of two 

 years ago. With his friend G. N. Smalley, he first fished 

 Cupsuptic Lake at Billy Soule's. Then he went to Ken- 

 nebago with the resulting success mentioned above. 

 From that point he made an extended trip to Parma- 

 cheene, and there he fished Boy Falls, but with rather 

 poor success. He found many of the Parmacheene Club 

 in camp, but having only indifferent success. He made 

 a trip down to the Meadows, fishing Magalloway faith- 

 fully, but taking no large fish. From that point he came 

 back up the river and across the carry to Cupsuptic again. 



Mr. Lamb, of Providence, a guest at the Mountain 

 View House, and for some years a visitor to the Range- 

 leys, caught a trout there the other day weighing 7|lbs. 

 By some one of the members of the Tuttle party a trout 

 weighing 9lbs. is reported to have been caught. Mr. E. 

 L. Pickard, of Auburndale, is out from his visit to the 

 home of the Oqubssoc Angling Association at Indian 

 Rock. His daughter accompanied him, and both had 

 good fishing. Mr. Pickard is a true specimen of the 

 genuine angler, as well as business man. Special. 



"Roaster." 



"Rodster" is a good word, with a suggestion of rippling 

 fern and willow-lined streams, as roadster reminds of long 

 stretches of country highway over hill and through dale. 



ANNA A. PRESTON. 



TROUT TICKLING. 



Denver, Col. — Catching trout by hand is a very com- 

 mon practice, but so far as I know only when on the 

 spawning beds. I have done it with the Rocky Mountain 

 trout, Eastern brook trout, and the rainbow or California 

 trout. On May 19 this year I saw a dozen or so good- 

 sized rainbow trout in Waterfall Creek, a small stream 

 running into Wellington Lake, in the mountains fifty 

 miles west of Denver. I lay down carefully and pushed 

 myself slowly along on the bank until opposite, where 

 they were quietly lying in about Sin. of clear water. I 

 put my hand down slowly and passed my fingers along 

 from the tail under one of the largest until I reached the 

 pectoral fins and raised her out of the water without 

 trouble. Of course I had to hold her firmly as she made 

 a violent struggle after I closed my hand around her, and 

 she weighed at least Silbs. She was really in the act of 

 spawning, some of the eggs dropping while I held her in 

 my hands. I have seen the male fish caught in the same 

 way, but my experience is that it is much easier to take 

 the female. 



I remember reading some years ago an article in your 

 paper from the pen of Hon. Wm. N. Byers, of Denver, 

 giving an account of taking by hand, in this manner, all 

 the trout needed for food by his party, when camped in 

 the Middle Park. The fish could not be induced to bite 

 at fly or bait, but the guide took all they needed by hand 

 from the small streams where they were spawning. 



I think the files of your paper will show similar experi- 

 ences by others; but I feel sure this can only be done 

 when they are spawning. H. M. Orahood. 



"E. M. B." asks for information about trout tickling. 

 I can assure him that such a thing can be done, but doubt 

 very much whether it was ever done in the way that "E. 

 M. B." describes, viz., in open water. When a boy in 

 Scotland, I often did it and saw it done by others many 

 times in the following manner: In summer, when the 

 streams are low, we would commence wading up stream, 

 driving the trout before us. Of course they would run for 

 the nearest hole, under a large stone, rock or bank, 

 wherever they could find a hiding place. Now was the 

 time lor tickling, or as we called it, "guddling." Insert 

 the hand cautiously, and if you are lucky enough to touch 

 the trout near the tail, it will lie perfectly still while you 

 worm your fingers along its belly until you reach the gills. 

 Then you close on it with a snap like a steel trap. I 

 hardly think it can be done with trout lying in open 

 water, for you know how quick of sight trout are, and 

 would never allow any one within arm's length if able to 

 see and move at will. You will no doubt readily believe 

 me wr en I say that I think this is a very reprehensible 

 practice, and one to be frowned down at all times; it has 

 not been done by me since long before I commenced 

 reading Fqrest and Stream, and I have read it from the 

 first number. Esk. 



Florence, S. C. — In your issue of June 2, your corres- 

 pondent "E. M. B." asks for corroboration of the "trout 

 tickling" story. I am glad to relieve his mind as to his 

 having been "stuffed" by some fishing Ananias, as this 

 mode of taking trout is very common among the small 

 boys in Scotland, and when young, I often indulged in 

 the pastime. Our mode was a little different from what 

 he described. The "tickler" usually selected a small' 

 stony brook when the water was low and waded up 

 stream; wherever he found a little deep hole round a 

 larger stone he would gently insinuate his hand under 

 the edge of the stone and if he happened to feel the touch 

 of a trout he would pause. Tne fish would generally 

 move a few inches and come to a halt. At the second 

 touch the trout would generally stand his ground, when 

 the "tickler" would slowly move his hand up toward the 

 middle of the fish, and then gently tickle the stomach. 

 Almost at once the fish would lean slowly over till his 

 side would be resting against the fingers. A quick flirt 

 and he lay on the grass. This sport is locally called 

 "ginniling," and has long been practiced. I am of the 

 opinion, from the way the trout "leans to it," that he 

 rather enjoys the tickling. W. M. B. 



Chicago, 111. — In reply to "E. M. B." in Forest and 

 Stream of June 2, I wish to add my testimony, corrobo- 

 rating that of a correspondent of the Norwich Bulletin, 

 with reference to trout tickling. I fully believe his state- 

 ment, for I have taken many a speckled beauty in the 

 rivulets of Wales in the same manner, while yet I was a 

 chunk of a boy. I am now nearly 70 years old and still 

 love to catch a fish. For that purpose I shall leave 

 Chicago this day at 5 P. M., for the Lakes of Wisconsin, 

 to follow the bent of my inclination. H. B. J. 



Unadilla, N. Y., June 3. — I read the article on tickling 

 trout to several members of the club, and out of seven 

 present, five knew from actual experience that trout can 

 be captured in that way, and two knew of the practice 

 from hearsay. Tianaderha. 



St. Lawrence River Fishing. 



Alexandria Bay, June 2. — I was invited down to the 

 dock where laid the steam yacht lone, under charter for 

 the season by Mr. .Howell Osborn, who has just returned 

 from a fishing trip down the river, and was shown a fine 

 ca*ch of bass. There were seventy and their weight was 

 70£lbs., which was a good average. Although some 

 weighed as high as41bs., most of them were kept alive 

 in a large minnow tub. This shows how our fishing is 

 improving with the protective laws well administered by 

 one energetic game protector who is ever on the alert 

 and bringing the violators of the game laws to answer 

 before the courts of justice. Several of our summer resi- 

 dents are arriving for the season. Yesterday brought Mr. 

 Michael Chauncey, of Cuba Isle; Jas. T. Easton, of Cherry 

 Isle: A. E. Clark's family are at their summer home on 

 Welcome Lie. Mr. W. C. Browning is expected Tues- 

 day, also J. L. Hasbrouck, the owner of the original Seth 

 Green Island with the house that Mr. Green occupied 

 thirty years ago; it has been kept as a dining hall for his 

 party, which is usually large. With our excellent fishing 

 and inviting scenery we hope to see a large number here 

 this season. The water in the St. Lawrence is now nearly 

 1+f t. higher than last season and is on the rise, which 

 mak' s the shore of the islands look beautiful. Later on 

 wiil nute more of the hshicg interest here. 



W. H. Thompson, Sec'y. 



