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open air, using a canvas windbreak when necessary. They 
intended to carry with them a quantity of alcoiioi lor mel, but 
nave decided to depend on tuo forests and scrub along the 
route lor their hres. Arriving at Eorc Bae they will penetrate 
the Barren Lands until they encounter the musk ox, and alter 
seounng data for sketches and letter press will retrace their 
steps southward and invade the territory inhabited by tne 
remnants of the wood buffalo and will then hurry back to 
Edmonton. 
This la certainly a remarkable undertaking, and if the 
Messrs. Heming ana Whitney succeed thoy will nave achieved 
a feat that will stand unparalleled m the records of Northwest 
travel. The journey invulves elements of danger, but the young 
travelers are not, daunted by the difficulties tuat face them, 
and rather enjoy the expectation olliving ona irozen diet, i'hey 
will continue their journey to Edmonton this afternoon. 
circle, at the same distance, and my gun is nojmean 
shooter, either. I used the gun several times on the 
only available thing there — woodchuoks — and found it a 
remarkably strong and close shooter. B. H. 
The Adirondack Deer. 
Binghamton, N. V — Editor Forest and Stream: 1 am 
delighted to see that Forest and Stream is right m its 
position on the Deer law, as it usually is on all such 
questions. 
The hounding of deer as practiced in our North Woods 
in nothing but butchery. To my own knowledge there 
were parties in the woods this last fall who, for the time 
being, forgot that they were civilized. One party of 
ten went m there witn a pack of dogs, and in a snort 
time killed eighteen or nineteen deer, the dogs driving 
them to water and the "hunters" (so called.) working 
their magazines till they butchered hem. 1 believe that 
there were more deer killed with the use of dogs in a 
single week then during the entire first sis weeks of 
the open season. I mean to supplement Forest and 
■Stream in its efforts to have proper legislation on the 
subjeot this winter. 
While it is true that deer are in much better condition 
in September than in August, yet I am not in favor of 
changing the date of the open seasou, for two reasons, 
namely : First, but very few deer are killed m August ; 
this fail a great niany parties who went in coming out 
without any; secondly, because such a change in the 
law would entirely cut off the opportunity of many who 
are obliged to take their vacations before September 1. 
Fveiy sportsman knows, that we get health and sport 
even if we are not successful in bagging much game. 
F. 
The Views of a Well Known Guide. 
Inlet, Benson Mines. — Editor Forest and Stream: 
I, for one, am glad to see that the people are getting 
their eyes open and are preparing to put a stop to the 
hounding of deer. I think it should be a State law, and 
the sooner the practice is entirely stopped the better. 
The hounding of deer will certainly use up twice the 
number of deer, or drive them out of the country. I 
wish to be understood as being in favor of entirely 
stopping the hounding of deer, and there are but very 
few guides in this section of the woods who are not 
opposed to hounding. 1 hope that everything will work 
ail right, andjhat a bill will go through this winter. 
The bounding of deer in St. Lawrence County was 
stopped entirely some time ago, and as a result we have 
got more deer than any other section of the woods. 
Geokge Nunn. 
Catching a Deer by Hand . 
Glencoe, Minn. — The deer season in this State 
closed with a less number of deer being killed as com- 
pared with last season. Good tracking snows did not 
arrive until the season was well advanced, rendering it 
difficult to approach or track deer to any advantage. 
Moose are doing well and are increasing under the 
present law. There have been more bears shot in North- 
ern Minnesota than for a long time heretofore ; it is 
probably owing to the forest fires driving them from 
their secluded abodes. An old deer hunter up in the 
lied Lake country, Oly Dolburg, came as near dropping 
a buck without making a scar or drawing blood while 
hunting last season as anyone 1 ever heard. He got a 
running shot at a buck one day, and with the third shot 
the deer fed. Dolburg dropped his rifle to stick the 
deer, when to his surprise the buck he supposed dead 
sprang to his feet. Dolburg, fearing that tne wounded 
animal would offer battle, sprang and caught him by 
the antlers. After a hard struggle all round, Dolburg 
managed to cut the deer's throat. On examining his 
victim he found that his shot had struck at the base of 
one of the antlers, leaving a slight lead mark. Aside 
from this shot, there was no other bullet marks to be 
found. ilEMAO. 
The Maine Game Season. 
^Eustis, Me. , Dec. 30. —As the shooting season is now 
closed we will give you a true statement of the game 
taken at our ranch this season : Four moose, three 
caribou, one bear, twenty-six deer, 318 partridges, five 
foxes. This amount brought to camps shows the marked 
increase of game in our section of Maine, to say nothing 
of over a hundred outright misses caused by buck fever 
and the inexpertness of amateur hunters. The reliable 
guides of this country state that moose, caribou and 
deer, especially the latter, are on the increase. 
Douglass & Witham. 
A New Choke Bore. 
While in the Catskills last summer I came across an 
old muzzle-loader which for years had been the favorite 
toy of my host's youngsters. Their method of loading 
and firing had been to ram in some dirt and pebbles, 
and then shout "bang" in the direction of the enemy. 
My diagnosis showed that the barrel was nearly two- 
thirds full of these loads, packed In too tightly to 
remove easily, i took off the nipple and dug enough of 
the dirt, etc. , to get in odrs. powder ; then inserted a 
piece of blasting fuse, and after removing the stock, 
took the gun to the orchard and, lighting the fuse, 
skipped 
Wnen I next viewed that gun the stock prongs were 
buried some four inches deep in an apple tree, and a 
foot from the muzzle was a swelling, exactly like a wipe 
joint on a lead pipe. I was satisfied that the gun was 
done for, so imagine my surprise when after a good deal 
of work, I got it away from the apple tree and found that 
at 35 yards, with a load of tyi-\%-& it put more shot in 
a 12-inch circle than my own gun could in a 24-inch 
toi^tttoxu 
NEW JERSEY ASSOCIATION. 
! ..There was an unusual meeting in the State t House at 
Trenton yesterday, and it was none other than a gather- 
ing of the State Fish and Game Commission and the 
fish and game wardens, with representatives of the 
various gun clubs in the State. Until this year the Fish 
Commission has been almost a mythical part of the 
State government, and its operations altogether hidden 
by its inactivity. The rarity of the event inspired 
enthusiasm which continued during the five horns' ses- 
sion of the commission. There were present thirty fish 
and game wardens and representatives of the gun clubs, 
as delegates from the New Jersey Game and Fish Pro- 
tective Association, which was recently formed at New 
Brunswick. Ex-Senator, but now United States Mar- 
shall, George Pfeiffer presided. He was a member of 
the old commission, which did nothing worth mention- 
ing, and he blushed profusely when he alluded to the 
fact during the course of the session. Commissioner 
Frothingham was the secretary. He stated that the 
wardens in the State had done well for a beginning, hav- 
ing made 290 arrests for violation of the Game and Fish 
law and collected over |800 in fines up to date. 
a A. G. Stroud then gave some specific information 
about the conclusions and recommendations of the 
representatives of the gun clubs at New Brunswick. At 
this meeting Vv\ R. Hobart of Newark presided. The 
committee appointed at this meeting resolved that the 
season for quails, rabbit, squirrels, ruffled grouse, wood- 
cock, male European pheasants and wild turkeys should 
be from October 14 to December 1. Wilson snipe, reed 
and rail birds, marsh hens and woodcock from August 
31 to December 1. Upland plover and doves, August 
and September. Deer, Ootober 14 to 26. Wild geese, 
duck and other webfooted wild fowl except woodduck 
between August 3 and March 1. 
p . This schedule was made the basis of discussion. 
The first move made was to get an expression of opinion 
as to a general open season for all kinds of game. J. 
L. Smith of Warren County read several letters from 
Warren County sportsmen, who favored a general season, 
during the period from October 1 to December 15 ; both 
those from South Jersey objected because of the coast 
shooting coming earlier. 
^JThe result of a free and easy expression was some 
changes in existing laws as follows : Deer to be killed 
during the first ten days of the season only. Squirrels, 
rabbits, ruffled grouse, and woodcock from October 15 to 
December 16. Wilson snipe, reedbirds, rails, marsh 
hens and upland plover, August 31 to December 16. 
Pinnated grouse and European partridge from October 
15 to December 15. 
t The section covering English partridges and pheasants 
is to be amended by striking out the word hen wherever 
it occurs in the section. 
There was considerable discussion on the section that 
imposes a penalty for hunting rabbits with ferrets. A. 
G. Stroud stated he had learned that in Sussex County 
there were a number of farmers who kept ferrets for 
running down rabbits. No attempt was made to conceal 
the fact, and reports came from Warren Comity that 
they were being generally used there. He suggested that 
the law should be amended so that the owners of ferrets 
would be obliged to register ferrets, and in this way the 
game warden would know who had them and could 
watch the owners. J. L. Smith said that in Warren 
the owners of ferrets were regarded as suspicious persons 
and cordially disliked by all sportsmen. Commissioner 
Page did not think it would be fair to enact any special 
legislation that would impose a hardship on the owners 
of ferrets, because they had a legitimate use, and in 
some cases were needful. The game wardens have a law 
which prevents their use for running down game, and 
if they are watchful the owners can be caught and 
punished. 
Sunday hunting was discussed at some length, but the 
law will not be changed. President Pfeiffer said that 
in Camden County the violation of the Sunday law had 
become general, and he had instructed the warden to 
break it up by a thorough policing of the localities where 
the Sunday law is violated, and the commission would 
expect considerable activity in this direction. 
^Secretary Frothingham was short and emphatic in 
his criticisms of that part of the law which sanctions 
the issuing of permits to shoot birds for scientific pur- 
poses. He did not think it wise to put permits in the 
hands of young boys for such a license, and it was not 
the right way to study birds. More information could 
be obtained by going to the museums, where they are 
classified and described. 
. ^Shooting by night has the effect of driving birds 
from their nesting place, and it was the general expres- 
sion of the commission that section 20 should remain as 
it is. 
^President Pfeiffer delivered an address in which he 
advised the. wardens to put themselves in communica- 
tion with all sportsmen in their locaities and have all 
of them become interested in the work. All violations 
of the law could in that way be brought to their notice, 
and some spirited prosecutions would have a wholesome 
effect. 
a* A.. G. Stroud announced the formation of the State 
Game and Fish Protective Association, which had held 
a meeting the night before and elected J. L. Smith of 
Hackettston, president; A. G. Stroud of Hunterdon, 
seoretary; W. R. &. Hobart of Newark, treasurer; G. 
Viehme, of New Brunswick, and R. C. Griscom of 
Atlantic City, the vice presidents. He said that it 
desired the co-operation of all the sportsmen in the 
State to assist in restocking the State with game and 
protecting the existing game and fish. President Peiffer 
announced that the Commissioners would join the asso- 
ciation and assist it. 
B. B. Morris made the motion that all favorable^ to 
giving the State CoinmJisioners all the assistance "in 
their power should^arise, and Jihe^ motion^was ^unani- 
mously carried. Before adjourning^Secretary b'rothing- 
ham announced that all ^suggestions" that had k been ^ad- 
vanced during the conference should be reduced to 
writing and forwarded to him at once. 
The report of the Commisioner to the State and^Gov- 
ernor has been prepared and filed The reports of all 
the fish wardens are appended The facts contained in 
it briefly stated, .axe that the Commissioners have held 
regular meetings and kept an office at 1 Exchange place, 
Jersey City. Their predecessor left them no legacy in 
the shape of records or minutes. The existing laws 
from 1808 had been codified. There are thirty-three 
wardens, but legislation is needed to better regulate 
their compensation and their powers to employ help. 
They are allowed $3 per diem, and up to .December, 
1894, $12,000 had been expended. Tne Commission 
recommends the appointment of twenty Fish and Game 
wardens, who should have jurisdiction m ail counties 
and shall get $50 a month, and not exceed $200 per 
annum for expenses. There should also be a Fish and 
Game Protector who should receive $100 a month and 
an allowance of $300 for expense to have a general super- 
vision over all the wardens. The wardens shall have no 
right to employ deputies without the consent of the 
Commissioners, who will appoint on receiving a petition 
from ten freeholders that a deputy is needed. 
Special mention is made of tne good work of Commis- 
sioners Rdcardo, Shrmer of Passaic and Terhune of 
Bergen, Schneider of Atlantic and Dore of Cumberland 
— Newark Call, Jan. 6. 
Proposed Nebraska Law, 
Omaha, Neb., Jan. 1. — Editor Forest and Stream: The presen 
agitation in the interests o£ our fish and game gives promise o 
glorious fruition. The meeting at Parmelee'a gun store Satur 
day evening was large and enthusiastic. 'Those present were 
John S. vioilins, George A. Hoagland, John Jtf. Thurston, Judges 
B. E. IS. Kennedy and G. VV. Tunneclitte, W. H. a. Hughes, Fred- 
erick Lewis, Erank Parmelee, A. O. Glahiu, M. O. Peters, Ered 
Montmorency, H. A. Dupont, Will Townsend, John J. Hardin, J. 
G. Knowles, Will Simerai, Stockton Heth, J. E, Shepherd, H. B. 
Kennedy, J. U. head, Or. W. Loomis, J. O. Day, J. O. Morrison, 
and in fact all the prominent sportsmen of the city. Judge B. 
E. Kennedy was in the chair, while S3, G. V. Griswold acted as 
secretary. The committee, J.B. Meikle, Judge Kennedy, Ered 
Montmorency and S. G. V. Griswold, appointed at a previous 
meeting to draft a law for the preservation, propagation and 
protection of Nebraska's fish and game, submitted a synopsis of 
the same,which was discussed thoroughly by sections, Out finally 
adopted as a whole. 
This proposed law provides for a State game and fish warden 
at a salary o£ $1,500 per annum and expenses not to exceed 
$1,000. Also a clerk at $800, office at State Capitol, and to be 
appointed by the Board of Game and Eish Commissioners. 
2. insectivorous and song birds, excelling English sparrow 
crow, raven, crow blackbird and kingfishers. 
3. Prairie chicken and grouse, open season Sept. 1 to Nov. 1. 
4. Quail and wild turkey Oct. 1 to Dec, 1. 
5. Woodcock, upland plover and turtle doves, July 15 to 
Dec. 1. 
6. Geese, ducks, all wildfowl, Sept. 1 to April 15. 
7. Wilson snipe, rail and the waders, April 1 to Oct. 1. 
8. Squirrels, all kinds, Sept. 1 to Jan. 1. 
9. Deer, elk and antelope killing in any manner prohibited 
for five years. 
10. Violations of law on birds, $5 fine each bird killed, and 
not more than $100 in all, and imprisonment for 10 to 30 day3. 
11. Killing squirrels the same. Elk, deer or antelope irom 
$50 to $100, 10 to 30 days, costs of proposition. 
12. Possession of game in close season, misdemeanor, pun- 
ishable same as for kuling. 
13. Shooting wildfowl before sunrise or after sunset prohib- 
ited; penalty same as for killing out of season. 
14. Non-residents must pay a license of $50 a year to shoot 
in Nebraska. 
15. No one will be allowed to emplov parties to shoot for the 
market or any other purpose. 
16. Ice house or cold storage plants for freezing game for 
market will not be tolerated, 
17. That a close season lor game fish be provided from May 
15 to Nov. 15, to be protected on their spawning beds, etc.,- etc. 
After considerable more interesting discussion upon the pro- 
posed bill, on motion of Mr. Hughes the same committee was 
instructed to draft the law complete aud present it to a meeting 
to be held next Saturday evening at the same place. 
Sakdx Gkiswold. 
Massachusetts Association. 
The nominating committee of the Massachusetts Eish and 
Game Protective Association presented the following list to be 
acted upon at tne January meeting, Jan. 9: Eor President, Ben- 
jamin Uutler Clark ; £ or Vice-Presidents, George W, Wiggin, C. 
J. H. Woodbury, Edward E. Hardy, Dr. John T. Stetson, lvera 
W. Adams, Edward J. tsr^wn, Edward E. Allen, of Watertown; 
for Secretary and Treasurer, Henry H. Kimball; for Librarian, 
JohnEottler, Jr.; for Executive Committee, Herbert Bishop, 
Sidney Chase, Dr. W. G. Kendall, W. B. Hastings, Chas. G. Gib- 
son, Hon. W. E. Bay, Cuas. A. Allen, of Worcester, Loring 
Crocker, Jr., W. B. Smart, Rollin Jones, Henry J. Thayer, Ed- 
dward E. Small ; Membership Committee, Edward T. Barker, 
Arthur W. Kobinson, Walter C. Prescott; Eund Committee, Dr. 
J. W. Ball, W. Hapgood, Edward Brooks. 
The annual dinner will be given on Wednesday evening, Jan. 
30, at Young's Hotel. 
Now York Forestry and the Deer. 
From Gov. Morton's Message. 
The preservation ol the forest domain of the State is a sub- 
ject of deep concern to the whole community, involving as it 
does the preservation of the natural sources of water supply. 
Peculiar significance was given to this question in the recent 
Constitutional Convention by the fact that the amendment pro- 
viding for the keeping of the forest reservations for ever as 
wild forest lands was urged by important commercial interests 
and was the only amendment that was adopted without dissent. 
Due attention should be given to the necessary legislation to 
carry the will of the people into effect. 
The carrying out of these provisions will also tend to the 
preservation of game birds and animals on the public lands, a 
subject worthy of legislative attention, especially with respect 
to the advisability of prohibiting the use of dogs in the hunting 
k ,u C 'a 0 decimation of herds does not result from killing 
oy tne dogs, but the hunted animals almost invariably take 
^I^V 1 } , 9 S ume ^ ous lakes > P 0Ild 3 and brooks, where they 
are so helpless that they fall victims to other huhtera who lie in 
wait for easy captures. 
Megantio Club Dinner. 
half tt v?^ ner of ^ e Me S aat io Fish and Game Club was 
held at the Vendome, Boston, on Thursday avening of this 
week. A report of the ooeasion will be given in our next issue, 
