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FOREST AND STREAM. 
lApBiL 3, 1897. 
West Tirginia's Non-Export tiaw^ 
HtTNTiNGTON, W. Va. — Editor Forest and Stream: Our 
new law is quite a long step in the direction of shorter open 
seasons, and better enforcement of our l&,ws relative to game 
and fish. No deer may be killed for five years and no more 
hounding, no quail for two years. No bass may be caught 
from April 15 to June 15 of each year, and none taken under 
Gin. For dynamite using a jail sentence is provided, in ad- 
dition to the fine which the court must impose, 
No game may be sold out of the State or shipped there- 
from. 
All Stale, county and city officers are made game wardens, 
and upon reliable information of infringement of these stat- 
utes must act or are subject to fine. One-half of all fines go 
to the informer and the other to the party making the arrest. 
This State possesses most excellent advantages for game 
fish, and where there has been no netting, and especially no 
dynamiting, there is as good fishing as one could ask. This 
law starts at last in the right direction of forbidding the 
sale of game outside the State, but falls short iu not having 
adopted the Fobest and Stream no sale platform ; but we 
feel encouraged and tru&t the latter will come in two yearg. 
If all members of our yarioua State Legislatures were 
only constant readers of the Forest and Stream, soon in- 
deed wonld the needed "No Sale" law be passed, and the 
statutes of the various States cease to be encumbered with 
useless provisos compromise provisions, often inconsistent 
and so utterly in conflict among themselves as to utterly 
nullify their enforcement. 
Let us all try to push the good work along, and when 
from Maine to California, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, 
there ia no spot upon which game can be offered for sale, 
none who will buy and no company that dare carry, then 
at last our game problem is solved and to the good work of 
Forest and Stream will belong at least the greater part of 
the credit. T. R. S. 
Deer ariid Train. 
A Gloverstills (N. Y.) correspondent sends us this 
from his local Adirondack paper: "Deer are evidently be- 
coming quite numerous in this vicinity, as two were recently 
seen near the Broadalbin Railroad, and people on the train 
from Northville had an interesting experience with two of 
the animals on its trip to this city this afternoon, The train 
had reached a point about half a mile south of Cranberry 
Creek depot when the engineer saw two deer jump on the 
track. After waiting until the approaching train was within 
about lOOi't. of them, the deer turned and ran down the 
tiack directly ahead of the locomotive and maintained that 
position for nearly three-quarters of a mile, when they turned 
and passed into a field through an open gate. The engineer 
kept the whistle tooting constantly while the animals were 
on the track, and several of tlie passengers, desirous of learn- 
ing the cause of the repeated alarms, saw the animals in 
their race with the train." 
In Wolf Creek Swamp. 
Wednesday, 10:30 A. M., found four of our party stand- 
ing around a small fire near the swamps of Wolf Creek, 
about five miles from town, awaiting the arrival of ihe fifth, 
a negrp ^e had employed to furnish the dogs. We heard 
the welcome yelp of a hound in the swamp below us, and 
soon Joe appeared on the scene with fourteen dogs. 
In a few minutes we had decided on our route, two of us 
taking each side of the creek, Joe and dogs in the swamp; 
and we were on the march. Soon it sounded as if some 
fort was being cannonaded. Every few minutes would hear 
the report of a gun, and occasionally above the sound of the 
13-bores could be distinguished the" loud report of my 10- 
gauge. At 1 o'clock we returned to the buggies for dinner, 
and after a hearty smack counted the game 'Wehad twenty- 
seven rabbits, a quail and a woodcock. We'decided that 
this was as many as we had any need for, so were soon on 
our way home. For the first time I grew tired of rabbit 
croquettes. A Geor&ta Hunter. 
Slaughtering Ontario Game. 
' Port Arthur, Canada. — Editor Forest mid Stream: The 
attention of the game warden for Ontario is called to the 
fact that moose, caribou and other game is being recklessly 
slaughtered in the district of West Algoma, and tbat although 
the local warden has been notified, no action has been taken 
to, put a stop to the outrageous practice. Indians are actu- 
ally peddling the meat around the town of Port Arthur, and 
the hides are shipped to Toronto. The Indians have no 
more right to kill moose and caribou than a white man, and 
if the practice is not stopped the large game will be extermi- 
nated. It is also reported that numbers of beaver have been 
taken during this winter, and that the pelts have been 
shipped to Toronto. The depredations have been committed 
principally on the Port Arthur, Duluth & Western Ry. and 
east on the Canadian Pacific Ry. The Ontario Govern- 
ment should lose no time in having the wardens put an end 
to this reckless slaughier. John E. Newsome. 
Game Seen on a Maine Trip. 
On our annual hunting trip to Maine in 1896 the party 
consisted of one lady, two sportsmen, cook and two guides. 
Started from Moosehead Lake Sept, 21 and aixived at Grind- 
stone Oct. S8. We saw no game until Oct. 5 except 
partridges, but before coming out we saw ninety-two deer, 
thirteen moose and two caribou. We only took one spike- 
horn moose and two deer. 
Tbe moose we .saw were five cows, three calves, two bulls 
(seen by the guides, who had orders not to shoot any), one 
spikehorn, taken for meat, and two seen at a distance, and 
supposed to be cow and bull. Partridges were very scarce. 
W e only saw about thirty. . N. F. Tufts, 
The .22cal. for Duck Shooting. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
I was looking over a pileof Forest and Streams recently 
and noticed an article from a man in California speaking in 
high praise cf the .23cal. rifle. What sportsman is there 
who would not feel greater pride in bringing to bag four or 
five mallards with a small caliber rifle than four times that 
number with a 10 gauge, if it were only customaiy to hunt 
them in that manner? 
I think that a club started on some good ducking pre- 
serve to allow only the use of the small caliber rifle would 
soon have a large membership, composed only of the highest 
type of sportsmen. S. R. R. 
Spesutia Island Club. 
Assistant Game Warden Geo. W, Massamorb was 
recently a guest of the Spesutia Island Rod and Gun Club 
He reports that the shooting there was fairly good. He and 
Mr. Henry T. Carey killed about forty blackhead ducks. 
Dr. Massamore said the statements about the great slaugh- 
ter of ducks at the island were overdrawn. The club has 
twelve members, and several of them are good shots. There 
are five shore blinds, and the club has two sink-boxes^or use 
on the flats. One rule of the club is that members can only 
shoot half of any one day. If thev shoot in the morning, 
they must leave the blinds at 1 P. M, If in the afternoon, 
they begin at 1 P. M. The club keeps a record of all the 
ducks kdled, and from this Dr. Massamore found the follow- 
ing: 
Tbe club was formed 1889. The biggest kill of any day 
since was made by Henry T. Carey and J. W. Auchincloss. 
It was March 14, 1895, when they gathered 202 birds. On 
March 30, 1894, A. de Barry and Parker Page killed 176 on 
the flats. On Nov. 1 of the same year five members 
shot on the flats and killed 198 These are top scores. 
The total records for each year, both from shore blinds 
and from sink- boxes, are as follows: 
1889-90, 3,004; 1890-91, 3,074; 1891-93, 1,390; 1893-93, 
871; mS-94, 3,452; 1894-95, 2,084; 1895-96. 1,637; 1896 to 
and including March 13, 1897, 800.— Baltimore Sun. 
The Virginia Shore. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
At this writing I regret to have to report a news famine so 
far as game is concerned. 
Our fox hunting clubs, after a very successful season, have 
withdrawn their dogs. The last brant, duck and goose 
must have left for their breeding grounds in the far North, 
there now being none in our waters. Coast birds are not on 
hand yet, but may be expected ere long. Surely it is 
between grass and hay. A company of the Accomac Club 
men came down by our morning train in expectation, no 
doubt, of snipe and coast bird shooting. The famine will 
soon be off. T. G. Elliott. 
Kel^kb, Va,, March 25. 
Two Partridge Heads with One Bullet. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
1 had the pleasure of a hunting trip in Maine in 1896. 
The party made their headquarters at Turner Pond. This 
camp is run by Mr. Kinne, of the Birch Island House, Ho- 
leb. Me. We remained four days at Turner Pond. Our 
party of six got five deer. I was fortunate in shooting the 
heads off of two partridges with one rifle bullet, something I 
never heard of being done before, The two partridges were 
on the ground, and as they passed I shot, which I think was 
a very lucky shot. F. L. A. 
Barnegat Duck Shooting. 
New YoBU, March 29 — Duck shooting in Barnegat Bay 
is at its height. I went down last week, and together with 
my guide, Mr. J B. Boyden, of Waretown, N. J., killed 
thirty-nine broadbills, eleven brant and sixteen sheldrakes in 
three days. The bay is fairly alive with ducks, geese and 
brant, and any information about the shooting would be 
gladly furnished. A, Schoverling. 
GAME LEGISLATION AT ALBANY. 
Wb give a synopsis of the game law measures introduced in the 
New York Legislature during the current bession. The bills are desig- 
nated by their introduction order. 
In the Assembly. 
No. 24. Mr. Sanger— To forbid jacking deer at any time. 
No. 47. Mr. Hobbie— To forbid hounding deer in towns of Dresden 
and Putnam, Washington county, for ten year.=!. 
No. 48. Mr. Hoes— To permit ice- fishing for pickerel, bullheads, cat- 
fish, eels, perch and sunfish iu Queechy Lake, Coliunbia countv. 
No. SO. Mr. Sanger— To repeal Sec, i49 (the game selling section). 
No 185. Mr. Matteson— To protpcc niinks, skunks, muskrat in Cat- 
taraugus county. May 1 to Nor, 16; and foxes. May 1 to Sept 30. 
No. 189, Mr. Nixon— To forbid taking anyflsh In Chautauqua Lake 
from May 1 to June 15; or any black bass, yellow bass, rock Dass and 
muskallonge, ex';ept from .June 15 to Dec. 1. 
No. 190. Mr. Nixon- To protect State nets while in use. 
jNo. 191. Mr. Nixon— To protect woodcock, partridge, rabbit and 
squirrel in Chatauqua county, except from Sept. 15 to Dec. 31. 
No. 2i3. Mr. Clark-To make "the waters of the Thousand Islands" 
bounded by "the boundar.v line between the State of New York and 
the Dominion of Canada ac Saint Regis." 
No. 376 iMr Glen— To repeal Sec. s;49, but without appHcation to 
game already in possession at time of passage of act. 
No. 860. Mr. Corrigan— To repeal Sec. a49. 
No. 476. Mr. Witter— To protect woodcock, meadow lark, grouse 
and squirrels in Tioga county, except from Sept. 15 to Dec. 15, and to 
prohioit their export for sale. 
No. 500. Mr. McLaughlin— To make the open season for woodcock 
and grouse Sept. )6 to Dec. 1. 
No. 510. Mr. Hutton— To make the open season for hlack bass in 
Lake George and Schroon Lake July 1 to Dec. 31, (It is now Aug. 1 
to Dec. 31.) 
No. 10. Mr, Sanger— To make open season for squirrels Sept. 1 to 
Nov. 15, (It is now Oct, 15 to Feb. 15 ) To make open season for 
hare and rabbit Oct, 15 to Feb. 15; woodcock and grouse, Sept. 1 to 
Nov 15, with season of possession Sept. 1 to Dec, 1; to forbid 
transportation of woodcock, grouse and quail, except when accom- 
panied by owner, and provided that no indiviaual shall transport 
more than fifteen birds at one time or flfiy in a season. 
No. 23, Mr. Sanger — To prohibit entirely the bounding of deer. 
No. 521. Mr, Post— To permit use of floating devices and sailboats 
for wildfowl shooting "in Long Island Sound, Great South Bay, Shin- 
necoek and Peconic bays," (A law.) 
No. 5'(9. Mr. Graves — To protect mink, skunk, muskrat, in Oneida 
and Maaison counties. May 1 to Oct. 31 ; and fox, May 1 to Sept. 30. 
No, 677. Mr. Goodsell— To make close seasons for Orange county: 
woodcock, grouse, Jan. 1 to Aug. 15; quail, Jan. 1 to Not. 1; hare, rab- 
bit, gray squirrel, Jan. 1 to Oct. 1. 
No. 7u5. Mr. Coughlin— To forbid possession of living birds pro- 
tected by feec. 78 (song and insectivorous birds). 
No. Mr. Brown— To increase the number of game protectors 
and foresters (fi'om present thirty-five) to forty-one. 
No. 7!i6— To appropriate $6,000 for erection and maintenance of a 
food fish hatchery on one of the inland lakes. 
No. -420. Mr. Clark— To hmit nets for taking minnows for bait to 
40ft. length, 4fl. depth, and hauling ropes to oOft. 
No. 459. Mr. Hobbie— To authorize protectors to serve summons 
issuing out of justices' court; also giving right of search without 
search warrant. 
No. 778. Mr. Hobbie— To exclude brackish vpater from the term 
"salt water"' when used in the law relative to fishing. 
No. 346, Mr. Horton— To permit in Wayne county waters taking of 
pei-ch, bullheads, suckers, catfish, eels and sunfish for home con- 
sumption. 
No. 248. Mr. Ives— To make open deer season Aug. 15 to Nov. 15; 1o 
forbid for five years use of jack light or hound; season for squirrel, 
Sept. 15 to ISov.30;hare, rabbit, Sept. 1 to Dec. 31; woodcock, meadow- 
lark, grouse, Sept. 1 to Dec. 1; possession, ciept 1 to Dec. 1; hare, 
rabbit, squirrel, woodcock, grouse, meadowlark may not be killed 
for score in a side-hunt ; woodcock, quail and grouse may be trans- 
ported only when accompanied by owner, and only twelve at a 
time. 
No. 812. Mr. Brown— To provide a food flsh hatchery in Hamilton 
county. 
No. 834. Mr. Coughlin— Provides that nothing in law shall be con- 
strued as forbidding possession, transportation or sale of elk meat 
from Oct. 31 to Dec. 15. 
No. 833. Mr. Gott— Eelative to duty of peace oflBcers to report law 
violations to disiriet attorney. 
No. 8t7. Mr. Andrews— To make close season for meadow hens, 
mudhens, gallinule, water chicken, grebe, e-xcept Aug. 16 to Dec. 31. 
No. 875. Mr. Rounds— To permit lee-flshing in Owasco I^ake. 
No. 897. Mr. Pierce— For a food fish hatchery in the town of Schroon, 
Essex county. 
No. 364. Mr. Garby— Open season on woodcock and grouse in Rich- 
mond county, July 4 to Dec. 31 ; and on meadowlarks in Niagara 
and Richmond counties, Sept. 15 to Dec' 81. 
No. 365. Mr. Garby— Open season for squirrel, hare, rabbit, Oct. 15 
to Dec. 16; in Richmond county, Nov. 10 to Dec. 10; and rabbits pro- 
tected during 1897. 
No. 485. Mr. Meyer— To provide for salt-water striped bass close 
season, Jan. 1 to May 1; lawful length. 8in. 
No. 975. Mr. Hobbie— To forbid pollution of streams in a measure 
to interfere with the habits of flsh. 
No. 995. Mr. Nixon— To amend Sec. 132 so that Lake Erie nets 
may not be used within one-quarter mile of the shore m Chautauqua 
county (one-half mile elsewhere). 
No 785. Mr. Gott— To make open seasott for trout April 16 to Aug. 
31 . 
No. 949. Mr, Whritner— To make open seasons in Rockland county : 
woodcock, July 1 to July 31, and Oct. 1 to Oct. 31; partridge, quail, 
rabbit, squirrel. Nov. 1 to Dec. 31. 
No. 1014. Mr. Dudley— To forbid Lake Ontario netting within one 
mile (now three miles) of mouth of Niagara River, 
No.' 1015. Mr. Dudley— To permit drying nets on shores of Lake 
Erie, Lake Ontario and Cattaraugus Creek. 
^^No. 1017. Mr. Halbert— To protect quail in Chemung cOUOty to 
No. 773. Mr. Burr— To permit the sale in New York city of trout 
taken on Long Island between March S9 and April 16. 
No. 816. Mr. McLaughlin— To make open season on black bass June 
ao to Dec, 31. 
No. 10;9. Mr. Zimmerman— Relative to nets in Lake Ontario and 
other waters. 
No. 1133. Mr. Eldridge-To forbid in Lake George trolling from 
launch propelled by steam, naphtha, gasoline or electricity. 
No. 1340. Mr. McLaughlin -Atithorizing removal of Beaverkill 
hatchery to another site in Sullivan county. 
No. 774, Mr. Eldridge - To protect fish in Warren county. 
No. 1186. Mr. Palmer— To protect bass in Crystal Lake, Rensseiaer- 
ville, for two years. 
No. 1231. Mr, Ives— To protect elk. 
No. 1230. Mr, Ten Eyck -To forbid the sale of woodcock and grouse 
at any time. 
No. 1231. Mr. Ten Eyck— To increase fine for trapping to $35 for 
each bird so taken; or imprisonment, $1 one day. 
No. Iv33. Mr. Ten Eyck— To limit, transportation of woodcock or 
grouse by any one person to twelve at one time. 
No. 827. Mr. Husted - To forbid in Westchester county shooting of 
game from public highway. 
No. 330. Mr. Benham— To permit 600ft. set lines in Canandaigiia 
Lake. 
No. 480. Mr. McLaughlin— To permit ice-fishing in Sullivan county 
waters not inhabited by brook trout. 
No. 863, Mr. Gorham— Relative to ice-fishing in certain waters in 
Putnam and Otsego counties. 
No. 1106. Mr. McKnieht— To exempt from protection, On Long 
Island, Wilson's or English snipe. 
No. 1314. Mr. Abell— To forbid the sale of wild bird skins with plu- 
mage thereon. 
No 1355. Mr. Sweet - To permit ice-flshlng in trout waters in Greene 
county from Dec. 1 to Pf b. 15. 
No. 263. Mr. Mack ey— To permit ice-fishing in trout waters iu Dela< 
ware county from Dec. 1 to Feb. 15. 
No 680, Mr, Hill— To increase the number of pro'ectors from thirty- 
five to forty -two. 
Rec. No. 101. Mr. Wilcox— To exempt the waters controlled by the 
Oneonta Water Works Company from the provisions of the flsh law. 
No. 14C4. Mr. Ten Eyck— To make open seasons as follows: Deer, 
Sept. 1 to Nov 15 (not to be shot at between 8 P. M. and 6 A. M.); 
black and gray .squirrels, Sept. 15 to Dec. 31; hares, rabbits, Sept. 15 
to Dec. 31 (use ot ferrets not forbidden); web-footed wildfowl, includ- 
ing geese and brant, Sept. 1 to April 1 ; woodcock, grouse, Sept. 15 to 
Dec. 31 (only twelve of either biras transported at a time in company 
of owner); meadow hen, gallinule, water chicken, grebe, Aug. 16 to 
Dec. 31; salmon trout, landlocked salmon, April 1 to Sept. 30; black 
bass, May 30 to Dec. 31 (unlawful length, 9in.); pike, pickerel, wall- 
eyed pike, May 1 to. Jan, 31 ; salt-water striped bass. May 31 to April 1 
(lawful length, Sin.). 
In the Senate. 
Int. No. 4S. Mr. Daley— To permit ice-flshing in Queechy Lake, Co- 
lumbia county. 
No. 96. Mr. Nixon— Assembly No. 187. 
No. 108. Mr. Raines— To permit spear and set line fishing in Canan- 
daigua Lake. 
No. 17i. Mr. Raines— Same purport as No. 108. 
No. 184. Mr. Muneinger— To repeal Sec. 249, 
No. 287. Mr. Krum- Same as Assembly No. 459. 
No. 313. Mr, Davis— Same as Assembly No 705. 
No. 849. Mr. Guy— To make open season for posses.sion and sale of 
venison Aug. 16 to March 1 ; open season for kuiing squirrels and rab- 
bits, Oct. 15 to March 1; wildfowl, except geese and brant, Sept. 1 to 
April 1 ; quail, Oct. 1 to Jan. 1; possession of woodcock and grouse 
permittea from Aug. 16 to March 1 ; quail, Oct. 1 to March 1 ; snipe, 
plover, sbore birds, at all seasons. Repeals Sec. 249. 
No 363. Mr. Wilcox That Commissioners may give privi'ege of 
drawing off waters for taking carp, pickerel and other flsh. 
No. 4i5. Mr. Lamy— To increase the number of protectors from 
thirty-five to sixty. 
No. 433. Mr. Stranahan— As to nets in Lakes Erie and Ontario. 
No. 461. Mr. Krum— To open snipe and snore bird season on Long 
Island April 1 (instead of July 1, as now). 
No. 533. Mr. Brown— To permit taking suckers, pickerel, bullheads, 
catfish, eels and sunfish at any time with spear, tip-up, hook up or set 
lines, in Wharton, Butternut, Schene vus, Otego and Oaks creeks and 
Susquehanna River, in Otsego county. 
No. 5i7. Mr. Harrison— Assembly No. 459. 
No. 6S3. Mr. Coggeshall— To stock waters of Oneida county with 
game fish; to prohibit fishing except with rod and line; to establish a 
fund, to be deposited by the Central New York Fishery Association 
with the treasurer of Oneida county, for payment of rewards for m- 
formation leading to conviction of offenders. 
No. 643. Mr. Mullin— To regulate net fishing in lakes Erie and On- 
tario. 
Rec. No. 118 Assembly No, 459. 
Kec No. 115. Assembly No. 320. 
No. 819. Mr. Grant- To move the Beaverkill hatchery. 
No. 833. Mr. Grant- To make black bass open season June 30 to 
Dee. 31. 
No. 443. Mr. Grant- To permit ice fishing in Queechy and Conesus 
lakes; hooking and spearing suckers in Ononoaga Lake, waters of 
Cortland and Tioga counties, Delaware and Charlotte rivers, and 
tributaries in Delawareand Sullivan coimties; ice-fishing In Schoharie 
River and tributaries in Schoharie county; use M set lines, tip-ups 
and hooks for suckers, catfish, eels and sunfish in Wayne county at 
any time. 
No. 601. Mr. Davis— As to woodcock and grouse— open season. 
Sept. 1 to Dec. 15; one person may take only thirty birds in a seasi d; 
possession allowed Sept. 1 to Jan. 1 for birds killed in open season or 
out of the State; transportation forbidden except for not more than 
thirty birds accompanied by owner; importation forbidden in open 
season except from points twenty-five miles beyond State lines. 
No. 8(4. Mr. Guy— To make close season for wildfowl Oct. 31 to May 
1, and to forbid taking except with shoulder gun. 
No. S93. Mr. Krum— Open seasons: for squirrels and rabbits, Sept. 1 
to Dec. 31; Richmond county, rabbits, Nov, lO to Deo. 10 (1897 closed 
entirely); Westchester county, squirrels and rabbits, Oct. 15 to Nov. 
1 ; Tioga county, squirrels, Sept. 15 to Dec. 15. Ferrets forbidden ex- 
cept in Wavne, Onondaga, Delaware and Oswego counties. 
No. 887. jlr, Koehler— To prohibit net fishing in Jamaica Bay, Flat- 
lands Bay, Grassy Bay and adjacent waters opening into the ocean 
through Rockaway Inlet. 
{Correspondence Forest and Stream.) 
Albany, March 27,— The Senate has passed these bills; Senator 
Parsons, providing for the preparation by the State of a text-book on 
birds tor use in schools, academies and colleges, setting forth the 
economic value of birds; Senator Malby. authorizing the killing of 
dogs that will hunt or pursue deer, when found running at large in a 
locality inhabited by aeer; (977) Senator Grant, relative to fishing 
through the ice ; (97s) Senator Davis, relative to the Ulster county 
forest preserve; (979) Senator Davis, relative to the season for grouse; 
(1,017) Senator Krum, providing for the publication of the game code 
as amended. 
After a final hearing, the Assembly game committee reported the 
Ives bill prohibiting the hounding of deer for five years after June 1, 
1897. 
The following new law has been signed by the Governor: Assembly- 
man Nixon, making it unlawful for any one hut employees of the 
State Fish and Forestry Commission to take flsh from a State net or 
to flsh within 100ft. of any such net. 
The Assembly has passed these bills: (834) Assemblyman Hobbie, 
relative to protectors' right to search; (1,693) Assemblyman Benham, 
relative to fishing in Canandaigua Lake; (1,093) Assemblyman Mo- 
Laughlin, relative to fishing through the ice. 
The Assembly has ordered to a third reading the following bills: 
Assemblyman Holbert, relative to the close season for quail; (1,71.?) 
Assemblyman Gorham, relating to fishing in Otsego county ; (1,719) 
Assemblyman McKnight, cloae season for plover and other birds. 
