IVlAY 8, 1897. J 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
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what ought the guide to pay in the way of damage, who, 
after contracting to go with one party, throws them over 
for something better, and fails to fulfill his contract? If it 
is late in the season, it may be impossible to secure com- 
l>etent men and transportation. If the guide is able to 
secure another party on the failure of the first one, they 
ought not to pay for a loss the guide does not sustain. I 
gpeak of this because there have been many disappointed 
LMiides in the West, and a few very angry and discouraged 
hunting parties, who arrive or start at the last moment 
without knowing anything about their outfits, where they 
are going to secure men and animals, or even if they are 
I going to get transportation at all, owing to the failure of 
their guides. Under any circumstance, they lose valu- 
able time. Therefore, it is best for both parties to the 
contract to have an understanding, if there is anj^ consid- 
erable amount involved. 
I will give a list of pi'ovisions based on the ration list 
used by the United States Geological survey. The quanti- 
ties are ample, and there is enough variety for any camp- 
ing trip. Of the lOOlbs. of fresh meat, fish and fo wl, only 
liiall proportion could be taken on a long trip — enough 
i ii?sh meat to last until something could be killed, or meat 
icould be obtained as required. Fish and fowl are supposed 
,to be had only when camping where they can be gotten 
frei5h. If no fresh meat can be obtained, additional salt 
meat must be carried. The canned corned beef is excel- 
lent for lunches and hash. About all the provision can be 
purchased at any of the larger outfitting towns by your 
guide. If you have any particular kind of tea or coflee, it 
may be advisable to bring it from the East, also a few deli- 
cacies for lunches. The provision list can be varied to suit 
the taste, either adding additional canned goods, or more 
of one thing and less of another. The proportions on the 
list are what usually fills the bill. It is for 100 rations, or 
food for one man for 100 days, as follows: 
Ration List for One Man. 1 OO Days. 
Fresh meat, iDcludinpr fish and pouUry lOOlbs, 
C\ired meat— hams, bacon and.«aU pork 4olb.s. 
Lard or fat salt pork,,, ,, JOlb."!, 
FlDur— "Montana" eOJbs. 
Co:n meal, hominy grits, farina, California Breakfast 
Food, oaimeal, rolled oats, in all ISIbs. 
Dr. FriceVs baking powder.., , SJ^Ibs. 
Snpar— Kranulated , 4(jiDS 
Ooffiee— roasted , . . . , lOlos. 
Tea lib. 
UondcDsed milk- Eagle brand Scans. 
Condensed cream-8t. Charles or Icnperial. .i ....... 12 cans. 
Cutter ■ lllbs. 
Fji ied fruils-Apples (5), apricots (3), peeled peaches (?), 
prunes {% raspberrie.s (2), prunells (S), plums (2), in 
all , .. gOlbs. 
Pace i.i.,. iribs. 
Beans (white Navy),......,...,,..,...,,, , lOlbs. 
Potatoes...... 801bs. 
Onions . . i.i,,.i4.,i^i....>^i'.'iVi<.. SOl-a. 
:\lacaroni ...,...,,.„ . ..j , 81bs. 
Cheese.. 81bs. 
Apices Soz, 
:\Lastard .,. 8cz. 
Flavoring extracts., 3 bottles. 
Pepper 4cz. 
Pickles, choiv chow, etc...... 3qis. 
inegar., ,,,,,, Tqt. 
Sail ; 4lbs. 
Canned corned beef 6 Hb. cans. 
Boston baked beans , , ...8 21b, cans. 
Worce.?tershir6 sauce 1 bottle. 
Canned tomatoef:, com, peas (sifted or French) A few cans. 
Peaches, pears, cherries , . , .,„.ti A few cans. 
^laple sugar for syiup Slbs. 
' mi of syrup , , . , ,. Iqi. 
Cocoa (Baker's) .,, ., i,, ...ii...... , lib. 
There are a few things that can be added to the above 
list. There will be a surplus of a few things, depending 
very much upon the taste of the party. If the trip is for 
a number of days, less or more than ICO rations, the quan- 
tities can be purchased accordingly. Don't make the mis- 
take of judging the quantity of food for a mountain trip by 
your home appetite. The cost for provision is usually 
from 50 cents to 75 cents per day per man. This is in ad- 
dition to the cost for men and animals. 
The usual price for guides in Montana is 5)5 per day, in- 
cluding his saddle horse. For a packer and his horse, 
from $2,50 to $3; and the same for a first-class cook, in- 
cluding his saddle horse; camp helpers from $30 per 
month to $2.50 per day, mounted. Saddle horses are 
from 75 cents to $1 per day; pack animals from 50 cents to 
$1 per day, according to the length of the trip. 
It depends very much on the amount of personal bag- 
gage a party takes with them how many pack animals 
they will require. The length of the trip and kind of 
traveling regulate the loading, which is usually from 150 
to 2001bs. per animal. 
One man, with bis guide, can get along very nicely with 
three pack animals for a thirty-day trip, if he does not 
take too much baggage. 
A part}' ought to have at least five pairs of good blankets 
to the man, with a 'comfortable." Sleeping bags are very 
good, but are not sufficient alone; they are too warm for 
summer use if heavy enough for winter. A sleeping bag 
and three pairs of blankets and a piece of canvas SxlOft. 
make a good bed for summer and winter. 
The guides ought to furnish all camp outfit free, includ- 
ing blankets, pillows, canvas, cooking outfit, tables, chairs, 
tents, first-class saddles and good Siorses; in fact, every- 
thing required by a party except their personal baggage, 
guns and fishing rods, ' X. 
Connecticut Game, 
I HAVE iu.st bad a visit from a brother, who has btcn back 
to our old home in New London couniy, Conn. He told me 
that rufi'ed grouse were more nunieious there now tt an he 
had ever seen them, and his observations of that locality date 
back for forty years 
He also saw many woodcock, since they had returned 
there from the South. 
Nearly all the trout brooks and much of tbe shooting 
grounds are posted. John Wilmams. 
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ON RUNWAY AND WATER. 
When T was in Waterloo at the gun club tournament I 
had an invitation to accoajpany a patty on a deer hunt to 
the Fish and Game Club of St. Jerome at Lac Chapleau, 
Quebec 
This was a chance I have looked for f or several years past, 
but somehow I never could make connections, I wa"ii de- 
lighted with the idea. 
When the train pulled in at Granby I found Messrs. .loseph 
Lefebvre, A. E, 1. Beaulne, C. A. Nutting, Zoel Hndon and 
.Joseph Clement from Waterloo as the main party. At Farn- 
ham we expected to take on three more, but only George 
Clement turned up, 
At Montreal Mr. Arthur Whiteford joined us with his 
Irish setter dog that he said belonged to a friend in the city, 
had n ivrr seen anything nearer a tree than a telegraph pole 
on McGill street, or anything nearer a partridge than a spar- 
row on the same street, but "Boys," he said, "he's got the 
stuff in him, great blood, finely bred, and will hunt partridges 
on sight." 
This made a party of eight. I bought a .40-83 Marlin 
rifle; Nutting had a .44 Winchester, Beaulne a .38-55 some- 
thing, we won't say what it was because we never found 
out. There was one shot fired from it at a target, when it 
ceased to work, and despite the best mechanical talent in the 
party it remaiued obstinate and never said a word. All the 
rest had shotguns. 
It was expected that we might get a deer or two, but that 
partridges and ducks would be the principal sport, so duck 
and partridge shells formed the bulk of the ammunition. 
However, we took along twenty-five buckshot shells for 
luck. 
We had a sixteen-mile drive over colonization roads from 
the terminus of the railway and duly arrived at the club 
house about 4:30 A. M. A supper, breakfast or whatever 
you might want to call it, was prepared by the keeper, after 
which some of us retired, I among the number, to try and 
get a little sleep. The rest of the party, however, began fir- 
ing at targets and ti-ying my rifle, keeping up such a racket 
that I could not sleep, so I came down. I found two had 
been out after some fish, and had been fortunate enough to 
get eight parchaud, which we had for breakfast about 11 
o'clock. 
The guides had turned up, bringing two dogs, mother and 
son, very ordinary-looking dogs, mostly collie, but claimed 
to be Al dogs 
About 2 (? clock it was decided to go out and try them for 
a deer just across the lake. We took to the boats. I being 
a particularly green hand was toled off with Beaulne, who 
was supposed to be an old deerslayer, having visited the 
north regularly for the i^ast eleven years, well posted on 
deer runway s, knew just where the deer would take the 
water as soon as he heard the dogs bark, perfectly cool and 
collected, never got excited under any circumstances, and 
old enough to be my father. 
I congratulated myself. Of course I did the rowing over. 
When we arrived at our place I beached the boat, under his 
instructions broke off some dead limbs that would obstruct 
the view, getting everything just as wanted, all the time 
learning the whys and whereJfores of all our actions. 
We were jusl nicely settled when the boat commenced to 
swing with the wind, making some noise, which Beaulne 
said would have to be obviated. However, he would do it, 
which he proceeded to do, arranging the boat so it would be 
handy to take to the water, as we were to wait until the 
deer had made about two acres in the lake before making 
our presence known, as, sooner, it would turn and get back 
to the wcods before we could head it off. 
He did not get it just right. I suggested that he place 
the ktel upon a flat stone that showed above the water a 
few inches, then all we would have to do would be to lift 
it off as we got in, when we were immediately able to row 
away. 
This was satisfactory. When he gave the signal I was 
to rush cautiously to the boat, place myself with the rifle 
in the how', when he would lift the boat off the stone 
and row me quickly on to the deer, so I could get my first 
de^r. 
Finally I was told where to sit ; must keep perfectly quiet, 
and in all things be governed by him. 
He took his seat about 30ft. from me, where he could 
look over a bsy, I to keep watch on the opposite shore, and 
signal him should I see anj'thtng on the water. 
I put seven cartridges in my magazine, threw one into the 
rifle, sat down and scarcely breathed; in fact, was so still 
that a squirrel came and ate a burr within about 5ft. of me. 
We stayed that way for about an hour, when we heard the 
dogs a long way off; finally they- seemed nearer, when we 
heard a shot. Beaulne immediately jumped up, tellirg me 
to get inlo the boat, as there was a deer in ihe water which 
possibly migot get awaj'-'from the others, in which event we 
would be light "in it." 
I noticed he made considerable noise, but I said never a 
word. I took my place in the bow, as instructed. He 
jumped in, giabbed the oars, and commenced to pull for all 
he was worth. He had forgotten to take the keel off the 
stone, and in his excitement could not think what was the 
mat'er, but made an awful racket with the oars on the rocks 
and gravel. I sug^Tittd he lift it off i he stone first, but he 
thought he could pull it off, handing me the paddle to push 
with. In the me:intime we heard another shot down in the 
same direction, This greatly excited Beaulne, who said we 
would miss the dctr unless we got out on the lake. I 
dropped the paddle, stepped into ihe water, lifled the boat 
off, and got in again, when he made the oars bend. By that 
time everything was quiel. He rowed ine around the lake a 
bit, but we could not tee any deer. Finally 1 suggested we 
return to our place, as the dogi might still run one cur way. 
This we did, waiting another half hour or so, once hear- 
ing the dogs running away from us; but nothing came our 
way. 
During this wait Beaulne sat nearer to me, keeping up 
quite a talk, as he said the dogs were likely with the guides 
or some of the oihers. When we heard the dcgs Beaulne 
became quite animated, motioning to me to keep very quiet 
He then put his ear on an old log, explaining that when you 
wanted to hear anything a long way off by putting your ear 
to the groucd j ou could hiar which way the deer was run- 
ning, tt;-., etc. 1 was beginning to lose faith in him a bit, 
as 1 thought he was doing too much talking for a still hunter; 
but then he was supposed to know all about it. We also 
heard a couple ol shots around the point; hut Beaulne did not 
know who was f-tationed at that point, and gave it as his 
opinion some iool was shooting at ducks. 
Just then we heard some voices, and were surprised to 
find the canoe w ah the guide, George Clement, Jo Lefebvre 
arid Hudon therein with their deer, a yearling"' buck. 
element was ihe lucky man. had been sitting quietly 
in his stand when he saw the deer coming close to him. but 
was in a bad position to shoot. However, he fired from the 
left shoulder and saw it drop behind some bushes, hut making 
a very big racket. Catching another glimpse of it he fired 
agiin and then moved over that way, when he found it was 
still alive, so gave it the final shot we heard. The first 
charge of buckshot had broken the hind leg clear off just 
below the garabrel, the other lodging in the body. 
When we got bafk to the club house, about 5 P. M.. we 
were delighted to find a two-year-old buck hanging from 
the club house post. Two of the guides were at the wha-f 
whom we asked who had shot it. They replied, "Petit 
homme sou!'' This meant Whiteford, who had a bad cold 
he had been doctoring for a week; his eyes were swollen and 
more or less bloodshot. He was also full of spirits, singing 
snatches of songs, was a bit of a ventriloquist and made lots 
of fun for the party. The guides thought he was drunk, 
hence the name, which clung to him the rest of the tripj 
It appears that when the dogs went his way the buck took 
to the water, making a magnificent jump off a lock about 
fifteen feet above the water. They waited till he got well 
out into the lake and then took after him. Whiteford had 
only No. 4 shot, so rowed close up, giving the first shot 
around the head. The deer made wonderful ffforts to get 
away, coming nearly out of the water when he gave him the 
other barrel, which nearly finished him, but getting clo.ser 
put another shot into his ear, then hauled him into the boat. 
Naturally we were much encouraged. Two deer in about 
two hours, besides Lefebvre claimed if it had not been for 
Whiteford's Irish setter he would have gotten another as he 
got up, besides seeing three others. 
I asked a few questions of Beaulne and found out that he 
had never shot a deer. He acknowledged he got a bit ex- 
cited, forgot all about the stone under the boat, should not 
have pushed out into the lake when we did, as if we stayed 
quiet Whiteford's deer might just as well have come our 
way. He was very sincere in hi=t regrets, and anyway, he 
was the life of the party, barring Whiteford, was more anx- 
ious to have all the rest get a deer than himself, so all we 
could do was to chaff him which he took good-naturedly. 
The next day we started about 10 o'clock, going down the 
lake, the birch bark canoe portaging over to another Uttle 
lake about fourteen acres away. I was placed on a runway 
near Lac Chapleau, Jo Clement being my nearest neighbor, 
but over near the brook between the two lakes. The guide 
told me to remain perfectly quiet, not to cough or make the 
slightest noise, pointed out the runway where a deer would 
be likely to show up, and told me to shtiot her just back of 
the shoulder. 
The guide, with the two Clements and Hudon, portaged 
along over to the other lake, leaving Jo Clement at the 
brook. 
I seated myself between two trees, held my rifle ready and 
awaited results. 
In about an hour I heard a noise in some bushes about 
lOOft. away. I brought my rifls to a ready, breathlessly 
waiting for what would show up. I soon got a glimpse of a 
moving object, but being naturally careful, I wanted to 
know what I was going to shoot at It very soon proved to 
be an old habitant, hunting for partridges He moved along 
my runway, looking around, but never discovered me. Just 
as he was passing within about 15ft. I hailed him, stating we 
were after deer, that another hunter was on a runway a little 
further up, and that he had better move another way, as 
some one else might not be as careful as I was. He seemed 
delighted to see me, came up, pulled out his pouch along with 
a clay pipe with about 2in. of stem, filled up, and with the 
pipe hanging from his toothless jaws, fire down, pulled away 
on "Tabac Canadien." Although I hinted pretty strongly 
that he had better move, that he would spoil my chances, as 
any deer within half a mile would scent that tobacco, he 
would not see it in that light, but told me that when a deer 
was before the dogs it was intent on getting away from 
them, and paid no attention to anything so trivial as a man 
smoking in his way. He then gave me several pointers 'about 
deer. When he got through I thought he knew as much 
about it as Beaulne. 
Finally he moved off, wishing me success, and really I 
wished him no ill-will, as he was perfectly innocent of spoil- 
ing a shot for me. 
Every little while I would hear the man near the brook 
calling ' Hoo-hoo," but I did not answer. I learned later 
that it was Joe Clement, who said he wanted to keep in touch 
with his neighbor in case a bear came along. However, I 
did not answer him, bu*} was thinking I was hoodooed on 
this trip the way luck was running. 
Pretty soon we heard a shot from the other little lake, but 
that was all. Later we learned that Hudon, with the guide, 
were hid in some bushes in their canoe, when a fine big 
buck walked out into the shallow water within 30ft, of 
them. Hudon fired point blank at it with a charge of bird 
shot, but never touched it. Presume he had a fever. Of 
course the buck was out of sight before Hudon thought of 
his second barrel. 
About twenty minutes after the old man left me I heard 
my neighbor shoot. My back was to bim, but looking over 
my shoulder cautiously 1 saw a deer running up the hill out 
of range from me. but very close to Joe Clement, who had 
fired at it, but without success. 
Five minutes after 1 heard him fire again, and, looking, 
saw another deer making away from him. "Well," says I 
to myself, "there is certainly no luck for me to-day." How- 
ever, 1 had my instructions, and m^de up my mind 1 would 
wait till the guide said I could leave. 
Just then I heard several shots over on the little lake, and 
within a few minutes heard the dogs. 
1 was waiting patiently, thinking that certainly all the 
shooting meant £oa:e deer. 1 always kept my runway in 
view. Suddenly, without the slightest ncJise, 1 saw a "deer 
coming sideways to me. My instructions were to shoot be- 
hind the sboulotr, I saw a couple of more jumps would 
bring her in a favorable position, and made up my mind to 
fire as she passed between some trees. 
Just as she arrived there she paused momentarily; the 
guide afterward said she had caught my scent and paused to 
locate it. 
At any rate, I took advantage of the pause. Of course, f 
was all ready for her at that particular spot, and just as sh'! 
paused I fired i saw her cringe, her flag go down, and 
then a streak of deer flash past; as she made the second jump 
I worked the lever of the Marhn, took a quick glance to sat- 
isfy myself that the other cartridge had sfipped in all right, 
then looking up saw her disappear behind a large birch tree. 
With the rille at my shoulder I waited for her to appear on 
either side for another shot, but she kept the tree between 
