Nov. 26, 1898.] 
FORE; 5*1 AND STREAM. 
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"Yes, indeed; the best bag I have made this year; and 
it is some time since I had done as good shooting. _ It 
may astonish you, but I killed these birds with just 
fourteen shots. They flushed beautifully — six doubles 
and two singles. First I killed a single, then the six 
doubles, and then a single brought down the last bird of 
the brood. It was — yes, if I do say it myself — it was 
good shooting." 
Everybody in the room seemed to think so too, but 
they didn't say so. In fact, nobody said a word, but 
each lounger seemed to remember something he had for- 
gotten, and went out to see about it. 
There was once an honored custom, in obedience to 
which, after a round of stories, everyone used to go out, 
leaving the teller of the biggest tale alone in the room, 
monarch of all he surveyed. I don't know whether the 
Doctor was cognizant of this ancient custom, but when 
everyone had left but the proprietor and a sturdy old 
veteran, Hank D's, he turned to them and said, "Would 
you suppose that intelligent men would display such 
jealousy?" And then he walked out with his birds, to 
find a more appreciative audience. 
Now in the after days (and about the tenth one 
after) a certain sportsman went forth in the country 
to sport, and he procured for hire a farmer lad who 
went with him afield to show the likely nooks and 
corners of the cover; and as they walked the lad talked, 
as lads will. 
"Y' orter see the feller kill 'em up here 'bout two 
weeks ago. Gosh! but he knocked 'em; killed twelve in 
no time." / 
"That was a good bag. How did he do it? 
"Why, easier'n nuthin'. I had my little dog Touz. 
He's a good un, half-cow and half-spaniel, and the rest 
most everything, but he's slick on birds and skunks 
and mushrats. The city feller said ef I'd show him birds 
he'd kill 'em and pay me ten cents fer ev'ry one he 
killed. Fur a while I thought I wa'n't goin' ter make 
nuthin', cause he shot and shot, and couldn't hit a 
bale o' hay. Bye 'n' bye he did hit one, though; and then 
it begin snowin' and snowin'; and pritty quick we come 
to some evergreens, and Touz run in and barked, and up 
flew a hull bunch of pa'tridges and lit in some big 
hemlocks, and I never see such stupid fool birds, and the 
ole feller kep' shootin', and Touz barkin', and 1 m 
durned ef he didn't kill twelve birds right there out. of 
them trees, and I soon see . he wuz a good deal better 
shot at 'em sittin' than he wuz at 'em flyin'. And then 
we went along, and on the way home he killed one 
more. He told me not to tell about the trees; and I 
thought at ten cents a bird I would git quite a lot o 
cash; so I said I wouldn't. But when he come to go 
he just give me a quarter, and told me ef I ever come to 
town to be sure to come to his Sunday-school. 
"Didn't tell vou his name, did he?" 
"Yes but it "was so dumb long I (urgot it. Seems as 
ef it ended up. with 'blow.' Somethin' like 'Tooter' er 
'Blower,' er — 
"Hornblower?" j .„ 
"That's it: that's it, sure! Do you know him? 
"Yes, a little." . 
Well when this sportsman came to town he brought 
the story with him, and told it to the same crowd who 
had heard the story from the Doctor; and a great 
shout went un from the people. And it came to pass 
that old Hank, meeting the Doctor the next day, be- 
spoke the gentleman thus: "Doctor, what makes you 
such a liar?" And lo! it smote. the Doctor like a blow, 
and he glared and demanded what manner of speech was 
this "Well," said the sturdy Hank, "any man that will 
pot twelve birds out of trees and then come to town and 
tell honest, anti-pothunting sportsmen that he made six 
consecutive doubles, what can you call him? 
And the Doctor tarried not, but went his way. 
Ten-Bore. 
Notes from New Brunswick. 
Fredericton. N. B., Nov. 14.— Now the local sports- 
man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of deer. There 
has been a good enough tracking snow for the past three 
days and the corn-fed contingent has been out in force. 
A good many queer men with queer guns are prowling 
over the hills. Deer are plentiful all around within a 
radius of three or four miles of this city.. The veteran 
marksman, Sam McFarlane. has already bagged two 
bucks wi h his trusty Martini, and the like luck has fal- 
len to the lot of your correspondent. James Perkins, 
Harry Atherton, Harry McLary, James Anderson and 
Dr Seery have each scored one. There are tew better 
things in this life than stalking deer on the newly-fallen 
snow. The broad expanse of the St. John River, and 
the cleared land on each side, seem, by the way, to offer 
a considerable obstacle to the eastern migration of 
these animals. They can now be found in every section 
of the Province, but are far more numerous on the 
western side of the St. John. 
That a buck deer will show fight when wounded has 
frequently been shown. William Stanhope, of Piske- 
hagen, had a rumpus with a big one the other day. 
Had not another man been close at hand it would 
have gone hard with William. When a man sees his 
pants flyine- at half-mast on the end of a deer's horn, 
it is time that his friends should make themselves known. 
Mr. J. B. Brainard, of East Orland, Me., and William 
Chestnut, of this city, have returned from a caribou 
trip to the famous Chicchcck Mountains of Gaspe. 
William thinks that country has been greatly over-esti- 
mated. The two caribou which the party secured were 
sma'l, and the signs generally were s'im. The trip proved 
to be a very hard one", taxing the physical endurance 
of the party quite severely. The St. Anne de Monts 
River was found to be fairly alive with salmon. There 
is a record. I believe, that three anglers, M. J. Hogan, 
of Montreal, and the well-known actors, Sothern and 
Florence, took a ton of salmon in this river with the fly 
in three days. They didn't fish much either, so the 
Frenchmen said. 
William Griffin, of Stanley, one of the most modest 
as well as capable of our local guides, had excellent 
luck with his last party. Linford Biddle and Charles 
T. Norris, of Philadelphia. Each of these gentlemen 
secured a moose, with antlers spreading 54 and 46m. 
respectively. ... 1 * - , . 
J. B, Scott, of Newburghr.N. Y,, and Ross Burchard, of. 
South Norfolk, Conn., left for home the other day, after 
a most enjoyable hunt in the headwaters of the Little 
Sou'west, with Thomas Pringle as their guide. They 
brought out a moose and a caribou. 
Mr. J. H. Carnall, of St. John, is mounting about 
twenty moose heads at present, most of them the prop- 
erty of American sportsmen. The best head cf the lot 
is owned by F. H. Hale, of Woodstock, and has a spread 
of 6iin. 
J. H. Owens and R. T. Evans, of Cleveland, O.. have 
emerged from a trip of ten days on the head of Nappa- 
doggan. They brought out a small bull moose, a deer 
and a bear. All these fell to the unerring aim of Mr. 
Owens. This did not disturb Mr. Evans, for he carries 
a scatter gun, and has no use for big game shooting. He 
feels that Mr. Owens was not really in it with him, for 
he bagged twenty-two black ducks and over fifty par- 
tridges. 
I note that editorial mention is made of certain Pro- 
vincial guides having threatened to desert their em- 
ployers unless they receive $6 a day. If there is any 
foundation for this s'ory, I think it probable that there 
are two 'sides to it. I have never heard of such a figure 
being asked by a guide for his personal services only. 
Our best guides charge from $3 to $4 a day where they 
supply camps, tents, canoes and all outfit except pro- 
visions and team. I know of only one man who 
charges $5. He enjoys a widespread reptrarion, is very 
much in demand, and has been to considerable expense 
in opening up a very remote game country. I have 
heard of two or three cases where the teamster's charges 
were excessive. Doubtless some" cases of abuse on the 
part of our guides have arisen. As a rule, being very 
anxious to build up a business and make a record for 
themselves, they do their utmost to please their em- 
ployers, j 
There are some other individuals to whom the genial 
editor might well devote his judicial mind; for instance 
the sportsman who engages a guide fcr a month, and 
having secured his game, or for any other reason, goes 
cut at the end of ten days or a fortnight without pay- 
ing the guide for the balance of the term; also the 
sportsman, if he can be called by that honored name, 
who engages a guide, fails to come at all, and makes no 
compensation for his default. Such cases, of course, are 
exceptional. The American sportsmen who have come 
to New Brunswick this fall have been almost invariably 
the most generous and reasonable of men. and have made 
themselves immensely popular with all classes. 
Frank H. Risteen. 
Newl England. 
Boston, Nov. 18. — Duck and coot shooting has been 
pretty good off the Massachusetts coast the past week 
or two. Cooler weather seems to have set the birds 
flying, and the bags have been fairly good. Some 
gunners at Brant Rock secured a big bag of black ducks 
the other day. At Chatham the Boston gunners have 
been having good sport. At Plum Island the shooting 
has been uncertain, with now and then a good day and a 
fair haul of birds. At Anisquam there have been a good 
many gunners, but the coot shooting has not yet been 
up to former seasons; later better success is reasonably 
looked for. The storm yesterday started another lot of 
gunners down there. 
At Plum Island the other day Capt. Stevens, of the 
Knob Life Saving Station, saw a new kind of game for 
that island. He was out after some hay poles m the 
woods when looking at him, over a sand knoll, there was 
a live deer. The animal looked for some time till the 
Captain threw up his hands and shouted, when it made 
for the thicket in quick time. At the station he told of 
his discovery, and found that others had seen it The 
doubting ones went to see the tracks, and sure enough 
there were the sharp footprints of a deer, and the holes 
dug in the sand where it took long bounds when fright- 
ened by Capt. Stevens. It was so near nightfall that 
he is not sure as to whether it was a buck or a doe. but 
doubtless it was the latter, or the antlers would have 
been noticed. The tracks were followed till it was found 
where it had' doubtless swam the Ipswich River to 
some woods, where it has since been seen. The dis- 
tance swam is nearly a mile. Tracks also suggest that 
it had swam from the mainland over the Merrimack 
nearly a half-mile to the island. Was it chased by 
dogs, or did it swim over to the island of its own ac- 
cord? 
Among the successful sportsmen at Chatham last week 
may be mentioned A. Harding, S. B. Mayo, S. Nicker- 
son and H. W. Berry. They made good bags, and say 
that there ., are still lots of birds on the flats. Coot are 
reported coming into Chatham Bay in good numbers, 
with the gunners not quite , as numerous as last week. 
At Orleans and Simpson's Meadows the storm has driven 
in a good manv ducks, and a couple of Boston gunners 
who came up on the train to-day report good shooting. 
Charlie Paine, of Harvard, and Sumner Paine, of Bos- 
ton, have been hunting quail at East Harwich. They are 
reported to have secured seventy quail and thirty par- 
tridges. Quail shooting near Boston has not been satis- 
factory of late. At Essex and Bayfield the gunners have 
been somewhat disappointed. 
Nov 21.— The heavy rain has again made the New 
England north woods hunting grounds bare of snow. 
Telegraphic reports say that the snow is all gone, i he 
last fall of about 6in. made good hunting for one day 
only Then it was followed by a noisy crust, borne 
eeod reports of moose and deer, taken that day. are 
coming in. Mr. D. J. Flanders, Dr. H. F. Libby Eugene 
Nelson W. E. Barker, E. W. Sprague and J. A. Flan- 
ders of Boston, are out the woods from a very success- 
ful hunting trip. D. J. Flanders secured a moose. Mr. 
Nelson a moose and a bear, Mr. Libby a moose Mr. 
Sprague a deer, Mr. Barker two bucks, and Mr. J. A. 
Flanders a deer. The party hunted in the vicinity of 
Pratt Lake and Moose Ridge. Aroostook countv. G. D. 
Pike and J. R. Stewart, Jr., of Boston, have been hunt- 
ing in the neighborhood cf Greenlow Stream, _ Mr, 
Pike secured a moose wi h a spread cf antlers ct 5pn. 
Mr " Stewart got a caribou and two deer. C. E. Ducker- 
ing and his brother, of Boston, have been hunting big 
game in the vicinity of Camp West, Portage Lake. They 
have taken their, two deer apiece, M. G. Titcomb, of 
Boston, is out with a couple of fine deer from the neigh- 
boorhood of Ripogenus. Other lucky hunters from 
this vicinity may be named, as follows: J. A. Ober. C. 
M. Knowlton and J. A. Woodward, two deer each from 
the region of Mattawamkeag; G. W. Bailey, H. S. Pike 
and S. M. Morrill, one moose, a caribou and six deer, 
from the Oxbow region; John Marno and John E. 
Lynch, four deer from the East Sebois region; J. B. 
West and E. A. Conant. four deer from the Katahdin 
Iron Works region; B. D. Metcalf, two deer from Shin 
Pond; A. N. Bridges, A. B. Stewart, F. D. Stevens and 
F. J. Dunlap, five deer from Webster Brook, Ashland 
region; C. C. Blood and C. Stinchfield, four deer from 
the Patten region:" C. E. Corliss and H. S. Pond, four 
deer from the vicinity of Roach Pond; J. A. Little, two 
bucks from King and Bartlett; J. W. White and Mrs. 
J. W. White, three deer from East Branch, one deer 
killed by Mrs. White; A. J. Ghas, two buck deer from 
Stacyville: N. F. Stanley, a fine buck from Stratton. 
The woods are also full of Maine hunters, and a great 
deal of game is being taken by them. It is estimated by 
those who have returned from Maine hunting trips that 
the number of moose and deer being taken by local and 
Maine hunters is more than double that reported at the 
railroads, the property of hunters outside the State. The 
interest in hunting has greatly increased in that State, 
even within a year, and if the deer supply can stand up 
under such excessive hunting it will be the wonder of 
the age. Following the Forest and Stream, the Maine 
papers are taking up the complaint of so many deer find- 
ing their way into the Boston markets, declaring that 
something should be done to prevent it. The fact has 
been s'ated many times in these columns, but still the 
deer continue to come in. Quincy and Faneuil Hall 
markets are fully supplied, while not an outside market 
of any note is without its deer strung up at the door. 
On every street in the city and suburbs the same thing 
appears at the doers of the markets; a deer out for an 
attraction or an advertisement. I believe it a safe state- 
ment to make that 1.060 deer could be found in the mar- 
kets of Boston at the present time; many of them in 
sight, and fully as many in cold storage. The Maine papers 
are complaining that these deer are killed by "cheap 
sportsmen, who pay nothing for guides, and as little as 
possible to hotels and camps." They return to Boston 
and other cities, and sell their game for nearly or quite 
enough to pay their expenses. Well, they have the same 
legal rights as the rich sportsmen, who pay liberally for 
guides, etc. The Forest and Stream's Platform Plank, 
stop all sale of game, is the only remedy. Maine people 
and newspapers will do well to give more attention to the 
illegal shipping of game out of the State, both in the open 
and close seasons; shipments that the Forest and 
Stream has so often called attention to. Some astonish- 
in» statements are yet to follow from sources that none 
will care to dispute. Special. 
Sale of Pennsylvania Game. 
Easton, Pa.. Nov. 17. — Editor Forest and Stream: 
Kindly oblige me by settling the following dispute in 
regard to game laws in the State of Pennsylvania. Here 
in this town all the stores are selling pheasants, quail, 
woodcock, wild turkeys, etc., and in fact all the game in 
season. Now we claim that they have no right to 
have any game in their possession for the purpose of 
selling the same. But they claim that they have tin- 
right to sell, because they have not shot the game them- 
selves, as the law reads in Section 5 in your Game Laws, 
in Brief (Pa.), as follows: 
"Section 5. Taking for Sale. — That it shall be unlaw- 
ful at any season of the year to kill any elk, deer, fawn, 
wild turkey, pheasant, grouse, quail, partridge or wood- 
cock, for the purpose of selling the same." 
Now you can see into their argument, as they claim 
that the only one that can be held is the one who kills 
the game; and so long as they can find some one to run 
the risk and sell to them, they will put the game out 
for sale. We are certain that somewhere in the game 
laws of Pennsylvania there is a clause that prohibits any- 
body from buying or selling any kind of game, or the 
shipment to or fro in the State. 
Please answer this question if possible, and you will 
greatly oblige Easton. 
The law most explicitly forbids traffic in game. It is 
the same Section 5 which is given in the Brief in abridged 
form. The full text of Section 5, act of June 4, 1897, reads 
as follows: 
Section 5. That it shall be unlawful at any period or 
season of the year ,to kill, entrap, or pursue with intent 
to kill cr entrap, any elk, deer, fawn, wild turkey, 
pheasant, grouse, quail, partridge or woodcock in any 
part of this Commonwealth for the purpose of selling the 
same. And it shall be unlawful for the proprietor, 
manager, clerk or agent of any market or other person, 
firm or corporation, to purchase, sell or expose for sale 
any elk, deer, fawn, wild turkey, pheasant, grouse, quail, 
partridge or woodcock killed or entrapped within this 
Commonwealth, That it shall be unlawful for the pro- 
prietor, manager, clerk or agent of any market or any 
other person, grm or corporation to purchase for the pur- 
pose of aarain selling the same any elk, deer, fawn, wild 
turkey, pheasant, grouse, quail, partridge or woodcock 
killed or entrapped within this Commonwealth. Who- 
ever shall offend against any of the provisions of this 
section shall be liable to a penalty of one hundred dol- 
lars for every elk, deer, fawn so taken, purchased or 
sold, and twenty-five dollars- for every wild turkey, 
pheasant, grouse, quail, partridge or woodcock so taken, 
purchased or sold, or by imprisonment in the county 
jail for a period of one day for each dollar of penalty 
imposed. 
A Colorado Lion Hunt. 
De Beque, Colo.. Nov. 14.— Editor Forest and Stream: 
You are cordially invited to attend the Roan Creek lion 
hunt, given by the members of the Western Slope 
Hunting Association, Dec. 8, 9. and 10. The lions and 
wolves have become so numerous and have destroyed 
so much stock that we resort to this means for fheir 
extermination. The Association expects at lea^t 50a 
sportsmen from all sections, of the West 
H, A, Stroud, Sec'y. 
