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miles from their headquarters; time was of great value, 
as after such a repast as they had indulged in, the wolves 
would in all probability lie up shortly, and they deter- 
mined to chance it on this scanty provision. After fol- 
lowing the tracks for some five miles at best pace, these 
led to a wooded hill which appeared worth investigating 
closely, and there, as a matter of fact, they found the 
place where the object of pursuit had taken his siesta, 
and from which their arrival had caused his abrupt de- 
parture. Encouraged by this, the two ski runners put on 
the steam, and after traversing five or six more miles they 
met the wolf returning on its own tracks. One man now 
went for the beast with his ski-stav, the other with an 
axe, but the former weapon broke, and they failed to stop 
it. After anothen severe run, however, they got close 
enough up to throw a lasso (suopunkin, as used for the 
reindeer) over the now exhausted brute, and dispatched 
it with the axe. 
Perspiring freely from their exertions, the hunters had 
now to protect themselves from the effects of the cold 
by building a fire, but of fuel there was none on the spot, 
and in order to procure it they had to return to the wood 
where they had found the wolf, and on the way thither 
came across the track of a second. Darkness commg on, 
nothing further could be done, so the two Lapps built 
themselves a good fire, cooked their frugal meal of coftee 
only, and spent the night in the open. At dawn the fol- 
lowing morning they took up the fresh spoor, and after 
following it for some ten miles, caught sight of the brute 
making for the protection of a wood. Before, however, 
it had time to reach this place of shelter the pursuers got 
tip. Twice was the lasso thrown, but on each occasion 
the wolf bit it through with its teeth. One Lapp then 
tried to head it off, and so drive it toward him with 
the lasso, but the animal attacked, and both rolled over 
-in the snow, the man cramming his broken ski-stav down 
his assailant's throat. His friend then came to the rescue 
with the lasso, and the coup de grace was dealt with the 
axe. The hunters then spent another night in the open, 
and next day performed the long journey back to whe'-e 
they had left their reindeer. With proper food this would 
have been a highly creditable exhibition of pluck and 
endurance, but supplied as the men were during the three 
days' severe work with a little, coffee only, it was a most 
meritorious one.— Snowfly in London Field. 
A Modest Nimtod. 
Charles Hallock sends us the following charac- 
teristic personal mention of a gentleman (native of 
Ohio) whose prowess is noteworthy: 
"Dr. Chase P. Ambler, Secretary of the Appalachian 
National Park Association, whose efficient propaganda 
work in its behalf is so commendably outlined by Prof. 
McGee, of the Washington Geographical Society, in the 
November issue of The World's Work, is not only an 
earnest conservator of the forests, but a forest ranger of 
no mean abilities. His pursuit of big game extends 
from ocean to ocean. The hall, library, dining-room and 
•study of his ample suburban residence in Asheville, North 
Carolina, are made attractive by trophies of moose from 
New Brunswick, alligators from Florida, mountain lions 
from Colorado, grizzlies from Wyoming, and numerous 
deer, antelope, elk, foxes, badgers, raccoons, and other 
lesser varmints from regions afar off and nearer home 
But the most remarkable phase of it all is that none of 
this revery has been exploited in any publication that 
I know of; except that I called attention to it in a letter 
to the Forest and Stream which was written last 
August, after a visit to the doctor's house, and for this 
he was inclined to take exception. Since that date the 
doctor has been on the warpath again, the results of 
which are partially summed up in the following extract 
from a letter just received. Although the quarry is 
notable, the hero vaunted not himself, and is not puffed 
up. He seems to make as little of his exploits as if he 
had shot a dog. 
" 'My trip to Colorado and Idaho (he writes) was cut 
short by the illness of my wife's mother. I first went to 
Meeker, Colo.,' and from there to Marvin Lodge with 
John Goflf. The hunting in that region with dogs was 
not good, for the reason that the weather was extremely 
dry. We saw thousands of deer, but were after mountain 
lion. The hunting being so poor there we left that part 
of the country and went over into the Bear River sec- 
tion, where we had better success; from there we crossed 
west into Idaho, then followed south along the Idaho- 
Colorado line, coming out again at Newcastle, Colorado. 
I secured my lion along the State line, and also secured 
a very fine antelope and two deer.,' " 
Long- Island Dttcfc Netting-, 
New York City, Nov.. 15. — Editor Forest and Stream: 
Knowing you are interested in the welfare of sportsmen 
in general and the destruction of waterfowl, I have writ- 
ten this letter in the hope that it will be published in 
your valuable paper, and in this way come before the 
proper authorities. 
It is against the destruction of vast numbers of wild 
ducks in Shinnecock Bay, Long Island, by men who claim 
to be sportsmen. There is a clique of men at Canoe Place 
who make a business of "netting" wild ducks, as I would 
call it. They stretch large nets in the bay, and when 
the ducks start to feed they are caught in the net and 
drowned. It is a known fact that as many as two hundred 
ducks have been caught in this manner in one day. 
A gentleman from this city had occasion to go to 
Quogue duck shooting over Election day, and on the 
morning of Nov. 5 started out with his guide for a day's 
shooting. He was placed in a ^ood position in what is 
called the East Bay, but as soon as the men from Canoe 
Place found he was in a position to get some game, one of 
them came out in his boat and sailed around his battery all 
day.. Consequently there was no shooting to be had 
that day. Thus not content with slaughtering ducks l5y 
the hundred, they begrudge a stranger the few birds he 
may shoot. ... 
There seems to be ah imderstanding between' some of 
the guides that they will not put a battery and gunner in 
-the middle of the bay ; no doubt this is where the nets are 
placed. 
I hope to this letter published in your nex;t is§.\<e, but 
FOREST AND STREAM 
if this is impossible, will you kindly give the name of the 
proper person to go to, to have this wholesale slaughter 
stopped? 
Is it a wonder 6ur game birds are rapidly diminishing 
when such a thing is allowed to go on? Also the spring 
shooting of snipe, etc, on the meadows of Jamaica Bay. 
E. King. 
[Netting ducks is forbidden by the law. We advise you 
to communicate with District Game Protector J. E. Over- 
ton, No. I Madison avenue, New York.] 
In the Old Home Fields, 
Macomb, 111., Nov. 1$.'— Editor Forest and Stream: 
I have just returned from the town of Orland, Hancock 
county, Maine, where I first saw the light of day. T 
went into a field which was a part of the old farm that 
my father once owned, about one mile from where I was 
born. It was just about light in the morning, and I 
thought I might find a deer there. I found the deer, but 
was not so fortunate as I was in 1856, when I shot two 
in this field by moonlight. This field contains about 
twelve acres, surrounded by a thick young growth of 
timber. I walked to the edge" of the timber quietly, 
where I had a good view of the field and nothing could 
T see. After waiting a while I went into the middle of 
the field, where I found an apple tree filled with apples. 
The deer had been there through the night eating apples, 
and in a few minutes, in the edge of the timber, T heard 
an old buck blow his whistle; I just got a sight of his tail 
and off he went. I could hear him run for a half mile, 
striking his horns against the thick young trees. My 
disappointment was very great, as I had traveled some 
fifteen hunderd miles to my old home, and I thought I 
would return to the west with a fine buck. 
So the elapsing- of forty-five years has not made much 
change in big game in Hancock county. A few days be- 
fore I arrived there a moose came within a mile of 
Masson's Mills near my old home. The hunters got 
after him and ran him into the- town of Bltiehill. The 
last moose that was in this town was killed by Daniel 
Osgood one hundred years ago. I hear that two moose 
were seen near Dead River, in Hancock county. It 
looks as if the moose were coming out of the backwoods 
to the settlement. I shall try my luck in that section 
another year and hope for better^ success. 
W. O. Blaisdell. 
The Pennsylvania License Law, 
"One of our constables last week had $88.44 as his profit 
for one Sunday's work in arresting violators of the game 
laws, and what he did could be readily duplicated by other 
constables, if they were only ^yil^ing to keep their eyes 
open and do a little hustling." 
The speaker was Dr. Joseph Kalbfus, Secretary of the 
State Game Commission. 
"The game laws are being openly violated, not in iso- 
lated cases, but by the wholesale," continued Dr. Kalbfus. 
"Game is being carried out of the State, and the non- 
resident gun tax is flagrantly avoided. The act of 1899 
made all constables ex officio fire, game and fish wardens. 
They have the power to arrest without a warrant, to 
search a man's baggage and person whenever they meet 
him, and have jurisdiction over the entire county. By the 
act of 1897, the constable received half of the fine im- 
posed. The act of 1^99 has added to this perquisite $10 
extra for each successful prosecution of a game law 
violator. If the party is found guilty and does not pay 
any fine, but goes to jail, even in this case the constable 
would get the $10, and that is paid half by the county and 
half by the State. 
"The trouble is that these constables are afraid to do 
their duty, as in many cases they would have to arrest 
the very men who vote them into office. Some of the 
letters I receive from the constables are rather amusing. 
One of these worthies wrote: T found a gentleman 
violating the gun tax law. When I spoke to him he 
became very indignant, in fact downright angry, so I 
decided that it was best to let him continue his shooting, 
and acted accordingly.' " — Harrisburg (Pa.) Patriot. 
400 
E. Hawkes, of Bennington; I. R. Styles, of St. Johns- 
burv; F. H. Wells, of Burlington; P. H. Dale, of Island 
Pond; H J. Hublee, of Montgomery; E. S. Fleury, of 
Isle La Motte; H. G. Thomas, of Stowe; Horace W. 
Bailey, of Newburv; S. M. Brady, of Newport; Ira L. 
Allen, of Fair Haven: L. Bart Cross, of Montpelier; F. 
W Childs, of Brattlcboro; J. E. Pollard, of Chester. 
It vv'as voted to set aside $500 of the surplus on hand 
as the nucleus of a fund to be used as a forest or game 
preservation or for such other purposes as may be 
deemed advisable. It was voted that the league entcitain 
the North American Fish and Game Protective Associa- 
tion at a banquet to be held in connection with their first 
annual meeting in Vermont in January. 
The question of admitting ladies to membership in the 
league which was laid on the table at a previous meeting, 
was voted down on motion of Mr. Chapman. 
The attendance was not as large as on some of the 
former meetings as there was no banquet, but it was one 
of the most interesting business meetings that the league 
has held. , , . ...._L/jifii 
Red Hats for Safety. 
Detroit, Nov. 11. — Editor Forest and Stream: Will 
you kindly permit me to make a suggestion which I think 
you in your good judgment will favor and will war- 
rant yon supporting in your paper. That is. that all 
parties hunting will wear red hats. I believe without a 
doubt that in our State alone during the twenty days of 
deer hunting, when twelve to fifteen men are killed every 
year, 90 per cent, of them would have been saved if they 
had adopted the simple fashion. 
I have for some years insisted on parties shooting with 
me in bird season having red hats. It saved my life 
once from my companion, who is one of the most care- 
ful men I shoot with, just as he was shooting seeing my 
red hat a few feet away — not seeing me, as one's hunting 
clothes resemble so closely nature in the woods at that 
time of year. 
I have just returned from Turtle Lake Deer Club, one 
of the best ones in America, and they do not allow a mem- 
ber to go out without a red hat. 
It is one of the most important things, to be in the 
game laws of each State, if it were pos'sible, to compel 
every one to use a red hat when hunting. If one who has 
not had occasion to notice how far a red hat can be seen 
in the thick popple, partridge shooting or deer hunting, 
will only try it once, he will never allow any one to shoot 
with him without having one in the future. 
Another example of a man being mistaken was in see- 
ing a deer and not shooting, when a few moments later 
he saw the horns of a deer, and then was convinced he 
was right, when, as he pulled up his gun to shoot, one 
of the party stepped out with a dead deer on his back. 
A red hat would have settled it at first glance. 
Charles A. Rathbone. 
Ohio's Queer Law, 
Germantown, 0., Nov. 13. — Editor Forest and Stream: 
I have never noticed anything from our locality, so I send 
you this as a view of the situation in Ohio, as taken 
by a common hunter. The hunting season opened here 
Monday last, and with it the much-discussed and also 
cussed question of game protection. The season opened 
well ; quail are more plentiful than at any time in the last 
ten years, and rabbits are on the increase. It is surprising 
the number of good bags that have been made, considering 
the increased number of hunters. On the first day there 
were over a dozen parties of four or more from our town 
who reported a bag of twenty or more quail and as many 
rabbits. And I almost forgot to mention one lovely fox 
squirrel ! Don't laugh ; he was killed in season — that is, 
according to our law. I. for one, prefer squirrel hunting 
to any other ; but it is a dead letter in this State. The 
writer in Forest and Stream who said the Ohio laws 
were a muss was wrong; they're worse than a muss. It 
seems as though all other hunting has been sacrificed to 
protect the quail. The southward flight of ducks has com- 
menced. Whenever a duck appears in sight I grab my 
gun and climb iip to the roof and pray for him to pass in 
range. The law won't allow me to shoot him on the creek. 
. J. V. M. 
The Vermont League* 
Bratt£eeoro. Vt., Nov. 14. — ^The annual meeting ot 
the Vermont Fish and Game League was held at .the 
Brooks House last evening. President John W. Titcomb 
presiding. The report of the treasurer showed a surplus 
of ever $1,000 o.n hand. 
The following officers were elected: President, John 
W, Titcomb, of St. Johnsbury; Secretary, Edward Brad- 
ley, of Swanton; Treasurer.. Charles F. Lowe, of Mont- 
pelier; Vice-Presidents, F. L. Fish~ of Vergennes; N. W. 
Fisk. of Isle La Motte; Edward C. Smith, of St. Albans; 
W S Webl). of Shelburne; Redfield Proctor, of Proctor; 
J. J. Estey. of Brattleboro; O. E. Luce, of Stowe. Ex- 
^quUy? Committee; J, M- Chapma,n, of Middjebury; W. 
Massachusetts Game Notes, 
Wakefield, Mass., Nov. 18. — Editor Forest and 
Stream: We are on the last half of our gunning season, 
not much game or gunners here. It's more rifle target 
shooting than the shotgun. Some go down in Maine and 
shoot a deer or two. Mr. W. W. Tillson just brought a 
big buck from Dead River camp. There has been very 
good duck shooting on our lakes ; more mallards shot 
this year than I ever heard of before. It's generally blaclc 
and dusky duck, and the .smaller species of scup duck 
and teal. Mr. Henry Eastic has just returned from _a 
successful duck shoot at Merry-Meeting Bay, Me. ; he is 
an old hand at this shooting, using live decoys of his own 
raising and training. 
More quail this fall than ever before, but they have 
mostly been small, half-grovvn birds any decent gunner 
would not be guilty of shooting at. Saw one pot-hunter 
who says he has shot eighty so far. I hope they will for- 
bid sale of quail as well as they have woodcock and 
grouse. I shot two woodcock Election day. We expect 
them to be all down south by this time. Haven't seen 
any geese going along as yet. 
Mr. I. Newton Babbitt, of Dighton, Mass., is dead, 
aged seventy-one years. H^e was a gunner of the old 
school, and has probably shot more game and tramped 
more miles of woods in Bristol county than any other 
man. One by one they drop out, and_ their old pet gun is 
willed to their favorite relative and is hung up over the 
door as a relic of by-gone days. Peace to his ashes. 
John W. Babbitt. 
Indian Territory Quail, 
Cottonwood Falls, Kan., Nov. 16. — Editor Forest and 
Stream: I am greatly surprised to read in your issue of 
this date, under heading of "Indian Territory Live Quail 
Export," your editorial indicating a manner in which 
live quail can legally be shipped from the Indian Terri- 
tory, as you have so long been the advocate of the preser- 
vation plank, "The sale of game shall be prohibited at all 
seasons." It is not more than one year ago that I called 
your attention, in a letter, which you published, of a ship- 
ment of quail from Purcell, Indian Territory, to Pitts- 
burg, Pa., of six crates of about 2,000 quail, alive, with 
crates marked "Strictly for breeding purposes," and the 
next issue of your paper contained a report of a banquet 
at Pittsburg where 1,200 plates were laid, and the first 
entree on the menu was "Quail on toast," and 1,200 quail 
were served. By the way, have you ever had any account 
of any club or preserve locating or liberating in western 
Pennsylvania the 2,000 and mo,re quail in that one ship- 
ment to Pittsburg "strictly for breeding purposes" ? I am 
glad that the Lacey law has been so construed that it stops 
this illegal shipment of quail "strictly for breeding pur- 
poses" to grace banqueting halls as "quail on toast," and 
hope it will still be enforced in spite of your "plea in abate- 
ment" Yours for game protection at all seasons of the 
year. W. F. Rightmire. 
Rhode Island Sportsmen. 
Providence; R. I., Nov. 18. — Foxes and raccoons are 
more in evidence than usual in the vicinity of Swansea 
and in East Providence, three of each having been shot 
thus early iti the season. Two foxes were recently killed 
