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of age. One of the ears of this animal had evidently been 
snipped by a rifle ball, since it was slit out something the 
same as farmers mark sheep. The wound had been 
healed for some time. One of the hunters toM the crowd 
that was .examining the game on his return that the slit 
^vas the private mark of the New Hampshire Game Com- 
missioners. 
Boston, Nov. 25. — The week ending Nov. 16 was a 
great one for deer hunters in the Maine forests, but last 
week shows a greater record; the greatest ever known. 
For the week there passed through Bangor 616 deer and 
18 moose. For the season there have been shipped 
through Bangor already 3,191 deer and 151 moose. The 
total shipments of deer through Bangor for the year 1900 
was 3,183 and 138 moose. Hence the record of this year 
is almost up to that of last in deer, and already 13 moose 
ahead. For the whole year 1899, the record-breaker on 
Maine deer, the total shipments noted at Bangor were 
3,444 deer and 139 moose. This year has already eclipsed 
1899 in moose, and bids fair to go far ahead in deer. It 
would be nice if we could believe that this increase in big 
game came from an actual increase in the animals, but 
it must not be forgotten that the increase in the number 
of hunters is far greater than in the amount of game 
taken, while the game is being pressed farther and farther 
back each year by improved means of reaching the more 
remote sections and the establishment of trails and camps. 
Other sections than Bangor show an increase in the 
number of deer taken last week, doubtless largely due 
to the bod}' of snow on the ground, which makes track- 
ing easy, and is also causing deer to congregate into 
yards earlier than ever. The hunter has but to find, by 
easy tracking, where a deer yard is being established, 
when he is sure of his game, if he only remains in that 
' vicinity. The deer may start off in alarm, but they are 
pretty sure to return; if not that day, certainly before the 
end of twenty-four hours. It is true that novices and 
tenderfeet have suffered a good deal in getting about in 
snow anywhere from fifteen inches to two feet in depth, 
but snowshoeing has been good, and some of the hunters 
have greatly enjoyed the exercise. A party of Boston 
hunters returned earl.v in the week from the vicinity of 
Stacyville, Me. In the party were two lad"es, Mrs. C. F, 
Forristall and Mrs, M, I. Southwick. They were accom- 
panied by their husbands and Mr. S. P. Smith. The 
party brought home nine deer, of which Mrs. Forristall 
shot two and Mrs. Southwick one. J. C. Spellam. D. P. 
Power, J, F, Muldoon, J. N. Muldoon and F. A. Barney, 
■of Boston, got back Friday night from a successful hunt- 
ing trip to Irving Hillard's camp, Connecticut Lake. 
N. H. They brcnight home six deer. H. B, Good- 
enough, of Boston, shot two deer in Dorchester, N. H., 
last week. C. F. Priest, of Boston, came home Thurs- 
day from Enchanted Lake, Holeb region, Maine, with 
two deer and a moose. A great many deer were shot 
in the Kingfield and Carrabasset regions last week, the 
snow making good hunting for local hunters and guides, 
accustomed to getting about in deep snow. But tender- 
feet found it hard work, and generally emploj^ed local 
hunters to bring down the game for them. Over twenty 
deer have been shipped out from stations along the 
Franklin and Megantic Railroad within a few days; one 
to F. B. Smith, Bos:on. and one to C. B. Chandler, of 
the same city. W. F. Jenkins, of Boston, had a tough 
time at Joe Mei-ry Lake last week. He was caught there 
in about thirty inches of snow. With the help of two 
guides he succeeded in reaching" the railway station, after 
battling with the elements all day, with only a few miles 
to make. He secured two good deer. J. F. Francis and 
J. Meddley have been on a hunting trip to North Twin 
Lake. They secured their full quota of deer. 
Calais returns a great record of big game shipments 
from Washington county. The Washington county rail- 
way has opened a good deal of game country that is 
comparatively new. One day last week eighteen deer and 
one moose came out over that road tagged to Boston 
hunters. 
Boston gunners are having good sport on Nantucket. 
The rough weather/and storms seem to have caused a great 
many birds to seek shelter in the vicinity of the island. 
A half dozen gtmners went down Friday to remain over 
till Monday. They encountered the gale of Sunday, which 
made things too lively for hunting, and kept the wicked 
' ones in camp. ^ Special. 
Buzzard's Bay Docks. 
William B. Eaton and four friends from Boston have 
had good luck shooting at Buzzard's Bay. Within a few 
days they have bagged forty redheads, mallards and black 
ducks. The game was shot on Mr. Eaton^s preserve, lo- 
cated at Eagle Hill, Bourneville. It covers a tract of 1,000 
acres close to the property of Grover Cleveland and Joseph 
Jefferson, who are frequent guests of Mr. Eaton during 
the summer. 
Eagle Hill is one of the most beautiful in Barnstable 
county. Among historical curiosities are two English 
holly trees, said to have been planted by Myles Standish. 
They are very large. 
The house, 100 feet above Manomet Lake, gives a beau- 
tiful view, including the little village of Cedarville, made 
famous by "Cape Cod Folks." Manomet Lake is three 
and a half miles long and about a mile wide. At the north 
end, connected by a river, is Little Herring Pond, about 
100 acres in area. Primeval forest surrounds it. In these 
lakes ex-President Cleveland and Joseph Jefferson find 
good sport, with the gamy black bass as the obective. 
Massachusetts Bay is a mile away, and Peaked Cliff two 
miles away. F^gle Hill, so named for the large number of 
eagles seen there, contains forty acres of cultivated land, 
includmg two fruit orchards and a big cranberry bog. 
The place has a comfortable shooting box, and the shoot- 
ing is fine. The house contains many souvenirs of Mrs. 
Eaton's foreign tour. — Boston Herald, No\'. 17, 
A Timely Hint About Christmas. 
For Christmas giving one would look long and far for 
a better gift than a paid-up subscription to Forest .a.nd 
Stream. If the subscription is so dated that the first 
ritimber will reach him Christmas week, that will be only 
the beginning of ^ whole year of good reading, new and 
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CHICAGO AND THE WEST. 
Bigger Man thao President Roosevelt. 
Chicago, 111., Nov. 22. — We have not heard much of 
late of the Minnesota National Park, though the matter 
cannot yet be called outside of the realm of news interest- 
ing to sportsmen and those in favor of the partial preser- 
vation of the American forests. As to the future of the 
park, that is much a matter of politics, or rather politics 
and lumbering interests combined. It has earlier been 
shown in these columns how the treachery of Tom Shev- 
lin, of the Shevlin-Carpenter Lumber Co., of Minneapolis, 
practically defeated the original purposes of the Congres- 
sional expedition to Minnesota two years ago. Mr. Shev- 
lin, as the hero of the "split train" of the abandoned ex- 
pedition, deserves at least the credit which belongs to a 
successful schemer. 
That, however, is ancient history. Here is a bit of 
modern history, which goes to show that Mr. Shevlin has 
expanded in his ambitions of late, and has perhaps grown 
even more confident in regard to his own accomplishments. 
Never mind how the news got out, but these are the facts : 
One day this fall Mr. Shevlin, while speaking with a 
friend, was accosted by the latter in regard to the possible 
attitude of President Roosevelt toward this same Minne- 
sota National Forest Reserve. "Roosevelt?" said Mr. 
Shevlin. "Don't you be afraid about him. I hold Theo- 
dore Roosevelt in the hollow of my hand I" 
That is something of an assertion. President Roose- 
velt has not yet been heard from in regard to the matter. 
More Deer Hunting Casualties. 
On Nov. 18 Wm. Kampf, of Chippewa Falls, Wis., 
while hunting near Boyd, in the same county, saw some- 
thing moving in the bushes and fired upon the object. It 
proved to be Wm. Shaffer, who was struck by the ball 
and killed. Here is the curious part of it, for in fact the 
same bullet killed two men. In the hunting party was 
James White, an old man perhaps troubled with some 
affection of the heart. As he stood over the dead body of 
Shaffer he suddenly threw up his hands and fell prostrate, 
dying almost immediately after. 
There is considerable of a stir up in Wisconsin among 
the Chippewa Indians of Marinette county. The super- 
intendent of the Peshtigo Lumber Co. reports that these 
Indians are very much excited over the killing of one of 
their number, who was shot by some unknown white party 
who took the Indian for a deer. Search is being made 
for the body of the Indian reported killed, and it is said 
that if the Indians find it. they purpose to take vengeance 
on the white hunters who are in the woods in that neigh- 
borhood. On Nov. 18 all the hunters were warned to 
leave the woods in that country as soon as possible. The 
early termination of the deer season at that date would 
perhaps take them out at any rate, but it would be par- 
donable of the Indians if they did make some sort of 
demonstration. It need hardly be said that the Indian is 
no.t guilty of such criminal carelessness in his hunting 
operations. 
■Warden and Fishermen War on Lake Michigan. 
Deputy Warden C. E. Brewster, of Michigan, has this 
week been cruising with a party of armed deputies near 
the foot of Lake Michigan, close to the Indiana line, in 
search of net fishermen who are alleged to have been 
fishing illegally in Michigan waters. Brewster on Nov. 
19 had seized a few nets and was making ready to annex 
an unlimited quantity in addition. On the i8th the war- 
den's tug gave pursuit to three fishing boats accused of 
illegal fishing. One of these boats was rammed by the 
tug and the other two taken into custody and ordered to 
report at St, Joseph. Only one of the three, the tug Ed- 
wards, turned up as ordered by the warden. The defense 
was made by the fishermen that they were in Indiana 
waters at the time of the raid. 
On the 19th Brewster found the fleet of fishing boats all 
lined up well across the Michigan line in Indiana waters. 
Brewster himself stood pat. well inside the Michigan line. 
It is reported that in case he goes across the line he will 
be attacked by the whole outfit, and certainly these men 
are in a bad humor and dispos'ed to make trouble. The 
nets seized on the 19th made a considerable bundle, but 
the largest mileage of nets had not yet been tackled. 
Later information shows that on yesterda}^ Nov. 21, 
the plucky deputy returned from his cruise in the big 
waters of Lake Michigan. Success had crowned his 
efforts. The seizure of nets is the largest one ever made 
in the Great Lakes. The capture included eighteen miles 
of new netting belonging to A. Booth Co,, of Chicago, 
representing a value of $10,000. It is alleged that these 
nets were all found well within Michigan waters, and 
were set there in direct defiance of the laws of the State 
and the officials delegated to execute those laws. The 
Booth fishing tug Harrow was sighted durmg the day, but 
no conflict took place between the two. Brewster went 
out again yesterday with a full force of armed deputies, 
and the probabilities are that, if any of these fishing tugs 
tangle up with the warden, there will be a serious diffi- 
culty as result. About 5,000 pounds of fish were confis- 
cated with the nets. 
The fishing tug Edwards, which surrendered a few 
days earlier, is still in charge of the warden, and the tug 
Ferry, which was also obliged to strike its colors, came 
into St. Joseph yesterday. 
All these seizures are made under the game and fish 
laws of the State of Michigan. It is not the first time 
that Deputy Brewster has met trouble with lake fishermen, 
and his experiences among the Beaver Islanders at the up- 
per extremity of Lake Michigan were sufficient to give 
him considerable experience in the game with which he 
is now engaged. 
The Small Bores Again, 
This week I had a little talk with Mr. Alfred W. 
Church, earlier mentioned as a member of the Peary 
Relief Expedition of last year, Mr. Church's battery while 
in the icy North was composed of a .30-40 rifle with Ly- 
man sights, and he used both the hollow point and the 
soft-nosed bullets prepared by the Winchester Company 
for that arm. This armament he tried on the large game 
of the North, killing deer, bear and walrus. The latter 
animal, of ccntrse, offers the hardest t^st for the stopping 
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qualities of the rifle. Much to my surprise, Mr. Church 
said that he did not find the hollow-point bullet so 
effective on walrus as the soft-nose. He thinks that it is 
necessary that the hollow-point strike a bone in order to 
get its full efficiency. In one case he fired three shots into 
the neck and head of a walrus. One hollow-point went 
through and lodged against the skin of the neck on the 
opposite side, not striking any bone. A soft-nose, which 
had almost the same cour.se, was fotmd much more mush- 
roomed and battered down than the hollow-point. The 
third bullet, a soft-nose, was properly placed in the 
head of the walrus and destroyed the animal at once. Mr. 
Church said that in shooting deer very frequently he 
would hear the hollow-point sing on its way after passing 
entirely through the body of the deer. Much to my further 
surprise, he stated that the .30-30 in his opinion was a 
better game gun than the .30-40, and he declared that in 
case he went to the far North again he would take a .30-30 
rifle, leaving the .30-40 at home. Here be contradictions 
indeed, and an experience entirely the opposite of that of 
the average shooter of these days. Every one knows what 
a horrible looking gun the .30-40 is, and how hard to use 
in running shots on game, on account of its tall foresight, 
yet I imagine few would be disposed to believe that the 
■30-30 in stopping quality surpasses the heavier arm. 
Lieut. Peary himself, commander of the expedition, uses 
neither the .30-30 nor the .30-40 in his big-game hunting. 
And what weapon do you suppose he choses out of the 
long catalogue possible to-day? Nothing else than the 
old-time little .44-40 Winchester carbine. Lieut. Peary 
uses this simply as a killing tool, and he finds it efficient. 
On one hunt he killed eleven musk ox and one polar bear 
with thirteen shots from this gun. He said he would have 
killed the_ bear with one shot had not the_ animal moved 
his head just as he fired. Of course this kind of shooting 
is possible only at close range, and the close range can 
only be made possible by the use of dogs, which bay up 
the animals and allow the hunter to approach very close. 
Lieut. Peary uses this little carbine for reasons of porta- 
bility. He has even cut away the stock of the gun until 
it is a mere shred of wood, barely strong enough to sup- 
port the recoil of the charge. In that desperate Northern 
country ounces count for a great deal. 
Southern Ducks, 
Mr. J. M. Muldon, of Pensacola, Fla., writes: "A 
friend and myself intend to go to Texas in December on 
a duck shooting trip, and would like snipe shooting if the 
two can be secured close together. From your articles in 
the Forest and Stream I judge that you will probably 
know the best part of Texas for good shooting, and shall 
be obliged if you will advise me regarding same. A friend 
suggests Winnie, in Chambers county, and I also hear 
Aransas Pass mentioned." 
I have advised Mr. Muldon to take the Chambers 
county location in preference to Aransas Pass. All that 
country back of Galveston is good snipe country under 
certain conditions, and at the same time it is good duck 
country. The Moody preserve does not include all the 
brackish lakes and bayous twenty-five or thirty miles out 
of Galveston, although it covers the best of the canvas- 
back shooting — that at Lake Surprise. Upon the contrary, 
while Aransas Pass would offer splendid duck shooting 
and while Rockport, the entering port for the Pass, is a 
fine place to outfit for the coast shooting and the Mada- 
gorda Island, etc., it is not ordinarily the case that good 
snipe shooting can be had in that vicinity. The Blud- 
worth boys told me that sometimes they had snipe shoot- 
ing along there, but not very often. Aransas Pass itself 
is located in nothing but a vast sand key, where a snipe 
might perhaps properly burnish his bill, but would find it 
a long time between worms. 
Closing the Season, 
There has been a sudden freeze up along the Illinois 
River, and the hunters just back from Hennepin Club 
state that there was 2 inches of ice all over the marsh. 
The Clarke brothers, just back from Hennepin, killed one 
mallard each, and considered themselves very fortunate at 
that. They state that it was an oversight on their part 
not to take along skates instead of rubber boots. Swan 
Lake is closing in, and it looks now as though our duck 
season was pretty much tapering off, although a rain to- 
day seems to be softening things up to some extent. A 
few shooters have gone down to Swan Lake to close the 
week in the hope that they may get a whack at the last 
flight of mallards. 
Private Car Trip. 
Mr. Frank Peabody. owner of a number of coal rnines 
in the lower part of this State, will, on Monday next, take 
his private car and make a run over the C & E. L R. R. 
with a number of friends for a hunt in lower Illinois- 
Among the number will be Mr. C. S. Dennis. Mr. Orton 
Wells, Mr. Pringle and possibly Mr. J. V. Clarke. The 
stop will be made not far from this side of Cairo. The 
gentlemen expect to find quail, mallard ducks, and, if 
fortune should be especially kind, a few wild turkeys 
This is the same locality visited last fall by some officials 
of the C. & E. I. R. R., who killed five wild turkeys, men- 
tion of which fact was made at that time. 
How the Indiana Law is Observed. 
A shooter of this city, in the course of conversation 
this Week, remarked that he had been shooting quail in 
upper Indiana and had killed something like seventy or 
eighty birds in all. Asked if he liked the idea of taking 
out a license, he said he didn't have any license.. "They 
haven't caught me yet," said he. "Hope they will," said I. 
"Hope they won't," said he. 
Sport in the Magazines, 
The monthly literary magazines continue to come out 
once in a while with some heavy information on sporting 
topics. My friend, Warren Powel, points out an instance 
of recent date. "I notice a story in a November maga- 
zine," said he, called 'Nigger Jeff,' wherein a sheriff kept 
a mob at bay with a 'double-barreled Winchester.' Later 
on they close in on him and he 'pulled both triggers,' but 
they knocked the gun up and the loads went 'whistling in 
the air.' 
"In another November magazine," says he, "there is a 
cock fight story, which is pretty nearly as bad. It is illua- 
