Jan. 24, 1903.I 
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have not used sufficient precaution to distinguish the difference 
between deer and men; and 
Whereas, The time has come when radical measures must be 
taken for the further protection of the deer in the forests, which 
are fast heing depleted; therefore, be it 
Resolved, And tJiis Association most strenuously urges that no 
does or female deer shall be killed at any time within the forest 
preserve. , , j 
Resolved, That this Association condemn the sale ol deer, 
venison, grouse, woodcock or quail; also brook or lake trout 
taken from the inland waters of this State, except the sale of live 
fish or game raised in conlinement for the purpose of stockmg 
or restocking the forests or waters. 
Resolved, That the close season for black bear shall be from 
May 1 to Sept. 30, both inclusive. . " 
U hereas, There is much talk of the appropriation by the State 
of from twenty to eight millions of dollars for the enlargement and 
improvement of the canals of this State; whereas such improve- 
ment and enlargement would call for a much greater supply of 
water for their operation; therefore, be it 
Resolved, That it is the sense of this Association and meeting 
that tlie Legislature appropriate sufficient funds to purchase lands 
in the Adirondacks to the end that the supply may be increased 
and not diminished by the cutting away of the forests. 
Whereas, The question of lumbering the State lands withm 
the forest preserve is now being discussed, and 
Whereas, This, in our judgment, not only means the destruc- 
tion of the forests, but the destruction of the water supply ai the 
State as well: therefore be it 
Resolved, That this Association most strenuously protests 
against lumbering or cutting timber from State- land. 
Whereas, If Section 17G of the game laws of the State gives to 
the State game protectors the right to search without a warrant, 
and withholds it from the special protectors appointed by the 
State, and j - 
W hereas, The special protectors are rnOch hamperfed in thew 
work by their inability to make such search without a warrant; 
Resolved, That the right of search without warrant, being given 
to the State protectors by law, it should also be extended to the 
special protectors. 
During the discussion of the resohttions Charles H. 
Smith, of Beaver River, said the proposed law to pre- 
vent the killing of does was impracticable. In shooting 
at a deer five times out of six the hunters did not know 
whether it was a buck or doe, and if they found it to be 
a doe, they would leave it to rot. The hunter would 
claim the privilege of killing two more deer. Let a 
hunter kill a doe as the law is now, and he will kill only 
two deer; otherwise when he kills a doe he will leave 
it to rot and not take it. 
Hon. H. D. Grant, of Boonville— Last year I was; 
against the adoption of this resolution, but I have 
changed my mind. One reason is we waiit something 
for the game protectors to do. They will not allow 
people to kill does and leave them to rot. There has 
been a scarcity of bucks this season. We must do 
something to increase the number of deer. 
Mr. Smith — How can the protectors watch a thou- 
sand hunters? 
Mr- Grant — We have nearly a hundred active mem- 
bers who would see that the law against killing does 
was enforced. 
Frank Sperry, of Old Forge— I am glad this subject 
has been brought up, and that there are converts to this 
belief. 
David Cliarbonneau, Old Forge — It would be diffi- 
cult for a sportsman to tell whether the deer was a 
doe or not. The animal is in the brush, not out in the 
field, and it would be a hardship to prosecute a man for 
shooting what he believed to be a buck. 
Mr. Sperry— That is the reason I wish this law. The 
hunters shoot deer without knowing it is a buck or doe, 
or even a man. I want does protected, because I want 
men protected. 
Mr. Charbonneau — This fall I saw a doe and shot, 
and when I found the animal it was a bu(,k, but its horns 
were not more than two inches long. 
President Richard. Crego, of Boonville, said he fav- 
ored the resolution. 
The resolution regarding the killing of does was 
voted on and lost, after which, on motion of Nelson 
Chandler, of White Lake Corner's, the resolution was 
changed so as to limit the number of deer shot in a 
season to one, and as thus changed was passed unani- 
mously. The other resolutions were adopted by nearly 
unanimous votes. 
The following officers were elected for the ensuing 
year: President, Richard Crego, Boonville; Vice-Pres- 
ident, Gar}'- Riggs, Boonville; Secretary and Treasurer, 
A. M. Church, Boonville; Executive Committee, David 
Charbonneau, Old Forge; William Stell, White Lake; 
Francis Youngs, Beaver River; John G. Ball, Old 
Forge; John Hines, Honnedaga; H. D. Grant, Boon- 
ville; E. R. Ainsworth, Big Moose. 
After adjournment the Association enjoyed its an- 
nual banquet. At the post-prandial session Hon. H. 
Dwight Grant, of Boonville, presided, and Rev. Father 
John Fitzgerald, of Old Forge, delivered an address of 
welcome. Speeches were also made hy Hon. Garry A. 
Willard, Boonville; Leslie W. Kernan, Utica; Harry V. 
Radford, New York, and others. 
Utica, N. Y., Jan. 10. W. E. WOLCOTT. 
• Taking: Aim. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
What should we do without you as a clearing-house 
of items of interest to so many? Here's one, now: 
Brother Wade is a little of? in his statement that 
archers do not aim. Now, I have had some experience 
at drawing the long-bow (ahem!) myself. I hit a plaj'- 
mate in the ear, once, and it wasn't a big ear, either; just 
ordinary size, something less than a dinner plate. But 
to the point, especially the arrow-point. 
We Avill proceed to demonstrate by geometry. Let 
Brother Wade, armed and equipped, plant himself before 
a mirror. With a foot-rule or a yardstick let him 
measure the distance between his eyes and stick a pin in 
half way. If he objects to pins as feminine, a blob of 
putty will do as well, or some pitch, if he chances to be 
in camp. From said pin, or the center of the above pitch 
or put^', let him drop a plumb line to his chin, standing 
meanwhile with soldierly erectness, and he will find that 
line will strike the exact center of his chin — if the nose 
admits ; if it gets in the way a proper curvature of the 
spine may be arranged to counteract while performing 
the experiment. 
Thus we disclose the fact that the center of the chin 
IS in the perpendicular of the exact center between the 
eye*. 
Now, ye archer standeth with his left side toward the 
target, and his face swiveled round owl-fashion over his 
Iftit »hW493^ iWhcB his arrow U 4raifa to &e hta^ ioc 
a point-blank shot the feather of the arrow tickles his 
chin, even as^ Pharoah of old delicately touched the same 
of his feminine adorers, if his statues do not lie. The 
eyes are fixed on the bullseye. The arrowhead is between 
said eyes and the bullseye, and when those e3^es get 
hypnotized till there arises a stereoscopic effect so that 
they see nothing but the arrowpoint and the bull, that 
bull is going to he transfixed the next second. The old 
English archers drew to the ear, since it gave some 
inches further draw, hence greater range. Doubtless for 
them the "sense of direction" pla3'ed a large part. But 
I'm talking about the long-bow of to-day. Sabe? 
J. P. T. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
In connection with Mr. Wade's article on this subject 
in your issue of January 17, I suggest that in "quick 
shooting at a moving object" the gun becomes a part of 
the shooter and follows the object sought to be shot just 
as his hand would in pointing at a moving object. The 
eyes do not see the gun, they see only the game. 
Croton. 
New York, Jan 15. 
Vermont Game. 
Springfield, Vt., Jan. lo. — Gray squirrels were plenti- 
ful all tlirough the last season. Ruffed grouse were also 
fairly plenty. Woodcock, as everywhere, were rare. Deer 
are becoming more plentiful every year; they are moving 
into the southern part of the State. The largest number 
were killed in Windsor county this year. Deer were seen 
in large numbers and more were killed this year than in 
any previous season. Have you ever observed that no 
one has ever been shot in this State in mistake for a deer? 
This may be owing to the fact that the hunters are mostly 
local nimrods, countrymen born and bred, and who know 
a deer from a farm horse ; but in my opinion it is the wise 
provision of our law which prohibits the taking of does. 
If a man waits till he sees positively he is shooting at an 
animal with horns, he will make no such mistakes, as the 
nitmber of men in Vermont who grow horns is com- 
paratively small. 
This law protecting does is rigorously enforced. Only 
fotir or five does have been found. They were left where 
shot. One old unregenerate in this town shot a doe and 
boasted of it. He is now in the workhouse working out 
his $100 fine. What sport is there in shooting a doe? 
1 would as soon think of striking a woman. Old Ver- 
mont may be a bit slow, but she knows how to take care 
of her game. 
An effort was made at the session of the Legislature 
just closed to lengthen the open season on deer. It failed. 
The open season remains the same, the last ten days in 
October. Two amendments to the game laws were made, 
one limiting the number of gray squirrels to five to each 
gun for one day and another providing that all squirrels, 
partridges, etc., taken must be consumed as food within 
the State. We are having a real old-fashioned winter up 
here, lots of snow. Good snowshoeing already. 
W. W. Brown. 
How I Closed the Quail Season. 
Nyack, N. Y. — The last day of the hunting season of 
1902 in New York was as unfavorable and cheerless a 
day as could be imagined. It was cold and a heavy sleet, 
driven by a strong northeast wind, cut the face like a 
whip. Although the day was so unfavorable, as I had a 
new dog I ventured out and tried to find a well-known 
bevy of quail. 
Near where I live is a piece of land containing per- 
haps ten acres that is covered mainly with scrub oaks 
and a tangle of briars. This is a favorite place for quail. 
There is a long narrow strip of woods this side, through 
which we first hunted and found tracks that we followed 
northward into the lot first mentioned; here the fresh 
tracks were so quickly covered by the sleet that in the 
open blew fiercely in my face that the dog could not 
sureh^ follow the game, and we were forced to give up 
the hunt. 
On our way down the road leading home, my setter 
swung quickly out and made a pretty point at a brush pile 
by the roadside, and immediately a quail walked out on 
the opposite side. 
If he should fly into the thick woods beyond, I felt 
sure that I shotild lose him. Should I do so unsports- 
manlike a thing as shoot a quail walking ? No ! Y"es ! 
My dog was green, but he behaved splendidly, and I 
wished to encourage him by killing this bird. I took 
a snap shot and the bird flew away — ^the charge had 
passed over his head. 
Thus one enthusiastic hunter closed the season of 1902. 
There were seven bevies of quail within the city limits 
here this fall. There are many left. They are winter- 
ing well. E. E. F. 
Moose and Salmon.* 
Under the title "Moose-Hunting, Salmon-Fishing and 
Other Sketches of Sport," Mr. T. R. Pattillo, of Noya 
Scotia, has brought'together a series of chapters of per- 
sonal experiences which range from moose calling in 
Canadian forests to dolphin fishing in southern seas. 
Much of the shooting and fishing is of an uneventful 
character, considered from a sportsman's view point ; and 
the pages are marked by a simple directness of style 
v.'hich tells the story in many instances vividly and with 
life and movement. Mr. Pattillo's chapter on albacore 
fishing was printed in our fishing columns last week. 
Here is an incident in which the "still small voice" spoke 
right out loud. The moose hunt was on snowshoes on a 
crusted snow, and the dogs had thrown down the moose : 
"The poor fellow lay there apparently helpless, and 
my trusty rifle might have kept him there; but, reader, 
that was not the kind of sport that pleased me, even if 
it was to capture a moose. I said he was helpless. When, 
however, he saw us approaching him, his tremendous 
power, for he was a large fellow, flung Rover off him, 
and sent Ready with a kick 12 or 18 feet behind him. 
Then he sprang up and stood facing me, a picture of bold 
• Moose Hunting, Salmon Fishing and other Sketches of Sport. 
Being the record of personal experiences of hunting wild game 
in C«i»da, By T. R. Pattillo. London: Sampson Low, Mantodt 
% New Vmk; for<ct uh| P<a^ Ce. Pri^ ||. 
defiance. My rifle was raised, ranged for a blank shot. 
'Cozvard!' sounded in my ears. From whence came the 
sound? It must have been an inward consciousness that 
it was a sliame to shoot him when he had no fair chance 
for his life. The word was spoken loud enough to hold 
my hand, and the rifle was not fired by me." 
A Hanter Lost for Two "Weeks. 
B. R. Logan, the young man of Igerna, Siskiyou 
County, who, having gone on a hunting trip in the 
wild mountain region of the Umpquas in southern Ore- 
gon, disappeared from camp and was lost for two 
weeks, was found by a searching party yesterday. After 
leaving camo on Dec. i, he became lost in a snow 
storm and wandered around for three days before he 
reached the cabin of a trapper named Acker, at whose 
place he arrived in a famished state. After resting and 
recruiting his strength there, he was started out on his 
return to the hunting camp. He again lost his way 
and for several days wandered hopelessly in the densely 
timbered mountain region, following the water courses 
until he came across a mountain ranch near Perdues. 
Exhausted and hungered, he was in a terribly weak- 
ened condition when arriving at the mountain ranch, 
and it took careful nursing to revive him. The search- 
ing partv sent out from Igerna found his tracks and 
followed' them to the Perdue ranch, There was great 
rejoicing when he was found alive, for hope of finding 
him had been almost abandoned.— Portland Oregonian. 
Proprietors of fishing resorts will find it profitable to advertise 
them in Forest and Stream. 
More About Sea Trout. 
The discussion relative to the sea trout, between 
Charles Hallock and Mr. Venning, which has recently 
been printed in the columns of Forest and Stream 
has brought out many exceedingly valuable facts con- 
cerning this fish. 
I have had many years' experience in studying its 
habits, distribution, etc., and possibly I may be able 
to add a little more light to that which has been thrown 
on its identitv and peculiarities. 
I suppose that the readers of Forest and Stream 
understand that this fish is not the so-called sea trout 
of the Atlantic coast south of the Delaware Break- 
w^ater, for that is an entirely different species, the 
northern sea trout being a genuine member of the 
family Salmonidce, while the other is one of the weak- 
fish, and is very similar to the common squeteague, not 
only in the spines of its dorsal fin, but also in its gen- 
eral appearance, except that its silvery sides are thickly 
spotted with black spots, which are usually of about the 
diameter of a swan shot, or smaller. 
In addition to being called the sea troiit, this species 
is known to anglers as the "spotted silversides" and 
the "spotted squeteague." It is a much more gamy 
fish than the common weakfish, and is one of the most 
beautiful of the salt water fishes of the Atlantic coast, 
its back and sides being of a silvery gray with bluish 
and iridescent tints running through it, and its belly 
and lower fins being white without the yellow tinge 
which characterizes the common weakfish. 
It is found along the coast and in the estuaries of 
the Southern Atlantic States nearly the entire ' year, 
but it takes the hook most freely from June to De- 
cember, its favorite bait being shrimp, small crabs and 
"shedders." It is a game fish worthy of tlie high esti- 
mation in which it. is held, but it is strictly a marine 
species, even breeding in the tidal waters and never 
ascending the fresh water streams for the purpose of 
casting its spawn, as do the members of the salmon 
family. 
The northern sea trout is a spotted trout pure and 
simple, but it is of anadroraous habits, living during 
a portion of the year in the salt water, but ascending 
the fresh water rivers, in the spring, chiefly probably, 
from the instinct which prompts all the Sahnonidce to 
leave the salt water for the purpose of spawning, but 
largely also for the food which the rivers contain. 
In these streams they remain during the summer, and 
in the autumn until the "slush ice" drives them back 
to the sea. That they spawn in these streams I have 
110 doubt, for I have repeatedly taken specimens late 
in the season in which the ova were in a very far state 
of development. 
The northern sea trout is found more or less abund- 
antly in most of the rivers of Newfoundland, Labrador, 
Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island 
and in most of the tributaries of the mighty St. Law- 
rence, as far up in its course, at least, as Quebec, and 
perhaps further. 
So abundant is it on the Newfoundland shore that it 
is seined by the barrelsful to be used as cod bait. 
The southern limit in the range of the sea trout is 
probably Long Island (N. Y.) into the streams of 
which the salt water trout, so-called, often ascend. 
These fish are bright and clean cut, but they lack the 
silvery tinge of their more northern mates. 
Robert B. Roosevelt, in his valuable book on "The 
Game Fish of the North," mentions these salt water 
trout of Long Island in a dozen places, and always in 
the belief that they are the "dearly loved old friends, 
the speckled trout." The next northerly point at 
which these fish are taken is in the Marshpee, or 
"Mashpee" River, Cape Cod, Massachusetts. 
In this stream they are called "salters," and they 
differ but very little from the Canadian fish. Mr. 
Roosevelt gives in the book above named the most 
charming accounts of the capture of one of these fish 
that was ever put in print. I wish I dared to take 
space to quote it here. It is an enthusiastic and mos^ 
scholarly piece of angling literature. I would stats 
en passant that the trout weighed 3 pounds 14 ounces. 
^oUowiog along the coast to tlie ^orth, T kng^y^ 
