Nov. 7, 1903.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
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taxidermist, who was convicted of destroying the nests 
of song birds . in .jBaltimore county for the collection of 
their eggs," as well as killing the birds that he might 
become more proficient _in his amateurish fad. 
■■'The matter which has claimed attention almost ex- 
^^'yfi^'^ly.i^tirmg tl^^^^^ summer months is that of secur- 
ing:. oSfe sf the 'boa.t5 -of the. State navy to enforce the 
law against purse-netters. 
"The deputy game wardens had little difficulty in 
reaching the violators of the game laws, but it was im- 
possible for them to reach the fishing boats. Reason- 
able men, therefore, -can see that the only aid they 
could get would be tha^: supplied by the State,- A 
memorial signed by about 500 prominent business men 
and large land owners was presented to the Board of 
Public Works. The Governor practically put it up 
to the commandant of the oyster navy to grant the 
boat asked for. The secretary had failed to come up 
with the commandant, hence no boat. 
"I quote from some of the correspondence I re- 
ceived as to the damage resulting from non-protection: 
'How about that boat that was to come to Poole's 
Island to look after purse-netters? I have been down 
several times within the last two weeks and always 
found four or five of them there.' This is from a let- 
ter of July 2. 'Have you ever tried to inform your- 
selves as to the purse-net fishing on the flats above 
Poole's Island? It is the worst this year that it has 
been for j^ears, . and, I am told, not contented with 
scraping the spawning grounds of the rock and white 
perch, that there are a few of them that are dynamiting 
the wrecks that they cannot purse over. * * * A 
visit most any day will find from 4 to 10 of these scrap- 
ers at work on the upper fiats. As they have canvas 
nailed over their names, it is impossible to tell who 
they are.' 
"Now. as to -the violation of the game laws. Out- 
side of the killing of ducks on their feeding grounds 
in Harford county last winter, I have had ver}' few 
cinnplaints. ' ' 
"At the last meeting of the executive committee of 
the association, held in September, 1903, two commit- 
tees were appointed — one to recommend amendments 
and new laws to the coming season of the Legislature 
on game and the other for fish. The secretary would 
be very, glad to receive suggestions and propositions. 
"It is the purpose of the association to again pre- 
sent to the Legislature the bills known as the Purse- 
net Bill and the Salt Water Bill, and they have reason 
to believe that the opposition to these bills exhibited 
at the last session of the Legislature will be absent 
:d the coming one. 
"The State Game Warden Bill should also be 
amended, or, more properly, reconstructed. Reports 
havfe come to the secretary that some of the most 
frequent violators of the laws protecting game and fish 
were deputy game wardens themselves. 
"Some means should be taken by this association 
to prevent the cruel slaughter of pigeons as targets by 
the shooting associations of this city. Marksmanship 
can as well be demonstrated by clay pigeons, 
"Now, as to reconnnendations: 
'.'r. Game laws of the State, as codified, arc in a 
chaotic condition, and your secretary recommends the 
presenting of a bill to the Legislature providing for 
a competent board to codify aiid issue the laws under 
their supervision. 
"2. An entire revision of the State Game Warden 
law to meet the demands and give more authority to 
and better equip the deputy game wardens for the pur- 
poses of their duties, and particularly to give them 
power to arrest' without first securing a magistrate for 
the issuance of a warrant, thus allowing the violator to 
get out of the jurisdiction or the presence of the deputy 
game warden before such warrant can be issued. 
"3. Some means should be taken, through an act of 
the Legislature, providing for the setting aside of at 
least one boat o.f.the State Fishery force in the waters 
i f the Ghesa^eTkc Bay and its tributaries, to prcAfent 
violation of the fish laws. 
"4. A bill should be prepared and presented to the 
Legislature to prevent the use of pump or magazine 
guns in the State for the killing of birds and game. 
"5. A general revision of the game laws of the 
various counties, looking to the prohibition of shoot- 
ing partridges in such counties Avhere these birds are 
becoming almost extinct. 
"7. That the association employ a detective for at 
least one month prior to the opening of the season 
for gunning and one month after its close, for the pur- 
pose of catching up with the handling of game out of 
season. 
"8. Making it unlawful to shoot live pigeons, etc. 
"9. Some action should be taken, as I recommended 
in my last report, to see that the ducking police on the 
flats properly perform their duties and see that the 
non-resident gunners be caught up with. As I re- 
ported at the last annual meeting, they get into Marj'- 
land in this way: A non-resident, who usually belongs 
to the wealthier class, comes to Maryland with his 
steam launch or other contrivance, gets a resident to 
take out. in the resident's name, a license, and then em- 
ploys the resident to go gunning with him, making the 
dishonest resident his substitute in violating the law. 
This should be stopped, and a proper bill should be 
presented to the Legislature for this purpose. 
"10. While it is true that the association is doing 
more ef¥ective work than ever before in its history, it 
could be more effective if it had more funds with which 
to pursue its work. As the treasury is made up only 
of dues, it become us to secure many new members. 
"11, As the game laws of the State are not uniform, 
by reason of the difterent local laws of the counties, 
the secretary recommends that every effort be made 
at the coming session of the Legislature to secure 
uniform laws throughout the State." 
Secretary Dennis" report was discussed a bit. While 
it was not stated plainly, it was easily observed that 
ihere was some objection to the proposal to secure 
legislation against the pump gun; also the shooting 
of pigeons from traps. 
The pigeon question was argued by Mr. George 
Dobipin ?enniman, Avho thought the association should 
not put itself on record as opposed to trap shooting. 
It was a question belonging more particularlv to the 
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Anirnals, and 
as that society had found it impracticable to get a law 
passed by the last Legislature, he was of the opinion 
that the Game Association would, have quite as much 
as it could attend to regarding matters which belonged 
strictly to it. " " 
Dr. B. Holly Smith proposed that the secretary's 
report be referred to the law committee. Secretary 
Dennis explained that he had embodied the recommen- 
dations in his report at the solicitation of members 
and did not intend to make them laws, but simply sub- 
mit them for what they were worth. The report was 
accepted and referred to the law committee. 
_W. R. Armstrong, secretary of the Maryland and 
District of Columbia "Field Trials Association, stated 
the trials would be held at Chesapeake City, Calvert 
county, in November. This association has 2,000 acres 
of land there, which is guarded day and night and can- 
not be shot over before the field trials are concluded. 
The following officers were elected for the ensuing 
year: 
President, J. Olney Norris: Vice-President, Marion 
H. Ould; Treasurer, Henry Brauns; Secretary. Oregon 
Milton Dennis; Attorne}', Richard F. Kimball. Exe- 
cutive Committee, George D. Penniman, Marion H. 
Ould. William B. Hurst, A. E. Thompson, L. M. Lever- 
ing, W. H. Fisher, R. F. KimbaU, Dr. S.,C. Penning- 
ton, Dr. Charles C. Harris,. Rober.t J. . Kane, Henr}^ 
Brauns, J. Olney Norris,. Robert H. Gilbert, William 
H. McDowell, Dr, H. G Wilson, Conway .W. Sams, 
R. Berry Bull, Oregon Milton Dennis. W. T. Howard, 
M. S. Baer, Dr. B. Holly, Smith, Dr; A.- P. Gore, C. 
S. Schermerhorn,. DeCoMr&ey,.,^,.'Thom andjSW. H. 
Armstrong. •.. . _ :■, 
All were re-elections except that Mr, Hurst was 
added. , u: - / 
Maine Big-Game Grounds, 
Bangor, Maine, Oct. 3i.-^Editor -Forest and Stream: 
The "rush" of sportsmen into the Maine woods continues 
to be noticeable by its absence, although they may yet 
come along in goodly numbers, there being still a full 
month of the best hunting time left^Sbefore the season 
on moose ends. While the hunters -are at liberty by the 
laws to bring in a couple of deer until the middle of De- 
cember, the latest hunting is usuallj'- largely done by the 
residents, and comparatively few non-residents remain 
in the State after all possible chance of getting a moose 
is past. Thus, sO: far as the out-of-the-State hunter is 
concerned, Maine game is receiving better protection than 
it has known for many years, and will unquestionably in- 
crease materially if let alone by the residents. 
Wardens .are actively on the watch for violators, that 
it may be made as expensive for them as possible, but the 
very construction of the law robs these emissaries of 
the law of their terrors. One 'recently expressed his 
opinion quite forcibly when lie observed that he had 
found, the leak in the new license law,, as every man he 
met in the woods with a rifle and asked for his license, 
replied that he was "hunting birds," which, under t^e 
law, he is at perfect liberty to do withont a license at- 
tached, and in case he sees no deer to kill, he avoids the 
application of the famous Bertillon system, bf identifica- 
tion, so brightly illustrated hy_ la.st week's -isSne of Forest 
AND Stream. Ifj.on the other hand, he shoots a deer, 
he hangs it up, spots a trail to the rtJ'ad, slips out to the 
railroad station and buys a license, and later takes home 
his game. Lie thus avoids what so many anen dislike 
cordially to do — the paying for a possibility. 
The license law is, too, responsible for a far greater 
slaughter of does and small deer, in proportion to the 
number of hunters in the woods, than in former years. 
The purchaser of a license, in nine out of ten cases, wants 
at least part of what he ha.s paid for, and failing to get 
I he desired buck, knocks over at the eleventh hour any- 
thing in the deer line that will give him his limit. Un- 
sportsmanlike, do you say? Yes, but — . 
To-night marks the close of the first thirty-one days of 
big-game hunting, and each day sees its quota of moose 
and deer passing over the railroads on its way to some 
happy hunter's home, or to the taxidermist's for mount- 
ing. Judging by the remarks heard, the new law grants 
freer e.xit for the non-resident, as he is practically un- 
known in connection with the handsome trophies that 
may, perhaps, travel on the same train with him, and 
he who dislikes to run the gauntlet of agents for taxider- 
mists at the Bangor station has the' fun of seeing the 
resident importuned for. the^privHege of making "more 
beautiful than in life" the trophy that has cost time, 
money, and work. On the other hand, a great many of 
the pieces of game go out ahead of the owners, and thus 
there is no "cutting off the head while you wait," and the 
taxidermists are undoubtedly seeing that what is the 
sportsman's gain is their distinct loss. With all their 
hustling — and they are all hustlers, too — a vast proportion 
of business that once meant hundreds of dollars left in 
]\Iaine by the visitors, is sliding right by and into the 
hands of taxidermists who live in other States, and Maine 
is the poorer by so much less cash in circulation. 
The number of pieces of game passing through the city 
has shrunk appreciably this week, but while the opponents 
of the license law may lay the decrease to the effect of 
that law, there is abundant opportunity to blame natural 
causes for the shrinkage. The extremely dry fall has 
made rivers look lil:e small streams, and never did the 
upper waters of the Penobscot appear so low as they 
have during the month now passing away, while other 
rivers have, of course, been similarly affected. Sports- 
men who have in previous years canoed from Atkins' and 
Arbo & Libbey's camps in the far moose country 
through to Ox Bow, have this season walked all of the 
way, both going and coming, and the recent fall of eight 
to twelve inches of snow on a soft bottom has not made 
the tramp any easier, either. In those sections where 
little or no snow fell, the leaves continue dry and brittle, 
and it is almost impossible to still-hunt the game, one's 
best method being to sit still and let the deer do the 
hunting. 
Few parties who come into the State will be able to re- 
port better success than the party of seven who came 
out Monday from the Nesowadnehunk Stream country, 
four of the seven having moose to their credit. In the 
party were Harry A. Van Gilder, D. P. McClellan, 
Frederick Muchmore and D. F. Sturgis, of Morristovm, 
N. J.; Elmer Dickerson, of Mt. Tabor, N. J.; G. V. 
Muchmore, of Summit, and E. F. Duffy, of NcAvark. The 
successful moose hunters w^ere Messrs. McClellan, Stur- 
gis, G. V. Muchmore, and Duffy, and all had what deer 
they wanted. 
Wm. Destdar, a member of a Brooklyn, N. Y., party 
which went into a camp on the Mooseleuk, a tributary of 
the Aroostook, had the best luck of his party, getting a 
moose with a small spread and six points. It was the 
first moose he ever saw alive and in the woods, and he 
just let him have it, with fatal results for the moose. 
One of the most delighted resident sportsmen to return 
home lately has been Dr. C. P. Thomas, of Brewer, who 
went into the woods far above Moosehead Lake to vac- 
cinate the woodsmen in a series of lumber camps, on 
.account of a possible epidemic of smallpox, which raged 
in the Maine lumber regions last winter, and has appeared 
in some sections with the first frosts. After his official 
visit was ended, the Doctor set out for a day's hunt, and 
in an hour and a half from leaving camp had shot five 
oiit of a flock of partridges that were in the road, almost 
within sight of camp, and killed and dressed two hand- 
some bucks, one a spotted white buck with very beautiful 
markings, and a very striking set of antlers. 
Dwight Foster, of Beverly, Mass., made the first trip 
of his life after big game to Patten, taking home as the 
first buck he ever shot at in the woods a fine 200- 
pounder with ten-point antlers. 
Probably the biggest buck to be brought out this 
season, and, with one exception, the largest reported 
killed so far in the woods in 1903, was shot by C. F. 
Perkins, of Brewer, in the ridges west of St. Croix Lake. 
It shipped 300 pounds, and probably weighed, when 
alivCj a good forty pounds more. 
Another of the successful parties was made up of three 
Rhode Island men. Dr. N. R. Hall and C. P. Driscoll, 
of Warren, and Dr. N. D. Harvey, of Providence, who 
decided to visit the territory around Third Lake of the 
East Branch Penobscot, where they have enjoyed great 
sport in the past. Their success proved their wisdom, 
for they added two moose and the legal number of deer 
to their records ; Dr. Harvey's and Dr. Hall's trophies 
differing four inches in spread, while each had 16 
points. The horns measured 42 and 46 inches. Mr. Dris- 
coll was modest in his wants, and preferred hunting birds 
near camp to big-game shooting, so that he kept the table 
well supplied with partridges, and incidentally knocked 
over a very fine fox for variety. 
Quite a party of Cleveland, O., hunters was here for 
a stay, being several members of the Forest City Hunting 
Club of that city, which has sent detachments of more 
or less members each fall for several years. 
Han^ey Farrington, of New York, had excellent suc- 
cess at Reed Pond, going in and returning via Ox Bow, 
and shooting a moose with 13 points to its antlers. He 
also secured two very nice bucks. 
J. W. Darcey and wife, of Lynn, Mass., after a stay of 
a month at Nahmakanta Lake, reached by way of Nor- 
cross, a trip up the lower lakes and a seven-mile carry, 
have returned home with the happy consciousness of 
having killed the biggest game Maine affords — a moose. 
It was not a big head but a veiT shapely one, with antlers 
having I3_ points. Whether the number was unlucky or 
not is according to the point of view— it was for the 
moose. 
. Another moose reported came from far to the north, 
where a party of Greenville, R. I., sportsmen camped 
on St. Froid Lake, or, as the residents commonly call it, 
"Joe Ncddo Lake." In the party were M. W. Mowry, 
J. H. Bowen, J. S. Remington and O. A. Tobey, and Mr. 
Bo wen was the lucky moose hunter. 
Henry Adams and Henry Adams, Jr., of Springfield, 
Mass., are out after a delightful trip down the We^ 
Branch of the Penobscot. They had fine weather most of 
the time, and saw quantities of game, including six 
moose, T19 deer, a bear and three foxes. As the moose 
were none of them of legal age or sex, the party confined 
ilself to deer, and Mr, Adams, the younger, shot two very 
fine bucks, one having 13 points to its horns, 
G. H. and C. W. Freedley, of Philadelphia, are out 
from Spider Lake, with reports of a great outing of three 
weeks, and the first-named had as his share of the fun 
memories of the time when he faced a big bull, and shot 
him, too, with his .45-90 carbine. The antlers were among 
the best brought out this year, spreading 52 inches and 
bearing 23 points. 
J. H. Baker, of New York, was delighted with his trip 
to Maine, and he ought to be, since he secured his moose 
the first day of his hunting in the Nesowadnehunk coun- 
try. In ten days he saw four bulls, but none with larger 
antlers than the one he had shot on his first hunt. 
C. P. Keeler, of Attleboro, Mass., was all smiles when 
he reported that he had all that was coming to him in 
the way of game, and proved it by his record of a moose, 
two deer and a bear, not to mention all the partridges 
he could dispose of at the camp table. He might, indeed, 
have shot many more birds but for the desire to make as 
little noise in the moose country as possible, and shoot 
only for immediate needs, 
The ladies, too, have been somewhat in evidence dur- 
ing the week, for all the outgoing parties haven't been 
exactly "gander parties," although from the stories some 
tell their guides may have thought them gee.se at the 
cri'tica! moment. In one party was two ladies from 
Wareham, Mass., who suppUed the camp with birds all 
through tlieir stay, while the men of the party -a ere after 
hi°- game. They were Misses Alice Tobey and Maud 
Palnier, and proved themselves skillful with the shot- 
gun, while Messrs, Geo. W. Weymouth and Horace P. 
Tobey did the deer hunting with excellent results. Mrs. 
Frank L. Shaw, of Portland, although wife of the owner 
of the extensive Morris Farm on Chesunccok Lake, re- 
christened Camp Greenwood, never killed a deer until the 
other day, when she stood on the piazza in the morning 
and shot a magnificent buck which stood 175 yards dis- 
tant. Herbert W. Rowe. 
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