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head to the root of his tail. The antlers were small, 
ihaving but two points each. While we were dressing 
[ him M. and his little boy came up. They had be^^ 
‘■unsuccessful and were rejoiced at the good start S. 
jihad made. We did not hunt more that_day,_ for, as M. 
> said, “There was no one to go out and kill it all in one day.” 
; The afternoon we spent in camp, shooting at target 
V id resting up. During the target practice ! got the 
li rprise of my life in regard to the penetrating power 
I'of full-jacketed and soft-nosed bullets. 
f;' M*>!ike myself, uses a .30 Government Winchester 
box magazine rifle. While we were practicing, I 
Imoticcd the top bunk of an old logging sleigh lying in the 
grass There was a plate of iron on it where the 
I king holt went through. I told S. that M.’s gun would 
j shoot through that piece of iron if he used a full 
i jacketed bullet. S. said it could not be done. There- 
( upon we made a trial and found that the bullet drilled 
^ a nice hole through the iron. While discussing the 
j wonderful power of such a small charge, the thought 
i came to me to try a soft-nosed bullet and see what it 
i would do. I took the rifle and fired from about thirty 
i yards distance, and was surprised to see a hole just as 
I neat but a little larger than the full-jacketed bullet had 
n made. Thinking I might have been mistaken and put 
■ in a full-jacketed bullet, I tried again with a soft-nose, 
: and the result was the same. Knowing, as I did, that 
i the soft-nose would only penetrate about 1/3 -what the 
i full jacket would in wood, I was surprised at its pene- 
^ trating the iron at all, as I fully expected to see it 
: sticking fast in the dent it would make. 
The "morning of the nth we all hunted together, I 
3 “playing dog.” as M. called it. While working over 
a range'^of hills next to a spruce swamp, I saw a moose 
I browsing about 300 yards from me, in the edge of the 
j swamp; and I started to get the boys, when the moose 
I saw me and started up the hill, away from me, but in 
i. the direction the boys had taken when I left them. 
1 Following down the ridge, I soon came to S. and told 
5 him to get on the next ridge north and keep a good 
lookout for the moose. He immediately did so, and 
while making his way along fell in with M. Shortly 
I; after this, the moose came in sight, going northeast 
I' on the ridge that I was still on. S. had killed his 
moose the day before and could only stand and watch 
b M. as he fired six shots in quick succession; he after- 
ii ward told me that it nearly broke his heart to see that 
moose duck into a little hollow and disappear. 
... During the firing I kept on in the direction the 
! moose had taken, expecting every minute to come on 
: to him dead, for M. is a good shot. When near where 
1 I supposed the moose would be, S. came upon the run 
I and' said M. had wounded a fine bull, and that it had 
^ kept going, but he was sure that it was hard hit. We 
► at once started for the place where the moose had 
f been when fired on. This was not hard to find as he 
was on a runway and we soon discovered blood in 
plenty and followed the trail about a quarter of a 
mile. M. joined us with the boy, and I took the lead, 
tl-.e boy next behind me learning to trail a moose by 
j the blood he spilled. M. was following close behind 
: the boy. and .S. circled around to the right. After 
f going about a hundred yards I saw the big fellow 
lying down facing us and about twenty yards away. I 
: stopped and, getting the boy in front of me, pointed 
ji the moose out to him, then taking M.’s gun, I gave it 
i to the boy and told him to shoot it and to aim at the 
i eye. 'I'he little fellow had never fired so heavy a gun 
; aftd was scared and excited. The gun was too heavy 
( for him. and instead of shooting the game in the eye, 
f he hit the jaw and tore it completely away. M. then 
) took the gun and finished the job. M. now had two 
[ nice young moose, with a lot of fine meat but no 
; head fit to preserve. This one had two points on 
^ one antler, but the other was a spike. 
After dressing the fine fellow, we headed for camp, 
and after dinner made a trip out to the station for 
suppl es that were to have been shipped to us, re- 
turning about 5 o’clock. Thus ended the second day 
of what promised to be a very successful hunt. 
No snow having yet fallen, we had a hard time of 
it, and do the best we could, we could not sight a deer. 
I did the “dog” act in every likely place, but could 
not start a deer. Everything was so dry that the noise 
made by us when going through the brush was “fierce,” 
and no deer would wait to see what was making it. 
, Finally I concluded to take them into the big swamp 
. and jackpine country north of the Partridge River. 
:. There we found fresh moose signs were plentiful, and 
I had they not already killed their moose, we_ would 
; have done some hunting right there; but finding the 
jackpine thickets were worse than the country south 
of the river, we gave up hunting there and returned 
home. This kind of luck was ours right along. We 
would get out early and hunt faithfully until about 
9 o’clock; then go to where the two moose were 
dressed and piled up and pack to our cache near the 
station until dinner time; then get dinner and pack 
some more. Finally on the 17th we broke camp and 
finished the hunt for 1905. Although we had been un- 
successful in getting deer, my friends were perfectly 
satisfied with what they had. We had enjoyed our- 
selves to the extent and call it a most successful 
hunt. Although I did no shooting, I enjoyed the 
; hunt as much as any I ever made, and unless the 
' imcscnt law is changed to permit a non-resident to take 
bis moose liome, I will spend the time next season in 
ihe same way, except that I will have my camera with 
me and take some photographs. What a fine thing 
a photo of that cow and calf watching the dying bull 
would have been! I missed my camera then, but will 
never go without it again. J. P. B. 
Twelve Years a Reader. 
Edifor Forest and Stream: 
I have been reading Forest and Stream for twelve 
years and in all of these years have never missed a 
dozen copies. I have it sent to me from a local book 
concern, and my Sunday morning at home would be dull 
indeed without my Forest and Stream. I have gained 
some useful knowledge from reading it, and consider it 
the best paper in this country or any other. 
R. S, SiREm:* ( 
Massachusetts Game Conditions* 
Boston, Mass., Dec. 2.— Editor Forest and Stream: 
Although reports of game conditions are not all in, a par- 
tial summiijg up of those on file will no doubt be inter- 
esting to your Massachusetts readers. But one town in 
Barnstable county (a quail region) reports good condi- 
tions as to quail. Four reports from Worcester county 
are good, none from Bristol county, two from Middlesex 
■wuth eleven reporting fair conditions. Not one report 
from Plymouth or Norfolk is good. Essex county none 
good, eight report fair. Of 281 reports covering every 
county, only eleven are good, fifty fair, sixty-twO' report 
no quail, 158 report conditions poor. 
So far as the southern counties are concerned, includ- 
ing the Cape, Barnstable, Bristol and Plymouth, the re- 
ports are surprisingly bad. From conversation with some 
of the gunners from different sections I believe many 
have refrained entirely, or nearly so, from shooting quail, 
although (here have been some cases reported of the 
clearing up of entire coveys. Several have expressed a 
regret that November was not made a close time, as well 
as October, for this year, so that all might have been 
spared as breeders for next season. By stocking the 
covers with a few hundred dozen birds, judiciously dis- 
tributed, and systematic feeding the coming winter, _ we 
may reasonably hope for somewhat improved conditions 
next fall. At the present time, chiefly due to the severity 
of the last two winters, a large section of the State, 
which on the Government map is included in the quail 
zone, is practically destitute of that species. In most of 
tlie towns where quail were plentiful twO' years ago there 
now remain only a few small coveys and a few stray 
birds. 
In regard to ruffed grouse the reports are more cheer- 
ing. Whole number received, 272. (Z)f these 102 are good, 
ninety fair, seventy-five poor and five report none. In 
Worcester county twenty-three report conditions good, 
twenty-one report fair, only seven poor. Generally the 
northern section and the western counties return favor- 
able reports. Poor reports predominate from Barnstable, 
Plymouth and Essex counties. On the whole, this seems 
to have been better than an average season for partridges, 
and it is thought there were a fairly good number of that 
species left in the covers at the end of the shooting sea- 
son, vhich closed Nov. 30, except in Bristol county, 
where (he season ends Dec. i 5 ' . 
Several suggestions for improving present conditions 
relate especially to quail. One writer says, provide winter 
covers for them. Another recommends that towns plant 
quail, another says “kill all pheasants.” Several urge 
more stocking of the covers, and one says let the State 
breed quail instead of pheasants. Other remedies for 
scarcity of birds are named, as a hunters’ license, bounties 
on foxes, hawks, owls and stray cats, restrain bird dogs 
in summer, put an age limit on boys who shoot, prohibit 
the use of dogs in hunting, put a tax on worthless dogs 
“so high as to drive them out of the country.” The 
writer expresses no opinion as to the wisdom of these 
various suggestions but mentions them simply to show 
the great variety of views prevailing. Among those who 
have never given much attention to the subject of game 
protection, and who are not aware what a small propor- 
tion of bird destruction arises from their shooting, it is 
the most natural thing in the world for them to favor a 
close time of several years. Such persons do not consider 
the vast destruction of bird life caused by their natural 
enemies and by unfavorable weather conditions. That all 
students of birds and the community generally are giving 
more and more thought to these sub^jects year by year 
is one of the encouraging signs of the times and augurs 
well for sportsmen’s interests in the future. 
H. H. Kimball. 
Boston and Maine* 
Boston. Mass., Dec. 2 . — Editor Forest and Stream: 
Lewis Mitchell, a Passamaquoddy Indian, head of the 
tribe at 01 dtov^m, Me., has recently been before the Muni- 
cipal Court of Boston on the charge of having in pos- 
session 128 breasts of gulls which he brought from Maine 
to sell. Counsel for Mitchell contends that urider the old 
treaty between Massachusetts and Maine, giving Indians 
the right to shoot and fish, his client had the right to kill 
the. birds. Bail was furnished and the case put over. 
Among women hunters who have recently secured deer 
in Maine are Mrs. A. E. Spaulding, of Bar Harbor; Mrs. 
F. A. Johnson and Miss R. L. Tozier, of Bangor. Mr. 
Clayton Coffin, of Haverhill, Mass., secured a moose and 
a deer in Washington county. 
In Oxford, Me., Game Warden D. W. Stanley recently 
arrested three Boston hunters for violation of the game 
laws. They had been hunting several days without hav- 
ing secured the necessary non-resident license. They were 
fined $25 and costs each. In Oxford and Paris it is re- 
ported that quite a number of New York and Boston 
gunners have been beating the game laws, and the warden 
determined to make an example of them. 
Shipments of game from Bangor for the week ending 
Nov. 25 were 724 deer and twenty-three moose. For the 
corresponding week of 1904 they were 648 deer and forty 
moose. The shipping laws Imve been well observed and 
very few seizures have been made. A party of forty hun- 
ters from Ohio took home wdth them from the Oxbow 
country some seventy-five deer after a stay of two weeks. 
The moose hunting season closed Nov. 30 and onl}'- two 
more weeks remain to the deer hunters. There was a 
large exodus of hunters returning for Thanksgiving., and 
the shipments for the past week were 457 deer and 
twenty-seven moose, as against 287 deer and twenty-seven 
moose in the corresponding week last year. Shipments 
for the season to Friday last were 4.134 deer, 206 moose; 
last year the same number of moose (206), and 3,776 
deer. While there will be no more killing of moose legally 
this season there will be quite a number more brought 
out that were shot last month in the back woods, whence 
it is no easy task to bring them out. It is estimated that 
the revenue to the State from licenses will exceed that 
of. last year by not less than $5,000, which will enable the 
commissioners to improve the warden service. It is ex- 
pected the total of Bangor shipments of deer will be 
about 4,500 for the season. The largest record ever made 
was that of 1902, when 5. 300. deer were sent out. 
% Continissioner Carleton is reported as favoring some 
shortening of the shooting season, giving only one month 
for moose and two months for deer shooting. Doubtless 
native hunters kill much big game in December to keep 
for the v.dnter or sell in the markets. 
William T. Farley, of Boston, takes home two deer 
and a moose. Mr. E. W. Lovejoy, of Lowell, is equally 
fortunate, while C. H. Randall, of Boston, brings one deer 
and a moose. Mr. W. H. Billings, of Boston, has se- 
cured a moose. 
In the Rangeley region B. E. Lambert, C. F. Jones, A<, 
L. Kimball and H. J. Noble, of Boston, have secured theij* 
full quota of deer. E. C. Rodgers, of Putnam, and Mr. 
Spearin, of Boston, each secured an albino deer. Miss 
Alice R. Platt, of Boston, has been fortunate in getting a 
fine buck. 
-Few places of any considerable size in this State that 
have not had one or more representatives in Maine at 
some time during November in pursuit of big game, but 
I doubt if Massachusetts sportsmen have killed more than 
have the residents of the Pine Tree State. Central. 
An Oklahoma Wolf Drive* 
Lawton, Okla., Correspondence New York Herald. 
Eight thousand men, women and children and 500 dogs 
participated in the greatest wolf drive in the history of 
the Southwest. The scene was the Kio-wa-Comanche 
pasture. About twenty-five wolves were victims of the 
day’s sport. After the hunt a basket dinner was served 
at the rendezvous in Chattanooga. Then there were 
racing and athletics, followed by a dance at night. It 
was a red-letter day in the history of southwest Okla- 
homa. The era of the cattleman and his vast herds in 
the pasture is passing. This is their last year. They 
will give way next month to- the farmer, who will plant 
fields of wheat and corn where herds have been wont_ to 
roam. This celebration was held to welcome the coming 
and to speed the parting guest. 
Preparations were in progress for this event for two 
months. Headed by Col. “Jim” Williams and Capt. J. A. 
Mangan, of Chattanooga, the farmers living around the 
borders of the reservation marshaled as great an army of 
hunters as was ever congregated in the Southwest coun- 
try. These hosts were augmented by visitors from all 
parts of Indian Territory, Texas and other States. A 
special train was run out of Lawton to Chattanooga to 
carry the throngs that came to join the hunt. 
Chattanooga is the gateway to the “big pasture.” _ It 
is on a high stretch of tableland abutting the north line 
of the reservation, twenty-five miles southwest of Lawton 
and ten miles northeast of the spot where President 
Roosevelt camped during his wolf hunt last spring. The 
town has a population of about 500, principally cowboys 
and wolf hunters. The latter are skilled in training dogs 
for chasing and bagging wolves, and no better dogs at 
these feats are to be found in the West. The most inter- 
esting dog in this hunt was a hound of small proportions, 
which its master named Carrie Nation. This dog last 
year outstripped all her fellows in the Thanksgiving hunt, 
capturing five of the twelve wolves taken. This placed 
her at the head of the wolf dogs in the country. During 
her life of four years she has captured more than sixty 
wolves, and never has been injured. She has a knack of 
capturing the fierce little coyotes in a manner that puts 
them out of action immediately and protects herself. But 
there ^are other fine dogs. Greyhounds are the best run- 
ners 'and have the longest “winds,” but many of them 
are lacking in the technique of capture. Fox hounds are 
plentiful and good racers; so are some curs and common 
stags. More than half a thousand wolfhounds and dogs 
belong to men of this section, and nearly every one of 
them was in the race. 
The race course was a broad expanse of prairie, un- 
broken by creeks, deep ravines or timber. _ Prairie dog 
holes abound in some parts of the reservation, but few 
are found here. This was fine for the hunters, for many 
persons attend these chases who are untutored in horse- 
l>ack riding. To the southward one views the Deep Red 
River, with its fringes of oak, pecan and hackberry. A 
little beyond is Red River, with its flat bed, red water 
and -crumbled banks ; westward is the town of Frederick, 
made notable by the President’s entrance to the reserva- 
tion through its main street; to the northward are the 
Wichita peaks, to the eastward Indian Territory, and 
northeast is the city of Lawton. 
The chase began soon after noon and lasted three 
hours. The commander and his aids formed the hunters 
in an immense square, seven miles each way. The square 
contained nine sections. Cowboys, dog trainers and pro- 
fessional riders were stationed on the east, south and 
west sides, while those who participated in wagons, bug- 
gies and other vehicles formed the north line. After the 
lines were formed the commander gave the signal at^the 
southeast corner, his aids passed it along and the Itftfea 
began closing in. This drove the wolves toward the cen- 
ter, and so close were the men to one another that few 
could escape. 
The exciting moment came when the lines had clcsed 
sufficiently near one another to give the charging signal. 
This signal permitted every member of the party to parti- 
cipate in the chase. The wolves by this time were fran- 
tically running hither and thither to escape, but were 
in a pen so closely fenced by humanity that death or cap- 
ture was inevitable for eight out of ten of them. Men, 
women and children, shouting and excited to the highest 
pitch, riding in wagons, buggies, hacks, on horses, 
bicycles, automobiles and some on foot, combined to 
make a thrilling scene peculiar to the wolf country. 
Guns and pistols were barred, and the kills and captives 
must be made with clubs, lariats and dogs. Some of 
the little coyotes were torn to pieces by dogs, others roped 
by cowboys, trampled under foot by horses, run over by 
vehicles or died of exhaustion. After it was over came 
the march back to Chattanooga and 'a public exhibition 
of the fruits of the sport. Here cowboys, dog men and 
others disputed over the credit for the capture of certain 
coyotes- — and some fought — but, at length, a distribution 
was made, photographs were taken and the day’s sport 
was ended. 
Col. “Tim” Williams who organized the hunt, is a 
typical frontiersman who knows the entire alphabet of 
co\v punching and wolf chasing. He was reared on a 
cow ranch and for four years was a lessee of part of the 
