210 
FOREST AND STREAM 
April, 1920 
Mark Arie 
Shooting 
Hercules 
“E. C.” 
HIGH GUN 
IDEAL 
PREMIER 
TARGET. 
ARROW 
NITRO CLUB 
T HE 1919 high amateur 
season’s average was 
won by Mark Arie. 
His season’s average of 
.9780% on 2920 registered 
targets establishes a new 
world' s record . 
SELBY LOADS 
CHALLENGE GRADE 
SUPERIOR GRADE 
BLACK SHEU5 
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FIELD 
RECORD 
'Winchester 
REPEATER 
LEADER 
In addition he had the unpar- 
alleled average of .9822% on his 
last 2370 targets. 
Mr. Arie’s long run of 453 
targets, 422 of which were reg- 
istered, established a new world’s 
long run record for an amateur. 
To improve YOUR score shoot 
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1LENCER 
It gives you more than one shot 
at him — because it SWALLOWS 
THE NOISE. Also doubles the 
fun of shooting. Send 6c for 
book of humorous shooting expe- 
riences with Maxim Silencer. 
Price. 22 cal., $6.00. You can 
attach it 
t o rifle 
yourself. 
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69 Homestead Ave 
Hartford, Conn. 
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Practical 
Glass Blower 
and manufacturer of artificial eyes for birds, ani- 
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Send for prices. All kinds of heads and skulls 
for furriers and taxidermists. 
363 CANAL STREET NEW YORK 
Please mention “Forest and Stream” 
should be applied at seme point above 
the wound immediately and before any- 
thing else is done, but should not be al- 
lowed to remain tight indefinitely. It 
should be loosened and tightened from 
time to time. The nitrate of silver stick 
is for cauterizing-, if necessary, while the 
gauze, etc., is for dressing the wound 
after treating it as outlined. 
A fat hog does not appear to suffer 
much from a rattlesnake bite, the claim 
being that the blood circulation of such 
a hog is so slow that the venom is dis- 
sipated before it reaches the heart. How- 
ever, a poor hog will succumb from the 
effects. I do not know how true this is, 
as I have never seen a hog that had been 
bitten, but men who have spent years on 
the Florida ranges hunting cattle and 
hogs have told me that such is the case 
and that they have had opportunities 
of getting first hand information on the 
subject. Maybe .so, and maybe not. 
I once saw a dog which had been bitten 
in the nose by a 5V» foot rattler, and 
which, outside of a terribly swollen face, 
suffered no ill effects, and, to all appear- 
ances, suffered no pain. A 5% foot snake 
can inject quite a dose of poison. 
E VERY hunter knows the value of a 
good pair of prism binoculars, and, 
while you do not have as much use 
for them in Florida as in other places, 
they are a handy thing to have along 
with you. In addition to being of aid 
in locating game, they are a source of 
pleasure in that you are enabled to 
watch the antics of the various birds and 
animals in the woods and, frequently, to 
watch them as they feed. I well remem- 
ber sitting on a log one afternoon for at 
least half an hour and watching a bunch 
of wild turkeys feeding on the berries of 
the cabbage palm. They were up in the 
tops of the palms and were unaware of 
ny presence. I was about 100 yards from 
them. The ,sun was getting low in the 
west, and its slanting rays played on 
their big bodies and showed off their 
beautiful colors to great advantage. 
Every hunter likes a good hunting- 
knife, though choices vary. I like a short 
bladed knife after the Woodcraft pattern, 
but if it had a thin, keen blade instead of 
the present one it woulc suit me better. 
There is no doubt that the short blade 
with the flaring curved point is best for 
skinning purposes, and a thin one is bet- 
ter than the heavy hacked, thick one. 
Most of the old Florida Crackers, and 
guides as well, use the hunting knife 
modelled after the pocket knife and hav- 
ing a thin, keen blade. Use a thin bladed 
knife for skinning, and if there is any 
hacking to be done bring out the camp 
hatchet and get it over with. 
For aiding a hunter in getting through 
thickets and jungle growth nothing excels 
a machete. I have one with a 12-inch 
blade, measuring 2% inches in width at 
its widest point, near the end. It fits into 
a good leather scabbard, fitted with belt 
loop, and is worn just like your hunting 
knife. While its blade is stout and capa- 
ble of hard service, the weight of the 
whole thing is not so much that it is an 
encumbrance to carry. I purchased it in 
Panama and always carried it when hunt- 
ing down there, and frequently carried it 
