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ITHACA 
WINS 
SAM VANCE with 
an ITHACA won 
the amateur cham- 
p i o n s h i p of all 
Canada this year 
for the fourth con- 
secutive time. 
J. A. McROBBwith 
another ITHACA 
won Grand Cana- 
dian Handicap. 
Another record which 
proves that any man can 
^oot an 1 rHACA better. 
Double ^uns, $34.78 and 
trap (TUBS, 
up. 
Catalog FREE, 
Address Box 25 
ITHACA GUN 
CO. 
ITHACA, N.Y, 
THE LOCKHART SPIRAL 
SERVICE LEGGINGS, INC. 
244 Broadway, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
FITS THE LEG, VERY SMART, 
adds to APPEARANCE OF 
EVERY COSTUME. Equally 
adapted to wear of men and 
women. All WOOL, FULLY 
SHAPED, REINFORCED AT 
POINT OF WEAR. ASK TO 
SEE THE HOOK, MAKES IT 
STAY PUT. Colors, Olive Drab, 
Marine Shade, Cadet and Navy 
Blue. 
For sale at all Leading Sporting 
Goods Establishments and all 
Army Post Exchanges. 
Maine Duck 
Hunting Boot 
Lightest wading boot raade. 
Comes ainiost to waist and 
when rolled will go in coat 
pocket. 
Very best gum rubber, 
same as used in our Maine 
Hunting Shoe. All widths. 
A to EK and sizes 3 to 12. 
Arched inner-soles and re- 
p a i r outfit. (Juaranteed 
not to break. 
Price, Men's $8.75; 
Ladies’ $8.00, deliv- 
ered free. Send for 
circular, guarantee 
tag and sample of 
rubber. 
L. L. BEAN 
FREEFOSZ, MAINE 
ORES T AND S T II E A ]\I 
“Sport” in addition to looking after him- 
self. Every move the guide makes is 
limited by the capacity of his employer 
to take care of himself in the woods. 
W HEN the professional guide or 
hunter goes hunting in the Ros- 
signol district of Nova Scotia, he 
takes a very small, light tent, one blanket 
or quilt, a kettle, small fry pan, a cup, 
skinning knife, salt, bread, tea and a 
chunk of pork or moose meat. He has 
plenty of matches, cartridges and his 
rifle and axe, burlap bag and pack strap. 
He has no boxes of canned goods, no ex- 
tra clothing, no dishes, camera, game 
bags or fancy paraphernalia. He car- 
ries the bare essentials to existence only. 
He packs this in a small, light, canvas 
covered canoe, and starts oT. He is hunt- 
ing from the minute his paddle first 
touches the water. He makes no noise. 
If it is calm and frosty he will call any 
time during the day or night when it is 
I light enough to see to shoot. If the 
i weather is not right for calling he leaves 
I his canoe at a convenient spot on the 
[ shore of a lake or river, puts a chunk 
j of bread and meat into his pocket with 
a pinch of salt and tea, and with his cup, 
axe and rifle starts on his hunt. If 
night overtakes him, and there is bad 
country between him and his canoe, he 
simply builds a fire and stays right where 
he is until morning. If he is in a good 
' moose country and the morning is calm, 
I he will call right from his camp fire, 
i For supper and breakfast he will eat 
I dry bread, some pork or moose meat, 
I make strong black tea in his tin cup 
I without sugar or milk, and be satisfied. 
I 
I F he kills a moose he scientifically dis- 
embowels him, skins and quarters the 
animal, and if far from his canoe, 
cuts out a great deal of the bone and 
sub-divides the quarters so he will have 
less weight to carry. When he gets back 
to the canoe with his first load, if it is 
raining or cold he will usually put up 
his little tent, gather a good pile of dry 
fire wood, eat some more bread and meat 
and drink some more black tea before he 
goes back for the next load. He will 
often spend a full day packing out moose- 
meat, eating a little lunch between each 
trip. By nightime he is tired and sleepy 
but if the weather is calm and he wishes 
to get across a big lake before a storn. 
comes up, after a little rest, he will load 
his canoe and start on his homeward 
trip any time in the night that he feels 
inclined that way. He really does not 
rest or eat a variety of food until he 
has his moose head, hide and meat at 
some place where he can load it on a 
wagon. It is quite the usual thing for 
hunters to come to Lowes Landing on 
Lake Rossignol where my camp is sit- 
uated, at two or three o’clock in the morn- 
ing with a moose, unload their canoes, 
pile their cargo on the shore, turn the 
canoes over their dunnage, walk twelve 
miles to Caledonia in the night and walk 
back with an ox team, put their load 
on a wagon and walk out again wkhout 
stopping anywhere to sleep. 
They sacrifice all thought of sleep or 
physical comfort until they have safely 
landed their moose in the settlement. 
September, 1919 
When two men go together it simplifies 
the work somewhat. 
If a guide should put a sportsman 
through a course of sprouts such as the 
above, if it did not kill him it would at 
least preclude the possibility of his ever 
hiring that guide again. 
Luckily the average amateur sports- 
man that habitually goes into the Nova 
Scotia woods to hunt big game, goes to 
gain health and have a good time. If he 
gets a fine head he is tremendously 
pleased and the guide is tickled to death. 
If he does not get a trophy he usually 
gets plenty of fish and small game, has 
a picturesque and comfortable camping 
trip, and leaves the woods with but faint 
disappointment at not running down a 
big bull. 
CATCHING 
BULLFROGS 
(CONTINUED FROM PAGE 486 ) 
success. On a dark night more frogs are 
out and the lantern makes a more con- 
centrated illumination when there is no 
moon to counteract it. If the water is 
clear there is no difficulty in seeing the 
target beneath the surface. Further- 
more if the water is clear the banks are 
in a less disturbed condition making 
discovery of the game less difficult. Un- 
der such conditions a frog may be seen 
as far as fifty yeards away presenting as 
evidence a round white spot about the 
size of a silver dollar. 
T he general location of a possible 
catch may be determined by the 
bellowing notes, “knee-deep! knee- 
deep!” that are always heard on a warm, 
dark night. The approach should al- 
ways be made upstream, the hunter wad- 
ing in the water a few feet from the 
shore, keeping the light constantly re- 
flected upon the bank several yards 
ahead. Going downstream produces 
more waves which are usually followed 
by a splash some distance below and the 
prize is gone. If the light is turned 
away from the bank the pursued crea- 
ture takes advantage of the darkness 
and finds a refuge in deep water. 
To conclude t«o soon that the game has 
departed just because all is quiet is not 
patient pursuit, as Roily may be sitting 
behind an object on the bank. He in- 
variably ceases bellowing when his per- 
suer gets close. At times only his head 
is above water. Then he can feel the 
slightest wave which results in the head 
disappearing. Even then if the water 
is clear the gigging may be done at a 
depth of several inches. 
Failing in such a search it is often 
only necessary to look in the trees that 
lean out over the water where the croak- 
er may be sitting three or four feet 
above the stream ready to make a sen- 
sational dive to safety. 
Although silent and cautious upon ap- 
proach, on the other hand the bullfrog 
seems unwary and stupid. He sometimes 
leaves the stream, escaping in frantic 
leaps toward a hole in the ground only 
to sit at his open door to be caught with 
the bare hand. 
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 497 ) 
