September, 1919 
FOREST AND STREAM 
497 
CATCHING 
BULLFROGS 
(continued from page 490 ) 
The hams usually sold in the market 
are hardly up to the standards so far as 
weight is concerned. They may be taken 
from frogs that are not full grown or 
from places where they do not thrive 
best. A muddy, isolated stream which 
is seldom visited by sportsmen produces 
the choicest specimens, the hams remind- 
ing one of the legs of a good sized spring 
chicken. The strength of such a frog 
is a surprise to an amateur. He may 
be holding his prize as he would a baby 
chick when the strength and agility of 
the captive are suddenly demonstrated, 
leaving an empty hand. A strong bag 
with a draw string snugly tied is the 
surest way of getting home with full 
compensation for the wet journey. 
Another of the interesting features of 
the bullfrog is his wonderful vitality. 
A hard dealt blow with an oar will flat- 
ten him out like a fritter, but unless one 
has used about all his strength Roily will 
disappoint him by leaping into the water. 
A careless, unsympathetic sportsman 
cuts off the hams without first killing his 
game, but the frog will hang on to life 
by sitting up, supporting himself by his 
fore legs, and will even try to bellow. 
The man who has captured his first 
bag of frogs is likely to get disgusted 
with the task of dressing them, however, 
if the art is once learned it is far from 
difficult. There is probably no better 
way than to have a heavy butcher knife 
well sharpened. With it the frog should 
first be struck a hard blow on the head, 
then beheaded immediately. If at all 
convenient this should be done at the time 
of gigging to avoid suffering or escape. 
Following this, a slash across the back 
cutting only the skin enables one to take 
a tiny pair of pliers and remove the 
silky suit. If the fingers only are used, 
the task becomes entirely too tedious. 
A sportsman does not catch frogs for 
the purpose of studying their anatomy 
but he will be interested to note the big 
air bladder which constitutes a part of 
their organism; also the very low tem- 
perature of the blood which is easily de- 
termined by the cool effect felt on the 
hands. 
If one has been successful in taking 
large specimens, or if he has only taken 
a small number, the whole frog may be 
used as the flesh has practically the same 
taste. 
The sport does not cease until the lid 
of the frying pan is kicked off a few 
times. 
The enticing odor at the time of cook- 
ing and the rare, delicate flavor enjoyed 
when eating, create a sufficient basis for 
the fancy price which frog hams bring. 
Charles Cottar^s Faith 
in the 
c250-3000 Savage 
Y ou know what the gorilla 
is — the huge, silent un- 
canny man-monkey who 
glides through the dark, tan- 
gled African jungle as swiftly 
and easily as a shadow. You 
know that gun barrels have 
been bent by his black, hairy, 
wire-sinewed fingers — have been crushed by his ghastly, 
protruding fangs. You know his super-natural vitality, 
his fiendish intelligence and his horrible vindictiveness 
w hen attacked Even the lion fears him. He’s the most 
unnerving problem a hunter can face. 
Why was it that when Charles Cottar, the experienced 
American big-game hunter, tracked the gorilla through 
the dense, tropical East African bush, the rifle he deliber- 
ately selected from his arsenal for this nerve-straining, 
hair-raising, desperate work, was his .250-3000 Savage ? 
Think it over. And remember that this same 6-shot re- 
peater weighs only 7 pounds — that it has a point-blank 
range of over 300 yards— that i t is accurate enough to make 
“possibles” at 800 yards and that it hardly kicks at all. 
See it at your dealers; get the “feel” of it in your own 
hands or write us for particulars. 
SAVAGE ARMS CORPORATIOM 
UTICA. N. Y. 
Detroit, Mich. Philadelphia, Pa. 
Executive and Export Offices 
50 Church Street, New York City 
Manufacturers of Hi-Power and Small Calibre Sporting Rifles, 
Automatic Pistols and Ammunition 
,250‘3000 Savage Ri/U, take dcnvn model. 22- 
inch tapered round barrel ivith integral 
sight base. Checked extra full pistol grip 
and forearm, checked trigger. Corrugated 
steel shot gun buttpiate. Commercial silver 
bead front and flat-topped -wind-gauge sport- 
ing rear sights. Weight about 7 lbs. 
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