Oct. 4, 1913. 
FOREST AND STREAM 
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“BRUSH” SHELLS 
Help Wonderfully To Make Good Big Bags 
I F you have a close-shooting trap or duck gun that just fits you 
and you would like to shoot it in the field, you can do so with¬ 
out fear of mutilating your birds, or missing too many shots, 
by using Winchester “ Brush ” shells. They are so loaded that they 
make an open and even pattern at distances from 25 to 30 yards 
when used in choke-bore guns, without the loss of velocity, pene¬ 
tration or uniformity. With these shells you can make many kills 
which would be misses if you used too close a shooting load. The 
big, even spread of shot “Brush" shells give, helps wonderfully to 
make good bags, as sportsmen who have used them will testify. 
Winchester “Brush" shells are loaded in “Leader" and “Repeater" 
graeds in 12, 16 and 20 gauges, and can be bought at all reputable 
dealers. To get the satisfactory, open-shooting loads, ask for 
Winchester “ Brush ” shells and see that the box bears a big 
“Well, whenever we do go, I want to see 
that hunting camp of yours,” I reminded Wal¬ 
lace. “It’s located up under Owl’s Head, isn’t 
it?” 
“Yes,” said Wallace, “just a litle way from 
Owl's Head Pond. That’s a great deer country 
in there.” 
“How many did the sportsmen from your 
place bag in that section last fall?” I asked out 
of curiosity. 
Wallace, who is a consummate still-hunter, 
counted up the number on his fingers. 
“Eleven,” he said at length. 
“All big fellows?” 
“Of course they were big,” Tommy put in 
quickly. “Wallace won’t let you shoot anything 
unless it has horns like a rocking chair.” 
It seems a safe thing to assert that within 
the radius of Long View House exists the best 
deer hunting in the Adirondacks. If you con¬ 
template a trip to the woods in October, and 
are expectant of bagging an old “snoozer,” per¬ 
haps you may decide to spend part of your time 
there, and try your luck in its promising en¬ 
vironments. If you go once you will surely go 
again. 
BRIEF SYNOPSIS OF GAME CONDITIONS 
IN DIFFERENT STATES AND CANADA. 
Continued from page 433. 
Wisconsin. 
BY JOHN A. SHOLTS, STATE FISH AND GAME 
WARDEN. 
The following statements describe the con¬ 
ditions as gleaned from reports made by the 
wardens in the various parts of the State. 
From their reports I find that the game, 
while not exceptionally more plentiful than last 
year, is still holding its' own. There are one or 
two districts, however, in which reports show 
that game is on the increase. The kinds of 
game which are found most plentiful are deer, 
partridge, chickens, ducks of all varieties, snipe, 
rabbits, squirrels and all fur-bearing animals. 
The game above mentioned is found most abund¬ 
antly in the northern half of the State with the 
exception of chickens. The chicken territory is 
confined to the central portion chiefly in Adams, 
Juneau, Monroe, Jackson, Wood, Portage and 
Waushara counties. The partridge are most 
plentiful in all of the counties north of a line 
drawn through the middle portion of the State 
from Green Bay to the southern boundary of 
St. Croix county. During the season of 1912 the 
most deer were killed in the following counties: 
Sawyer, Vilas, Taylor, Rusk, Price, Douglas, 
Chippewa, Oneida, Ashland, Iron and Marinette. 
The best duck hunting is found in the vicinity 
of Lakes Winnebago, Butte des Morts, Poygan 
and Winneconne. While duck shooting is not 
confined entirely to this territory, I believe that 
it is the best to be found in the State. Because 
of the numerous lakes in the northern part of 
Wisconsin, ducks are usually quite plentiful in 
that section, especially after a severe storm. 
Wyoming. 
BY D. F. HUDSON, STATE GAME WARDEN. 
Game conditions are better than last year. 
Elk, mountain sheep, bear and deer are found 
in this State. Elk and deer are most abundant. 
The northwestern section offers best shooting. 
CANADA. 
Alberta. 
BY BENJAMIN LAWTON, CHIEF GAME AND FIRE 
GUARDIAN. 
I advise that prairie chicken (sharp-tailed 
grouse) and partridge (ruffed grouse) are more 
plentiful than for many years. They are pretty 
well distributed over the whole of the Province, 
but in the central and northern parts they are 
more plentiful than in the south. 
Hungarian pheasant and Hungarian par¬ 
tridge introduced a few years ago are doing 
nicely. Mountain sheep and mountain goat ap¬ 
pear to be on the increase. They are probably 
most plentiful in the mountains west of Edmon¬ 
ton. 
Deer, moose and caribou are still very plen¬ 
tiful, and the best hunting ground for these lying 
to the northwest and northeast of Edmonton. 
Antelope are slowly decreasing. It is possi¬ 
ble that a closed season will be declared in 1914. 
In any case the number of animals that may be 
taken will be reduced to one. Wild ducks and 
geese are not as plentiful as in the past. Ex¬ 
cellent sport can be found in most any part of 
the Province. 
