FOREST AND STREAM 
399 
March 28, 1914 
FOREST AND STREAM 
Vol. LXXXII. No. 13 
CONTENTS 
A. C. A. Membership. 413 
A History of the Audubon Movement. . . . 
(Second Article).. By Ernest Ingersoll 406 
Along the Golden-Eye. 
By Robert Page Lincoln 401 
Editorial . 412 
Feeding the Pheasants. 
By Frederick J. Davis 414 
Fur, Fin and Feather. 425 
CONTENTS 
Here Come the Birds. 411 
Some Reflections of an Ex-Warden. 405 
Some Old Time Rifles and Rifle Shooting 
By “Back Number’’ 409 
Th is Fish Needs a New Name. 
By Peter Flint 407 
Tim Coleman’s Bear. . . .By C. A. Bryant 403 
Trap Shooting. 415 
POACHERS TAKING STATE GAME. 
The state of Minnesota is neglecting an oppor¬ 
tunity to use United States forest rangers who 
patrol the Superior National forest as duty state 
game wardens, in the opinion of L. M. Brownell, 
of Ely, supervisor of the National forest. The 
Federal forest area covers about 1,500,000 acres, 
and all is a state game preserve with considerable 
additional area, making in all about 2,000,000 
acres. The state, according to Mr. Brownell, has 
only two men to patrol this vast area richly 
stocked with deer, moose and other game. 
There are seven regular rangers in the govern¬ 
ment service, Mr. Brownell said, and in summer 
he has about sixteen extra men. Under Federal 
law they are required to act as state game war¬ 
dens without extra pay, whenever appointed and 
requested to act, but for some reason this force 
has never been utilized. 
“Whenever any flagrant violation of the law 
comes to the notice of our men,” Mr. Brownell 
said, “they report it to the state authorities, but 
they could do more effective work if authorized 
to act without waiting for a report. In my opin¬ 
ion there is considerable violation of the game 
laws in this territory. Deer and moose seem to 
be increasing, but they would increase more rap¬ 
idly with more effective prohibition against hunt¬ 
ing.” 
While there are no settlers in the forest area, 
there are two lumber companies operating on 
their own land surrounded by the reserve, and 
others cutting timber on the reserve under govern¬ 
ment supervision. Asked whether, in view of the 
poaching that goes on, the state would be justi¬ 
fied in placing a small herd of elk in this forest, 
Mr. Brownell declined to give his opinion. 
The Law Should Be Obeyed 
The Federal Migratory Bird Act is the 
law of the land. It is well to remember 
that. The United States Supreme Court 
some day may declare it unconstitutional, 
and on the other hand may affirm its con¬ 
stitutionality. That is a matter for the 
future. Until such action is had, offend¬ 
ers against the law—men who persist in 
shooting ducks during closed seasons, for 
instance-are apt to find themselves in 
serious trouble. The learned arguments 
of wise critics that the law will not hold 
are as valueless from the practical stand¬ 
point as the probably more sincere and 
perhaps more emphatic “cussing” of the 
measure by men whose selfish purposes 
are set at naught through the provisions 
of one of the most beneficent, and certain¬ 
ly the wisest, pieces of game legislation 
ever put upon the statute books of this 
country. We all recall the case of the at¬ 
torney who assured his client that he 
could not be placed in jail for a certain 
offense committed. “That may be true,” 
retorted the client, “but they have me 
there now”—which, it may be remarked, 
is apt to happen to the man who decides 
as his own judge and jury that the migra¬ 
tory law is unconstitutional, and shoots 
ducks out of season. 
PROTECTING DEER. 
The danger to deer of pursuit and death by 
dogs was commented on recently by State Game 
and Fish Commissioner J. W. Titcomb, of Bur¬ 
lington, Vt., who pointed out that when a crust 
forms sufficiently strong to hold up a dog, but 
through which a deer will sink at every step, this 
danger is increased. Under such conditions a 
deer pursued by a dog will be helpless after run¬ 
ning from an eighth to a quarter of a mile, this 
being especially true of does carrying young. All 
dog owners ought, therefore, to provide such re¬ 
straint as will prevent damage. While a dog not 
wearing a collar may lawfully be shot by any per¬ 
son when such dog is found chasing deer, there 
are men who will not hesitate to shoot any dog, 
collar or no collar, which they find so engaged. 
A statute provides that dogs of the breed used 
for hunting deer, and dogs that will hunt or pur¬ 
sue them, shall not be permitted to run at large 
unaccompanied by the owner or keeper, and that 
no person shall harbor or have in possession a 
dog used for the purpose of hunting deer. The 
penalty for violation of this provision is a fine 
of one hundred dollars. 
VIOLATIONS DECREASING IN TEXAS. 
Violations of the fish and game laws have con¬ 
siderably diminished at Galveston and vicinity, 
due to the rigid enforcement of the laws, accord¬ 
ing to Chief Warden Jeff D. Cox. He said that 
fishermen are also observing the law, and that 
no foreign fishermen are permitted to fish, which 
has materially benefited the industry. Fish and 
oysters are plentiful. 
