“We have shot all these animals with different 
bored rifles, but if we started over again, we 
would use nothing but our .280’s, as we have such 
absolute confidence in them. Since I last wrote, 
Mr. --- has shot a fine sambur stag, a saddle 
back ibex, and several jungle sheep with his .280. 
One of the jungle sheep, he said, he hit on the 
shoulder, and the opposite shoulder was practi¬ 
cally knocked clean away, a terrible wound he 
said.” 
“I have shot my second buck with the .280 
rifle as it was between 600 and 700 yards away, 
fired with the 140 grain hollow bullet, the bullet 
entered the shoulder, and passed through the left 
side, but the smash was good, animal killed in¬ 
stantly.” 
“I shot a kakar last Friday; the kakar is a 
barking deer. It was standing over 200 yards 
away, the bullet, a 140 grain hollow, caught it on 
the right shoulder, passed through the middle of 
the body, on the left side. The shot seemed to 
life the animal bodily, and throw it on its side.” 
“Hardly had the beat commenced when the 
tiger came out at a gallop, about 130 yards below 
my brother. His first shot just grazed the top of 
his back, and with the left barrel he caught it in 
the center of the ribs, when the b:ate rolled over 
like a hare. To make certain he reloaded and put 
another shot into him on the point of shoulder, 
which was quite unnecessary, the first shot hav¬ 
ing torn the lungs to atoms, the second shot had 
also made a great mess of the beast.” 
“Mr. - also knocked over a huge boar, hit 
it in the chest low down, and all the liver and 
lights came right out. I saw the tiger killed by 
Mr. - with your .280 rifle, a truly magnificent 
beast.” 
“You will be glad to hear that I have shot two 
more black buck, fine specimens, with the .280 
double. The first I got at 170 yards, one shot, 
140 grain bullet, and the second one over 200 
yards, a running shot. The day before yesterday 
I shot a pig, running about fifty yards away, hit 
low shoulder, I never saw such a smash, both 
shoulder bones, and all, smashed. Now I am sat¬ 
isfied that a tiger has no chance if hit fair.” 
“I have just returned from my shooting trip, 
and hasten to tell you what splendid work the 
.280 did. With it I killed three ovis ammon, and 
five burral. As you know the ovis ammon is an 
•exceedingly tough animal. The effect of the .280 
on an old ram really astounded me. One I hit 
very far back, and it went off down the mullah. 
I was expecting a long, tiring chase, when to my 
intense surprise I found it lying down within 400 
yards, absolutely unable to move. The wound 
inflicted in every case was terrific, and the shock 
tremendous. A .280 is as different from a .256 
mannlicher, as an 8-bore is from a .500 black pow¬ 
der express. The flatness of the trajectory in the 
rarified air of Thibet is even more noticeable 
than down in the-plains.” 
“Among other game I killed a rhinoceros with 
a neck shot at about eighty yards, also a couple 
•of tigers, all with the 160 grain, hollow pointed 
bullet.” 
“I have killed big game with 8 bores, and .577 
of your build, 500, .450, and .303, and I can say 
without exaggeration I have never seen such a 
smashup, as the .280 bullet caused inside this stag. 
Three of the ribs were smashed to atoms, and 
then the bullet penetrated, and broke up the liver 
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and heart. I would not mind facing a tiger at 
twenty yards and letting him have it with your 
.280.” 
“The brute’s inside—panther—had almost all 
come clean out, and was lying on the ground. I 
had a postmortem this morning, and found the 
breastbone all smashed to pieces, heart not 
touched, but the lower part of the liver knocked 
away. Found the bullet in tiny fragments.” 
“I am sure you will be glad to hear that I 
bagged another panther, female, with your .280 
rifle. The brute came along and saw me at about 
twenty yards. Aimed for the middle of the chest, 
and dropped it dead on the spot. It was simply 
marvellous the way the animal collapsed. I had 
a post mortem and found the breastbone was all 
smashed to pieces and a fragment of the bullet 
was sticking in the left hind leg, high up. It had 
penetrated a good two feet of flesh, muscle and 
bone.” 
These letters, from Englishmen shooting in the 
furthermost corners of the world, from Africa to 
Thibet, and able to buy and shoot any rifle they 
thought the best for their purpose, are of course 
all discounted by the fact that the .280 is not made 
by an American concern, and therefore cannot 
be good. 
At the same time they are referred to the con¬ 
sideration of our few remaining big bore cranks, 
and to the gentlemen that believe the 30-30 the 
world’s fairest gem in the way of rifles, because 
it will quite frequently stop a Michigan buck. 
In the course of perhaps five years, when our 
manufacturers kindly allow our sportsmen to ob¬ 
tain rifles of slightly later vintage than that of 
1895, the pages of publications will be flooded 
with letters from people who have made the won¬ 
derful discovery of the killing powers of bullets 
at very high velocity. 
Happily the Chesters and the other relics of the 
old days will have disappeared, along with the 
crossbow and the muzzle loader. 
Eighteen Convictions. 
According to Chief Game and Fish Warden, Jeff D. 
Cox, of Austin, Tex., eighteen convictions for violations 
of the game and -fish laws were obtained in the first half 
of March. The game and fish laws, he says, are being 
better enforced now than in many years. 
Millions of Ducks. 
The river and lakes and sloughs near Liverpool, Ill., 
were reported recently' to be alive with ducks. 
One old hunterswho was in the crowd declared that 
there were millions of ducks there and bemoaned the 
faot that the closed season is on. Another hunter inti¬ 
mated that ducks were being shot, regardless of the law. 
He did not see anyone shoot, -but he heard the report of 
the shot and saw the ducks fall. 
It was also reported that fishermen along the river, in¬ 
censed at the law which forbids the selling of bass or 
having the same in their possession, were killing all 
bass as soon as brought to the surface by the nets. This 
was due, is is claimed, to prevent the increase of bass in 
Illinois waters, thus thwarting the purpose of the law 
governing bass fishing. 
Federal Law Supported. 
The Illinois Valley Hunters’ and Fishermen’s Associa¬ 
tion, with headquarters at Peoria, recently addressed a 
letter to the sportsmen of Illinois expressing sympathy 
with the aims of the Federal game law, and urging the 
legislature to pass a bill creating game reserves of all 
available swamp lands in the state for the propagation of 
water-fowl. -■-• 
Birds Around Rochester, N. Y. 
Arthur E. Rickman, of Charlotte, N. Y., sends to 
Forest and Stream clippings from the Rochester papers 
which report that the city has already been visited by 
bluebirds, robins, song sparrows and bronze grackles, in 
the order named. Bob-o-links have also been seen there¬ 
abouts. 
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I See By the Papers— 
Until the law really has been tested it is pretty good 
policy to figure that the Federal game wardens aren’t 
loafing on their jobs. 
—Joplin (Mo.) Globe. 
We city dwellers can remember when hundreds would 
visit the woods beyond the reservoir, above the pump¬ 
house, merely to hear the music of 'the birds. Now one 
walks through the same woods with a spirit depressed. 
There is about the place an unnatural, an uncanny 
silence. Not a bird sings in those deserted trees; not a 
sound, unless it be from the rushing waters below, breaks 
the oppressive stillness. When we kill the birds we 
hush the noblest music in the world. 
—Richmond (Va.) Leader. 
If one American generation would pay for 'the reck¬ 
lessness of the past with more self-denial, the next 
might feed with moderation, and none in the future 
would miss knowing the flavor of partridges, as this 
generation has missed that of buffalo meat and wild 
pigeons. 
—Minneapolis (Minn.) Journal. 
Cats in cities can be neither caught nor shot, for pur¬ 
poses either good or ill. If the friends of the birds will 
study their problem earnestly and diligently they can 
find a hundred ways of providing added protection for 
bird life without making the statute books ridiculous. 
—Brockton (Mass.) Times. 
As the fish and game commission wanted the law, there 
presumably are sound reasons for believing that too 
many free and unregulated cats are a menace to bird life. 
—Providence (R. I.) Journal. 
