Aug. i7, 1912 
FOREST AND STREAM 
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Good Quail Season. 
Urbanna, Va., July 31.— Editor Forest and 
Stream: On coming to this country, almost two 
years ago, I was surprised to learn of the excel¬ 
lent fishing, and the variety of fish to be taken 
by hook and line embracing sea trout, bluefish, 
rockfish, flounders, white perch, spots, croakers, 
shad of the finest flavor (the latter netted), soft 
and hard shell crabs by the tens of thousands. 
Crab roasts, with other good things, are very 
popular with the young people. The fishing is 
good from June to late fall. 
There will be good quail shooting in this 
vicinity. The season for mating has been excep¬ 
tionally good, and I have no doubt there will be 
numbers of second nestings. In some near places 
covers are bad for man and dog, there being 
many ravines well armed with that pest, the cat- 
brier; and into these of course the whole covey 
pitches on being flushed in the open, and there 
being few open covers, the single bird shooting 
is seldom found in the fields clos.e to ravines. 
Further back in the country, some six miles or 
so, the opportunity for a good day’s sport is en¬ 
hanced. There is a non-resident license and all 
shooters must get permission from the owner 
of the land to shoot. There are no snipe, wood¬ 
cock or ruffed grouse here. Once in a great 
while during the fafl flight a solitary woodcock 
is picked up. It is sad to contemplate the total 
destruction of this fine game bird, so dear to 
the heart of the sportsman, particularly the old 
generation of shooters who have seen this great 
bird in numbers sufficient for rare sport. Is 
there no way out to save the beautiful woodcock 
from extinction? Brother sportsmen, are we 
doing our duty to posterity and to ourselves to 
know this bird is passing away while we are not 
taking decided steps for his preservation ? Can 
we not have a law that will prohibit the shoot¬ 
ing of woodcock for, say, eight or ten years in 
all States, making the penalties very heavy in 
fines and jail sentences? Dick Swiveller. 
Erbswurst. 
Detroit. Mich.. Aug. 2.— Editor Forest and 
Stream: Hurrah for the ever-improving issues 
of Forest and Stream ! 
In your issue of May 18 you publish a 
mighty interesting article by L. Lodian on “Some 
Camping-Out Foods,” but in it the author does 
what I and my Detroit fellow campers feel to 
be a grave injustice to a splendid article of the 
campers’ commissary, namely Erbswurst. We 
have used it in camp and at home for years and 
have introduced it to a large number of friends. 
I have never seen anyone fail to wax enthusias¬ 
tic over it, and should include it in the lightest 
pack because it has all the virtues we look for 
in camp foods — dryness, compactness, palntabilitv 
and high nutritive value, with ease of prepara¬ 
tion. In these respects it excels clear souos t<=a 
or coffee. Please do not let it rest with the 
black eve Mr. Lodian gives it, but ask your 
campers to try Erbswurst (Knorr) next time 
they are wet. tired and hungry in camp All 
outfitters and large city groceries now handle it. 
In your issue of July 6 you mention an “In¬ 
terlaken Regatta” and in that of July 27 an “In¬ 
land Lake Y. R. A.” Both of these news items 
refer to the I. L. Y. A. which is the “Inter-Lake 
Yachting Association” which has an interesting 
meet annually at Put-in-Bay. Just watch us 
next year at the Perry Centennial. Better yet— 
join us there. O. E. Fischer, M.D. 
Pheasant Eggs Under Barnyard Hens. 
Pheasant eggs for setting under barnyard 
hens are now being distributed throughout Illi¬ 
nois by the Illinois State Game Department. 
Deputy Game Warden G. W. Trunk distributed 
forty dozen of these eggs among the farmers 
of Peoria county this week. Only one dozen 
was allowed to each applicant. The farmers 
are asked to raise these birds with great care, 
and when able to shift for themselves to release 
them in some timber or brush land where they 
can take shelter from their enemies. The State 
Game Commission will ship many thousands of 
these eggs this year, and it is believed that this 
plan of propagation will prove of great success. 
It has been learned that better results are secured 
in rearing the young pheasants when barnyard 
hens are used than with the pheasants them¬ 
selves. The latter are not so solicitous concern¬ 
ing the safety of the chicks as the hens. When 
the latter birds are used the percentage* that 
reaches maturity is vastly increased. 
Illin ois Shooting. 
The mourning dove season opened on Aug. 
3 in Illinois. Hunters are permitted to shoot 
fifteen of these birds daily. The season lasts 
120 days. All other game birds are protected 
until Sept. 2, the exceptions being quail and 
prairie chickens, which may not be shot until 
Nov. 11. Not much attention is paid to squirr?l 
shooting until after the dove season opens. The 
open season for squirrels extends to Nov. 15. 
New Life. 
Minneapolis, Minn., Aug. 5.— Editor Forest 
and Stream: I like your magazine better than 
before. Somehow or other there is more life in 
it. There was a time when it seemed sort of 
dead. The new management seems to be de¬ 
cidedly more liberal. 
Yours for continued success and all the 
good wishes of the season. 
Robert Page Lincoln. 
Authoritative Article. 
Poplar Bluff. Mo.. Aug. 12. — Editor Forest 
and Stream: Tt nleases me to note the last arti¬ 
cle by J. B. Thomnson in your paper. You are 
to be congratulated in having a contributor so 
well posted on the fauna of our country. I have 
noticed his writings in the newspapers for som’ 
time and hope your interesting journal will en¬ 
tertain us with many more from the came pen. 
Byron C. Toombs. 
Alaska Game Protection. 
IN EFFECT AUG. I, 1912. 
In accordance with the authority conferred 
on the Secretary of Agriculture under Section 2 
of the Alaska game law (35 Stat., 102), approved 
May 11, 1908—that the Secretary of Agriculture 
is hereby authorized, whenever he shall deem it 
necessary for the preservation of game animals 
or birds, to make and publish rules and regula¬ 
tions prohibiting the sale of any game in any 
locality modifying the close seasons hereinbefore 
established, providing different close seasons for 
different parts of Alaska, placing further restric¬ 
tions and limitations on the killing of such ani¬ 
mals or birds in any given locality, or prohibit¬ 
ing killing entirely for a period not exceeding 
two years in such locality—the following regu¬ 
lations, additional to those of Aug. 1, 1908, and 
superseding those of March 6, 1909, and July 21, 
1910, are hereby promulgated, to take effect Aug. 
1, 1912: 
Regulation 1.—Open Season For Deer: The 
season for killing deer in Southeastern Alaska 
shall be limited to the period from Aug. 15 to 
Nov. 1, both inclusive. 
Regulation 2.—Limits: The number of deer 
killed by any one person during the open season 
shall be limited to six. 
Regulation 3.—Sale: The sale of deer car¬ 
casses in Southeastern Alaska shall be suspended 
until Aug. 15. 1913. 
Regulation 4.—Killing Deer on Certain Isl¬ 
ands : The killing of deer on the following isl¬ 
ands in Southeastern Alaska: Duke Island, near 
Dixon Inlet; Gravina Island, near Ketchikan; 
Kruzof Island, west of Sitka; Suemez Island, 
near Klawak; and Zarembo Island, near Wran¬ 
gell, is hereby prohibited until Aug. 1, 1914. 
Regulation 5.-—Kenai Peninsula: The killing 
of caribou on the Kenai Peninsula is hereby pro¬ 
hibited until August, 1914. 
The shipment of carcasses of moose and 
sheep for sale, from Seward or other points on 
the Kenai Peninsula, is hereby prohibited, and 
no carcasses of said animals shall be accepted 
for shipment to other points in Alaska unless ac¬ 
companied by affidavit of the owner that they 
were not purchased and are not intended for sale. 
Regulation 6.—Walrus: The season for kill¬ 
ing walrus in Bering Strait and in Bering Sea 
north of the mouth of the Kuskokwim River shall 
be limited to the period from May 10 to July 1, 
both inclusive. The killing of walrus in Bristol 
Bay and at points on the coast of Bering Sea, 
south of the Kuskokwim River, is hereby pro¬ 
hibited until Aug. 1, 1914. 
The regulations of March 6, 1909, and July 
2T, 1910, are hereby revoked. 
James Wilson. 
Secretary of Agriculture. 
S. B. Smith, a farmer of near Rochester, 
claims to be the champion skunk killer of Illinois, 
although the distinction was thrust upon him 
somewhat unexpectedly. While out hunting re¬ 
cently he discovered a colony of seventeen of 
the odorous animals. Although the skunks de¬ 
fended themselves by the means given to them 
by nature, and the atmosphere was rendered al¬ 
most stifling, Smith persisted in his work urtil 
he killed all but one of the animals. Veteran 
hunters assert that it is rare to find such a lars-e 
colony. The pelts will yield the hunter a hard- 
some return, as skunk skins are in demand. 
