Oct. 26, 1912 
FOREST AND STREAM 
531 
SHOOTING CONDITIONS IN UNITED 
STATES AND CANADA. 
Continued from page 528. 
There are a number of localities in the north¬ 
ern part where partridge, ducks, deer and moose 
are found. 
Montana. 
BY HENRY AVARE, STATE GAME AND FISH WARDEN. 
During the season of 1911 there were more 
than 15,000 deer killed in Montana, and over 
1,000 elk. The kill this year will probably equal, 
if not exceed, that of last fall. Small numbers 
of mountain goat and sheep fell under the hunt¬ 
er’s bullet. 
There are so many different localities in 
Montana that present opportunities for the 
hunter that it is almost impossible to advise as 
to which is best, but for deer hunting alone, the 
northwestern part of the State, that is, Lincoln 
and Flathead counties, while counties bordering 
the Yellowstone National Park afford the best 
opportunities for elk hunting. 
The headwaters of Sun River, above 
Augusta, however, also present alluring oppor¬ 
tunities for the pursuit of elk, and it is not a 
field beir\g overcrowded by hunters as is so often 
the case near the Yellowstone National Park. 
Nebraska. 
BY H. N. MILLER, CHIEF WARDEN. 
Game conditions in Nebraska are as good 
this year as they have been for the past five 
years. In the western counties, where the prairie 
chickens hatch, conditions were favorable during 
the months of April, May and June, having very 
little rain and fully two-thirds of the young- 
chickens matured. 
In Rock, Brown Cherry, Sheridan, Dawes 
and Box Butte counties, where the ducks hatch, 
I would judge that the crop is fully one-third 
greater than has been for the past five years. 
Our quail has decreased fully one-half in 
the past year due to severe cold weather last 
winter. In some counties they were wiped out 
entirely, but where the brush was thick along 
streams some quail were saved. 
New Hampshire. 
BY F. P. BROWN, FISH AND GAME COMMISSIONER. 
Game conditions are better than last year. 
Deer are the most abundant game and found in 
Coos and Grafton counties. 
New Jersey. 
BY J. M. STRATTON, PROTECTOR. 
Last year the New Jersey Board of Fish and 
Game Commissioners liberated a number of quail, 
ring-neck pheasants and Hungarian partridges in 
all counties of the State, and two years ago a 
number of deer were liberated, chiefly in the 
southern counties of the State. Good reports 
have been heard as to an increase from the 
birds and deer liberated. 
The best quail and rabbit shooting is to be 
found in the counties south of Hunterdon and 
Middlesex. 
Deer are reported in Ocean, Burlington, At¬ 
lantic, Cumberland and Cape May counties. 
Ducks are found in large numbers on Barne- 
gat Bay, aand the connecting bays and thorough¬ 
fares from Bay Head to Atlantic City. 
Snipe and mudhen shooting may also be 
found in the above mentioned duck section. Duck 
may also be found on the lower Delaware River 
and bay. 
Reed and rail bird shooting is best along 
the Maurice and Cohansey rivers to Cumber¬ 
land county, and along the Delaware River and 
tributaries in Salem, Gloucester and Burlington 
counties. 
Woodcock are found in small numbers in 
all parts of the State, but are more plentiful in 
Cape May county during the month of Novem¬ 
ber. 
New York. 
BY LLEWELLYN LEGGE, CHIEF GAME PROTECTOR. 
I can say without hesitancy that the num¬ 
ber of deer in the Adirondack Mountains at the 
present time is greater than in the past twenty- 
five years. This information comes first-hand 
from the protectors of the Adirondack region. 
There is no doubt from the reports received 
that our native ruffed grouse are again becoming- 
more plentiful, and I thoroughly believe that the 
bag limit of four a day as provided in the law 
at the present time will be the means of increas¬ 
ing the supply. 
The pheasants are also increasing through¬ 
out the State. 
From what I can ascertain from the reports 
of the protectors throughout the State, the ruffed 
grouse is being found in their old haunts again, 
and in increased numbers. I do not know that 
this applies to any particular part of the State, 
but wherever the cover is good, they seem to be 
increasing. 
Nova Scotia. 
BY J. A. KNIGHT, K. C., CHIEF GAME WARDEN. 
Big game in Nova Scotia consists of bear, 
moose, caribou and deer. 
Moose are found in large numbers in al¬ 
most all counties in the Province. Among the 
best districts are Sheet Harbor and Moser River 
in Halifax county and Caledonia, Liscomb and 
Country Harbor in Guysboro county. Many 
favorite localities are situated in the more west¬ 
ern counties of Annapolis, Digby, Yarmouth, 
Shelburne and Queens. Some other sections of 
the Province are about equally good, though not 
so much visited by sportsmen. 
Caribou in considerable numbers are found 
in the northern part of the Province in the 
counties of Victoria and Inverness. All other 
counties closed until 1915. The caribou of North¬ 
ern Nova Scotia are among the largest known. 
Rabbits, fox and wildcat are found in all 
sections of the Province. Among game birds 
are ruffed grouse, woodcock, snipe, curlew, plover 
and the smaller shore birds, wild geese, brant, 
blackduck and the various sea ducks. 
Inquiries as to the best districts for shoot¬ 
ing the different kinds of birds and other small 
game can be sent to the office of the chief game 
commissioner, Halifax, N. S. 
Among the best places for woodcock and 
snipe are Lawrencetown and Musquodoboit in 
Halifax county and various places in Digby, Yar¬ 
mouth and Kings counties. The best place for 
wild geese is Port Job in Queens county. 
Information regarding the best localities for 
hunting various kinds of game can always be 
obtained from the office of the chief game com¬ 
missioner at Halifax, where a register of licensed 
guides is kept. 
Ohio. 
First—Conditions are better this year than 
last. 
Second—Quail, ruffed grouse, rabbit, wood¬ 
cock and wild duck are most abundant. 
Third—Rabbits are most plentiful, but re¬ 
ports and indications point to good supply of 
quail. 
Fourth—Southern and southeastern sections 
of the State offer the best prospects. Much of 
this territory is not cultivated and furnishes ideal 
cover and range. It is hilly and rugged, thus 
forcing the hunter to work. 
BY PAUL NORTH, PRESIDENT FISH AND GAME 
COMMISSION. 
Game conditions are better than last year. 
Duck, snipe, woodcock, quail, grouse, rabbit 
and squirrel are found in this State. 
Ducks, rabbits and quail are most abundant. 
Shooting is best in lake section for ducks; 
southern part of State for other game. 
Oregon. 
BY C. K. CRANSTON, CHAIRMAN FISH AND GAME 
COMMISSION. 
Game and game fish conditions generally 
throughout Oregon have improved since the crea¬ 
tion of the present fish and game commission. 
Game and game fish are fairly abundant 
throughout the whole State of Oregon. Elk, all 
the species and varieties of Western deer, Ameri¬ 
can antelope, mountain sheep, mountain goats, 
gray squirrels, all the species and varieties of 
American grouse (except ptarmigan), Oregon 
mountain quail and practically all of the Ameri¬ 
can aquatic game birds may be found wild with¬ 
in the State. To this list of native game must 
be added the bobwhite quail and the China ring- 
neck pheasant. Both of these fine birds have' 
been introduced, and the latter particularly has 
thrived marvelously. The portion of the State 
west of the Cascade Mountains is practically all 
well stocked with pheasants. The Grande'Ronde 
valley, in Eastern Oregon, has a very fair start, 
and we are making numerous liberations in 
other parts of Eastern Oregon. Deer may be 
found in most of the rough, sparsely inhabited 
sections of the State, but deer can hardly be said 
to be plentiful in more than a few isolated places. 
Southwestern Oregon is probably the part of 
the State where the most quail exist. Blue and 
ruffed grouse are still fairly abundant in most of 
the parts of the State where they were originally 
found The blue grouse, or sooty grouse, is 
perhaps most abundant in the northeast corner 
of the State, in Wallowa county. 
Prince Edward Island. 
BY E. T. CARBONELL, GAME INSPECTOR. 
The game birds in Prince Edward Island 
are increasing in numbers. Ducks and mergan¬ 
sers were plentiful. Golden plover also put in 
their appearance after an absence of several 
years. Bartramian sandpipers are fairly numer¬ 
ous, while Hudsonian curlew and gray field 
plover are to be found in large flocks. 
Wild geese are abundant in Hillsboro and 
Elliott and York rivers. They are also plentiful 
