April 27, 1912 
FOREST AND STREAM 
533 
In these days of the spring breakup, with the ice of 
a cruel winter going out of the lakes and leaving feeding 
grounds and resting places uncovered for the waterfowl 
whose northward migration is now in full swing, every 
fair-sized body of water in the State has become a tan¬ 
talizing spectacle for a shotgun man. Those who have 
dared ride to Ilaldwinsville over the inundated Lake- 
shore trolley this week have seen great parti-colored 
flocks of ducks—canvasbacks, whistlers, redheads, mal¬ 
lards, scaup and their kin—twinkling over the ice in low 
flight through the sunshine, or bobbing on the swollen 
waters. It would, we trust, be impossible to violate the 
game laws so near the city without punishment. But 
there are lakes and ponds within a day’s journey which 
the eye of the law cannot always see, and a man whose 
notion of decency would let him, could undoubtedly drive 
or motor thither, take the toll of the quacking migrants 
and bring his victims back to town undetected. 
Should some fortunate miracle induce Congress to 
pass the Federal game law, both Louisiana butchery and 
local illegalities will come under Federal jurisdiction. 
Meanwhile we need to sharpen the moral sense of the 
hunters in every community, that they may spare the 
ducks so plentiful with us now, whether or not there is 
a warden within earshot to help them resist temptation. 
The other item referred to: 
As the result of a John Doe proceeding, conducted be¬ 
fore Justice of the Peace L. L. Fellows, of South Onon¬ 
daga, on April 5, Henry E. Mills, a prominent Syracuse 
sportsman, appeared before Police Justice William Ryan 
Saturday and confessed judgment to the amount of $75 
for the unlawful slaying of ducks in a swamp near South 
Onondaga, March 25. Three other men who wxre im¬ 
plicated with Mr. ISIills—Grant A. Wilcox, Seth A. Hull 
and Charles J. Vinal, all of South Onondaga—have each 
confessed judgment to the amount of $25. 
The editorial is a strong one on the subject of 
spring shooting, and has caused much comment 
in sporting circles here, and should have more 
prominence, such as your paper could give it. 
R. D. Knapp. 
Favorable Conditions. 
Galesburg, N. D., April ig.—Editor Forest and 
Stream: There are more geese about this spring 
than for many 3'ears. I saw one flock this morn¬ 
ing of at least 500. The hunters have k lied 
some, though why they should want them at this 
time of the year is beyond me. I tried a piece 
of one lately and did not fancy it. It was dark 
and coarse. I reckon I have too many other 
good things to eat to hanker after game in the 
spring: at least, until I have been starved awhile. 
Prairie chickens wintered well, although the 
weather was very cold, about tbe longest and 
coldest ever recorded. We had no storms and 
that fact and the numerous big cornfields brought 
the brown birds through in good shape. If we 
have a favorable spring for nesting, I believe 
the birds will be very numerous next fall. We 
had a heavy rain a week ago and the sloughs 
are well filled with water, therefore we can ex¬ 
pect some ducks and geese to remain here and 
breed this summer. North Dakota should be 
good hunting ground next fall. 
J. P. Whittemore. 
Utica Fish and Game Protective Ass'n. 
I Utica, N, Y., April 18. — Editor Forest and 
j Stream: The annual meeting of this association 
! was held on the evening of April 10. The matter 
of game refuges, stocking covers with pheasants, 
restocking streams with trout, game law legisla¬ 
tion, the enforcement of the game laws and vari¬ 
ous other topics were discussed. 
Secretary W. S. French reported that 10000 
' trout fingerlings were distributed in the Oris- 
kany, Sauquoit and Skenandoa creeks last year. 
I Rather hard luck was experienced with pheasant 
eggs last year, but the association put out twenty- 
four pheasants in Oneida county in good shape 
last fall. Application has been made for 400 
pheasant eggs and sixty pheasants this year. 
The association decided to place the pheasant 
eggs secured this year in the hands of farmers 
to hatch and pay them $i for each bird four 
months old which is raised. A resolution was 
adopted to ask the Conservation' Commission to 
close Oneida county to pheasant shooting for a 
period of three years. 
A committee was appointed to see about secur¬ 
ing permanent quarters for the association, and 
it was decided to hold the annual banquet on the 
evening of April 26. The following directors 
were elected: Dr. J. G. Kilbourn, George L. 
Bradford, Tom W. Johnson, Plarry Lancaster, 
W. E. Wolcott, Major H. J. Cooklnham, W. S. 
French, C. W. Keeler, Dr. C. E. Alliaunie. 
W. E. Wolcott. 
Fishing in California. 
San Francisco, Cal., April 15.— Editor Forest 
and Stream: The season for trout fishing has 
commenced, and from practically every stream 
has come news of exceptional catches. The rain¬ 
fall has been very light and the water is low in 
most streams. Even in the high sierras there is 
but little snow on the ground, and this is fast 
disappearing. Last season the early fishing was 
very poor, as streams were high until mid-sum¬ 
mer, but this year the best fishing will be early. 
In district No. 3 the season opens the ist of May. 
This district comprises Plumas, Butte, Sierra, 
Yuba, Sutter, Nevada, Placer, El Dorado, Sac¬ 
ramento, Amador, Alpine, Calaveras, Tuolumne, 
Mono and Mariposa counties and covers such 
streams as the Stanislaus, Tuolumne, American 
and Feather rivers. Lake Tahoe and vicinity. 
A number of anglers have already gone into 
the Klamath River country and splendid sport is 
reported, fishing being about three weeks earlier 
than usual. The spring run of rainbow trout on 
this stream is heavy, and on Shovel Creek, a 
prominent tributary, trout are plentiful and 
many baskets averaged two pounds to the fish. 
Steelhead fishing above tide water is open and 
large catches have been made. On the Russian 
River unusually large fish are being taken, a 
number weighing from twelve to eighteen pounds. 
Net fishermen have not been allowed to operate 
at the mouth of the stream this season. 
A big run of salmon is now on in the B.- y of 
IMonterey. Almost 2,000 salmon were taken in 
one day and some weighed as much as fifty 
pounds. The members of the Monterey Bay and 
San Francisco Light Tackle Club have been en¬ 
joying the sport in competition for some of the 
prizes offered by the club. This organization 
has just elected officers as follows: President, 
Paul M. Nippert; “Vice-President, W. W. Rich¬ 
ards; Secretary-Treasurer, E. A. Mocker; Direc¬ 
tors, Chas. F. Breidenstein, Louis Gotthelf, W. 
W. Richards, Chas. H. Kewell, W. D. Burlin¬ 
game and J. E. O’Connor. 
Deputy Fish Commissioner Bert H. Nidever in 
the launch Quinnat of the Fish and Game Corn- 
Fined for Killing Deer. 
S.VN Francisco, Cal., April 15.— Editor Forest 
and Stream: I'our men were fined an aggregate 
of $225 at Placerville recently. These were Ralph 
Kyburz, of Riverton; Emil Pierroz, of Placer¬ 
ville, and Louis White and Joseph Wells, trap¬ 
pers. They were apprehended through the work 
of Deputies Gray, Green and Scroggs and con¬ 
fessed to having killed four deer. 
Golden Gate. 
Fox Hunting. 
Bloomington, Ill., April 20.—Editor Forest 
and Stream: Frank Lafollette, of Heyworth, 
since Nov. i, has killed fifteen foxes, all of the 
red species. Others of the same vicinity have 
disposed of ten more. E. E. Pierson. 
mission, recently apprehended nine Italian fisher¬ 
men on San Francisco Bay operating without a 
license. They were released upon taking out 
papers at a cost of $10 each and on April i they 
were called upon to take out licenses for the new 
season, $10 more. Golden Gate. 
North Shore Casting Club. 
Chicago, III., April 15.— Editor Forest and 
Stream: The last meeting of the club was the 
largest and best we have ever held, and members 
thoroughly enjoyed it. The committee on 
grounds and privileges has made splendid pro¬ 
gress in all parts of the work that was assigned 
to it. The program for the season follows: 
May 4.—Half -ounce accuracy bait, half-ounce 
distance bait, accuracy fly, distance fly, salmon 
fly. 
May 18.—Quarter-ounce accuracy bait, quarter- 
ounce distance bait, light tackle dry fly accuracy, 
light tackle distance fly. 
June 8.—Half-ounce accuracy bait, half-ounce 
distance bait, accuracj^ fly, distance fly, salmon 
fly. 
June 22.—Quarter-ounce accuracy bait, quar¬ 
ter-ounce distance bait, light tackle dr\' fly accu¬ 
racy, light tackle distance fljE 
July 13.—Llalf-ounce accuracy bait, half-ounce 
distance bait, accuracy fly, distance fly, salmon fly. 
July 27.—Quarter-ounce accuracy bait, quarter- 
ounce distance bait, light tackle dry fly accuracy, 
light tackle distance fly. 
Aug. 10.—Half-ounce accuracy bait, half-ounce 
distance bait, accuracy fly, distance fly, salmon fly. 
Aug. 24. — Quarter-ounce accuracy bait, quar¬ 
ter-ounce distance bait, light tackle dry fly accu¬ 
racy, light tackle distance fly. 
Sept. 7, 14 and 21.—Re-entry days. 
Events not completed on date scheduled will 
be held on the following Sunday. 
Regular practice events will be held on each 
Saturday where events are not scheduled. 
Special practice on Decoration day and Fourth 
of July. 
C. O. Dorchester, Sec’y-Treas. 
