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FOREST AND STREAM 
[Oct. 31, 1008. 
Nonresident Licenses. 
Perth Amboy, N. J., Oct. 22. —Editor Forest 
and Stream: In the fifth annual report of the 
Audubon Society of North Carolina, the Secre¬ 
tary, T. Gilbert Pearson, referring to nonresi¬ 
dent hunters’ licenses, says: 
“Virtually every State in the Union which has 
any game, requires nonresidents who come into 
the State to take out a hunter’s license before 
proceeding to hunt, the funds thus collected to 
be used as the basis of a game protection fund. 
In Virginia, North Carolina and South Caro¬ 
lina, as well as in a number of other States, this 
license is $10. A $25 license, however, is charged 
in more States than is the $10 license. But 
little objection has been found to this license 
law in North Carolina. Many hunters who come 
here from other States to shoot, own game pre¬ 
serves or lease lands for shooting purposes, and 
they are glad to contribute this small amount 
annually to assist the State in preserving the 
game. At the same time there is a class of 
transient hunters who have no interest in the 
welfare of the State, or in game preservation, 
and many of these will avoid paying the license 
fee if possible, just as some men will avoid pay¬ 
ing their street car fare and railroad mileage 
if they can conveniently avoid or deceive the 
conductor. Such persons should be reported by 
those interested in the protection of the game 
in the State, for aside from the lawful aspect 
in the matter, such men have no right to come 
here and enjoy the game resources of the State 
without paying for the privilege.” 
I regret to say that I have several times heard 
respectable Jersey men and New Yorkers boast 
of having killed game in Southern States with¬ 
out a license, and of the tricks and devices by 
which they had successfully evaded detection in 
getting it out of the State. 
As the open season for quail in North Caro¬ 
lina begins Nov. 1, hundreds of sportsmen and 
gunners will soon be on their way to the hunt¬ 
ing grounds. Many of them, no doubt, are to 
be the guests of friends residing in the State. 
Now, in order that they may not ignorantly 
violate the law, either in spirit or in letter, I 
append copies of letters which passed last win¬ 
ter between Mr. Pearson and myself, a perusal 
of which may not be a waste of time. 
While at New Bern, N. C., Dec. 18, last, I 
wrote Mr. Pearson as follows: 
“As I think I told you in a former letter, New 
Bern is my winter home from November to 
April, and has been for nearly ten consecutive 
years. I do not come here to hunt, and do not 
own a dog, being satisfied with a few snipe or 
doves now and then, and an occasional quail 
or duck. I have not even shot at a deer or 
turkey. 
“My friends here say they think that under 
these circumstances, and in consideration of the 
fact that I spend not less than $60 a month here, 
I ought not to be required to take out a hunt¬ 
ing license. I think so, too. Even the local 
game warden, to whom I spoke about it, seems 
to share this opinion, but does not commit him¬ 
self, and very properly refers me to Mr. Pear¬ 
son. 
“What does Mr. Pearson think, and with what 
discretion, as well as authority, is he clothed? 
Should you be able and willing to except me 
from the operation of the law as to hunter’s 
license, it must be on the merits of the case. 
If you could do so and should still deem it un- 
advisable for reasons that seem good to you, 
why, ‘that settles it.’ But I trust that there 
is nothing to prevent the granting of my re¬ 
quest.” 
Mr. Pearson’s reply was dated at Greensboro, 
N. C., Dec. 20. He said: 
“Regarding the subject of your liability to the 
payment of a nonresident hunter’s license, I 
must say that from your letter I am unable to 
tell whether you would come under this law or 
not. There is just one question to be asked. 
Are you a resident of North Carolina? If not, 
then the tax should be paid. Do you pay poll 
tax in this State? Should you spend three- 
fourths of your time here and then vote in an¬ 
other State you would have to pay a nonresi¬ 
dent license in North Carolina. I am not dis¬ 
cussing the equity in the case. All sorts of ex¬ 
ceptions are continually being brought to my 
notice. Not longer ago than last week a very 
prominent politician and business man of this 
State had two friends visiting him from Phila¬ 
delphia. They went out for a day’s hunt, and 
one of them killed one bird. They were not 
only required to take out a license, but were 
also indicted in the Criminal Court. The case 
was compromised two days ago by those gentle¬ 
men paying the costs, which amounted to an ad¬ 
ditional $26. I mention this merely to show 
that there are many cases arising where people 
feel that under the particular circumstances sur¬ 
rounding their case they should be excused from 
the license. 
“This is the reason the law is so explicit, and 
every nonresident who hunts birds or animals 
is included. He does not need to be a pro¬ 
fessional hunter, but if he takes his gun and dog 
and goes hunting for any wild bird or animal 
for even so much as one hour, he comes under 
the provision and meaning of the statute. So 
again I would say, the only question is whether 
or not you are a resident of the State. If not, 
I advise you to take out a license before enter¬ 
ing the field and carry it with you on all occas¬ 
ions when hunting. 
“You ask for my opinion and I have not only 
given it, but have also tried to give you the 
reasons for it.” James Lawrence Kearney. 
International Hunting Society. 
There has recently been formed at Brussels, 
Belgium, an International Society for the col¬ 
lection of information about hunting. Its pur¬ 
pose is to thoroughly study this subject, to 
gather books, photographs, drawings, plans, 
maps, etc., to classify these and in some cases 
to enlarge them by further inquiry, to hold meet¬ 
ings for the discussion and consideration of the 
subject with which the society occupies itself. The 
main office is in Brussels. The present officers 
are: President, M. Terlinden, vice-president of 
the International Congress of Hunting held in 
Antwerp in 1907. The vice-presidents were 
Milward Adams, of Chicago; Count Justinian 
Clary, President of the St. Hubert Club of 
France, and others from Austria, Germany, Hol¬ 
land, Great Britain and Hungary. The Secre¬ 
tary is Octave Lesxhevin; Assistant-Secretary, 
Pierre Schull. Mr. Milward Adams, of the 
Auditorium, Chicago, will be glad to give 
further details to any one desiring them. 
Recent Publications. 
Ginseng and Other Medicinal Plants, by A. 
R. Harding. Cloth, 317 pages, fully illus¬ 
trated, 60 cents. Columbus, Ohio, the A. R. 
Harding Publishing Company. 
While intended to instruct growers of plants 
whose roots are used in the manufacture of 
drugs and medicines, this little treatise is of 
value to the sportsman, who will find in it a 
great deal of information concerning medicinal 
roots, barks, leaves, etc., and this, with the illus¬ 
trations, will help him to identify and learn the 
value of various plants and roots whose prop¬ 
erties he may not now be familiar with. 
The Lay of the Land, by Dallas Lore Sharp. 
Cloth, 214 pages, illustrated with drawings 
by Elizabeth Myers Snagg, $1.25 net. Bos¬ 
ton and New York, Houghton, Mifflin & Co. 
In his “Wild Life Near Home,” “Roof and 
Meadow,” and in his latest book Mr. Sharp has 
done much to attract the attention of our young 
people, and adults as well, to the charm of the 
great outdoors in winter. His word pictures are 
alluring, and few, after reading his books, can 
resist the temptation to tramp through the 
woods and fields to see for themselves the count¬ 
less natural objects, animate and inanimate, that 
are to be found everywhere. We quote at ran¬ 
dom : 
“The woodchuck’s is a curious shift, a case 
of nature outdoing herself,” he says. “Winter 
spreads far and fast, and woodchuck, in order 
to keep ahead out of danger, would need wings. 
But he wasn’t given any. Must he perish, then? 
Winter spreads far, but does not go deep—down 
only about four feet; and woodchuck, if he can¬ 
not escape overland, can, perhaps, underland. So 
down he goes through the winter, down into a 
mild and even temperature, five long feet away— 
but as far away from the snow and cold as bobo¬ 
link among the reeds of the distant Orinoco.’’ 
LWcle Tom Andy Bill, by Charles Major. 
Cloth, 344 pages, illustrated by P. Van E. 
Ivory, $1.50. New York, the Macmillan 
Company. 
The author of “The Bears of Blue River” 
relates many stories for young people in his 
latest book. Around the fireside Thomas An¬ 
drew William Addison, or “Uncle Tom Andy 
Bill,” entertains his boy and girl friends in most 
pleasing fashion with wonderful tales of In¬ 
dians and bears and treasure hunting expedi¬ 
tions. The book is one that any boy or girl 
will read with pleasure. 
Books Received-: “The Tent Dwellers,” by 
Albert Bigelow Paine; the Outing Publishing 
Company. “Caught on the Fly,” by Arthur St. 
John Newberry; the Britton Printing Company. 
“The Northwest Passage,” two volumes, by 
Roald Amundsen; E. P. Dutton. & Co. “The 
Gentleman,” by Alfred Ollivant; the Macmillan 
Company. “The Riverman,” by Stewart Edward 
White; the McClure Company. “Thomas Ken 
and Izaak Walton,” by E. Marston; Longmans, 
Green & Co. 
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