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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[June ii, 1910. 
side of a peak 600 yards away, but as he was 
already alarmed, Cutler fired at him three times 
without success, as he could not tell where his 
bullets struck on the rocks and had no indica¬ 
tion of how high he was shooting. This ram 
finally disappeared, and about 1 o’clock they 
came to the last peak of Shallops, and looking 
over it, saw a bunch of sheep on the side of a 
long narrow valley between two rocky ridges. 
They had to traverse the peak of Shallops which 
was covered with smooth ice and the wind blew 
with such force that they had most of the time 
to crawl to keep from being blown over the 
precipice on the lee side. At last, howevei, they 
succeeded in getting within about 50° y ar ds of 
them, and then crawled on their stomachs for 
about 200 more, until they got into a hollow 
where they were concealed, with the sheep feed¬ 
ing toward them and in the bright light and 
outlined against the snow, and neither of them 
had sense enough to use the camera. It was a 
continual cause of regret to both of them that 
they had not taken any picture of this bunch of 
sheep, but both were too excited over the pros¬ 
pect of a shot. 
There were four rams and about a dozen ewes 
in this bunch, and although it was the ruttfng 
season, the rams seemed at peace with each 
other. Cutler and Grant lay and watched them 
until the sheep got within about 200 yards, when 
Cutler was no longer able to wait, and taking 
aim at one of the largest rams, he fired, striking 
the rock just over the sheep’s back, lhe whole 
bunch immediately started off, two of the rams 
breaking away from the rest and starting to 
circle up the ridge above Cutler and Grant. Cut¬ 
ler then turned and commenced shooting at these 
two rams, breaking the fore leg of one of them. 
The wounded ram fell behind his companion, but 
he still kept going and Cutler fired every shot 
he had with him, about seventeen in all, without 
hitting him again, as the ram was by this time 
far away. Cutler felt certain the ram would 
escape, but as he neared the top of the moun¬ 
tain his strength failed and he weakened and 
fell. Cutler and Grant found him stone dead, 
shot through the fore shoulder. The light was 
again good and they were able to take some fine 
pictures of him as he lay upon the snow, thus 
in a measure compensating Cutler for the loss 
of the pictures of the day before. 
When they had skinned out the head they 
found that it was after 3 o’clock, and that it 
had been at least three hours since they started 
stalking the sheep. They were also in a valley 
with the whole height and length of Shallops 
between them and camp. The return was des¬ 
perately hard, as both men were loaded heavily, 
and it took every ounce of endurance and nerve 
they had to get back to camp. 
This ram had the largest base measurement 
of any ram we had, measuring fourteen and 
three-quarter inches around the base, but his 
horns had neither the weight nor the length of 
either of the first two rams, which were both 
superior to this head, although it was a fine 
massive set of horns. This ended Cutler s sheep 
shooting. Russell Mott, 
[to be continued.] 
All the game laws of the United States and 
Canada, revised to date and now in force, are 
given in the Game Laws in Brief. See adv. 
Game Protection Last Year. 
The Bureau of Biological Survey issues a cir¬ 
cular summing up the facts it has gathered as 
to game protection in 1909 from which the fol¬ 
lowing is taken: 
Although the total number of deer killed in 
the States where statistics are available is slight¬ 
ly less than last year, the variations are not uni¬ 
form, and some States even show a material in¬ 
crease. In several cases the increases or decreases 
are directly traceable to legislation. In California 
the season was extended one month through an 
error in the copy of the bill signed by the Gov¬ 
ernor. In New Jersey the season, which had 
been closed throughout the year, was opened 
four days in November. In Oklahoma deer hunt¬ 
ing was permitted for the first time since 1899. 
In Vermont permission to kill does resulted in 
nearly twice as many deer being killed. In Colo¬ 
rado extension of protection to does probably 
lessened the total kill, although statistics are not 
available. In Michigan and Wisconsin there was 
a decided decrease, due in part, perhaps, to un¬ 
favorable weather at the opening of the season, 
but chiefly to other causes. In Michigan the de¬ 
crease of 27 per cent., notwithstanding a greater 
issue of deer hunting licenses, was probably due 
to depredations of wolves.. In Wisconsin the 
falling off was largely because of the reduction 
of the limit from two to one. The twelve States 
which had no deer hunting in 1909 were Massa¬ 
chusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Delaware, 
Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, 
Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas. Returns from the 
States east of the Mississippi show a total of 
about 57,500 deer killed as compared with nearly 
60,000 in 1908. 
Moose. —From the two States, Maine and Min¬ 
nesota, where hunting is still permitted, reports 
show no decrease in the abundance of moose. 
The number of moose shipped over the railroads 
of Maine is reported as 184, as compared with 
175 in 1908. Statistics of the number shipped in 
Minnesota are not available. 
Antelope. —The fact of chief interest was the 
practical elimination of antelope from the game 
list in the United States due to close seasons es¬ 
tablished for several years in Montana, Nevada, 
Oregon and Wyoming, so that in all parts of the 
United States where these animals now occur 
they are protected throughout the year. During 
the winter food was supplied at points along the 
Burlington Railroad to several hundred antelope 
from Western Nebraska and Northeastern Colo¬ 
rado under the direction of the game commis¬ 
sioner of Colorado. 
Mountain Sheep. —The only States which per¬ 
mit hunting of mountain sheep are South Dakota, 
Montana, Wyoming, Idaho and Washington. In 
the Southwest, mountain sheep are now pro¬ 
tected throughout the year. In Colorado they 
seem to be steadily increasing. 
Quail.— Taken as a whole the season for game 
birds has been very favorable. Quail have been 
unusually abundant in their normal range, and 
along its northern limit in States like Pennsyl¬ 
vania, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Wisconsin 
they showed much increase over last year. The 
breeding season was favorable and in many lo¬ 
calities two broods to the pair were raised. At 
the opening of the shooting season, however, 
some scarcity was noted in various sections in 
New York, Illinois and Virginia, and even in 
Oklahoma and Texas, where the birds had pre¬ 
viously been reported as showing abnormal 
abundance. Toward the end of the year heavy 
snows and cold weather proved destructive, and 
it is probable that next season will witness un¬ 
usual scarcity of quail in the region of heavy 
snowfall. 
Ruffed Grouse. —Ruffed grouse are apparently 
increasing slowly, although some sections report 
a scarcity greater than should normally be ex¬ 
pected. 
Wild Turkeys. —Wild turkeys are reported as ' 
plentiful, compared to the present normal num¬ 
ber, at certain points in Virginia, West Virginia, 
North Carolina, Florida, Arkansas, Missouri and 
Oklahoma. 
Prairie Chickens— The condition of prairie 
chickens was not very satisfactory. East of the 
Mississippi the season was closed in Michigan, 
Indiana and Illinois and west of the Mississippi 
in Missouri and South Dakota. Reports from 
Illinois indicate that in spite of the protection 
since 1903 the birds have not materially increased 
during the last two or three years. In many 
sections of Iowa they are decreasing and in 
some parts of Kansas they have disappeared 
from localities where a few years ago they were 
abundant. Reports from Nebraska and from the 
Northern States are more encouraging and in¬ 
dicate that the season was a favorable one. 
Imported Pheasants— The Chinese pheasant is 
apparently decreasing in Oregon, and some 
sportsmen are advocating abolition of the open 
season for two or three years to afford a chance 
for recovery. The English ringnecks liberated 
in Illinois seem to be doing fairly well and those 
formerly liberated in certain sections of New 
York and Ohio show an increase. 
Hungarian Partridges.— The Hungarian par¬ 
tridge, on which attention of sportsmen has so 
largely , centered during the J^ist two or three 
years, seems to have done better in Southern 
British Columbia than in any other region in 
which it has been liberated. Near the border of 
Washington it is reported to be almost, if not 
quite, as abundant as the Chinese pheasant. The 
introduction of the bird into Indiana and West 
Virginia thus far shows successful results. In 
Connecticut and New Jersey results are uncer¬ 
tain at present and in Illinois the experiment ap¬ 
pears to have been rather unproductive. 
Woodcock. —Woodcock were reported as scarce 
in Massachusetts, about holding their own in 
Connecticut, more numerous than for several 
years in New Jersey and abundant in Pennsyl¬ 
vania and Illinois. In New Jersey the cutting 
off of the July shooting has undoubtedly had a 
good effect, and with suitable legislation through¬ 
out its range the woodcock should maintain itself 
for many years. 
Shore Birds. —Shore birds in general seem to 
show about the normal abundance, though some 
species of plover are reported as decreasing, and 
rail were scarce in Northern New Jersey. 
Ducks. —Ducks are reported as plentiful in all 
the large ducking centers. The season seems to 
have been favorable almost everywhere and se¬ 
curing the day’s bag limit has been common and 
easy. Prohibition of spring shooting in North 
Dakota caused a large increase in the number 
of ducks nesting in that State. A satisfactory 
increase in the number of canvasbacks was ob¬ 
served by those hunting, on the Susquehanna 
Flats in Maryland during the fall. At some 
