Nov. 13, 1909.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
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other side of the hill—when there will be pre¬ 
cious little better duck shooting out this way 
than there is now goose shooting. Yet I hope 
I may be in error. 
I see they are having pretty much the same 
kind of sport, barring the present day multi¬ 
plicity of restrictions, at Currituck and along the 
Chesapeake that I enjoyed there nearly forty 
years ago. 1 his fact alone gives me much hope. 
Strange as it may appear, the season here has 
been almost unprecedentedly great on jacksnipe 
wherever suitable grounds could be found. Fine 
kills were made about all the sandhill marshes 
as well as along the low creek valleys and the 
low pasture lands. Stockton Hith, a real jack- 
snipe enthusiast and a grand sportsman, has had 
several superb hunts on Mr. Young’s preserve 
near Herman, bagging the limit each day for 
several days in succession, and bringing homfe 
with him from his last visit an even hundred 
fine fat birds. There are some birds lingering 
yet, but it is quite probable that the bulk of 
them have gone further south. 
The weather is simply matchless here to-day, 
and to-morrow, together with my boy Gerard 
and old Sport, we are going up to Fullerton, 
guests of Sam Richmond, and put in a day on 
the flats along Prairie Creek, a famous old-time 
ground. 
Squirrel shooting has not been so good in 
Nebraska for many years as it is this fall. Big 
bags are made almost -daily in the big woods 
down the river, as they are also in the heavy 
timber to the north of the old Mormon village 
of Florence. 
The legal rest given the cunning little rodents 
for the past two years has evidently been a 
mighty good thing for them, and they have 
thriven immensely everywhere. More gray 
squirrels than ever before have been killed in 
the low oaks along the Missouri this fall, and 
several black ones have likewise been brought 
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month, while many temporary camps over the 
district bear witness to the great number of 
gunners. Perry Werden and a companion left 
this morning to establish a camp and hunt for 
a few days. Another party from Minneapolis 
has just closed a lease for five years’ exclusive 
hunting rights on a certain tract. They will 
erect a permanent camp. 
The duck season continues till Dec. 15. The 
open season for deer begins Nov. 10 and closes 
Nov. 30. The law restricts the killing of the 
game to two animals to each hunter. 
Prospects for sport in Minnesota are bright 
and in sporting circles there is much talk as to 
the increase of game in the northern section of 
the State. There may be some truth in this 
view in certain localities. Several reliable re¬ 
ports from trappers in that country say that 
game is decreasing and that there is less than 
last year. Deer are numerous on the Upper 
Grand Forks and around the Rainies, and hun¬ 
ters expect to make a good killing this year. 
WHAT THE SPORTSMAN LOVES TO SEE. 
The Minnesota Season. 
Minneapolis, Minn., Nov. 6 .—Editor Forest 
md Stream: Reports of swan and brant in 
Northwestern Minnesota this fall will cause the 
lunters to look carefully for them, though with 
amt hopes of finding any. If any of the birds 
!o get as far east as the Big Stone Lake some 
>f them will find their way to Minneapolis 
ables, for several local sportsmen have perma- 
ent hunting lodges in that district and go there 
nnually. 1 here was a time when the swans 
vere not scarce in Minnesota, but most old hun- 
’ rs say that they have not seen them in the 
all for many years. 
Unexcelled duck hunting has been had this 
ear in the northern Mouse River valley of 
Jorth Dakota. Gunners from this State and 
ther points are engaged in the annual slaughter 
f ducks, and game is very plenty. The north- 
n section of the Mouse River valley, with its 
undreds of sloughs covering thousands of acres 
f ground, is a splendid pass for the ducks, and 
ieir flight at this time is exceedingly great. 
The feeding grounds there are excellent and 
e ducks come in swarms. There are many 
inting camps. The Mouse River camp, estab- 
•hed by several Red River valley sportsmen, 
lS keen constantly occupied during the past 
1 here are a number of shackers in that coun¬ 
try that kill much game out of season and are 
never bothered with. One of these is said to 
be so dangerous a character that the wardens 
avoid him. He has carried on his practice for 
many years, and while it is known that he is 
a law breaker, they do not secure evidence 
against him. He tans deer hides and makes 
them into moccasins and gloves and sells them 
to the lumber camps. 
Many arrests have been made this year for 
shooting out of season and more are looked for. 
Robert Page Lincoln. 
Waterville, Minn., Nov. 2 .—Editor Forest 
and Stream: The duck shooting has not been 
up to former standards so far this year, as we 
have had so little bad weather. The birds do 
not seem to come down much. A few chickens 
are shot out further than one generally cares 
to go and some quail are being found by the 
diligent hunters. The deer season opens the 
tenth of this month and the chances are that 
we will have no snow. This will make bad and 
hard shooting and is well and good. Deer hunt¬ 
ing is best for the workers. 
Amos Burhans. 
North Carolina Game Laws. 
Greensboro, N. C., Nov. 6.— Editor Forest and 
Stream: Ihe following important changes af¬ 
fecting non-resident hunters have been made in 
the game laws of North Carolina. 
In a large number of counties the State hun¬ 
ter s license is no longer valid, but a special 
county license, costing $10.50 and good only in 
the county issued, is now required. Further¬ 
more, there is no provision whereby a non-resi¬ 
dent hunter may take any quail, turkeys, snipe 
or woodcock from the State under any circum¬ 
stances. These counties are as follows: 
Beaufort, Hyde, Pamlico, Washington, Tyrrell, 
Currituck, Wilkes, Montgomery, Polk, Harnett’ 
Duplm, Pasquotank, Henderson, Richmond, 
Forsyth, Swain, Gates, Pitt, Camden, Perqui¬ 
mans, Chowan, Randolph, Onslow, Nash, Hert¬ 
ford, Pender, Wilson, Gaston, Johnson, Jones, 
Yadkin, Caswell, Stanley, Bertie, Warren, 
Graham, Clay, Stokes, Davie, Madison, Jackson, 
Sampson, Wayne, Franklin, Macon, Carteret, 
Lincoln, Vance, Union, Robeson, Cleveland, 
Mitchell, Martin, Catawba. 
In about half the counties of the State a non¬ 
resident hunter’s license costs $10.25, and is, as 
heretofore, good anywhere in the territory, and 
a non-resident hunter has the privilege of tak¬ 
ing out of the State on his license “fifty quail 
or partridges, fifty beach birds or snipe, twelve 
grouse or two wild turkeys in a season.” These 
counties are as follows: 
Alamance. Alleghany, Alexander, Anson, 
Ashe, Bladen, Buncombe, Brunswick, Burke, 
Cabarrus, Caldwell, Chatham, Cherokee, Colum¬ 
bus, Craven, Cumberland, Dare, Davidson, 
Durham, Edgecombe, Granville, Greene, Guil¬ 
ford, Halifax, Haywood, Iredell, Lee, Lenoir, 
McDowell, Mecklenberg, Moore, New Hanover, 
Northampton, Orange, Person, Rockingham! 
Rowan, Rutherford, Scotland, Surry, Transyl¬ 
vania, Wake, Watauga, Yancey. 
When desired, State licenses may be secured 
through the office of the State Audubon Society, 
although they are formally issued by the clerks 
of the courts of the various counties. 
Copies of the booklet giving a synopsis of the 
game laws in the counties wherein the State has 
authority in game protective matters, or other 
information, may be secured by addressing this 
office. T. Gilbert Pearson, 
Secretary State Audubon Society. 
On the Deer Trail. 
Rescue, Cal., Nov. 3. — Editor Forest and 
Stream: Recently a hound began to bellow 
within one hundred yards of the residence of 
George Williamson, Sr., at Gaylord’s Bridge, on 
the hillside. The family were in front of the 
house at the time, and looking up in the small 
bushes they saw a big buck trotting down the 
hill. A scramble was made for the guns, but 
by the time the guns were made ready the deer 
is thought to have been miles away. 
The hound took the track and crossed a 
county road within 400 yards of the house and 
commenced to yell like he was on a cold trail 
or had lost the track. He bayed a long time and 
finally went away. Then a little black hound 
took the trail and followed it until nearly sun¬ 
set. When John W. went to see what was the 
trouble, and found blood on the trail, he told 
the dog to “catch ’em,” but the dog ran away 
