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I N conclusion the remarkable increase in 
distance indicated by adding 3 feet to 
the radius of the swing—2 feet in the 
rod and 1 foot in the drop—points directly 
and unmistakably to the future of the surf 
cast. 
It will not be many seasons before the 
9 foot rod will have reached its limit. If 
there is no progress to be made, interest 
will lag. It is impossible for the game to 
stand still. If it doesn’t go ahead it will 
go backward. The surest way to send it 
ahead and keep alive the interest now 
shown is to permit longer rods under the 
tournament rules. Take off the limit! 
MOOSE CALLING. 
T HE writer is not of the “real moose 
hunters” on whom “New Brunswick” 
in Forest and Stream for December 
has called for expressions about sports¬ 
manship in calling the game to be shot. 
The Editor says well and truly in the 
January issue, “This question * * * is 
not susceptible of definite decision.” 
After reading Mr. Bird’s comments in 
regard to this subject I fell to wondering 
how far it might be possible to carry the 
•unsportsmanlike offense. “New Bruns¬ 
wick” says “The guide must not call.” Mr. 
Bird says “There must be no calling.” 
Query—Is it entirely sportsmanlike to 
track game in the snow? Evidently Mr. 
Bird thinks it is all right to do so. 
The taking of an undue advantage of 
the game would seem to constitute the 
offense in the minds of most critics. An 
expert tracker might well object to hunting 
on the snow. 
How about the high power rifle? Is that 
an undue advantage? But who could de¬ 
cide as to the caliber and power? Might 
not any rifle be an undue advantage? If 
so, how about the use of gunpowder? 
Surely our native hunters killed moose be¬ 
fore they knew the smell of powder! Are 
we then to fall back for weapons to the 
spear, lance and bow and arrow ? 
Even admitting the use of gunpowder, 
surely a repeating rifle may be too great 
•an advantage. Shall a percussion cap be 
permitted? Shall it be a muzzle-loader 
•or a single shot breech-loader, or go back 
to a flintlock? 
These are but a few of the “wondorings” 
that trickled through my mind as I sought 
to get at the true inwardness of the subject. 
About this time the moose escaped and 
smaller game was seen. Ducks wer«j seen 
to fall over decoys, killed from a blind 
by the use of an automatic pump gun! ! 
It might be, three or four offenses were 
here committed if the “undue advantage” 
rule is drawn close. Most assuredly the 
use of a dog in hunting any game is a 
great advantage to the sportsman. Is it 
undue advantage? 
Again the wondering showed a follower 
of Isaac Walton, but lo! he carried a joint¬ 
ed rod with line on a reel and a marvellous 
lure that surely would unduly induce the 
bass from his shady nook by the lily-pad. 
Verily, who shall decide when doctors 
disagree? Osceola. 
On about two million acres of national 
forest lands grazing by domestic stock is 
either entirely prohibited or is greatly re¬ 
stricted to provide range for elk. 
A Case of a Quarter-or No Quar ter 
Why? Because if you violate a state game or fish law, the 
warden shows you NO QUARTER, while if you SPEND A 
QUARTER for “Game Laws in Brief,” you need ask NO 
QUARTER from the warden, for the simple reason that you 
can’t go wrong. 
It costs the different states more than a QUARTER OF A 
MILLION DOLLARS to get out game laws. It costs you a 
QUARTER OF A DOLLAR to get these laws complete and 
elucidated so that YOU know what they mean. Every sports¬ 
man should have a copy of 
GAME LAWS IN BRIEF 
Published by 
FOREST and STREAM PUBLISHING CO. 
118 E. 28th Street New York City 
