November, 1917 
535 
FOREST AND STREAM 
diunk and do not shoot at all. These also bring the 
terms gunner and angler into disrepute. 
On the other hand, most farmers have, first or last, 
met with quiet, civil, decent people, carrying guns or 
rods,, who, before they adventure on the land asked 
permission to fish or shoot, and after receiving it, 
sometimes left two or three fish or a pair of birds at 
the house, as evidence of their appreciation of this per¬ 
mission, or at least spoke a pleasant word of thanks 
as they passed. 
Human nature is frail enough, and we are many of 
us likely to think first of what it is that we want, rath¬ 
er than what other people may wish. We are dis¬ 
posed to push others out of our way and to elbow our¬ 
selves to the front. The true sportsman will try to 
think of others as well as of himself; he will have 
sufficient self-control to be willing to go out of his 
way a little to be civil to his neighbors, and he is likely 
to ask permission of the owner when he desires to 
shoot or fish on a stranger’s land. He knows that he 
is receiving a favor, and his self-respect demands that 
he acknowledge this, if the opportunity occurs. 
There will be no conflict between sportsman and land 
owner if each treats the other as he himself would wish 
to be treated.. 
GOPHER CLUB PHEASANTS 
HE big event of the seventh annual outing of the 
Gopher Campfire club, on the occasion of their 
entertaining the Minnesota Game Protective 
league as guests, was the releasing of one hundred ring- 
neck Chinese pheasants which were sent to Belle lake 
by State Game and Fish Commissioner Carlos Avery. 
These birds were hatched with 2,000 others at the state 
game farm on Big Island, Lake Minnetonka. It is 
hoped these birds will find homes and nesting places in 
the woodlands about Belle lake. 
CALIFORNIA ANTELOPE 
WENTY years ago, antelope were quite abundant 
in certain places in Northern California, one of 
these being in the northern part of Lassen 
County. For several years, however, none have been 
seen there, though there are a few in the eastern part 
of the county, but in the autumn of 1916, Mr. F. P. 
Cady saw an antelope at Coon Camp Flat and saw also 
the tracks of two others. 
The antelope, unique among living mammals, seems 
fated to disappear. Efforts made at protection in cer¬ 
tain reservations and on private property may delay the 
extinction of the species a little, but unless hunters gen¬ 
erally can be induced to unite for its protection, and 
unless the various states which have enacted protective 
measures shall energetically do their part to enforce the 
law, there is slight hope of saving the species. 
SHOOTING PERMITTED IN FRANCE 
HOOTING game in France has not been permitted 
since the war started, the idea of men enjoying 
themselves with sport whilst others were fighting 
having an unpleasant flavor. Licences for shooting will, 
however, be issued this year after the crops have been 
gathered, the Minister of Agriculture having been in¬ 
fluenced to take this step on pressure from the farmers, 
who have complained that, owing to the prohibition of 
shooting, their crops have been devoured by game and 
vermin. According to the new regulations there will 
be a longer open season for the game that is particular¬ 
ly destructive to crops. Soldiers who have possession 
of passes may shoot without game licences. 
SPARE THE DOES 
HE open season for deer is now at hand in many 
parts of the country and in 15 States the law 
allows both bucks and does to be killed. In the 
other States does are protected at all seasons. The 
United States Department of Agriculture strongly 
urges that these 15 States should make 1917 a close 
season on does. It points out that about 10,000,000 
pounds of venison arq produced in a year. 
Since the does as a rule average less in weight than 
bucks of the same age, killing a doe instead of a buck 
usually means considerably less meat. Furthermore, 
the department points out that the supply of deer will 
not increase if the breeding stock is killed off. The 
rapidity with which deer increase when does are pro¬ 
tected is shown by the experience in Vermont, Penn¬ 
sylvania, and other States, and a doe spared this fall 
means one more fawn as well as one more doe next 
spring. 
Several recommendations are made by the department 
as follows: 
Do not kill a spike buck or doe when you can obtain 
a full-grown buck. 
Do not kill deer when weather conditions or difficul¬ 
ties of transportation prevent saving the meat. 
Save every pound of meat. 
Save the skin and the head also if the antlers are in 
good condition. 
Do not shoot deer at night, or in the water, or unless 
you can clearly see that the animal aimed at is a full- 
grown buck. Failure to observe this rule usually re¬ 
sults in a violation of the game laws and often in the 
loss of human life. 
BOY SCOUT PROTECTIONISTS 
N certain parts of Oregon and California, as in other 
places all over the country, the Boy Scouts are tak¬ 
ing much interest in game protection. They are 
reporting various abuses to Game Commissioners and 
Game V ardens, and in Oregon a plan is on foot to ap¬ 
point a certain number of them as Game Wardens. This 
is an excellent plan, for more reasons than one. The 
boy is interested in everything that goes on, is active, 
energetic and pushing. If he can be made to see that 
game protection, and conservation generally, is a good 
thing, he will become deeply interested in it, and will 
give his best efforts to the work. So after a time he 
may accomplish great things. Moreover, a boy started 
in the right direction is likely, as he grows older, to 
recognize more and more clearly the value to the com¬ 
munity of the protection of birds, animals and plants. 
He will study these forms of life, learn about them, and 
may become for his whole life a sturdy worker in be¬ 
half of these good objects. Boys so trained will not 
only do excellent work for the present, but they will 
learn to be all through their lives good sportsmen and 
useful members of the community. 
MR. MARSTON ON DYNAMITERS 
HE Fishing Gazette received this query from a 
reader: “Please advise me how to dynamite a 
stream.” The distinguished editor, Mr. Marston, 
is said to have sent the following advice: “Four sticks 
of dynamite are sufficient. Tie them securely around 
your neck, attach fuse, light it, and run as fast as you 
can away from the water to avoid injuring the other 
snakes and reptiles.” 
