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FOREST AND STREAM 
December, 1918 
SHOT GUNS 
AND FALL SPORTING GOODS 
Catalogue No. 77, containing 200 pages, describing all Fall Goods 
mailed on receipt of 10 cents to partly cover expense 
SHOVERLING, DALY & GALES 
302 Broadway, New York 
HERE’S A TREAT FOR ANGLERS 
NESSMUK FISHING EQUIPMENT 
TRADE MARK—REGISTERED 
We have obtained the exclusive right to market the Fishing Tackle 
recommended by “NESSMUK” in his book on “WOODCRAFT”— 
new edition now ready $1.00 a copy. We give herewith a description 
of articles now available. Anglers will find all goods under the 
“NESSMUK” Trade Mark are the very best obtainable at the prices 
and are particularly effective and useful for the different purposes 
for which they are made. 
SPLIT BAMBOO RODS 
Semi-handmade of Selected Imported Bamboo. Each Bod has an extra tip and is put up in a cloth covered wood 
form and bag. Hods are wound by hand and finished with several coats of Special Rod Varnish. Made in four patterns. 
No. N. T. L. Light Fly—length, 8V4 ft,; weight, about i% oz.—For Trout. Brook Angling. 
No. N. T. H. Heavy Fly—length, 914 ft.; weight, about 5% oz.—For Trout Lake and for Black Bass. 
No. N. B. Bait Rod—length. 714 ft.; weight, about 7% oz.—For Trolling and Stillflshing. 
No. N. B. C. Bait Caster—length. 514 ft.; about 514 oz.—Short butt, long tip with Agate 1st Guide and Tips. 
SI2.00 Each. 
BUCKTAIL SPINNERS—For All Game Fish 
Made of Untrimmed Bucktail Hair, superior to any other material for the making of lures of this type. Finished at 
the top with a little gold plated metal Spinner which adds considerably to the attractiveness of the Bait. 
MADE IN THREE STYLES. TWO SIZES. 
Brown—Hair Wings with Red Silk Body. 
Grayish—Hair Wings with Yellow Silk Body. 
Blackish—Hair Wings with Yellow Silk Body. 
SPECIAL PATTERNS TO ORDER. 
Bass—on Sizes 1/0 O'Shaughnessy Hooks, each. 50o. 
Trout—on Size 6 O’Shaughnessy Hooks, each. 40o. 
FROG GANG 
Made of Highest Quality Imported Hand Filed Hollow Point Sproat Hooks, and Best Double Imported Selected 
Spanish Gut. , . . . . . . . 
Lower Hook, Size 1/0; center Hook. Size 1. placed 1 inch above the lower one and at right angle to same; top 
Hook, a small lip Hook. each 30c - 
WILLIAM MILLS & SON, 21 Park Place, New York City 
AMERICAN GAME BIRDS 
By Chester A. Reed 
Is a book written especially for sportsmen as a concise guide 
to the identification of game birds to be found in this country. 
Over one hundred species of game birds are faithfully de¬ 
picted by the colored pictures, and the text gives considerable 
idea of their habits and tells where they are to be found at 
different seasons of the year. These illustrations are repro¬ 
duced from water-color paintings by the author, whose books 
on birds and flowers have had the largest sale of any ever 
published in this country. They are made by the best known 
process by one of the very first engraving houses in the 
country and the whole typography is such as is rarely seen 
in any book. The cover is a very attractive and unique one, 
a reproduction of leather made from the back of a boa con¬ 
strictor with set-in pictures of game birds. Price, 60 cents. 
FOREST & STREAM (Book Dept.) 
9 EAST 40th STREET NEW YORK CITY 
SUCCESSFUL GAME 
HUNTER’S NEEDS 
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and he will jeer you. Think it over and 
you will decide that the best shooting you 
ever did was without a single thought 
about the sights upon your gun barrel. 
You were standing on a watch, heard a 
shot from the fellow next along the line, 
you stood in readiness, the deer bounded 
into view, your rifle came to your shoul¬ 
der. Then what? 
The time you missed was when you saw 
your sights. You looked at them as care¬ 
fully as an old maid frizzles her hair, took 
the most careful aim, and you missed. 
But the time you hit! Well, how about 
that? You didn’t need sights, you trusted 
your sixth sense. Right there a great 
many shooters fail. They forget that some 
things are spoiled by putting thought upon 
them, and thereby rob the subconscious 
self of its function. You trust this sixth 
sense to remind you about winding your 
watch every night, why not let it help 
you shoot right? 
A good many people are like the Irish¬ 
man who said that he didn’t have the least 
bit of trouble about aiming his gun, but 
just as he was about to shoot the game 
wasn’t there. That’s just it. You squint 
and aim and wonder if you can pull at 
just the right instant, and the result is 
that when you do pull you know you will 
not hit because just at that moment you 
were aiming about a rod to the northwest. 
A friend who is an expert typist says 
that his finger is ashamed when it hits the 
wrong key and pains him. What really 
happens is that his subconscious self 
stands guard over his conscious self, warn¬ 
ing him of mistakes. You can feel when 
you ought to pull if you trust yourself. 
H OW do you like to hunt with the fel¬ 
low who goes through the brush with 
gun at full cock or safety off? He 
gets right on your nerves with both feet, 
now doesn’t he? You feel that he lacks 
something and that he could easily become 
so excited as to be dangerous. Look at 
the other hunter who never gets too ex¬ 
cited. He automatically shifts the safety 
as he throws the rifle to his shoulder. 
When his cheek presses the stock his sights 
are aligned, distance calculated, lead de¬ 
cided on; all done quicker than he could 
possibly think it out. This hunter believes 
in using all there is in his physical and 
mental makeup when he shoots. He uses 
his sixth sense. 
Perhaps you may think that I am a crazy 
advocate of unpreparedness. Never! That 
fellow with the poise and self-confidence 
is not a prodigy. Fact is he loves his gun 
so well that he would rather practice than 
eat. He often seizes it from the corner 
or cabinet and swings it upon an imagi¬ 
nary bird. In his mind he sees that target 
distinctly upon the walls of his den and 
mentally registers the time to pull. 
Or it may be that he has five minutes to 
spare and picks up his high power, puts 
a piece of wood behind the trigger (which 
he keeps handy for that purpose), and 
mentally covers his game, first in one part 
of the room and then in the other. The 
