Dec. 3. 1910.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
897 
Residents and Non-Residents. 
Hendersonville, N. C., Nov. 12 .—Editor 
Forest and Stream: I have read with much 
pleasure your article, “Residents and Non-Resi¬ 
dents,’’ of this date. I wish every sportsman 
in every State would read and ponder it and 
have it read to every one of our legislative 
bodies. I think that every sportsman should 
pay a license to shoot, and be willing to be con¬ 
tent with a limited bag. But licenses can be 
overdone certainly, and the money raised there¬ 
by not used as it should be for game propaga¬ 
tion and the employment of non-political game 
wardens. 
In this State the non-resident game license is 
$10, and in at least one county there is a non¬ 
resident game license of $10 against all the rest 
of the State. 
Another thing is this: A man comes to the 
State and invests in a winter home some $10,000 
or $20,000, and under the law is 
treated as a non-resident and 
must pay $10 to shoot on his own 
property. This does not strike 
me as right. I think that I, a 
resident, should pay a- license, if 
it be only $1 or $2, and that the 
man who comes and invests his 
money in my neighborhood should 
have an equal showing with me. 
All sportsmen should con'ri'ute 
something to a fund to employ 
good and efficient game wardens, 
and it seems to me waste 'of time 
to pass game laws without the 
means or intent to enforce them, 
unless it be only against the 
sportsmen who have invested 
money in our neighborhood. 
It seems rather senseless to 
make one man pay $10 to shoot 
his own birds, and another sports¬ 
man pay nothing to shoot some¬ 
one elses birds. 
Ernest L. Ewbanic. 
An Incident. 
East Wareham, Mass., Nov. 19. —Editor 
Forest and Stream: Fifty years ago there were 
farms on Great Neck where now are waste fields 
more or less grown to pines and red cedars. The 
properties changed hands, and city people have 
summer homes along the shores. The farm¬ 
houses are remodeled, built over and added to, 
the barns rep’aced by new stables and garages. 
The old farmers kept stock and poultry and 
raised corn for fodder. With the last hoeing in 
August, rye was sown among the corn. 1 his 
made a cover crop to keep the land from wash¬ 
ing and was green throughout the winter. These 
rye fields were good places for quail and doves 
to feed. There were fewer gunners and much 
more game in those good old days. 
The Andrew Gibbs farm was between the 
Fearing and Burgess farms. There was also an¬ 
other owner who had a small holding on which 
his house stood. He had his little garden and 
was much annoyed and irritated one summer by 
some turkeys that belonged on the Fearing place 
and wandered, as turkeys will, over an extensive 
range. The owner of the Fearing farm was 
locally known as Captain Bill, and his son as 
Little Bill. The captain was well along in years, 
while the son was about fifty. He had that 
spring bought a setting of turkey eggs from 
Henry Burgess, who made a business of raising 
these fowl for the Thanksgiving market. This 
venture resulted, as is often the case, in pro¬ 
ducing only three birds that lived to leave their 
foster mother and range for their own free wi 1. 
The attractions of the small garden were so 
great that these three birds spent a good deal 
of their time there. Though often shooed away, 
they would return shortly after the irate owner 
withdrew from their sight. 
One day in early September this owner and 
one of his brothers were coming homeward 
through the Andrew Gibbs’ lane. They had their 
old-fashioned double guns, and no doubt had 
been looking for such game as partridge or quail. 
Very likely they had seen nothing to shoot and 
were in just the humor to burn powder. They 
were in sight of the garden and perhaps turkey 
was in the owner’s mind, when just at the psy¬ 
chological moment the three turkeys appeared in 
the woods beside the lane. The injured brother 
immediately offered to shoot two of the birds 
if the other would ki 1 the remaining one. He 
assented, and the first, ranging two necks, fired 
and killed the two turkeys. The other, who 
cherished no animosity toward the birds, did not 
shoot. Noting this, the first brother put up and 
shot the third bird, remarking: “They won’t 
bother my garden any more.” 
This, however, was not quite all. There was 
still another act before the incident was closed. 
Some two months later, well toward Thanks¬ 
giving time, the brother who had not fired was 
passing the farm yard of Henry Burgess. A 
goodly flock of turkeys were gathered there. 
“Litt’e Bill’’ came driving by. Seeing the fowl 
and Mr. Burgess near the road, he hauled up 
and remarked : “Mr. B., three turkeys of mine 
have got mixed in with yours and have been run¬ 
ning with them for two months.” 
“That so!” said Mr. B. “Do you see them?" 
“Yes, those three,” indicating a trio which hap¬ 
pened to stand together on one side of the flock. 
“Those are my turkeys.” 
“All right,” said Mr. Burgess, “we’ll drive 
them into the sheep fold and catch them up for 
you.” This was done, the witness to the shoot¬ 
ing lending his aid. all the while wondering 
whether he was righting one wrong or assisting 
at another. Walter B. Savary. 
Hunting in California. 
San Francisco, Cal.. Nov. 23. —Editor Forest 
and Stream: There have been no heavy storms 
as yet this season, and the result is that duck 
shooting is still limited to a few favored sec¬ 
tions where there is food and water to be found. 
Naturally this is largely in the sections controlled 
by preserve owners and the result is that outside 
sportsmen are not securing much sport while the 
preserve shooters have plenty of birds. Shoot¬ 
ing on the Suisun marshes has been very good, 
and this old-time hunting ground has come back 
to its own again in splendid fashion, after hav¬ 
ing been deserted for several seasons. 
Considerable comp’aint has been made to the 
effect that moonlight and after 
sunset shooting has been indulged 
in to quite an extent this season, 
and the fish and game commis¬ 
sion has taken active steps to 
see that this is brought to a 
close, for nothing serves to drive 
ducks away from favorite feed¬ 
ing grounds as night shooting. 
From Southern California comes 
the news that shooting is improv¬ 
ing there on the duck hunting 
grounds, and the birds are com¬ 
ing in from the north in large 
numbers. Most of the birds be¬ 
ing killed are sprig, although some 
widgeon and redheads as well as 
mallards are to be had. No can- 
vasbacks are reported as yet, al¬ 
though these birds are to be had 
in the San Francisco Bay section. 
The Creedmoor Club in Orange 
county is having an excellent 
opening, the sport being much 
better than last year. Large quan¬ 
tities of food is being placed in the ponds regu¬ 
larly, and this has proved the attraction that 
was lacking last year. The Creedmoor Club is 
located further from the sea than most of the 
club preserves and is securing better results, as 
the birds seem to fly high over the region along 
the coast. 
In the neighborhood of Salton Sea some fine 
quail shooting is being had. The birds are to 
be found in large numbers in the alkali flats 
around Mecca, almost 200 feet below sea level. 
The quail are not the regular valley quail, but 
the Mexican Montezuma variety, slightly smaller 
than the California bird. A. P. B. 
Kentucky Game Preserve. 
Thirty-five deer were purchased by W. E. 
Whitley during the last week which are to be 
placed on a large tract of land, located about 
ten miles east of Owensboro. 
This purchase of deer is the first that has 
been made, but many more deer are to be put 
on the land, and the owner states that he will 
not permit any hunting on the land for some 
time.-—Louisville Courier-Journal. 
ERNEST L. F.WBANK AND HIS FAVORITE SETTER, NELLIE JR. 
