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Forest and Stream Letters 
LEFT BEHIND 
DEAR FOREST AND STREAM: 
T HE thermometer registers twenty- 
eight below zero and the north 
wind is doing its worst. Inside it is 
warm and light. The open fire makes 
it cozy and ideal for reminiscence. The 
old pipe is going good, so here is a fish 
A PLEA FOR BEGINNERS 
DEAR FOREST AND STREAM: 
AM writing to you in behalf of 
thousands of American boys. 
Every hunter knows what it is to 
come through the “rookie” or tyro 
stage of hunting. It is‘his starting 
point. It is regarded by finished 

THESE ARE MR. MEAD’S COMPANIONS WHO “LEFT HIM BEHIND” 
story. Having just read Louis Bois- 
vaire’s experience in FOREST AND 
STREAM, in this missive I don’t get any 
fish. 
On a wonderful morning the last 
of June I managed to pull myself away 
from the bed at the impossible hour of 
three thirty. We were to drive twenty- 
two miles to the St. Lawrence river 
where we expected to kid a few black 
bass into having an artificial breakfast. 
I walked a mile, not for a well: known 
cigarette, but to be on hand when my 
two companions arrived in the car. 
After waiting an hour past the ap- 
pointed time, I ate my lunch and went 
home and back to bed. The two 
“gorillas” in the snap, Stan and Bill, 
came along about fifteen minutes after 
‘T had left and, thinking I had over- 
slept, went on without me. Imagine 
that! The above picture will show you 
what I missed. 
Bit Meap, 
Canton, N. Y. 
Page 155 
hunters as a privileged custom to play 
pranks and jokes on those in this stage 
and instead of coaching them, to make 
the path hard; they use every device 
to confuse and fluster the amateur. 
Many hunters sneer at the average boy 
who its beginning to hunt or fish and 
refuse to take them along or give en- 
couragement in any way. If the boy 
is taken along he is made the goat, such 
as carrying the game, rowing the boat, 
ete. Nothing rasps on the beginner’s 
nerves as much as to be the goat. He 
is continually in a nervous state, al- 
ways on the lookout for a joke or 
prank. He is suspicious. of everything 
that is told him because to his great 
sorrow he has been “taken in” on too 
many occasions. Many hunters are 
great talkers and if they could hunt as 
well as they can talk, game would be 
extinct. 
I myself am young at the game, be- 
ing only sixteen years old, but I have 
passed through the mill. I have suf- 
fered at the hands of my friends and 
have experienced the tough breaks 
handed the amateur, and in closing I 
say to the old timers, encourage the 
amateur, pass up a good shot to give 
him a chance, quit making him the 
goat; coach and help him at every turn 
and you will be blessed by posterity. 
EARL GARRISON, 
Dallas, Texas. 
WHO WANTS TO BUY ELK? 
DEAR FOREST AND STREAM: 
HAVE a herd of elk, buffalo and 
deer, ranging on the estate of a 
party here, and am wondering if you 
could put me in touch with some one 
who might be interested in the pur- 
chase of these animals. 
Recently the wooded estate where 
the animals have range has been sold, 
and the timber is being cut, so that it 
becomes necessary to dispose of the 
animals. There are between twenty- 
six and thirty-five head of elk, a pair 
of buffalo, and about eight deer, rang- 
ing in the band. All of the animals 
are young and hardy; as to the sex, I 
am not quite sure at this time, until I 
talk with the keeper. 
I have had good offers from local 
meat men, but you can understand that 
I dislike to dispose of the animals in 
this way, both from the sporting stand- 
point and as a_ strictly business 
proposition, as the herd is valuable, 
and represents a considerable outlay. 
I could think of no better opportu- 
nity of being put in touch with some 
one who might be interested than 
FOREST AND STREAM, as no doubt you 
have inquiries along this line. The 
herd is ideal for a private estate. May 
I not hear from you in this regard? 
J. B. MCALLISTER, 
Susanville, Cal. 
ANOTHER EXPLANATION 
OF THE “WOODLAND 
TRAGEDY” 
DEAR FOREST AND STREAM: 
I THINK that I can fully explain the 
“Woodland Tragedy” described by 
F. H. Hodges in January FOREST AND 
STREAM. 
In the late ’80s (about 1888) while 
on a bird study tramp with a friend— 
who has since departed for the “Happy 
Hunting Grounds’—I came upon a 
