
FULL OF PEP, ACTION AND BEAUTY 
New Wiggle Fish 



Creek Chub 
Nature Lure 
Catch More 
Fish 
Weight %4 oz. 
No. 2400 =. 
Length of body 34% in. Price $1.25 
Isn’t it a beauty? But wait until you see 
it all beautifully finished in the natural col- 
ors! Like all Creek Chub Lures, it’s an exact 
representation of a living, breathing minnow! 
And tor the movement, there’s no other lure 
made today that has the natural, fast-swim- 
ming, minnow-like action that is built into 
this New Wiggle Fish! It’s the greatest com- 
bination of both looks and actions of the nat- 
ural minnow! The most deadly killer made 
today! Has plenty of action when pulled 
slowly, fast reeling causes lure to run deeper ! 
Get one of these wiggling fools for your first 
fishing trip so you, too, will Catch More Fish! 
Baby Wiggle Fish 
Weight % oz. Length of body 2% in. 
No. 2500—Price $1.15 
Like its larger namesake with the same 
flashy action and life-like movement! Equip- 
ped with one treble hook. The size of lure 
and placing of hook make more than one hook 
unnecessary! And it DOES Catch ’Em. Will 
be furnished with single or double hook when 
so ordered ! 
For Flyrod Anglers 
Flyrod Froggie 
F-80 Green Meadow Frog "i 
F-81 Brown Meadow Frog 
Price 75c. 




Flyrod Anglers, Take 
Notice! Here’s a real Weedless beauty! It 
gets the Bass—not the Weeds! Looks, floats 
and actually kicks and swims like a frog! 
Length of body 1 inch! A wonderful com- 
panion to the famous Flyrod Crawdad all 
anglers like so well! 
NEW HUSKY PIKIE 
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Weight 11 oz. No. 2300 
Length of body 6 in. Price $1.35 
Another Pikie! ‘‘Nuff Sed!’ Just like the 
Famous Pikie Minnow only larger with heavier 
hooks, ete. You'll need one when you go after 
the BIG FISH! 
The Famous Pikie Minnow 
No. 700 Weight 3% oz. Price $1.00. 
Known as the greatest Fish Getter in every 
part of the country. 
FINTAIL SHINER 





No. 2100 
Price $1.25 
Length 4 in. 
— Weight %4 oz. 
swishing 
Its bendable fins, tail, flat sides, 
seale finish, natural colors and perfect wiggling 
movement fool even the big, old, wise fish. It’s 
as near the Perfect Minnow as human skill 
can make it. 
Get any of these real fish getters from your 
dealer or direct from us! Wveryone guaran- 
teed to be satisfactory to you in every respect 
or money refunded! Dealers sell our baits 
under this guarantee, 
Creek Chub Bait Company 
174 So. Randolph St. Garrett, Ind. 




In writing to Advertisers mention Forest and Stream... Jt 
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Butterflies” from a Deer’s 
Mouth 
How a Strange Statement, Believed to 
Be Superstition, Is Borne Out by Fact 
BY Pi Bb ER eis io bay, 
HAVE often been asked—during a 
| lifetime spent in the wilds of 
Northern California—what trait of 
wild animal life and habit I thought 
the most peculiar or unique. Incident- 
ally, I have been asked often, is it 
really true that the male deer sheds his 
antlers each year? or, Do bears actually 
sleep all winter?; or some such ques- 
tion regarding the peculiar traits of the 
wild creatures of the woods. 
What I am about to attempt to de- 
scribe is a strange way of insect and 
animal life, a peculiarity that is some- 
thing that does not seem to be gener- 
ally known, although easy enough to 
prove. 
Many years ago my parents had quite 
a collection of old books on various 
subjects, dating from 1700 to 18590. 
They were destroyed by fire some time 
about. 1890. Among: those old volumes 
was one which impressed me greatly, 
being a story of the strange beliefs and 
queer superstitions of a still earlier 
age, among which was related a tale of 
how. at ‘certain seasons, butterflies 
emerged from the mouths of deer. The 
article was illustrated by crude draw- 
ings copied from the old volume quoted, 
and ridiculed such a strange statement 
as the superstition of a very primitive 
age. 
Strange to say, and quite by accident, 
I discovered that the old tale is true. 
I was running a “pack train” at one 
time during my younger days, some- 
time about ’87, and in those old days 
when we needed meat we simply went 
out and got it; no game laws then— 
in fact they were not necessary until 
later when the hide hunters began op- 
erations. 
So I went out from camp one evening 
in early June—how I used to love those 
evening rambles—and soon saw a nice 
buck standing probably one hundred 
yards away. I was a fair shot in those 
days and taking careful aim with my 
Winchester 40-60, I broke his neck. 
S I was leaving camp one of the 
boys asked me to bring in the 
tongue of the animal in case I got a 
deer. After I had bled the animal and 
removed the entrails I split the larnyx 
preparatory to cutting out the tongue, 
and found inside of that organ, at the 
upper end of the windpipe, two insects 
in the pupal stage, probably an inch in 
length and about the diameter of the 
end of a medium-sized person’s little 
finger. I thought it rather strange as 
they seemed to be lodged there and 
about to enter the chrysalis stage. 
About three weeks later I killed an- 
other buck, and having my previous dis- 
covery in mind I examined his larynx 
and found one insect in the chrysalis 
form with wings folded and seemingly 
about ready to emerge. 
Since then I have examined the 
throats of many deer and, although not 
always present, in the majority of cases 
have found from one to five when in 
the pupal stage, and one to three in 
the chrysalis period. 
I came on to a yearling doe on one 
occasion in the early part of December 
that had just been killed by coyotes, 
and upon examining her throat I found 
fifteen or twenty larvae apparently of 
the same species, so judge that all but 
a small number deposited are expelled 
during that period. I believe that the 
eggs are deposited on the leaves of the 
shrubs upon which the deer browse and 
are taken into the throat that way— 
only a small portion surviving. The 
fully developed insect leaves the deer’s 
throat about the latter part of June. 
HAVE often heard the natives ask 
why deer hardly ever accumulate any 
fat until after June, and I really believe 
that the presence of these parasites is 
the explanation, as every hunter knows 
that a small number of deer are occa- 
sionally found to be very fat during 
the winter and spring months, while 
the majority are in poor condition, 
whether the feed is good or bad. 
I was attending to an irrigation ditch 
in an out-of-the-way part of my place 
on the North Fork of Salmon River on 
one occasion about June 20th. Early 
in the evening, hearing a slight noise, 
I looked up and saw a large doe coming 
almost directly toward me and seem- 
ingly in distress; trying to expel some- 
thing from her throat, she held her 
head down nearly to the ground and 
came within ten or twelve feet of where 
I was standing. She passed by me and 
was choking so that she walked right 
against a wire fence. That startled 
her and she leaped over it and made 
one or two bounds across the adjoining 
field. She then seemed relieved and 
taking a normal pose and natural gait 
will identify you. 
