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Field-& Stream—April, 1936 Better Sportsmanship
Better Hunting
ON THE SQUARE
PRO AND CON
Means
N O matter what you do in this world, it has been our observa tion that there will be those who
will agree with you and back you
up, and on the other hand there will be some who disagree and try to back you down. This is in
no sense unfortunate.
There is and should be a pro-and-con to
every idea or suggested plan of action— if only for the sake of the mental exercise involved in attacking from one side and
And now a word about the Judith Basin Chapter of the Square Circle out in Monj tana. Picture of this fine group of future farmers of America appeared here last
As an example, here's a letter from K.D.M. of Minnesota, who is not a mem
ber of the Square Circle, but who must he more or less interested in hunting and
issue. During 1935 the Chapter put on a Pest Control Contest and here's the record of results: 11.850 gophers checked and ac counted for, 4132 ground hogs, 169 weasels,
fishing since he reads Field & Stream : "I was recently perusing the Square Circle page in the December Field & STREAM," writes K.D.M., "when I came across the recommendation of Harry Felt of Saskatchewan. If you recall, he sug gested that various groups offer school children bounties on crow eggs. Quite
1183 crows, 33,393 sparrows, 1827 jack
rabbits and 9 coyotes . . .
Letter arrives from Squareshooter C. E. Peterson, Secretary of the Lakc-of-theWoods County Sportsmen's Association, Minnesota, enrolling 200 members of the Association under the insignia of the
frankly I can't understand your publishing
"A good sportsman," says this steel-andbronze symbol on the car of Squareshooter Victor /'. Dusha. He made it
turn out to be a crow's abode.
"I think you should know that Field & STREAM is losing much prestige among those who are striving to be real con servationists and who cannot reconcile
our views with the seemingly-narrow atti tude that your magazine takes to this
predatory-bird matter. Some people stop buying a magazine without giving their reasons for disapproval. We believe it only Sqimrcshooter J'ic Booth of British Col umbia exhibits a nice steelhead
appeared here in the Square Circle page last month, coming from our good friend Squareshooter J. P. Bull out yon der in California? You rifle and pistol shooters may identify this Square Circle .poet in years to come—not only for his verse-making, but also for the fact that he is the daddy of that interesting little game called Spceducl which was described in the Arms & Ammunition Department last month . . .
defending on the other.
such a tiling. Imagine school children be ing urged to rob birds' nests at an age when they should be impressed with the value of birds. The fact that they wouldn't be able to distinguish between species is of course apparent. Every bird's nest would be attacked in the hope it would
REMEMBER the swell "pome" that
fair to give you our opinions and then wait for your action." Well, K.D.M., I am sorry that you can
not side in with our viewpoint on the mat ter, but am afraid your letter doesn't leave much ground for argument between us; because it is reasonably plain that you never have personally witnessed the dam age caused by the over-abundant crow population in the prairie provinces of Canada. Also, as far as the bounty on crow eggs is concerned, these being gath ered by school children, the trees up there only grow to a relatively short height, and it isn't difficult for the youngsters to tell what kind of eggs they are getting. As a matter of fact, most any country youngster can identify a crow's nest as far away as
Square Circle . . . Letter from Squareshooter Victor P. Dusha, enclosing photograph of Square Circle identification on his car. (Sec
left.) "The Square Circle emblem which I made for my car," he writes, "is made of steel with a raised border. The
Square Circle insignia is of bronze. The colors used in the emblem arc the same
as those on the regulation brassard. Made this up myself. Believe if it could be made of pressed steel, similar to those put out
by the gasoline companies, the demand would be considerable among Square Cir cle members" . . .
ANOTHER ANSWER A
METHODICAL predator hunter is Squareshooter Ceorge A. Marshall of Oregon. Apparently he doesn't care much about writing letters, because we hear from him only once a year; and generally this annual letter arrives along in January
just after the close of the preceding year.
you and I can spot a Model-T Ford. As an example, K.D.M., of what is going on between the crows and the duck population in the prairie provinces of
But when Squareshooter Marshall docs send a letter in to Square Circle head quarters he drives it as straight to the
Canada, here's a letter (arrived almost in the same mail with yours) from J. H.
cross-hairs of his .22 rifle 'scope down on
Wilson, of Saskatchewan:
a target:
"I have had a life-time experience in wildlife in
all its branches," he writes,
"and have lived in Southeastern Saskat
chewan for the past 38 years. Have had every opportunity to observe the crow damages that have taken place. South
point as when he unwaveringly pulls the "I set my quota on the crow at 365, one a day for the year 1935," he begins laconi cally. "I more than made my quota and in so doing enjoyed the greatest year of fun in the field I have yet known. "I have little patience with sob sisters
eastern Saskatchewan was considered at
who periodically open all stops in defense
one time to be one of the best breeding grounds for waterfowl, and in favorable seasons it is still a great breeding ground. Drouth has played its part, true, but I think after three or four years' observation that the crow takes from 60 to 65 per cent of the local hatch of eggs and young of
of the crow. We have several of the 'de
waterfowl. Crows have increased in the
past ten years by one-third. They must be reduced if we arc going to conserve what's left of our birds."
fenders' out here on the west coast. "I have seen two crows watch an old
hen . pheasant for nearly two hours—'til she went to her nest—then drive her away and proceed to eat the eggs.
"As far as my observations have shown me, the crow is the big-shot racketeer of the bird family. I feel justified in putting him on the list of those things we don't need so many of!"
AMERICA'S OLDEST OUTDOOR MAGAZINE
with which is combined FOREST AND STREAM
RAY P. HOLLAND
ELTINGE F. WARNER
Editor-in-Chief
Publisher
APRIL, 1936
Vol. XL
No. 12
EDITORIAL ARTHUR D. FULLER
COVER PAINTING
STAFF
SQUARE CIRCLE
JED MEANS
HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE FRONTISPIECE
BOB NICHOLS
Arms
and Ammunition
and
Skcct Departments
THE MAKO SHARK Few, if any, big-game fish can outfight him.
TROUT—LIGHT, WIND AND WATER SETH BRIGGS
Fish and Fishing Department
Kennel Department HORACE LYTLE
Among the Gun Dogs
CY La TOUR
12
ZANE GREY
13
LYNN ROGERS
16
An article that will help you catch more trout in 1936.
EDITORIAL
THE QUEST OF THE LUKE-WARM BEER FREEMAN LLOYD
1 7
H. L. BETTEN
19
GORDON MacQUARRIE
20
Fishing for trout in the famous Brule River of Wisconsin.
IN SELF-DEFENSE
EDWARD SAMSON
23
A prize-winner in the Narrowest Escape from Death Story Contest.
THE COYOTE—DESERT RACKETEER
JACK O'CONNOR
24
Once dependent on small rodents, the prairie wolf has learned to like game.
THE OLD WARDEN GOES HIGHBROW
HAROLD TITUS
26
WARREN BOYER
28
F. L. JENKINS
30
BURTON L. SPILLER
32
Licut.-Col. J. H. PATTERSON
34
CHARLES E. COX, Jr.
36
RIVER DUCKS Intercepting the morning flight opposite a big city.
DAVE ROBERTS
38
PICK YOUR GRIZZLY A trophy was chosen from more than a score of bears.
VICTOR BURKE
40
He is sure that the catching of fish is not all there is to fishing. RAY SCHRENKEISEN
Natural History Department
PHOTOGRAPHS Proving that the big ones don't always get away.
TWO GOOD POINTS HENRY CLAY FOSTER
Sportsmen Afloat DONALD H. COLE
Camping and Woodcraft
A bird-dog story that you will enjoy.
FISHERMAN'S FORTUNE Land-locked salmon in the state of Maine.
THE MAN-EATERS OF TSAVO—Part IV The greatest lion story ever written.
A RETURN TO ADVENTURE Dad learns a lot from a day witli his son.
IROQUOIS DAHL 1001 Outdoor Questions C. M. PALMER, Jr.
SETH BRIGGS
43
C. M. PALMER, Jr.
44
SETH BRIGGS
48
HENRY CLAY FOSTER
86
DONALD H. COLE
94
RECORD FISH Conservation Developments
JED MEANS
Square Circle Department
AMERICAN WILDLIFE INSTITUTE BULLETIN FISH AND FISHING Trout Flies: Real and Synthetic—James R. Webb. Watch Those Waders—A. P. Peck.
TWENTY-SIXTH ANNUAL PRIZE FISHING CONTEST HAROLD McCRACKEN Ask Me Your Camera
Questions
SPORTSMEN AFLOAT
60
The Marine Beauties of 1936. Care of Paint Brushes.
CAMPING AND WOODCRAFT The Trailer Itch—George H. Denny.
Three Handy Splices—E. R. Augustin. jr. ASSOCIATE EDITORS RAY SCHRENKEISEN
ASK ME YOUR CAMERA QUESTIONS
HAROLD McCRACKEN 101
NATURAL HISTORY How Heavy Is Your Game?—Walter J. Schoonmakcr.
BOB NICHOLS 104
ARMS AND AMMUNITION TRACY LEWIS
RAY SCHRENKEISEN 102
A Cure for "Grouse-Panic." Hand-Gun Hokum.
HAROLD McCRACKEN VAN CAMPEN HEILNER BOB DAVIS
BOB NICHOLS 114
SKEET SHOOTING Beware of "Frozen" Coordination.
FREEMAN LLOYD 117 HORACE LYTLE lx/
THE SPORTSMAN'S DOG
IROQUOIS DAHL 128
1001 OUTDOOR QUESTIONS
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LANDLOCKED SALMON and BLACK BASS Extra good Salmon fishing commencing the day the ice goes out, of Sebec Lake,
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When THE 14 i: IS OUT OF SEBAGO!!
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NOVA SCOTIA INVITES THE FLY-FISHERMAN Would you like lo kill a sea-run Atlantic salmon: lake lake trout weighing up to eighteen pounds: have a go at some real sea-trout that average belter than two pounds? You can do it in Nova Scotia, in most of the Province's multitude
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Do you like the wilderness? Engage a guide and go "back in." The Bluenose guides, both while and Micmae Indian, are among the world's finest canoemen; they will take you through while water in
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If you have the budget in mind, remember that in Nova Scotia angling privileges are free to all. There are no leased waters, no posted property. And the non-resident license fee is lower than
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Take along your car
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A CRUISING VACATION Fly fishing for COASTERS on the Rivera and North Shore of Lake Superior
HERN TARIO
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A camp secluded and quiet yet nf easy access. Only one night on sleeper from Toronto puts you right in the heart of Ontario's best flshing and bunting district.
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The place to go for your fishing and hunting —Muskles. (.'. N.
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Red Pine Inn
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The entrance to
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IN the thousands of miles of Canada's
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spring-fed lakes and streams an infinite-
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everywhere ————«/———agggg—— In this department will he printed comments from our readers and other items of interest to
sportsmen. If you have something on your mind, let's hear from
you. Permission to publish
such communications should accompany them.
k CANADA
More About Canned Elk
W E judge, from the various com ments we have received from
our readers, that the majority of our readers feel as we do about elk in cans. On the top of our letter pile we find a letter from Casper, Wyoming. It reads:
Writing in behalf of that very small group of men who first conceived the idea of establishing an inviolate sanctuary for a remnant of the once vast herds of wapiti that but a few years ago roamed the entire Rocky Mountain West, I would like to commend and, also, enlighten you upon
certain phases of your editorial, which ap peared in the most recent issue of Field & Stream, under the title of '•Canned Elk."
Beginning with the first paragraph of
the editorial referred to, I wish to state,
as one amply informed, that the depreda tions attributed to the present-day Jackson Hole elk herd are but the inevitable results
of the unrestricted encroachments of a "so-called" civilization.
To any one familiar with the char acteristics of this majestic game animal.
land oi mmm^:
LAKES and STREAMS
it is easily seen that he is but making the best of what is, to him, a very unpleasant and degenerating situation, into which human greed and selfishness have forced
If it's fighting fish you're after —and battles
aplenty with rod and reel —come to Canada
him. And, were it not for the fact that
self-preservation is the paramount char
this summer! Canada's forest-bordered lakes,
acteristic of the elk, as it is in man, he
rushing streams and mighty rivers are richly
would have long since been exterminated. The second paragrapli of your article is admirably done. It is self-explanatory, and tlie only comment I wish to make at this Bring your golf dubs, as veil as your time is that the Jackson Hole elk arc still fishing tackle. Flay Canada's beautiful, "sporty" courses. being starved into the slaughter pens by the activities of the domestic live stock interests.
Relative to the third paragraph of your just indictment. I would be remiss in my duties as one of a militant group of con servationists did I not call your attention
muskies, pike, grayling, and monster tuna and
other deep-sea fish of the coastal waters. You can be here in just a few hours by motor, rail or boat. There is no annoying red tape at the border. Government tourist, game and forestry officials are eager to please you. Comfortable hotels, inns and cabins dot the
fishing country. Expert guides will render you
to the fact that the Izaak Walton League of America was the very first to sense
every service.
the dire straits into which these noble
animals had been forced by our mercenaryv
stocked with game fish of all kinds ... The best varieties of trout, salmon, bass, pickerel,
minded brethren of the wool and mutton
industry and, in the year 1924, took the initiative in providing against their com plete extermination by purchasing seven Canada's fields and forests abound in teen hundred acres of Snake River valley game of many kinds. Plan a hunting trip this Autumn. hay land and setting it aside for the ex
Just call at your nearest Canadian Railway or Steamship office for complete information about fishing and hunting in Canada. Or,
simply write, for free maps and illustrated literature, to Dept. M336.
clusive use of the elk in winter.
Supervised by the U. S. Biological Sur vey, this land was deeded to the Govern ment and accepted by a special act of Con gress in the year 1928, and thus established as the first elk refuge in the entire West. That this refuge, which lias since been
CANADIAN Ottawa,
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BUREAU
You Get REAL Fishing in CANADA at Moderately Low Cost! ALONG the Canadian Pacific Rail
way in Eastern Canada—world's gamiest big trout—finest black bass waters, best muskie, Great Northern
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British Columbia Coast—cut-throat, rainbow and Dolly Varden trout, steelheads and Tyee salmon.
HERE'S THE PROOF
Many of these 'sure-fire' fishing regions are easily reached. And what akick they'll give you. Bringyourboy along. Make himyour fishingpal. Comebyrail. Itextends
your fishing time and you travel in comfort without the responsibility ofdriving. Let us hear from you NOW. Please be specific as to the kind offish wanted,
the time you have available and what section of Canada you would like
augmented by many more thousands of acres adjoining-, is still inadequate to in sure the considerably reduced Jackson Hole elk herd against an extreme winter,
is singularly due to the fact that for every additional acre of refuge provided, the United States Forest Service permitted an additional thousand head of sheep into former elk territory where they proceeded to eat their heads off.
Now, for the fourth paragraph of your article. There is a deserved correction necessary there. You infer that the "Gov ernment" is planning to butcher a thou
sand head of elk ? On the very best authori ty, I wish to state that the Government. by which I suppose you have reference to that branch of the United States Depart ment of Agriculture charged with the ad ministration of the Jackson Hole elk re fuge, the Biological Survey, has had not the slightest thing to do with the butcher1 ing of the elk and only consented to such
butchering taking place upon the refuge
after the Survey officials were assured, by
the Wyoming Game and Fish Department,
that a minimum sum of $15.00 would ac crue to the State Game and Fish fund for
each and every such animal so disposed of.
And, also, with the further understanding
that only the old and poorly conditioned
animals would be so disposed of.
FOR your information I will state here that the Survey was deceived even as
to visit. Our fishing scouts keep usfully and reliably posted. Write or wire
were the sportsmen of the state of Wy oming. The contract, for the killing of the thousand head of elk, entered into by the
CANADIAN C A N A DA - YOUR
oming, and the state Game and Fish Com
A. O. Seymour, GeneralTourist Agent, 9204 Windsor Station, Montreal, Quebec.
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missioner, in whom arbitrary powers in such matters are vested, has never been made public. However, we now have in disputable evidence to the effect that the sum of $15.00 is not even mentioned in the
killing contract; that there is a straight run of animals specified, the majority of which to date has been young cows and
calves; that the price, f.o.b. Rock Springs, Wyoming, is 6 cents a pound, clean-
dressed weight; that the Game Depart ment pays all labor incident to the butcher
ing of such animals, including $.75 per head to Bell Packing- Company butchers; that the state pays at the rate of $1.00
most flagrant of all clauses therein is one
giving the Bell Packing Company an op
tion on all such big game animals so dis posed ol for a period of the next three
years and at the same price, which on an average of those killed to date figures a trifle less than $3.00 per head.
Infurther defenseofWyoming sportsmen designation, it would be appreciated if you
oi whom there are a few worthy of the could inform your readers that the real
sportsmen of the state did everything but resort to arms in an effort to prevent this commercial slaughter of our elk. Court injunctions were denied, even as were re
ALASKA ! KODIAK BEAR ! peated appeals to our Governor, and the Licensed Guides who live on Kodiak Island and know where to find the IIIC KODIAK BEAR NOW BOOKING FOR SPRING HUNTS
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CHAS.
MADSEN & SON
20 Years In Kodiak KODIAK, ALASKA Aho Fall Hunts For Mind Ban
only reason I can advance at this time will
suffice for an answer to your question, Why is it not just as reasonable to
slaughter some of the domestic sheep that are responsible for the depletion of the winter elk range?" Because, as yet, there has been no way found to take wool from
an elk.
—//. Young, Casper, Wyo.
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A MONTANA
reader
also
feels
•**• deeply about "Canned Elk" and offers some interesting details on the subject in the following letter:
I have just read your editorial in Feb ruary Field & STREAM—"Canned Elk." Whether or not any benefit ever results
Field & Stream—April, 1936 from your writing on tbis subject I, per sonally, certainly wish to thank you. There is a small unorganized group in
GROUSE
western Montana which has protested to state and Government agencies against
AT YOUR DOORSTEP
ONLY FROM
O2 NEW
HOURS YORK
CITY
THROW your fishing rod or
gun into your car after busi ness on a Friday and drive only 130 miles from N. Y. City over perfect roads open all year round. Reach Big Indian in time for a late dinner at the Big Indian As sociation Clubhouse. Sleep in your own cabin built beside a gurgling trout stream. Fish dur ing the week-end in the famous Esopus River. Or, if it is the hunt ing season, walk from your cabin
Hungry for
pasturing off our publicly owned game lands and against the building of unneces sary roads into virgin forest areas, but generally speaking our efforts have been
FISHING?
in vain.
A considerable portion of western Mon tana is still in the hands of the U. S. Gov ernment as forest lands and should be re
tained as a playground for all of the people. More public money than we like to think about is being spent by the Forest Service to protect the public domain from fire and insect damage.
There is an abundance of private pasture land for rent and hay is not considered a
very profitable crop by our farmers be cause there is generally no market or the
price is too low. But instead of permitting
door into the beautiful Catskills
after deer, bear, grouse, arctic hare, or other game on club grounds of 1000 acres, or on the adjoining 200,000 acres of State Forest Preserve. Swimming in the club pool, tennis, hiking, rid ing are also available. Golf nearby. Too expensive for you? $400 (ENTIRE PAYMENT) This includes not only all club mem bership rights with guarantee against any club dues or assessments but also
a free and clear guaranteed title to a large building site with road access and
piped water. Minimum cabin permitted. $800. Financing and building by associ ation. Highly restricted.
BIG
stock owners to take advantage of private ly owned feed for stock we open the great public pasture to sheep and stock, thus denuding the land of forage that rightfully belongs to our wild game. In the vicinity of Missoula the rates for pasturage per head per month on sheep
run from l-)4 cents to 4^4 cents, and I
INDIAN
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believe about ZXA\ cents is a fair average. On cattle the rate is about 11 cents per
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head per month. On this basis the Govern ment would derive a revenue of about
ENGLAND
$35.00 from 1000 head of sheep pastured one month. While I am not entirely famil iar with the details of operation of the Department of Grazing of the Forest Ser
Whether you specialize in lake, river, stream, vice, I presume 1 would be safe in stating surf, offshore, or deep sea fishing, New England that the operation costs amount to much has it at its best. Years of generous restocking more than the revenue. It would appear that a sheep will eat as much as a deer, and guarantee your sport inland. Last year's record if this is true we have sold the feed of 1,000 fresh water catches in New England included a of our deer for the trivial sum of $35.00. 13/4 lb. landlocked salmon, 8 lb. large mouth
Deer range over a large area and do not black bass, 9 lb. 12 oz. brook trout, 22 lb. 7 oz. damage the forage to any extent, while sheep on pasture are supervised by men lake trout. New England's thousand miles of and dogs so that they virtually cat every ocean stretches teem with hundreds of varieties
thing in their path or trample it out in of even larger game fish.
Prayer
passing.
Official Information—FREE! Write today for
THEN there is another part of the pic
the booklet and the bulletin offered below. They
ture—the pasturing off of the winter will tell you where to find the best fishing; how range of our wild animals. During the and where to get licenses; the cost; the length summer months the deer usually range of seasons in the six New Englandstates; specific, very high, and in many instances are driven from their normal summer range detailed information. Free map included on by sheep and cattle. Then they come down request. as the snow drives them from the high country and where the winter range has SEND THE been pastured off they starve or become
|(etme shoot clean, kill clean;and if
easy victims of predatory animals. COUPON TODAY! There is another angle that may appeal to some people—money. I believe that if
I can't kill clean,
please Lord letme
any basis were found on which to estab lish an estimate, that we could show that the expenditures of sportsmen hunting on
miss clean BOB NICHOLS
public lands
far exceed any monetary
value that might be placed on the pasturage EVKRY man who hunts will feel
that
The
Sportsman's l'ravtr expresses the very es sence of sportsmanship. Field & Stream has reprinted this Sportsman's Prayer (In S s
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of domestic animals.
Possibly the things you or I may say about this matter will have no immediate
effect but if continued pressure is brought by a sufficient number, our public lands may be closed to all enterprise that tends to reduce our wild game and fish. We had
good luck in outlawing the use of spawn as bait for trout fishing in Montana. —R. J. Ramsay, Missoula, Mont.
New EnglandCouncil 20 Providence Street, Boston, Mass.
Please sendfreeNewEngland fishing bulletin andvacation booklet (FS 16).
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