Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-04-24
HUNT WITH CAMERA
GEORGE sHIRAs, sRD, URGES IT
AS A MOST SATISFACTORY
FORM OF SPORT.
NOVEL NIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY
BY Using the Devices Of the Trapper,
One May Get Pictures of Many
NIght-Lovlng Animals Close
to Homes.

TO assist Colonel Goethals in making
the canal zone large and safe haven
TOT birds and animals, is the originator
or night photography of wild animals
and the pioneer hunter with the cam
era. When in congress he was the
author Of the original bills putting mi
gratory fish and birds under federal
control, the bill pertaining to birds
becoming law last year under the
name 1f the Weeks-McLean bill He
has also suggested a series of interna-
uonal agreements to protect birds mi
grating between nations, in brief
filed with the senate.
Mr.. Shiras' most recent contribution
Oh the subject of the newest form Of
sport, camera hunting, is in the shape
of a communication to the National
Geographic society. He opens up
wide range of possibilities for the
sportsman and throws new light on
the proper way to teach the young
idea how to shoot
Uses Methods of Trapper.
"A camera and accessories can be-
SO arranged that any animal or bird,
and r56ny reptile, however large or
small agile or cunning, may have it's
picture faithfully recorded during day
light or darkness, without the immedi-
ate presence of human assistant,
writes Mr.. Shiras. "To meet the diff
entities, l have developed methods
suitable to the habits of each animal.
Ia the main, have used many of the
devices of the trapper rather than
the hunter, substituting the automatic
camera for the trap and using the
same bats and scents in favorable To-
calities and during the season of the
year when success is likely. Some
who take up camera-hunting become
discouraged by early failures and are
unable to see how such an instrument
can ever be satisfactory substitute
for the sportsman's gun. Others con-
tinue on until won over by the attract
iveness of a contest where success
cost no life or an awkwardly handled
camera leaves no wounded animal to
die lingering death"
H.
light before darkness. A string across
the runway, along which the animal is
expected to come, or a bait connected
by cord with the shutter and fash
apparatus are all the mechanical con-
trivances necessary. He lets the anil
NAL do the rest
Plenty of Animals Near Homes.
Il think very few persons suspect
the abundance of night-loving anil
mails in the vicinity Of country homes,
where there is a dense thicket,
swamp or rocky ravine," he con-
tinues 81 have set out every winter
for several years past camera and
fiashlight in the town of Ormond
Beach, Fla, within one hundred yards
of a dozen cottages and a great win
ter hotel harboring a thousand guests
and employees Nearly every night
came the burst of a brilliant light be-
twixt an orange grove and thicket.
During 33 nights in 1913 the negatives
showed IL skunks, nine Of which were
of different markings; four coons,
three possums, one cat, one pointer
dog, two rabbits and four wood-rats;
yet neither the visitors, natives nor
caretakers in this vicinity ever en-
countered any Of these animals.
"The feeling / so strongly express
for the camera as the better medium
for testing ones skill in the pursuit
of wild animals and birds, in acquiring
a knowledge Of their habits, and final
" in getting a sufficiently satisfac-
tory and enduring trophy, may create
| the impression that / look with con-
siderable disfavor upon those who
hunt with a deadlier weapon. Very
much to the contrary is the case when
ever the sportsman shoots in modera-
| ton and is willing to cooperate in
the efforts to conserve the game sup
ply by shorter seasons, by the estab-
| lishment of game refugees and in the
| elimination of the market hunter. The
sentimentalist who decries the kill
| ing of all game birds and animals is
not infrequently one who grumbles
when a joint is tough because the
lamb was not killed earlier in its
| SdmOOA0.
Quarantine Against Pests.
| Anyone who attempts after May to
| bring into the United States certain
Hawaiian fruits, nuts and vegetables
will face penalty of $500 fine or i'm
prisonment for year or both. A new
| order issued by the department of agri-
culture provides this punishment for
attempts to violate the quarantine de-
| clared in 1912, under the plants quar-
antine act, against Hawaiian products
| which might introduce into the United
States two dangerous pests, the melon
| fly and the Mediterranean fruit fly.
Under the new regulations impor-
tations of bananas and pineapples are
/ permitted under stringent conditions
| of inspection and certifcation. Prac-
| tically all other fruits and such veg
etables as tomatoes, squashes, green
| peppers and string beans are abso-
! lutely excluded Circulars are to be
| distributed on all incoming steamships
| warning passengers of the quarantine