New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-11-17
THE CHASE IN LOUISIANA.
Game Birds in New Orleans Markets.

although this city and State were settled
ever a century and half ago, venison.
Surkeys, bears, birds, squirrels and
other game still abound in the extensive
forests and upon the waters and prairies Of
chs State. And though a large number of
our citizens are game eaters, and 90 not
take well to hog and hominy exclusively,
ahere are numerous hunters who make a
business Of furnishing game and supply
these epicures with vast quantities through
out the winter and early spring.
A game shop supplies Partisan cpicures
IN that recently besieged and balE-starved
city with the flesh Of badgers. weasels,
serrets, wild eats, foxes, owls, jays
cooks, crows, magpies, domestic cats
rats and mice And some time ago in
London, owing to rise in the price Of
meat, many took to horse flesh, and it is re-
lated that grand dinner was given, at
which such delicacies az fricassed puppy
and birds nest soup figured; but the piece
ole resistance was roasted horse flesh, taken
from the carcass Of a pony twenty years
old. But in New Orleans and adjacent
sountry there is enough game, room, good
market fine hunting grounds and lovely
weather for thousand hunters to spend a
pleasant and profitable winter. As early
as the first days of September this fall,
(Which is earlier than usual, the ducks and
other varieties Of the winged and feathered
race which winter in our mild climate be-
gan to arrive, and numbers Of mallards or
French ducks, some paille-en-queue, some
1lue-Winged teal or sarcelle aut0mne, and
green winged teal or saroelle dhiver, to-
gether with the dos-gris or red-head duck
we're seen in Plaquemines and other par
5shes.
lie Page du Pratz (who lived some time
in this State) in his history Of Louisiana,
published in Paris, in 1853, or Ia years ago,
speaks Of killing buffaloes or the bout sau-
wage, which we're then plenty, as well as
beavers; and gives minute accounts of his
chasse ar dind0as, or turkey hunting; but
when that French literary and scientific
gentleman, C. G. Robin, lived here, during
the first years of this century, there was
but little game Of this size left. He speaks
Of few bears, which were much more deli
cate and good eating than pork, and plenty
Of chcrrcuil, or deer. Certainly none will
deny the manliness OF such field sports as
hunting bears and buffalo Whether the
business Of the chase in Louisiana at pres
emit is so innocent or manly may be ques
toned Yet if followed with discretion
and intelligence, hunting ia a commendabie
So far as physical education is
that it stands pre-eminent none
will deny, or that it's tendency in such case
may be even promotive of good morals.
Some landholders who are trespassed upon,
doubtless hold to the contrary; but hunters
law in this country is this. that the right
to hunt wild animals is one Of the franchises
Of the great body Of people, whether land
holders or otherwise. The preservation Of
game in this country is associated, il the
public mind, with ideas Of aristocracy-pe-
euliar privileges to the rich, and oppression
to the poor. Who has not seen, but needed
not, such posters as this:
TAKE NoTICE.-AIl persons flouna tres
Jts5SiI ISLO3 w IA w iIAODSSNANN1 tN2 NI A't "
directs.
Such would not save the grounds nor the |
ife of pursued fox or pheasant.
3easts urged BY rs, their fellow beasts pursue, !
Ind learn OF man each other to undo
Compared with the habits Of the hunter
quarter Of a century or 50 ago, his life is
low one Of comparative luxury. The very
,arly hour when it was necessary TO be off
or the lakes, woods or praiCies rendered it
necessary to borrow a few hours from tie
light to reach there in time. A dark,
rcary ride Of ten or a dozen miles on a
old December morning, over q bad mud
Dad, was far from agreeable, and no water
root clothing was then invented. Now,
ew hunting places which railroads do not
enetrate, to convey hunter and horse, if
cBired. without fatigue or exposure, One
as only to select his breech-loader. consult
le REPUBLICAN for the time the trains
art, and he may Diversity his hunting en-
agements with the greatest ease and with
tile gexpense. Still, notwithstanding the
odern Facilities that are offered, the
Of duck shooting, the principal
lase in Louisiana, is probably one Of the
ost exposing to cold and wet, and, as a
Iowing writer says, those who undertake
, enjoyment without a courage screwed
the sticking point will soon discover :
at to one good thousand ills oppose" ,
is no parlor sport But here we have
'pulation Of negroes and foreigners who
re little for such hardships, but who. =
ter creeping through mud and mire. often
/ hundreds Of yards. to bo at Last disap-
inted, stand exposed on points 10 the :
lting rain or freezing cold to get i shot at !.
mceRe that may or may not passo There 4
} Creoles. good shots without taking q
ych aim, who hunt AZ day up 30 their \
lists in mud and water, These are they :,
o own most Of the 100000 dogs which it ?
,aid Louisiana possesses. And each one ;,
these hunters js like 10. the gooy Indian. r.
TO 6e content his natural desise.
ana thinks, admitted 90 thar equal sky ~
dis faithful dog shall bear him c0mpauyo
'or the benefit Of those gastEonoInes who "
ish the proceeds Of . hunS better chan 9!
tolls and porils, and for the benefit q. ~
sc eity sportsmen Of thi> commercial
pOrium, amateurs Of the field. who. with :,
lndant pains and trouble. and with 8ea.. i,
note OF preparation, occasionally mar 90
| their forces for o week. hunt in ths !,
efs of the geohe, or on the Bacls bay OF l.,
Xxi here shall follow a LIST Of the bids :,
t are thc object d sport IL Louisiana.
which might. ;f Sbey please. ill 'heir ga
Ierso This il done partially with the ..
E that they who shall be successful in On
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