Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1888-11-01
The STATE GAME LAWS.
THE PEOPLE EXPRESS MUCH
DISSATISFACTION.
Farmers Complain of Raids of
Foreign SpOrfSnren.


throughout South and West Jersey.
over the change in the game laws rel
ative to woodcock, rabbits, quail and
pheasants, the principal shooting in
this section of the State. For wears.
the open season came in on the
first of November and closed on the
first of January, giving two months
shooting. The law as amended gives
less than six weeks open season, thus
curtailing it by twenty-five days.
The counties in the State have been
divided into two sections to be known
as the northern and southern game
sections. The northern section takes
in the counties of Bergen, Essex, Hun
terdon, Middlesex, Morris, Passaic.
Somerset, Sussex, Union and Warren.
IN which the open season for pheas-
ants, quail, gray squirrel and rabbits,
begins on the 1st of November and
ends on the 18th of December. ten davs
earlier than in the southern section.
Woodcock can be killed from Septein-
Der 18th to December 1st.
In the southern section. which takes
III the counties of Atlantic. Burlington.
Camden. Cape May. Cumberland
Gloucester, Mercer, Monmouth. Ocean
and Salem, the season for rabbits. gray
squirrels, quail and pheasants begins
on November Is and ends December
%, while the open season for woodcock
is during the last fifteen days Of Octo-
Der and between the 18th of November
ana December 25. This, old sportsmen
say, is a law very injurious TO the
people in this State as to woodcock
hunting. Heretofore. woodcock were
shot during the mouth OF July and
again in the Fall. The woodcock is a
migratory bird and during the month
OF July reaches this State ia large
numbers In the Fall of the wear
there are very few OF this game bird to
be found. This gives other States the
! advantage over New jersey, and Jer-
seymen claim iris out gfp that the
bird should be shot whenever found in
this State.
Tne laws for the southern section. it
Is claimed, are governed entirely by
the West Jersey Game Protective So
clety, which is composed chiefly of
Philadelphia sportsmen, and against
this the farmers and residents OF South
jersey in general, are kicking. Though
for years there has been two months
open season Tor the game killed mere,
there are just as many rabbits and
quail as there have been for years, and
this in the sections where the West
jersey Game Protective Society has
failed TO release important quail.
There is more game killed by foxes,
weasels. hawks and other birds and
animals in the woods OF Camden, At
lanCic and ether woody counties in
South Jersey than there are snor bv
sportsnep.
Every effort will be made 10 have
the present game law repealed by the
next Legislature, and have the open
season begin as before, on November
1st. Another advantage n this law is
that 10 the deer when the open season
for the bounding buck returs in 1890.
The deer season has heretofore begun
on October Is and lasted one month
In 1890 it will begin on November 1st,
and last one month. The advantages to
be derived from having the open sea-
son Tor deer begin on the same day a.
that for rabbits and other game, will
be that there will be fewer people in
the deer woods of Atlantic Ocean and
Cumberland counties ON the first dav
OF the open season, as many sportsmen
who would otherwise go there will
spend the day among smaller game.
Thus the deer will not be SO frightened
by the hundreds Of gunners the first
day OF the season, that the shooting
will be of little consequence during the
other twenty-nine days.
Residents away down in the deer
woods OF Atlantic county, declare there
are lots OF deer this season, and some
traces of them have been found within
a short distance of Winslow. Rabbits
and quail have not been Rore plentiful
for years than they are this season.
Many people are not aware OF the
change in the game laws, and are
cleaning and oiling their gnns to begin
business by the first of the month.