New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-14
HUNTING ~ 4 "SPOOK RABBIT PATCH"
ADVENTURES OF \ NETWORK CITY SPORTSMAN
IL THE MOUNTAINS or NEWJERSEY.


Ea,on. Penn. Dec I1-when the ro,ustinhahitan'
Of ihi, town. weary Of walking around the MAGIC
square" they 20 home aud get their guns ana
straghtway make FIR The hills Of PENNSYLVANIA or
New Jersey 10 shoot rabbits. There fow peiSaniS
i'm the mountains, bu they knowing bird,. and ore
Of tic feltcrcd beauties in DAYS tramp Is considered
a good bag stray covey Of quail i, met occasionally,
but the little " Bob Whites" also becoming rarity.
Rabbit shooting f. consequently tho field sport 81 the
hunters # h, ncghborhood and they pop away at tho
mud col)rrd hoppcr~ with great rest. In the sur
rounding country everybody ha, rabbit dog. and the
poorer inhabant. illustrate the proverb generally by
keeping two or three.
The writer came down from the Pohono carly in The
week and stopped over at Ea,tou determined to get
few shots at the "cottoniail,~ which unusually
plentiful in th, uciehhorhood th, With friendly
hunter a companion he started at daybreal. Fhe
hunter led the acroS, thc penny bridge over tie
Delaware. which connects Ea~ton and Phllipsburs as
we'll a, New Jersey and Pcnu>, lyania
The route wa~ over the hill, toward Harmony.
LITTLE village in Warren Comfy. few miles back Of the
Delaware River and several mile, from Eeyedere. lie
thought that should get few cOttDutail> The
AID have sport When got to HE hunting
grounds We reached Harmony iu~' the country
lads and la~eS going into the ltle school house
The children looked upon poac.cr, who had come
into their a~tue>- taste The sports which rightly be-
lonsed to their father, and brothers. But they sad
nothing.
The slaughter began about mile back Of The school
house and the ba- soon became heavy. The guns
cracked merr1ly. the doe> barkcd and the afternoon
vcH advanced before il Was thought advisable 10
tart ou the long tramp hac', 10 Ea~ion.
nciorc We -tort back SaN the hurtcr viii
make over to Little patch aud have a shot at ,pook
rabbit
Don't believe it, None Of you city chap, do at
f,t but after tcy been through that patch they
always kind er change their minds. There are lots ~
rabbits there. lots of hunters - there, and lot 81
ammunition is wasted. but nobody shot a rabbit
there. at least they brought it that
any body ever IT,"
The patch reached when the sun still an
hour high II j. rough. rocky piece Of country or
the side If the hill covered with thick growth Of
bushes from ten Inchc, to four feet in height. Tie
uudcrbnish look, knoted and i cutan-ed with large
hrar> and other thorny vines We mad ONLY got into
the patch when one Of the dog, sharp bark and
a rabbit bounded out Of his hiding place and ",cooted'
along within easy shooting distance of the hunter.
The latter kept his gun resi- however. and made no
effort to shoot. IN response to the look Of aston,h
meut on his companions face. he -aid
What the ne IF wasting powder and shot |
too Old in the business 10 Try to stop them fellows.
II can't Dee did. shoot away your ammunition Il
want to-"
The writer mad been fairly successful throughout tie
DAY. much 80 that bis guide bad c"mplimentet
him on hi> qm'k">- and accuracy in handling
powder AVID shot began. shot after shot
the ha. The rabbits would generally G>anpelr bv
Tie time thc >uoAr cleared away. Ihs do-- would
folio" then track ~om"tlm"- one >ari ana ,o1etmes
r ,5 ,r ,, ,g Gi' neiJ , ' rair Ia IT,
rabbits u or Li- We had when We entered t
f e'n, Of tr m nI a c n' "n a b IN
-pook rabbits. and uo argument VIII convince them
r,ibt, manage +, app. iut ,nry know mat they
them. ire their ,Api-Hn, and mat t"' see them