The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-12-21
ROD AND GUN.


A Mr.. Rawson. of Pascack. overhauled
a gunner named Maillard, who was
shooting on his grounds without leave,
and attempted to carry out the iaw--as
he Interpreted iG-by taking away Mail
lard ) gun. Maillard brought suit for its
recovery, which was promptly decided in
his favor, the law distinctly stating
that you cannot coRfiscate a gun so
found until you have brought suit for
trespass and gained such suit.
Rabbits and quaiis can no longer be
lawfully killed in New Jersey. TIE sea
son closed yesterday.
One of the largest catches of striped
bass and perch known at Barnegat Bay
in twenty five years was made on Thurs
day. Four boats crews had the excep-
tional good fortune to catch $4,000
pounds
Warren H Wear, of Rockaway, Morris
county, has shot three foxes this season.
The last was red one, weighing twenty
threeand one-half pounds.
This suggests new scheme of hunting
canvas backs, which. by the way. are
worth IS pair. Why not train the frog
fish, which has many other names, such
as all-mouth, angler, fishing frog and
goose fish, the latter because they have
been known TO catch and swallow wild
geese, looms and ducks. Prof Goodies
Natural History of Aquatic Animals
records an instance which eclipses that
cited by Editor Maynard, 1t says that
there Is authentic record of seven wild
geese being found in the NAV of one of
these fishes, and that one was caught in
Massachusetts waters by swallowing the
anchor of fishing boat. The adult fish
weighs forty pounds. Taken young and
properly trained, they might be taught
TO retrieve live ducks for their masters
The cunning season for rabbits, quails
and grouse closed last week. 1t has been
an unusually good season from beginning
TO end, and rabbits have been so plenti-
full that no more than twenty ceats puir
can be got for them in the New York
markets. Quail. too. have been abun-
dant, and many have been killed. Ruffed
grouse were as plentiful as usual, but all
of the gunners complained that they were
extremely wild and difficult to KILL
There is plenty OF game left over. and
with favorable winter and reasonable
amount of protection from poachers, q
good prospect for next year is assured.
A few ducks are still 10 be found on
Barnegat Bay. One man got a dozen on
Monday.
Morris county fox hunters are waiting
for a good snow storm. Foxes are
abundant enough to insure good sport in
almost any of the townships.
Fishing through the ice for pickerel
has begun IN earnest at Greenville Lake
Hopatcong end elsewhere. There is no
law against it, and few real sportsmen
would care If all the pickerei in the State
were caught.
A turkey buzzard was recently shot
near Millburn by son Of Oyerseer Van
Vert. The bird is rarity in this part
of the State, aud Druggist Campbell has
it stuffed aud displayed In his store
window.
On Tuesday a citizen Of Washington.
Warren county, saw deer tracks in the
light snow on the mountain back OF
broadway in that county, and his dogs
soon started uD buck and two does He
called of the dogs and did not shoot, al
though good opportunity was afforded.
The deer were afterward seen running
across an opening near Broadway. A
party OF hunters started after the deer,
but did not catch up with them
Another deer was seen last week near
Cherryville, Hunterdon county. and n
hunter wounded 1t, but it jumped over a
hedge and barb wire fence and escaped.
tt is thought that she five years protec-
ton to be asked for this winter will give
the deer chance TO multiply in the
northern part Of the State as well as In
the pines of South Jersey
The law in relation to killing English
pheasants now applies only to hens, and
the cocks may be killed at any time in
the open season. The first law protected
both sexes. but the amendment passed
last year was made to relate to hens only
at the request of Mr. Rutherford Stuyye-
SAINT. who abundantly stocked his extern
sive land at Tranquility Farms. He
found that the cocks bred much more
rapidly than the hens, and that they were
great fighters. Conseq 1enily he pro-
cured the passage of Il law which would
! further protect the hens and give them
chance to thin out the cocks. The sexes
! are SO different that nobody could mis-
take hen for a cock
The law permits dealers to sell game
| for ten days after the close OF the season,
| provided the game was killed during the
open season or purchased outside OF the
State. This gives mtrketmen until
Christmas to dispose OF their stock
Cooper & Hewitt, jacob S. Rogers of
Paterson, and Francis S. Kinney, OF New
York. each own large tracts ia Passaic
county which they have stocked with fish
and game and protect from trespassers
and hunters. Their possessions do not
Happy and content IS home with The Ro-
chester ! lamp with the light Of the morning.