Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-09-01
THE HUNTING SEASON.
Something About the Prospects For Game
Hereabouts.

HereabOuts.
kilograms to the Pittsburg papers
from number of points in Ohio, West
Virginia and Pennsylvania show that,
in almost all localities, this is going to
be a great year for sportsmen.
East Liverpool, o., reports gave very
scarce, the district being hunted out by
potterS, who are great sportsmen.
Farmers are posting notices.
WELLsBURG, w. VA.-Farmers re-
port small game remarkably plentiful
about the cleared fields and low thick
cts, quail and pheasants being found
without trouble, and the rabbit crop
surpasses that OF any previous year.
Farmers are rather unfavorable to hunt
ers.
WELLsvILE, Quail are plentiful,
and pheaSants we'll worth visit to this
locality. Farmers are rather unfavora-
BILE, but inclined TO be lenient to good
people, owing to the abundance Of rab-
bits which are becoming nuisance.
WESTON, w. VA.-Small game, pleas
ants, quail and rabbits, are more plenti-
full here than ever known, especially
pheasantS. Farmers are rather hostile,
but special permission can easily be
secured for good days hunting.
WASHINGTON, PA.-Reports from all
parts of this and Greene county indicate
unexcelled shooting for this fall, with
the exception of squirrels, which are
absent from their usual haunts TO a
marked degree. Last year quail were
extremely plentiful, and this season
they are reported more abundant than
ever. In the neighborhood of Amity,
Beallsville, and all along the southern
edge of the county, quail are as plenti-
full as last year, when fair days shoot
ing consisted in shooting 125 quail, with
an occasional pheasant. Quail are also
reported plentiful near West Middleton,
with few squirrels, while rabbits are so
numerous all over Washington and
Greene counties 1t is hardly worth
while to shoot them unless man IS
taken along to do the carry ing.
WARREN, O., August 31.-Wise game
laws and careful farmers resulted in
bringing a great variety and abundance
of small game into Trumbull county
this season. Quail are especially plenti-
full, as the spring and summer seasons
were very favorable, and the cherry
dob White" can be heard in every
fence corner. They are we'll grown
and strong. The hardy grouse also
wintered in good shape and some salts
factory pheasant shooting can be had.
Rabbits are numerous as usual, and
hounds and ferrets are required to keep
down the prolific 'cotton tail" Farm
ers are posting their lands, but gen
tlemanly request to be accorded hunt
ing privileges is usually cheerfully
given. The superb woodcock is very
numerous here. All squirrels are scarce.
UNIoNTowN, PA.-Game of all kinds
IS more plentiful than it has been for
years. The fields and thickets are alive
with quail, pheasants and rabbits, and
the mountains are full of turkeys. The
early Matching of quail in many places
was materially interfered with by the
heavy rains at that time; hence the ma
jority of the quail will be small in size
this fall. Many farmers are very strict
in regard to hunting on their grounds,
but there are many places where they
will not be interfered with in the least.
CHARLESTON, w. VA.-Small game is
reported far more numerous than for
some years past, owing to the mild win
ter and favorable breeding season. There
is an unusually heavy fall of nuts re-
ported this year in the West Virginia
forests, and small game, especially
squirrels are migrating this way. For
100 miles surrounding this city squirrels
are Swarming and tame. Quail are IN
creasing and pheasants are plentiful,
but only to be found in the thick wooded
district. The pheasants are reported
very plentiful up the Elk and Gauley
rivers. Rabbits are as numerous as
usual, as are all small game, especially
in the region north OF the Gre at Kan
awha, rather on the south side.
ST. GEORGE, w. VA.-Small game is
reported plentiful, and this means
plenty of foxes, while berries and herb
age for deer and bears are abundant,
and the latter will not cross the Allie
gheny mountains into Virginia for food
this year, as they have frequently been
obliged to do. The people Of the inte-
rior, if taken in the right way, are glad
to extend every privilege TO hunters
from distance.