The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-11-06
GAME AND FISH NOTES.
DOINGS IN FOREST, FIELD, AND
STREAM IN THE HUNTERS MONTHS.

| e"n"'"' nho "hnt Resoiute Chicago
Newspaper Man has Done to Euforee the
Gamc Lnws-Nobie wild Game and sneah.
Ing Poach.rs OF Yellowstone Park.
The quail crop has never recovered from the
| blight which 1t suffered throughout those Sec
| tons which harvested the full vigor Of tho
famous blizzard Although the denudsd tor
ritory has boon. in n measure. restocke ed with
! Virginia and North Carolina birds. these do
not appear to thrive so we'll as the Indigenous
variety. In tho vicinity OF New York. in
the eastern part OF Long Island. where
proprictors OF small taverns and boarding
houses are gunners. there will be some
iair shooting. These rropretors lease the
cunning privileges over large tracts. BY
careful protection and tho liberation each
spring OF alien quail. they manage to reserve
some passably good shooting for their pa
| irons. The western limit Of this territory is at
Centre Moriches. Long Island: thcncs east
ward T. Montapk Point on the north. south.
yyie,nIity. Of Now ySrk viii 10 found in Con.
the CONNECTICUT Fish and Game Protective As
ss0G n, nSar 0Ia ar9 rren9r,eh as qnss album
dnG, hfGhhsewats tddeshury
Mostbrook. ,Saybrnok North Plain. and Kent.
quail are also said to be more plentiful this
appears to be the Mecca which should draw
tho larger proportion OF sporting pilgrims.
outlook for those birds in that state appears
To- bc very far in advance of any offered else
He lee se ccrson aG
TIA rie'asnnt Mills. MillgrovP, RosGnburGh, Curry
S MGsre SarI MHssy ana pg1 n@n
Grove ar" points where tho indications are tho
more favorable.
Although heavy flight OF ducks has been
reported at the northwest. so far on tho At
lantic seaboard this has not boon the case
Any twcnty-four hours. however, may bring
change. Even tho coot ducks this autumn
have exhibited decidedly sedentary procivl-
ties. This slugGishness has caused much de-
preston OF spirits on the Eastern coast The
ferror Of this feeling will be better appreciated
when it is known that that odorous wild fowl
the object Of the same. veneration in some
NeW England kitchens rs is accorded the can.
rasback duck in others. There are many
women on the Eastern coast. notably on Cape
me r99t duck all of its rank. oily. iishy taste.
and OF imrartnEto it. in the cooking. a juicy
% 'f the Of Ills con tms
, ETSunas il the A. nos!heSst hsys
Canada; has passed n law i55 Victoria. chap.
ter y. isn3, t? TT; this effect In the past tie
robbed of the eggs for the albumen. which
has been valuable for commercial and art
birds within the next year or two viii III indi.
cate whether the law recently. enacted has
nHen enforced; 1t is certain that the autumn
Hight OF certain species OF snipe has been very
much larger this season than common. No
onnortunity;; SO far. has presented itself to
ducks will show equal enlargement.
The two clubs which hold the shooting priv
ileges on; the Horizon marsh in Wisconsin are
beginning to reap tho reward Of their wise
m, n n amor tcftI Yen, "a;
the more effective is in tho prohibition of gun.
ming in the spring. Wild ducks OF certain
sorts which had abandoned the Horizon
marshes as a breeding ground now resort to
them once more for that purpose. This. in
addition to an ample rainfall which has re-
pie, lep ISL, the pools and sIoushs. have
to ENJOY this autumn somo superior Wild
fowl gum ing 1t is pleasure to observe that |
tin mere t aMa eGntervative consider
tho 3n s1P%s nd no s han at
respondent IF f$.esi aud She"" who writes f4
under the, signature Of e. HouGh." Great |
toc:or OF Chicago. This of1lcial. with the as |
sistanc" Of the various express companies |
put to sale in thst town @hics
heretofore has been notorious rs a wicked |
centre for it distribution out Of season; Not
only the dealers in game. but the PROJECTORS |
Of so;callcd swell restaurants have. through |
Mr.. Bortrees efforts been SO heavily fined |
that the law. which was formerly openly yio- |
lated is now held in suitable respect
In the report Of Capt. George S. Anderson,
Sixth Cavalry. acting superintendent OF the |
Yellowstone Park. he calls attention to the |
fact that upon its outer borders. on all sides. a
population is establishing ITSELF whose sole |
subsistence is derived from hunting and trap |
ping. Live deer. elk. antelope. and bears are |
caught: the various bearing animals are |
trapped for their pelts. and hunting parties |
are guided into the best game region. The |
park acts as preserve. which contributes
largely to the supply found outside its limits.
pnsse hunter, an ana lranpeTs were content to
m"nt reservation there could be interposed no
legal objection; but they invade the park, aud
that tho laws In force do not give him sufficient
power ,,,T to adequately punish these poachers
now within the limits OF the reservation there
are about 400 buffalo, II few moose in tho eX-
irene Irene southern norton. and about 10000 elk.
I,"ilrs are very humorous. but they arc not de.
patrons Of the hotels Antelope. doer and
thrlNins AMI INCREASING Banvers are also
The fishing in the park. which is
10000 whitcrsh which We're r!anted above
the falls Of the Yellowstone not u trace re-
n,mr b' w ynsu'' on the rontr Sre dcHE
trout. liberated i'll the Nca perco Creek.
1t is now ten years since the .lrst Monaghan
imported from China were liberated
III Oregon. For the past six years these birds
NaTe enjoyed u close son OF tho usual RAM
shack!c character which is accorded game I'M
der our laws. Notwithstanding the yicissitudes
through which they have passed. these pleas.
ants nre now So abundant in Oregon that
since the lst Of September when the period
0. protection came To an end, they have boon
offering some very fine sport TO tho amateurs
u the Pari!lc coast, A. many as forty have
fallen TO n single gun d.rin. II days shooting.
lAesc phcasuntS are extremely wary and
swift Of foot. 1t il almost imIo,sihl" to
secure a shot nt them IN tNe stuhble |
rs their long nccI.s enable them to com
nand an outlook which forhids II close
~ lrohch by the GunnerS. They arc mainly |
Killed IN covert which they sock when flushed |
IN the open In thu trash they lie well to
Ihe dog. The gun used ~ th" laric slop"rs
j. usually II twelve bore, win one ia.re
hooked, the other u lltIu cN .lnI"r Had II not
,"rh Tor the constitutional ha'i,n"ss o; the
,l"u:oian phrn ant and rs ron a, naUlc iecun.