The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-08-21

the ground, instantly change its course at
the crack of the gun and 6y straight sky
ward, and after moving a distance of a hun
dred Yards descend gradually to the ground.
! retrieved one of these birds myself and
found it sitting up on the ground in a per-
fcetlv natural position. A small drop of
blood on the head convinced mo that it had
been ahot in the brain and had lost all con-
seriousness even before 1t took its towering
flight. The worst shot of all is the bird
that goes OH with the logs hanging down.
Give it tho other barrel quick as fash, and
then aS.;,.Sy you will probably h'1' killed the
III you want some real good quail hunt
inR." said Henry Welles, the Rsntlsmanly
secretary of the Spalding club, ''Ro down
into Pike or Lshigh county. Pennsylvania.
The season thers il late. 1t dossn's begin
until November l, and ends December 15.
but during that time you will get your Ill
Of the brown beauties. The last winter
was a good one and LehiRh county and the
Blue Mountain region will be a. full this
year ss during 1891, whom l bagRed ~ high
as forty in q DAY. Why, oAs day at a place
called MacunRie. I flushed four pheasants.
each of which weighed three and three-
quarter pounds. Tho quail were in some
cases so thick that they almost burst"
Edward Lazy. of Forest and Stream,
told me he was going to Maine for his hunt
ing this year. In fact I am going up into
Washington county after deer" said hs.
II undo stand that some one has seen q jet
black animal OF that genus up there, and
that's tho animal l am going after"
Mr.. Lacy also told me of a very fashion
able fox hunting club which had been
formed by 4 number OF rich New Workers
whose winters are spent near Ashevills. N.
G. II is to be called the "Swannanoa Hunt"
and the best fox hounds in the country
have been secured. The hunts ara to take
place twice a week during the winter.
But it is the law tho hunter want to
know something about. and I have taken
the trouble to get the statutes Of the
various states corrected to Aug. l. Up in
Ontario the deer. elk, moose. reindeer and
caribou season does not open until Novsm-
Der. and the game bird season il not Open
until Oct. 15. 30 early shooting Now Workers
will probably give it q wide berth. North
Carolina 10 as strict in ito laws. and in some
Of the counties quail cannot be killed until
Dec. l.. In the best districts. however,
the shooting begins Nov. l. In Connecticut
the open season for game birds begins OCT.
!. This date includes woodcook. quail.
ruhed grouse. partridge and gray squirrel.
Reed bird and rail. shooting are allowed in
Delaware, beginning Sept. l and closing
April Is. On other game birds tho season
opens Nov. IL.
Plover shooting in Maine began Aug. /,
and prairie chickens will begin to fall into
the hunters hands on Sept. l. The rar-
fridge and grouse season does not begin
until Oct. l. and many u New Yorker will
don his buokskin and prepare for the finest
sport in the land in what 10 really the most
magnificent game bird territory in the
country. Pheasant shooting in Maryland
IL allowed Aug. IL. Partridge will fill
game bags after Nov. l. in that state.
In New York state, woodcock and grouse
shooting begin Aug. Is. md quails will be
served on tonst after Nov. /. The Penn
%sylvania open dates begin: For plover,
July 10; for ~oodsock, July 4; for quail and
partridge. Nov, l; for Rrousa. pheasant and
prairie chicken. Nov. l..