Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1894-01-13
True AND e7cus sPoRrsMEN.

Tp.r-'s vtst . II reucr H-aveen the
Gauutn. ArtIc.~ aud the Pot- ..untsr.
The man who hunts for the love of
hunting. the true sportsman. halls
with delight any measure that win
head oil The fellow who hunts Simply
for tbe meat there is in il. The lrue
suorlsman. according lo he Atlanta
.y9py0uf. is manly fellow and a gen
tIeman nine times ont Of zen. aud
y5pu he goes hunting he believes in
Giving everything chance for life II
he wanted the birds alone he'd go to-
fine dealers and buy them for much
less than il wculI cost him 10 20 ont
and Kill them, but that's nor what mes
affrr. He wants recreation. tonic
for heart, body and soul rest for his
weary mind, and there's no better
Mace to lind it than in the field with
dog and gun.
II IS beautiful sight 70 him just to
see the intelligent dogs moving like
steam motors across the field, watch
inc each other with jealous eve and
each seeking 20 outdo the other Then
ir does him good to walk over the
fields and beneath the trees. breathing
into his sou fresh inspiration for his
work. An this is good 80 him. but
when the birds are found and the dogs
Get down to their work in earnest,
business cares fold their sable wings
and Ay away and his body thrills with
p}pasurable excitement that does as
much good as a iudiciuuS charge of
..f =
When a true sportsman gets in the
field he makes it n rule never to shoot
ANYTHING he cannot use, unless it is
some bird of prey that plays havoc
with the farmers chickens He never
destroys life just because he has the
power 10 do so, for he has too high a
regard for the life that he can take,
but cannot give. If he should come
upon a rabbit snoozing in his bed he
will never shoot him down there. for
that would be like slipping up behind
man in the dark and shooting him
IN the back. He gives the rabbit
chance for his life, putting him on no
tice as it were by kicking him out of
the bed, and then as he scurries of
he'll take a crack ut him on The run.
If he sees coycy of birds huddled
up together before his dog he does not
shoot into them and kill the whole
bunch, but he frightens them mp and
as tl1v5 whirr away he takes his chances
on the fly and watches where they
light so that his dogs can find them
and he can get numerous shots. II
YOU want to disgust sportsman 90
Ii Ii 90,
the ground.
There is another class of men, how
ever, who do not share the feelings Of
the sportsman-the pot-hunier. You
have all seen him and will readily rec
oguize his picture Lark and dirty
and lazy, he loasS about home all the
summer, letting his wife support him
and his sorry-looking dogs until fall.
HW wanders about the country getting
birds spotted, and as soon as they are
big enough to shoot he is there with
8 5 dog and gun, it matters not
', .Iether it is in or out of season-he'S
after meat He never stops until he
kills the whole coyev on the ground,
on the wing, or in the trees; and with
his game he goes to the restaurant
and sells them for good price, as the
proprietor is glad enough to get them
and asks no questions. This pot
hunter finds a covey out of season, and
il there is any danger from shooting
them he sets trap and gets them
without making any fuss. It's free
and-easy sort of life to him, and he's
kill birds all the year round if you'd
let him.