The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-12-11
FOXES rHrcK IN CONNECTICUT.
Due TO the Repeal of tho Bounty Law
Driving Game Birds Out.

Due TO the Repeal of the Bounty Law
Driving Game Birds Out.
1t seems likely that the New York sportsmen
who.travel long distances fer their fox hunting
will find at an early day o more convenientfeid
OF operations nearer home. There are a great
many moro foxes In Connecticut at present
than Connecticut hunters can a k care OF.
and a few outsiders will be very cordially re-
ceiyed. A few years G foxes were, practically
bounty ofS2 a head the animals practically dis
appeared, and about twenty years ago the
a oqp SM iox wss i FsRe wSo TOOK col advantage SdpsaD OF the leg.
%islative action to rear large, families.
It was not until about four years ago that
ant way. At that time hunters began, to notice
strange tracks upon the. snow. which bore a
occa sional missing chicken from the poultry
yards made the farmers prick up their ears.
and proved to be very fine specimens OF both
sssPesisily IN n My .Ss Haven a6SS m county t GSSnto 81 q Ind
turning from a drive Of a few hours. reported
se foR h asm iD9f Is aa sFpsonret Inc IN w RRiGIhnifh Few New Ha-
ggs,nIseersS Of the gre}sent, n sen oedofI@srs hare ave b n.
ginning to brush up their boyhood experiences;
and are taking a shot or two at Reynard, and
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rare opportunities thus thrust upon them.
,r There m5sI are w %0re ep pSSs tSs t tRae S Sesst why T fses
species that has been hitherto unknown in this
State, whose presence has caused no end Of
speculation among the sportsmen-which are
making rapid inroads upon the anall. par
i've fFief Sea rGu ali 3f The H time in IS sw SiiTsS ground. and
haye a more accurate knowledge, OF the haunts
OF the, quail than the most experieneed sports,
man in the State. As O. matter OF TACT such
game is becoming wonderfuily. scarce here;
abouts-a condition OF affairs that Is attributed
80 thn nNtx.ik ~ Nhn nRnty EA~nn II hna nnIlN
become a question OF the survival Of the birds
or Of their, willy, enemies. and Connecticut
sportsmen do not hesitate in declaring that the
fox must go.
The farmers. too. are constantly complain
ing; II there r Is nothing better in n sight the
rooster or two. and as a result poultry raising
in ConneGticut is not SO profitable a business as
increased, These live largely in the fields
and destroy a great many field mice and obnox-
OF good. Unfortunately. they also do a great
they are raising havoc with all the ducks and
There was quite a little hunting. though it is
making, no noticeable impression upon the
DAY. This IS. probably, OWING. Chiefly to the
difficulty Of shooting the nimble beasts. No
deal Of difficulty is found in bagging the game.
Circumstances are not favorable in this state
whether the foxes started up by the hounds are
ever, killed. The hunters are not able to follow
the dogs. and have to wait until they make their
nous place in the fields. Years ago. of course.
Connecticut fox hunters figured out this reap
pearance to q nicely. but tine s~portsmen Of the
present day have been taken nawares and do
not know so we'll the tricks OF foxes. The gray
foxes. who live chiefly in the swamps. are not
so gamy. They never leave their hiding
places. and thus are more easily caught. But
up to the present time the. hunters do not sue
coed in diminishing their numbers. and 1t
seems likely that the State will have a serious
problem on its hands.
The people are therefore agitating the re-
freed the State from the pest once. and it is be-
lieved that 1t would be successful again. TIL
matter will be pressed before the next session
of the General Assembly. There are thousands
o~ffoNes within three miles Of New Haven, but
all sorts of game are becoming scarce. and it IL
thought that unless the State Legislature takes
q hand the foxes will soon decide which is the
filter to survive.