The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-10
'7lCG SEASON. ON.
Shooters Will
IN Their Sport
Saturday.
PlOVER COMES FIRST.
,atHiIl the Mecca for
Hunters in the
Earlier Days.

Earlier Days.
'ss
,oting season opens satur-
& days of waiting are at an
the bird shooters will be out
king away at the upland
ger finger which has beentied
quail season closed is already
to tingle for the sport that is
when the season is wide open
dog and gun will renew
tnce In the brush.
ort of appetizer for the falls
efferaiity of bird shooters get
e hills once or twice after the
off July Is for a try at the
tile Whistlers.
sure, the sport in Worcester
not Of the most exciting ma
count of the scarcity of birds,
tagging of a brace or two Of
over is an accomplishment to
nd the wary qualities of the
led with lack of large flocks
ldNto the zest of the chase.
y, when the season opens,
the followers of the gun will
hills for a go at the native
it'll the first week in August
sszkS will be entirely furnished
H0lneNBred birds. They are
d game to the core. They are
I'D fast of wing and can run a
ce through the grass, lining it
like arace horse. The qualm
sri1e that seizes the sportsman
shoots a game bird on the
ntirely disappears when plover
quarry, for not a gunner that
trigger but feels justified in
lie upland plover strike wing
has the opportunity of draw
i'm afoot.
,oting in the early season there
ly a better place in Worcester
han Burncoat hill. Whether
the nearby hill is more hunted
other section, or whether be-
islk favorite haunt for the
Is Said that three-quarters of
n that fall before the guns of
IT sportsmen first strike the
Burncoat.
handed and alone the shooter
chance of bagging even a
snipe except on a windy day.
best hunted when squad of
under the direction of a good
who Knows the birds and the
surround the crest of a hill.
opportunity is given for a
when the birds rise and the Sc
Whistle that peeps away in the
like a will-of-the wisp can be
hong wind the little fellows
2sEably handicapped. They
Sc down the wind, and when
up must gain wing against the
his allows the crafty shooter
down the wind and when the
Rkup he must face the gun
Spresenting the only fair up
shot that the plover shooter
!. A dog is worse than useless
lort and the race becomes one
the remarkable swiftness and
of the bird against the brains
Of the shooter.
out the hardest and most en-
ic Of local sportsmeu grapple
plover problem and the coterie
shooters that follow the
of upland plover is small,
k7r slow shot in the brush could
lwtk after f1eeting whistles
)rn to night and wastes cart
" the car load, and unless the
lerous Of good luck pursued
ter he would pursue the birds
Then too, the work is warm.
he hills in July with the mer-
ing to knock the top off the lit
is an entirely different propo-
ON searching the covers when
es are down in the fall and
md crackles under foot with
lest sport to be had with up
yer comes a month later. The
migratory birds usually begin
u worcester county hills from
s.5saa420th of August, and the
bst be watched with the same
the brief visits of the wood
fall.
ast storm or a heavy fog APP
en8nd the birds that there is
country, and starts them
the south merrily. They
night, and the whistle Of the
Is may be heard almost night
still of the early morning as
! each other through the dark
sr storm, the crafty shooter
hn the hills when the birds are
IN their fight when flushed is
they circle the hill allowing
Of shots before they abandon
Yory. Experienced shooters have
birds rise to be shot at, and if
op scarcely out of range. On
brning d squad of shooters do
hest execution with the birds,
yer plover shooting is easy at
easy then.
histle of the bird is a study for
tsman. His shrill note sounded
of peap in his deadliest enemy.
over, Ike many other birds of
! family, had no whistle 1t
| wd | nigh impossible to reach
4 a gun. The first warning of
Zach of the birds and the only
Realizing his proximity is the
h,histle. When in fight or when
-salinds his note at frequent
k1he sound has tremendous
,ower that is almost incred-
few rods the shrill whistle
X and low and scarcely more
Amt peep and the same note
gun shots sounds with the
brness.
the local sportsmen will
whistle down during this
when Saturday dawns will
Of the native birds located
.st day Of fun. The old school
shooters is fast disappearing,
4 the younger sportsmen the
Naming in popularity yearly.
Bucklin and Jay N. Smell are
team on the hills as they are
kush and may be looked to be
Noat bright and early Saturday
\ H. Howe annually takes a
two. at the birds. e. I. Smith
bran Nm the sport and under
ow To bag the little fellows as
inc other man in Worcester.
! August flights begin there
:, general exodus for the sport
or another enthusiast will be
nut by way Of getting into trim
iening up for the bird shooting
hen It opens In earnest Sept. /.
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