Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1900-11-01
GAME PROSPECTS ARE GOOD
After Next Tuesday You Can
Bang Away.


New Jerseys sportsmen are making
active preparations for the opening
of the season for shooting rabbits
and quail on November 1st, and,
rom a tour of the lower couD-
ties, the outlook can be said TO
be exceedingly bright for good shoot
ing, particularly with respect to Tie
"cottOn tails" Old hunters say
that the rabbits which escaped the
gunners last season, had a compara-
lively fair winter, and many OF tie
bunnieS'' survived the cold aad
Storms of the winter mouths. Then,
again, the interest displayed by
many of the thorough sportsmen il
the protection of game from the
hounds and illegal hunters, has been
very effective in the preservation OF
rabbits. In years pas6 many owners
OF hounds have permitted the dogs
to roam the woods for weeks before
the opening of the season, in order
to get them in shape for the shooting
season, and, as result, hundreds of
young rabbits have fallen easy prey
to the hounds. But this year the,e e
has been noticeable change of SEN
timent among the hound owners,
brought about largely by the COM
plaint of sportsmen and land owners.
and an earnest agitation of the sub
ject, and the baying OF the hounds
has been heard but little, except in a
few localities.
Concerning quailS, there is wide
diversity of opinion. For years tfIese
game birds have been comparatively
scarce in lower New Jersey, but
through the efforts of prominent cit
iZens in Gloucester, camden, Salem
and Cumberland counties, the sport
has been gradually revived, until
many nice 'scovies'' have been
F'Spotteu'' in the last few weeks, and
not few dollars have been expended
by private parties in liberatint,
punches of quail for breeding pur-
poses.
In the opinion of sportsmen, who
believe in obeying the law in spirit
and letter, this year will see game
better protected than ever before.
Illegal hunters have found New Jer-
sey game laws lax for some time
back, and the officers and Game
Wardens lacked the hearty co-opera-
U'on of the citizens, until feeling
was aroused couple of years ago.
that there should be better obser-
vance of the game laws by resident,
as well as nonresident hunters.
Then followed the organization of
sportsmen'S protective associations
in several sections, whose aim has
been to lend aid to the Game War
dens in the apprehension of violaters
of the law, as we'll as the protection
of game during the Winter mont5s,
and the practical results are seen at
glance.
Land owners, judging from reports,
have not changed their opinion one
whit concerning the privileges of
the hunters, and this week will see
many hundred acres of the best
shooting grounds in the State pla-
carded with 'keep Off notices.
Last year it was stated that three
fourths of the farms in South jersey,
where rabbits and quail were to be
found, had trespass notices posted,
and the hunters and farmers fire.
quently clashed.
In Cumberland county, prospects
are good for successful season, the
only thing in the way being the illegal
hunters who have full sway, in this
section because of lack of Warden.
Quails are plentiful and there seems
to be many rabbits about the woods.
Salem county promises to be splen-
did field for the sportsmen. The
work hereabouts of the Game Protec-
tive Association has added greatly to
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