New-York tribune., 1901-11-01

are guaranteed give good service, be had for
from s25 to $50 each
The dealers laugh at the idea that smokeless
powder has entirely wiped the old fashioned
and dirter black powder of our fathers. While the
sharpshooters and experts generally prefer the
smokeless semi-smokeless variety the farmers
boy and helper will be found rarnming nome the
charge of black powder in the old rnuzze loader
Just as all shooters did before the introduction Of
the hammerless gun and the Cleanly shell which
Goes such good execution and yet does befoul
the polished interior of the barrel and makes little
smoke to blind the Eyes of the huntsman
In portions of New-York State. including Long
Island and New-Jersey the season for the shoot
Ing of quail. ruffied grouse. pheasants, rabbits,
squirrels and woodcock opens to-day At the pri-
vate preserves in this district all activity yes
teTday The inmates of the kennels tugged at their
chains If they already smelled powder. while
their owners showed more dog love than they have
done before since the last shooting ended.
Every departing railroad train from this borough
and from Brooklyn last night carried large parties
of gunners who going to the woods and
stubble fields in quest of the elusive quail and the
vanishing ''coItontail.'
With the first flush of sunup to-day the hunters
will take the fields in quest of the coveys Of
quail Of which they have heard much IN
the the last few weeks Reports of most Of the sec
Ter shooting will be enjoyed this year than 10,
PartTidges are more numerous than usual the
weather has been such that there has been plenty
have not been lacking. Snipe have been shot In
the Jersey meadows for several weeks and good
bags have been obtained by those who not
afraid of wadng waist deep in the marshes where
these birds are generally to be found Snpe shoot
ing Long Island and IN parts of Staten
Island has been good Quail and rabbits said
to be plentiful in the mountain section of New
Jersey, and those who left town for the Jersey
nils last night We're confident that they would
the opinion of the experts the birds have migrated
North this year. Others. however. just we'll
qualified TO give opinions, do not credit this and
say the supply of game birds hereabouts has been
caused by the open season.
On Long Island duck hunters report that
greater variety of water fowl is to be in the
and redheads have been killed in the Great South
Bay In larger numbers than in many preceding
years The duck hunters find at present good sport
at Bay Shore. Sayville. Blue Point Patchogue
Beilport Centre MOriches, Quogue, Good Ground and
Montauk. Shore shooting be INDUCED in at
many points. but the duck hunter who comes back
ment in going out into the bay and bringing down
the flyers from partially submerged batteries.
and with decoys good shooting be had at times
for several hours, especially in the early morning
Deer shooting on Long Island this year will be
confined to four days. The graceful runners can
be brought down on Wednesday and Friday the
first and third weeks of November The deer
abe seheraIy congregate IN large numbers
and dogs be obtained
Those who start off on Long Island after quail
numbers to-day about Patchogue. Islp. Good
Ground. Manor. Deer Park. CaIverton, Northport,
Smithtown. Port Jefferson and Wading River.
Those in quest OF will travel distant Mon
tauk Point, or to Quogue, The annual pilgrimage
the South. into Virginia. North and South Carolina
West Virginia, Kentucky. Tennessee Georgia and
vember *. The quail will have gained their
fu'l weight and speed much before that time. Then
the shooting season lasts longer In the South. and
the gunners can well AFFORD to give the birds a
chance.