The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-06-08
WOOCOCK LAWS.
Cannictirg Provisions In Penns,N ania'
New York aud New jersey.


Tho Inconsistencies ~ III" am law
Of various States are curion-lv illustrated
by the oase 81 the woodcock Ia New YORK.
PennsylvaHia and Now Jer~ey.
New York forbid. the killing 81 wood
rock IN july. Pennsylvania and New
Jersey declare that woodcock arc legal
game IN July. New York protects wood-
cock until September. while Pennsylvania
and New jersey maze Il illegal to kill them
In 'ha. month.
Then New JorNav informs the hunter
tina, on and after oct. I 10 NAV again Tag
woodcock, Will" PENNSYLVANIA declares
that a gun raised against a woodcu-k
b-tvt-n Aug l anil oct Is r. a violation
81 law
New York and PennsvlvaniA agree that
the pruysr time to closo the season for
~wooicuck II Dec. 10. willie New jersey
Insists that Dec. r. IL Tnto early enough.
A. a matter 81 fact. tho last woodcock
has Ions before Dec. /. even, departed from
the North for the Louiraua lowlands,
where tho law doesn't bother ~ all about
wooicock.
The New York 'aw f. tasnd on the theory
tina. N July tho woodcock IL hot moro
than two-thtris rs proper size, that Il
- a mere nedgiing and needs protection
from 'he GIN until Srptembor. That
theory IL r~ie~ted by tho New Jersey law
mixer. who ahirms that tho best wood
cock shooting IL afforded by the birds
IN July, for after that north noultins
b~gins II. worst stage of tbs process,
tho Nov Jersey theory savp. Prevails in
Srrrcmh~r, he month Ia which New York
ends ia. closa s.a.on.
peuraylvania's theory "a ~ aC-uri with
- - IL - ---
quen'lv unit selann for ~voo'roCk. hu'
while Now Jerrnv insists hat that seaspn
l. over on oct !. PENNSYLVANIA declares
| that no woodcoCk haS rccovered sufficiently
from ~ S~ep'emher moultins o. become
| Il, f1r game until tho miidle ~ October.
What makes this i~noougrIi'y IN IN.
| Game laws tho mora striking j. the fact
that the great wood~pck region chiefly
| aff,cted ly tlnfn IA a CprtiCiuus ~'rp'ch u
| country For Instance. a favored part ~
II lcgins In Orenge county, y. Y. and
| ey'ands over tic border into Sussex county.
y !
In the wppirock's natural range hosts ~
The birds ara constantly tiviug without
| regard 20 State or county line, and IN July
| tho sportsman who lives on Tho Now York
| side ~ tho bor!Sr must submit 20 snein Y
hus New Jersey brother daily baggtng
game witch has flown across 20 jersey
| from Now York. which his own state
| pr"-r-.s him frnm hunting
| The ppnnsvlvania extension ~ that fa-
| nous v-oodc,ck region IL divided from New
| York and New Jersey only bv the Delaware
| River.
New Jersey ard Penn sylvania prohibit
| ,he taking - wooicock beyond their tor
| low. hr, the New York Inv virtually savs
| 20 'h~ hunter that q hc can provo hat HE
birds wore allied twenty-five mi'ns ~ NOW
from the New York State liuo u" may bring
! 'horn into this state.
Ron 80 from Chester. Warwick, Pine
| Island and Ulcr wonsicr"k 'oi'ros In
| Ornngc county. from tho Waikiki drowned
| Iaris region In Orange ard Sussex WI
tias. the ou'lv'rg r'gio's ard The Delaware
NalI"- lovlnris, on 10th th" New jersey
and tho Pennsylvania side e tho river
| are 20 tho croct that tho sTring nesting WA
NttIc ir,erfofci with lv the co,d ald wct
weather 'ha, - vsil'-l IN Aprl and carly
NAV and that q mon" than usually srsr,'-s-
| fil vundcUck season IL looked forward to.