The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-16
Great Sport to Be Had
Now in the Woods.
WHERE JACKSNIPE ABOUND
Vast Numbers Of the Birds in
a Favored Western Spot.
Features That Make Old Sportsmen Fond "
Snipe Observation-Disclosures OF Flight
Make the birds Hard to Hit-The Fool
Hen OF the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. About
Shooting With the New Small Calibre
Rines-ThinEs That Attract Deer.


Rine,-Thinss That Attract Deer.
Whore Borrom's Creek runs down into
the Mississippi near Iowa's top NE Two
RAJ ,es ~ high hills run parallel with l.
and break In blu~s against the r've-. Tn"
north range protects the creek land from
winds and near is eyel thnre Is warmth
long after the SUBMITS show ica.
Tie Land on ether s'la Of thu crCs't "a
as level a. n table for half milo. L''tla
dtch"s irlcts to tho c-aok ru1 through
II here and there. ard the soil is covered
with thick Grass and soft. a black rich
soil. fun Of worms and larvp.
NJ trees grow on il: il is all open and
above board and NJ ideal sripe grow !.
Certainly there + 80 h"'tA- IN the world
TIE Jacks in A Ing South from 'heir
Canadinu braeiny pla"ee follow 'hn Nj
sis-irpi n tiousards. II is nk"lv 'ha'
they Use tho stream a. n guide. or II may
be TINT th"y nrd more marsh nlong H.
4 swarm which rises and points 80 long
bills toward tho Gulf from above Itas"a
will NO Cr throc mouths later b. ha'tan-
ing on the rich food below New Orleans.
and through all The jrurncv Il will havn
never have lecl more than five miles from
the river. Nowhere is there such s'ea,ir
and dol ghtfu snipe shooting as along tho
big stream and nowhere between Canada
and he Miss: sir,i dcl'a s thcro n superior
to BorrCms bottom
Tic srire coming downstream, Ayirg
Thousand foo' m under tho cold autumn
stars, goo thu, darf wide depression and
after lowering half the night swoop down
10 investigate Maybe VIII 'ha migrating
horde are dozens 81 Old birds tia know
the lotion Of old and lead them straight
down.
Once down they stay uN'il Increasing
cold drives them on. and thai happens
long after the surrounding ~ NJ v j. in
the grip of writer II il alw ay- rcssit'o
TO Kick M few snipe alNrg he level lands
of this creek In December. and ius' now
the visitors have boon there long enough
70 grow scal-fat and saucy with no strong
desire to leave.
This bottom is not moro than milo
and a half long by a milo wide and con-
setnIeu'Iv quartet NJ aCtiVc men will
shoot il all over in much lees han n day.
vet the birds aro fond Of l. that thoy re-
fuse 10 leave il u"til obliged TO. Flushed
IN one part Of il they will leave their dead
and s4ttl" in another part; flushed from
that They will 90 back 20 their starting
point.
frcnr. ovrrborn" BY 'hc pursuit they
rise in twos and 'hre's and bet AXE them-
selves 20 the hills and there + quiet FOR hait
al hour Thon hey begin 20 come back,
sincly and in pairs, and half an hour later
tn. shoot nF il as good A. over
In this r,-p,ct 'hav arr Ike will ducks
on the orlv small lake in a wide cxpenso
Of country: they may he driven out, but
no for long The ducks come harl; DO
cause they nave nowhere else 20 20; tho
sn!;a core bach, because ' lille there are
other feeding grounds trrre 10 mono 20
good a. Borrom's
T. are have been rare d1vs along 'h-'
creak-JlavS fllrl with honest snort and
toll and powder smoke. failures and sue
cesses, misses and cha Hlrg, hits and praises
days TO look back on, and the best Of Bor-
rom's bottom j. that il Is known 20 few
sporsmen, II is n long ride from my
where and there is no danger that II will
ever 30 Shot out.
Among older gunnors the incksnipe has
probably moro dcvoteei than auythi; z
elsa that flies. These arc men Who have
forced their way through hnz"l bruTh
breast high and downed the ruled grouse
amid a tangle Of brarcGns. thrown mp
the double barrel instinc' lively and stopIcd
the erra'ic woodcoc,. hidden an,Ing corn
blade. crouchcd for long hours IN weather.
hca'rn blinds and held riao~ $50 on crossin q
blurbills. dug holes in the sand and laip in
wait for shorc-loving Flower ard rrnnrcd
the brown fields for quail, 10 pin tleir al
legnucc ~ the Jack al las ~ King Of them
all, with more sport In tie 2ig2ag weaving
W.. - AN n Q n l.
lcng" in us iinpud'n' 'ScaI"' Scapf'" han
In any call,
ANoycmber dav on Borrom's bottom gives
the perfection 81 IN: sN"o'tng' The w'r!
rnoybn blowing n half-galc, hnt only Wills
Ter q! It L. felt down there. TIE TALL brown
grasses bend a little to it but there is or'y
enough circulation Of air TO NAL wolkiug
pleasant.
The temperature is about 50 degrees,
that will make ewoGtcr ,u.d qtti.-
coat comfortable, but will not permit Of
cloudl.n,s sky and he light IS perfect: The
birds like this FUN and feed indus;riously,
bang lOath to fly until forced,
Ii l. us, less TO SO after them before 10
O'Clock in TIE morning, a., IN tho carly hour,
they are cold and Wild. A. the sun climbs,
they get more lazy and though they go
fast when they DO 20 they will flush not
twenty feet away.
There il nothing to obs,ruct the view.
They get up tx feet above the grass, half
circlinG to left or right. or going STRAIGHT.
ana Ne man who cannot ri, them then
will never hit then,
Jacksnipe shoutiHg IL not easy any
where, but on this bottom the sportsman
Stands as good d show a. he has the
right to ask. II PRINTED 20 sCloct the
ground himself 10 could not he better
suited.
The birds are thick ON Burrom's bottom
IN November. Maybe on its limited eX,"nt
there are ten thousand There is no way of
estimating lem.
Occasionally, a man will walk a"roSs an
acre without flushing ono, but that dG,s
not happen often. 1t Is mich morn likely
tnat on This acre he will flush five or sin
In certain parts OF the depression the
birds will get up five or six at a time, going
in every direction and the tyro sill be
puzzled to select his target. II some
times happens that n do1 n or two VII
spring IN air simultaneously, all taking
fright from the flight Of the first one as
IL they were quail
This Is apt to happen when the sacotins
IL first begun In the forenoon, The jacks
are then upon the richest parts Of the soil,
naturally punched. generally within twenty
ylrds Of the little bitches since that l. the
lowest and wettest ground,
As the shooting goes on they become
separated, pitching In every part Of the
field that Offers cover and keeping still
in the effort to hide. II IL At this time
that the really good shooting bcgins be-
cause the birds lush one by one. rising
ip.ifl., ~ ton yarts and doing their best tn