The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-11-14
" here Sror5sn n Should Go
to Gain the Pest Results
With Their Guns.
POINTS TO REMEMBER
NEVER FAIL TO KILL HAWKS
or CATS WHILE HUNTING
GAME is FAIRLY PLENTIFUL
Especial TO the Jersey city News''o

ing IN the opening Of the hunting and
shooting season, which opened yesterday
morning. On December game of every
description may be legally taken by the
use OF the Shot gun.
The southern section is considered by
many as being the greatest game eentre
of the entire State, there being plenty Of
food at al times for the different species.
The rabbit finds food in the numerous
truck patches that the State has the
reputation Of containing. The quail seeks
his in the many grain fields that can be
found in nearly every section.
Not only is food plentiful, but nearly
every farm has piece of woods OF
thieket that affords the best of protection.
to the game during the winter season.
and the hunting period, for as soon as a
covy Of quail are started in the open they
make straight for the cover, which is
difffcu5t place to make a kill In Cum
berland and Cape May counties there are
vast tracts of woodland. 1t is claimed
by old woodmen that in Cumberland
county there is a tract of woodland that
covers 25 miles and not a single house
upon it. In both of these counties there
have been quite a few deer liberated
by the game commissioners, and it is a
common sight for traveller through this
wilderness to see the numerous tracks
made by the does, bucks and fawns, the
track of the latter showing that they are
found, but numerous saplings can be
seen where the bucks have cut the green
bark off in rubbing the velvet from their
horns. Ii. is safe 10 state that in both
of these counties there at least 200 deer,
and, according ITO the law, the season wial
be opened in November, 1906. The hunt
ing of the above can only be done on
Wednesdays during the month of Noyem
ber.
Pheasant or ruffed grouse shooting is
not as. good in South Jersey as it is in
the mountain section of Pennsylvania,
but to spend day hunting these birds
alone. would hardly pay, as the chances
of getting more than shot or two are
slim.
Squirrels seem to be plentiful and
every Indication points to good sport for
these cunning tricksters. The nut crop
has been heavy and VIXEN his occurs it
is a good guarantee for large and fat
squirrels. In Gloucester county some
have been seen that resenbled young rab-
bits in size.
Though quail are not plentiful. there
arc considerable more than last season,
the game commissioners Distributing over
/ 100 dozen in the counties situated in the
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cases have had as many as two broods.
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TO save quail and Increase the sport
/ for seasons to come, there are several
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at least pair for seed II a sportsman
or sportsmen- should find covey that
dsoS not contain mare shan two or tfrpa
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proof that some one has been N fheir
! midst aud killed off the others.
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