The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-10-13
CUNNING ON LONG ISLAND
SPORTSMEy EAGER ron TIE
OPENING NEXT MONTH.

Pheasanes Have Net Prsspered q the
STOCKED Grsunds -Outlesk ! n fer
email and Partridss-Rxcatipg Times
Expsctsd On the Open Days Ter Deer.
Hundreds Of city and suburban sports
mon. a. well ~ residsnts Of Long Island.
are awaiting with sagerncss the opening
OF the shooting season OF November l..
The railroad trains On that morning viii
carry SCORES OF gunner and many members
OF the clubs having preserves will whirl
to the shooting grounds in automobiles.
The open season begins on November
I for rabbits. hares. squirrels. partridges
and quail, to name the cream Of the shooting
lsst. IL 10 also lawful TO shoot pheasanta
In Suffolk county on November 1. but
throughout New York State except Duchess
county there will be no open season for
those birds Of gay plumage until 1910.
Most jovial OF all the sportsmen are the
rabbit hunters. They crowd the smoking
oars, each with some sort Of hound under
the seat. and the clouds Of tobacco smoke
do not affect tho good spirits of dogs or
men. Tho l~onglegged men have generally
. dachshound on the leash and the short
ones q hound a. big ~ . Great Dane, while
~ 0ohkD ~ - thO WIZ oIu n01lOAD
wear to the fishing banks.
Club eunners will b found In the parior
car. II they ave not gone down In motors.
while in h baggage cars some weather.
bsaten old bird hunters may gather, zach
guarding q pointer or setter with Jealous
care. The Jolly rabbit hunters, who play
pinochle and sing choruses in transit. a.
a rule, couldn't hit . bird on the wing. while
~ 80. L--a-- --~l-fA LIN - --LLlA ~
IL tried to bite them.
On the return trip heavy strings Of cotton
tails are more frequent than bags Of quail.
unless in the parlor oars.
Woodcock have been fair game since
August. but ~ throughout all the Eastern
States they are few and far between. It
has not been cold enough yet for Wild ducks,
and the shore bird shooting although per-
missible since July 10 has not been equal
to h former years Of plenty.
There has been fair enough shooting for
meadow hen. othsrwiseN known a. the
but only expert guns can enjoy this semi
aquatic sport. When November dawns
al the SHORTCOMINGS Of the season will
DO forgotten and the gunners will move
onward in . solid phals 4. sure Of good
sport.
There are but four days Of deer shooting,
the first W. Wednesdays and irst two
Fridays after the first Tuesday in Novem-
Der. Dogs may DO used on those days only
in the forests OF Suffolk county. where
even the possession Of vsnison on other
days is presumptivs evidence OF q violation
OF the law.
Fines for any infraction Of the game
laws are heavy, and ~ to the dssr the South
Side Spontaneous Club joins with the game
wardsns In enforcing them. This club. by.
making ibs preserve Of 5000 acres a SAINT
tuary for the red deer has kept them from
extinction on Long Island.
There are quail. partridge and p~hsasants
also on the preserve. but to add to the con-
che South Side Sportsmen's Club does not
countenanoe hunting OF any sort by the
members on is grounds. Outsidsrs, AZ
course. have no privileges Of any sort.
From all accounts the deer shooting is
hunters a. to DO on the picket line 10 war
time. About forty deer are killed zach
season. and the casus tiles TO the hunters
run a close race with this total.
Yet little companies Of gunners 60 to
Long Island from the city with their dogs
for tho sport. and on the grounds they en-
coteries OF local hunters. To 10 II alone
10 to court misfortune. unless the solitary
hunter 70 ~ handy with his fists a. q prize
fighter.
"A deer when put up by tho dogs in the
woods usually rushes With all speed for
the ssclusion Of the club preserve and the
hunfarn mat thaunn~lvoa nm the war~in ~