The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-20

4 Tramp for RLred Grease mat
Sici,icd Little hut I:iist-rs- An \d!-
rontiirhs Fisher Tnai Boasts Il Name
e H. Own ami Has Drfrsi the Trap
Icr, Joys of Camp Life \icnE the
wnitc River of the OSara- Prrpir-
IN, .Irrkrsi Nrnisun \ Hunter =
Dream That Brou<ht Him Deer
i had hunted " % ticocs AZ night many
u tn" out ia IN" wrhg~h country said
q sport ,nan uG cosmopolitan hrSn hut
Hoe, .c- ~ &" nIt.vity. end no wing
shrCt.n hN.c ever had since has had III"
San" r-I". " l...t I'D thrill II 1t Tn.
receptive - Va n nett ms. tn" sh".tC-ing
hsS.'.as I'D hri;' and thicket ciumps. and
rn-ticulr -ly tho rig spreads of cornf"'d
nd j.c"rt. furnished ideel ground for all
IN" dHTlaTds Of 'hI' most ccpr'cious N
all Gr 'rchirdS. from hosting time Ct Tho
first dc.-n 81 spring until tn" coming Of II"
LAT" fGu froet' end rnow had" II ris" on
wing end follow t,t Ions: hill in search
of winter hon" III the sunny South
Gems "1rant.y th"rc wcr" woCdCoCk IN
amazing nurntc.s Ill through ~" season,
ard in the days I I'm stocking Of 'he
season opened IN july and kept oren until
the lat bird he's flown in III" fall
The lush tim" for hunting the wood
crck AT night ciong the wGhSsh as IN
July. IL gas particularly good after the
high waters following rains had over
flowed some lowlying corntield and sub
siding left II moist end plastic. condi-
toned for the choicest woodcook feeding.
hut vet of stable enough footing q permit
tho hunter and his dog - tramp over il
through tho knee high corn with no dis
courE ying or retarding results As II was
frequently tn. case that a flooding Of corn
such az this rather put It out of business
rs a prOmlser II a crop. v" rarely out
ragged a planters feelings 10y trespa SsIn z
IN ms field
a July night with tho moon in "A cloud
less sky and travelling on its way well
overhead was the ideal one for night
hunting the woodcoCk in those rare days
on the Wabash. hut half n moon or even
no moon at all IL tn. stars were out would
never fail to serve the Alert snapshot
hunter to his liking The swamps along
tho river were many and their muck
yielded the boring woodcock abundance
Of its favorite food. hut when the young
cornf.lds wcr. in tho condition men
toned the birds would invariably for
trkc the mucky swamp ground and geek
their nights foraging in tho pleassntcr
fields This was well for the woodcock
hunter. for the swamps were impossl-
HE " hunting at night and Of very labo-
rious and not always satisfactory heat
ing in the daytime
h,,- ,.,l -
not bird dogs They would have been
entirely useless for tho hunter could
not see one mako ia point in Tho dark
ness TO point the game that the hunter
may know that II Is IN ambush near by
this heing all il IL the duty 81 a bird dog 20
do. So neither pointer nor SETTER nor
spaniel was called upon 10 go woodcock
shooting at night Dogs trained to
rabbit hunting were generally our canine
aids. for what we needed Of dog was
20 work about among IN" corn and
etartie the feeding birds into high, The
dogs thought they wer. hunting rabbits
and Of cours" would not utter sound
unless they struck n rabbits track That
was entirely unlikely on that ground
As tho dogs would consequently h, los,
Ito ,is and os no service in tho hunt for
IN dog might fush scores Of birds " nh
out any one getting shot or oven know
ing that birds had got up. VI" kept f-ar.
81 them by putting t"ll on each dog.
Ivy III. sound 81 which u" could follow
rham with cas-. keep Clos. and hc on
hand when tn. frightened bird ros.
with that inspiring ring ~ whist" ihl,
in the stiffness Of tn" night gnve the
shooting 81 woodcock that never 10 be
forgotten thrill and th-ob and called
for such liehtninglik" thought and action
from III. hunter ~ no other duty Of the
gun in wing shooting "xaCts or inspires
Tho bard W oIIld fash ia f.a, h"rsd plump
mes, only for an instant against The moon
light IT starlight and II IN that instant
th" hunters gun lid not fash -rrI. III.
quickly dark"ned space III IN. moon
l"a-n would disappear IA quickly ~ il,
cane for ~" bird had dropped dow n
- Geek som" other spot f. The field or
perhaps dashed back ~ tn. taugl. ~
und-rbrrIsk and hriars that frrng.d At
nigh hunting 81 the voodcock -
fTowueSi upon 10y all who call Themselves
g.nuIn. sportsmen ] know, bur E-tsn
| arm expert enough wI'h the gan over
woodcoclS 10 hav. dropped ten bird ou-
81 twelve IN daytime hunting and IA
v-ry strenuous cover AZ that. In" b"sr
I ever could do In snap-hooting them az
night. with IN" moon full and IN. range
say was 80 save for my bag flv. out u
eleven birds that Dfer"d ine opportunity
not stat I never killed NOR" than fy. 81
night | hav" dropped thirty IN one
cprn'-ld IN the passing NJ tha moon across
tn sky between ~ O'Clock and TBIdn. i.ht
Had had m" same shots over a dog IN
a daytirn" cover and az least fifty birds
hadnr tufnhl"d then | would indeed have
believed that my aye had lost iis alert
n"rs and my trigger hnR"r it, cunning
t. took 10 cra"kaIa"k Wi'h IN" gun 20 il
his bag with night hunted wonsicock IN
those halcyon days ru IN" Wabash. and
wh"fh.r " was sportsmanlik" ur not !,
wa- a sport ~ sports
80 having hunted voDd,o.k ~ night
nanyga tim" in N" Wabash country and
IN after years h"ing down No IauI-utn.
one December | was very ruu,h rr-.-..I
10 hear that niRh' ~"0d'""k hurfn, y.as
tl.tf,o. sI..4ra "a ff..