The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-27
SHARING PaRTRIIhE.
Illegal hut sim Common In the Back.
woods Counties.

sueSai nut Sui common IN thr bnch.
woods Counties.
-Ons Of the most important errands
certain residents of our back woods dis
tricts have in town AT this season Of the
year. said "A citizen of an up-country
county, is the purchase OF ammunition
and things that may be brought into use
along about this time Of year. II any one
Curio,isly inclined should happen 10 he
present in the stores pat ronized by these
wayback folk when they are selecting
their material he could not fail Ia cbscrv.
that many Of the purchases included
several yards Of copper wire not much
thicker than coarse linen thread but Of
great strength and fiexibllity.
IL the curious person were a stranger
he would doubtless wonder wha, part
i'm tn. uses Of sportsmans outfit this
wire was intended To play. and IL his curl
osity should make him bold enough Ia
inquire Of the purchasing citizen what
that Use was he would in nine cases
out Of ten be- told that the wire was 10 he
used in mendin' thing But IL this
curious person should happen TO he one
acquainted even slightly with the meth
ODDS Of certain hack woods dwellers he
would not needsto h" told that the true
service the COPPER wire was to bc IN the
shape Of "A delicaI. hut infsiliblp DESTROYER
81 the partridge
The wire IL made into -nar-S which
are set IN unsuspcCtad number about the
places where this bir'i feed. and hides
and which annua,lv Kill hundreds II the
birds III spite of the law These snarrs
are placed on the ground m the birds
favorite feeding places. and on decayed
logs. which are PERSISTENT resorts NJ the
part ridge the cock bird especially making
them his favoritc promenading ground
The wire - made into "a slipping moose
which - suspended above the ground
ar log. and SPREAD out so that the bird
in walking TRUSTS hiS head and neck
through it. IN. pressure of his body
against 70 as ne walks on draws the Moose
To and III" bird ~ soon S'ransl~d.
When IN" snare i, set on ,na ground
little pens arc built NV ma kin "a miniature
f"nc. by sticking twigs in the ground
four feet square one end Of IN" pen il
lafi op"l In 'hc othrr end a small
spac. i left N IN. centre of the frnc..
In 'hat op'1ing IN" snarn'S non-. i
suspended Tn" bird in ma. ing its way
along walks into tho pen M sna open end
The sides Of the enclosure keep u headed
straight for IN" open space ~ the other
end of the p..n whore he moose l. hanging.
A. IN" un-uspectirE bird passes out
through that cp"ning y A. caught by IN"
The partridge kIllcd nv the-a wire
SNARE during "A wear in tina; r. gion amOin,
q many hundreds SyOrfSm"n nd others
tramping through the woods and among
Their haurt- 81 this game bird discover
and DESTROY mary - tn. Snar-@. hut not
one ia ten u eyer detected ~ This
Illegal method nf killing this greatest Of
american gam. birds has got in it, do
s'rIciIvs work for many years. rivallinG
the on-'iuEhts Of tho fox. weasel. hawk
and other natural enemies of the bird.
Tho wonder ~ that the game ~ still 20 he
found al ell in any ~ it, old limo haunts
but IL i th"re y"' IN a-tOnishing'v large
numbers
And speaking Of This -narirg 81 par
: ridge T,'rUinds me one nj my fellow
citizens who stands very high among us
for prob,ty and general estimable quail
tiles and VINO kept his dog and his gun
and almost invariably cam" in with u
nice bag of par ridges. Ia the envy ri
,i- less fortune" hrr'er- his this fall
not induIC.i himself ~ all IN his favorite
sport II there ever WAS one among US
who rallied hcrCcly and AT all times against
the copper wire ynarr and its patron "
was this most estimabls fellow citizen 81
mine.
4 vas ou' one day af'e- birds and luck
hadn't com" my way "A was trIldging
through the woods | came 20 a copper
wire sna-" So; among Some I'D grape
vines likely pla"" for a snare TO get IN
its deadly work. which this one had done
for hanging in tn. moose was "a fine hen
partridge My first impulse was To- tear
ont the snare hut IL struck me IL would
he a good idea To lie IN wait and find out
who had set II. a. he would doubtless be
coming along after while. looking over
his lin. ~ traps. for II WASH; sikeiv that
this was his only one. 80 | hid in IN.
bushes and waited
4 didn't have 10 wait long. The owner
81 the snare came quietly ont Of the woods
and rnade straight for the snare. He
had a gun and his dog was with him
He also had. "a could sea by iis bulge.
his bag well filie,i with game He took
: he bird ont Of the snare had discovered
set the snare again. added the bird 10 his
bag and was going on when 7 stepped out
Nobody could have been more surprised
and on aba"k than he was except myself
when ! saw who the owner 81 the snare
was II was my highly esteemed fellow
citizen whose Indignation against copper
wir" snar..S and -narerS had always been
80 great
What ,~,uld he say Not much ~
anything, ] think But know no would
rather hav" given u Thousand dollars that
minute than have m.. or any one else.
here I never had tn" heart To expose
I he highly esteemed citizen. hut H." ,IIIlt
going hunting. ardent sportsman ~ he
Ind been. and every one 81 his fellow
citizens except ~" wonders why