The sun., 1910-11-13

during ia" rIsu'h - July. fprbIi~ % Il
Augu~f ant ~.'ptr.nhor md p.'~ntt''t
tL "a sltn fru.l -, tIbrg / ~ DS -.Hl"'- -
iu' gam" Laws ~ New YprN -.E'Ilatir4
the wonirnck -hp"r'nR b.. Orange cuuur'
kept th" -.I-Du closed until S-.plcnb". Il
and np.h''i 10 from that day until lI-cem
her ~, while prun~yivaulI agreed with
IN" Nv Jersey iictum regarding wood
,n"E so rlr aS the shooting of tn" bird
dutuK Tly Lud ~ protection during
August and S-pteu,h-r Were concerned
hut "Stcnu.'d th. time Of the inter i'm
nf protection To Octob-r - and the dura
r,on of tn" final open season to D,r-mher
IL
-Th. theory uu which the New Jersey
and Pennsylvania wupdcock provisions
Were las.-l seemed Ia lie. that the young
w"odCuck "t TIA" spring hatching were
uf sufficient size and strength "t wing u
warrant the. turning Of III" gun loose upon
them hy July / and that th" birds weTe
all uf the feather and substance during
that month. but that with August the
period of moulting began. which period
according To the S,.u~.. IL the New Jersey
legislator. Wi. over by October !. when
the birds w..r.. again ~ tit condition Tor
shooting
Til. huit II that tit condition was
reached tn, \-W Jersey ld"a declared
hy tn" 10th # December. and consequently
fin" ur impr,sunm""t awaited III" man
who r.I,--d hl- gtIn against wooGcock
~ that STATE after ttsit date. In" Penn
>vlvInm legislator, though. declared ms
New Jersey "unfT-rr was wrong ~ his
conclusions a. t. the mOulting period
and that the woodCock WAS not tit game
again until October lj; also that hy clos
ing the s..Ison December Ia New Jersey
rubh.d it, sport -m.n Of five days in which
som. II the choicest birds might hs'
bIgg,Ad
Bur New Nork'- theory or woodcock
legislation for tins field WIS "A positive
intimatiun that ncith-r New Jersey nor
Pennsylvania came anywner" near hay
ing th. right idea According to the
New York theory severe. fru-t~ and heavy
rains m this latitud. might b. expected
tu destroy the prospects OF hundreds
OF wuudCOCk nests In III" >prIng perhaps
three seasons out of four and thus. nature
impalIug tn, bird 10 prepare for a second
nesting. which might frequently be AT
times when their first ue-tlIn2S would
have tasan ablr 10 'y II their nests had
when tn. birds that fell bcfur. the gun
in JuIv were not weak nf wing. small IN
body and so tender and sensitive that they
frequently bs.Cane worthless from taint
before they could b. brought tn tn" table
tnd.r "A Inv therefore. permitting an
early open season a. the N"w York theory
held and properly 50 when voOdCoCk
shooting should h" AT H. best, when ih.
matur-d power IT flight IN The birds and
the necessity Of greater skill and alert
ness on the. part of the hunter gav" IN
Craa s..t rest Ia th. sport. the game. hauntS
would hav. been 80 thoroughly beaten
and shot over that # slaughter had not
d.populatad them terror had driven the
birds ei-swh"T
Right aS New York was in that propo-
-i,lon. It's theory on that Of moultinR
waa uuit. the contrary. On this II took
.till more radical i-su" with New jersey
and Pennsylvania tn" New York legis-
t.tor declared that while his brethren
across 'h. line and over the river were
correct a. - IN" beginning Of th" mout-
ing period they were ridIrul"u~ly at
..l NJ, 10 tn time of I'- termination
and fixed rh.. middle ~ Septcnbs- as
an anrl" limit "f ~ working so the
New York lGW prpt"Cf"d IN. wuptCu"k
during - v"lkhng days and through
ia" accepted tIru" ~ it- ~nOuiTlng and
then gave II M t. N" sportsman unti
DeC.ubs~ ~! from TWO - thr"" w""k-
longer than IN" -Uor'-men N tn" two
other state. had night - shoot a.
Thus owing to- this difference in tri-
ii Nin opinion a. - IN" possibilities N the
,,,,,,,',, -, 80, ,,r ~. Dr.nc. c,,I,n,V
-iI - "a. N.,, I.r..y line nigh, nnI,-
,,.I I't,L -, sinh. fha sr,rrtTruan ,,n
- ,,,r H., - IN. lin. HANGED a,ya,.
~ N" h.r,i- all through July without
..I,.. fr ',I-H.,...-n =. ,nI.ht ter, .,y.r
10 L,r,t,- 'r.,, Srl-."y county and To
.,,,,., .h'.,,,us- ,h.r,. -, our nNu tr,.,un,
u- - tai" ,ur |"ad birds uu' - ~" Stat"