The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1912-01-05
Brewster to capture 10000 Quail.

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VIM. X. Brewster Of Durand, Mich.
has a contract to supply the state O
New Jersey with 10000 live quail
lie secured a permit to take tina
| number of quail from the state o
| Oklahoma and is now in northwest
ern Oklahoma in an effort to get the
birds. This queer task is quite IL
contrast to the routine duties of Mr.
Brewster, who is a baggage man al
Durand,
Mr.. Brewster made his initial ap.
pearance as quail contractor last
spring. He then secured 1000 quail
for the state of New Jersey, and de-
livered them with the loss of only
three or four. All of those birds died
because OF bad management after
Mr.. Brewster had delivered them.
The possibilities of restocking New
Jersey with quail from this source
was demonstrated, however, and the
way was paved for the present uni
que and remunerative contract.
Hires Men 10 do the Work
Mr.. Brewster Is not personally a
qIail catcher, and he Is not attempt
Ing to play the part now in Oklaho-
ma. He has hired men who are ex-
perts and who know Oklahoma. These
experts catch the quail in trap nets,
equipped with long side wings. Hav-
ing located a covey, the men mounted
on horses, ride slowly toward the
quail. which run along the ground.
The horsemen meanwhile close in
from the sides. When the quail strike
the wings of the net, they are direct
ed .oward the center trap. At the CEN
ter the net forms an ever-narrowing
lane, which is so constructed that the
birds can run into It but cannot run
out again. The lane ends In the trap
a.. the farther end Of which is puck
ering string. This string is united
when the birds are all in the net, and
the men reach n, extract the birds
enc by one and put them into crates
fol shipping. 1t is said that men who
know how can catch quail very rap
Gly in this fashion.
New Jerseys Plan
The game authorities in New Jer-
,ey expect to replenish their supply
If quail very rapidly by this method.
they have a game farm on which they
will keep about $500 of the quail.
there the quail will be kept in much
he same fashion as chickens. The
'thers will be distributed around the
tate in small fiocks. Quail are en-
rely protected in New Jersey. AS
be birds increase from twenty to
hirty fold each year, 1t is expected |
hat in about three years New Jersey |
hich is now practically without |
auil, will have good shooting.
New Jersey is calling upon Michi-
an to replenish her game supply. |
everal car loads of wild deer have
cen sent to the state from Grand
sland, the game preserve Of the
Cleveland Cliffs company. Hunters In
Iichigan would never dream that any
art of the state has so many deer
bat no one knows what to do with
lem, but that Is Just about the stu
lion at Grand Island. The deer have
cen well handled on the island, and
,me time ago Charles e. Brewster
anne law expert Of the biological
lrvey, told the Cleveland Cliffs peo-
e that they would soon have to pro-
de winter feed for the animals. Al
lat time they laughed at him. But
the winter Of 1910 they were &C.
tally obliged to feed the deer SO
ms of alfalfa hay to keep them
rough the winter. II
Plenty Of Deer in Michigan
All of which indicates. according
Mr.. Brewster, that there are lots
deer on Grand Island. But you can
Vt prove that fact by men who have
;nted on the island. The story goes s
at two Chicago green horns secur-
permits to hunt on the island In I
10, and that they paraded faithful I
up ond down the IA 900 acres on {
e island for twenty-one days with
It seeing a single deer. Because of
e rapid increase of deer the Cleve-
nd Cliffs company has taken to is r
ing permits for $40 per person to I
ose who have previously secured
ate permits. Each permit is good
r two deer-if you can get the deer G
,rmits to the number of Ga were 2
cd for 1913 deer. But only 81 deer n
ere actually killed, and the proper C
IN for 1911 is even smaller. Mr..
ewster says that, without the least b
estion, deer have been increasing o
pidly and are on the island now. q
1T the island is heavily wooded and
takes a deer hunter to find them.
w. X. Brewster is a former resi- v