The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-02-04

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Ing q shot. There IN not 90 much
cover. a 123 and 15o birds q day |
there is a fair hunt 1 get 30 centS
apiece frcm the dining ear people
for these birds I often get SOC a
day for by birds. / have killed in The
neighDorhoOd of $500 birds this seq
son.. which have brought me OVER
hi season is not as good as last.
l shoot fo-Sauge gun right open.
left modified and 2+-inch barrel, mads
special. II cost me SIZE"
He said he nae killed about $50
III this 'Mecklenburgl county. He,
like all pot hunters, owns no land.
He makes his living by acting a. q
scourge 10 other peoples birds. lie
has realized from his county alone
SZso from h sale OF other peoples
birds.
the day: Il killed fifteen bird.
IL eleven Snots. This Of course
meant that he shot the birds on the
ground. No sportsman shoots birds
on the ground, and it should he made
a m-isdeIneancr for a pot hunter TO
10 So It IS the business OF the pot
hunter to fiji his bag, and he doe.
tnlS by shooting on the ground when
eFeF he caa. As many KS FIFTEEN birds
are sometimes killed at one shot or
she Srouhd. This is $3.50 with hut
uttte eHort. OF course the man whC
Viii shoot another's birds FOR sale
viii Kill them on The ground, trap
Them or get them in any way possible
for his trade He knows he IS q
criminal BY going on Il land. and
does not consider the degrees OF crime
by h"sit;4ting TO Ill his pot in tha
easiest Elannef possible. He is q pro-
EeSSlendl pOacher. q habituaI law
breaker 4 persistent tTeSpasser, and,
neSt TO the Suck-egs dog, the wors,
enemy Of the quail. Let a premium
pc placed ON the capture OF the pot
hunter. Let the State offer rewards
FOR such people or authorize the coun-
y commissioners to DC 50 inst as re-
warts used TO be offered for Vol
hides.
:. From % TO 50 birds is The Gail,
, reward cf the average pot hunters il
. shis county, or from $3.50 TO SIG re.
ward for peaching. Such men coult
hardly make more than a dollar Z
: day at any legitimate calling, but D,
> their criminal pursuits make enough
n forty days to keep them q wear.
+ Inc pot hunter owns no land. pay
10 taxes and has no visible means o
y support, except during the hlntin,
season Be Is usually an expert shO
I anQ dog trainer. one was heard {
: say in regard to this: 4 get $25 70
:. training that dog but he has made m
4 twice that noun while / have bee,
= training him" From this it may b
Inferred tina the pot hunter gets on
= dollar for raining dogs for every tw
: dollars he gets for his birds; or. i
. other words, his .respa~sing an
pOachiEg are twice as valuable to hi1
rs his dog training.
TWO men from the city went ont I
a nearby town recently OF 4 pu1
= ported visit, but hunted while OF
i there and killed SO birds and sol
q them for l. cents apiece. netting Se.5
: apiece. This was turning countr
!, aospita lily TO great advantage.
- Obd-Tinas- Sp<FtsHe1s.
- Capt. Harrison Watts, Of Staca-wid
:. IA anne. sys: Il approve OF all the fore
- going and more. Walter Prem and
- used to go cut and get from so
- Ice birds in an evenings hunt, but
,. is different now. No man ought to /
: allowed to Kill more than ten birds
a day. This should be the law a
over the State on accouu Of II
=; scarcity OF the birds. Shooting qua
is eminently q s~enteEaU's sport, b.
- unless the birds are better protect
- there will 500 be none 70 hunt. Nal
. it {. m~isdemeanor to sell birds,
:. shoot them on the ground, TO hunt {
another maj s lIEd II pcrIul
sion and have a close season from II
1St day Of February to the 24th 4.
~ OF December. T would also put
premium on the hawk scalp and su.
9. a tax on the dog as to eliminate Il
suck-egg ones
ut Mr.. G.. e. Bates, the State ehampi,
III pigeon shot. II probably the ouic
n. est bird shot in the State, says: TT
Al absolutely necessary to do somethil
for the birds of the State ii we wa
Ter 70 keep them from becoming eSt,I'
Fly 1t IS necessary 10 pfote
In the birds from the pot hunter and I
,f4s Suck-egg dog as we'll as the hawk
ed We expect to keep our lands stock
an with birds. I have killed as many
nd SO birds without missing a shot. a.
ct bAseed many more than that nul
la per II q LAY, put lof the pFoeeSii
de OF the game "ouiu huIocsltc I III
Of f,n birds for a daN'Q hunt ROW =