The sun., 1916-12-24
Is GAME
BIRD OF FUTURE
Catskills Favorable Region
for Newcomer From
Asia.
WILL AID PARTRIDGE
NJ carl sCWIRZ suSFER.

Schoharie Valley and It's cnvirons con.
hdently expect that the coming Of tho
pheasant to this region in considcrahi.
numbers marks a great change in shoot
ing conditions throughout the ritsk,il
and Heidelberg mountains.
RUNNING from near the Ashpkau ,tm
in the Catskills. through the Iie.dc
bergs to the Mohawk River. the sch.
harie Valley. although little known. p
the eastern seaboard's only rival to m.
famous Hood River region Of Orero,
and one Of the wonder lands OF the goo.
logical world.
Its picturesque hills are still heavily
wooded with conifcrs and harlWoods
Its coil rich. its climate rs ideal ~ m
he found In the State. There orc IN.
Vulnerable thicketa which win alwa,p
remain and thousands Of little ril,s come
bubbling from underground watr'
courses and the grea' s~ubterrsnca
caverns which underlie It's floor. the ~.
tent OF which no man knows.
An occasional deer IL still sco7 in
It's forests and now and then a hear ~
tho mountains.
Twenty-Five years ago no be''"r Winr
shooting was n he obtained oi'4ii" ~
the virgin forests than was - Ice md a..
his valley. Fob Whites CHEEKY cI, I
NJ longer heard. hut after nearly eoN
years Of restricted and Unrestricted
hunting It's covers are still yieldirs
surprising number OF grouse. cous.dc..
ing the way this popular game bird h..
disappeared from other sections Of '1s
State.
Game Birds Can Dwell Together.
"Will the newcomer drive out the ruffsd
grouse, or will II exert II bonciyi,l
influence. tending to replenish u. pI"H'l
partridge covers?' H. the question win.
IL being asked on every hand. II "a.
been asked In other sections where ,Ns
pheasant IL found II is asked wh"'.
ever the bird H. being INTRODUCED
Veteran sportsmen who hay" lc.ow.
acquainted with this new additlou to on
feathered game point out that The one
II a shy bird of the forest. the other .
shy bird Of the fields.
That they can live amiahly in gin"
same locality. because the partridge sol
dom leaves tin forest to ans cxtcn' and
the pheasant seldom enters II beyond
the outskirts. relying "a patches o.
scrub. hedges and br>ho' TO- hid.
places and protection.
TIL frightened p%Ir;r.dc' 3" ~ safety
as n rule in rapid t'l-lt and IN 'sl
dense everereens. while the ph"asar'
sulks on the ground. often drpcld.H.
as much upon its legs as upon IT. stud
wings FOR safety
AS the average" sportsman seldom a7s
more than one day u week 20 drvo c :
his favoritc pastime h" canno, so '"---
fully pursue both species u. one md t7r
same time. He may shoe, au o f
sional pheasant while guunir- ''
grouse. or an occasional grous, NH.r
hunting pheasants. but that il .,. !o'
their habits are so radically dit Co.,
The partridge ,liugs to the h'i- t.'
swamps the pheasauts to tn on"n H.'.'
and water courses. II hides Il" f'. .u
crs, In lunches OF grr~s. IN h,rIy i., ,r
c"rnhclds and a hundred and ono nor
places in the open which IN" 'rn.J Ir
fridge will always coutiru" To- Ul it-
cause IL IL a creature of the forests
The older wing shooters VII r
wholly desert their ftyor.,e OF The N..
but the younger g~cr..at.ou VII ,' ..
heaters of the fields. % the t4lI'
pheasant hunters. IN other worls. %.
less difficult to bag % brd 3D.. 49,, ..
than II is In heavy Timber Irl
swamps. where the gruU~, JI' gI
resort when the guns r,.,Iu' "A"
ing
Again most huu...S .l..
dogs and it Is easier Ter Ih.n ..
ia" fields than 1t IL 10 pu-' .I'' '
through und"rbrush I"i tolr-; p. s.
Pheasant viii Aid i'rr,,r'.
II ~ obvious that ,r.
ri,easant's Introduction w. %
"A greet dcal Of attention. tr'
fridge as = garr hii 4. -,
give II n hotter chau,r g., ..r.
Increase than nov ',i.'
probably not hold good j..
the cover Is gone. lu; = g..
proves we'll .ound"d =, t'w .el'
pheasant st roting Should show ~
i~ncreas" in the ranks ~ o.,
in the fores'ei regions 49, ..
sections If the state
As to the newcomers pI.,.
grouse there need l." llt'. N.Hr.. .
So long as tn" food supply g -t'.
meet their needs. II ~ ,'t..',t r
rouse can obtain u living Nn'
wou'd SitrNc and that ia" p.'I-
nearly It's equal IN this |ro-lr'
or the two birds the ihct~t
holder Where the parlr.dg, v..
main in IN" woods and StlrNr N. -
ant shows no hcs.tau,y ~ ,p.rp. &c
human habitatious. SPARED Dos .r.t
II will fcarlcssly visit hruDunn.. ..
yards md even village ~'r",'s 100 ~,
of food. which tends To- cuuii.u r..
lief that 1t viii never ,m.ro.. 'a
considerable extent upon the t..,..
cesser or IN" runcl Grous' To iIt
ment Of that species.
. THE SATISFIED ANGLER
4, Charles Bradford uHi.T q. ..tH.H. .