French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-01-13
THE QUAIL SEASON CLOSES
IN HENDERSON COUNTY.
Local SpOrtsmen Are Preparing to Put
Away Guns After SaturdaySOf This
Week; Brief Review of Season

week; BTIef review OF Season
After Saturday of this week it will
be illegal to hunt quail in Henderson,
county. The game laws of the county
call for an open seaso extending from
November 10Th to January 18th. The
sportsmen will rigidly obey the laws,
and are preparing to put UP their guns
and ammunition until the opening Oh
the next bird season.
The season just coming to a close IS
generally regarded by local Nimrod )
as an average one. There nave been
about as many birds as usual in the
county. and reports from reliable
sources are that the covies were good.
numbering on the whole about fifteen
birds each. Weather conditions last
fall were ideal for the maturing of u
large second Matching of birds. AS a
result of this, n sportsman found a
large per CEN Of the birds killed up
to January LIST to be young ones, con-
Sequently small in size. Many of those
offered for sale in the local markets
we're understood and had pin" featn-
ers in large numbers on them. They
are about matured now. No large
bags" are reported from the county.
and no violations of the tWenty-bird
limit are reported.
The season is still open on doves.
turkeys and ruffed grouse, but the
hunter who goes in for any or all of
these specially is rare. Doves are
never here in great numbers, as in the
eastern part Of the State, after the LIST
of December. This is regarded as a
1o hy Iaao1 cn0rtcr0on hnoo-cn
the season on doves in this county eX-
tends from November 18th to April
Isl, during which time, except for the
first half month, doves are compare
lively scarce. They migrate in great
numbers every fall and winter, going
where there is better chance for sect
during the cold months. No great
number of these birds have been taken
locally this year, but a few small
bags" are reported.
In the not very remote past it was
a common enough thing for local
sFortsmen to enjoy good sport when
after that king of game birds. the wild
turkey, without leaving the boundaries
of Henderson county. An observer of
nature who probably knows conditions
as we'll and as accurately as any man
within the country, states that few
turkeys are to be found now within
the the county. They have beer kill
ed off, or driven away by the clearing
up or forests. The wild turkey is one
OF the widest of birds and is not like
~ to be caught mapping by the ANA
teIr. Some hunters from Henderson
vile and vicinity have made bags"
this season but they hunted in t. |
eastern part of the State, with some .
success. The season on wild turkeys
opens on November 1st and closes on
April LIST. A strong effort is being
made in the State to maxi a closed
season for five years on the wild tur-
key las he is in danger of being en-
tirely exterminated.
Very few ruffed grouse have been
within the county limits this
This fine game bird, whose
history is known to but few, is fast be-
coming an oddly owe the whole
country. Only a skilled shot need
hope to wing n of them, as their
"get away" is like the speed of a high
powdered shell, and quite as discon-
certing to the amateur. So far as re.
ports go, only about half a dozen ha re |
been taken locally Diving the season.
Few are to be found in Henderson cour
ty. Some are said to be on Long John |
mountain; but are exceedingly shy !
Others are reported to be on the head
OF Green river, but are hard to get at.
Rabbits have been taken in fairy |
large numbers and have been on sale !,
at a good price in the local markets. |
There has been much food for them
this year, owing to the absence of snow
on the ground, and their condition mas
never been better. There is no closed |,
season on squirrels in Henderson
county, and if the proper places arc
selected there is no scarcity Of these |
toothsome little creatures to be had /
in a short hunt.
closed more than half a month. reports
continue to come in that the past sea-
son has been a splendid one. Quite 4
number of them have been exposed foj
sale in Hendersonville, and the report
is that many were consumed in the
towns along the Brevard railroad.
Deer are reported to have been in goo /
condition, with a pleanty of meat on
them. No reports are forthcoming OF
arrests for exceeding the limit, which
is two buck to each hunter per season.
Many are said to have taken the limit.
Tie season extends from NovembG"
Isl to December 18th in thiJ county.
There is no open season on either
snipe or wood-cock, and while some
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