Evening star., 1916-01-01

| Quail and rabbit shooting in Mary
| land is prohibited by law on and after
December %, while in Virginia the
season fPr shooting this game does
| not close until February l, and in the
| District of Columbia it is against the
law to shoot them at any time.
"Unfortunately. however" said W. ?.
| Bowie, the District law permits
possession of quail until March Is. Civ
| ing birds less protection then rabbits,
! the possession of rabbits being per-
mitted until February L.
In MARYLAND. it is stated, duck and
goose shooting is about the only sport
| that sunners are permitted to enjoy
| at this season. the Virginia season for
such game closing at the same time
| The federal game laws regulate the
| duck shooting. and il is the opinion
of many sunners that the trainers OF
the statute would have thrown a better
protection around the game IL they
| had opened the season a month later
and closed it March J.
Under ordinary conditions, SAID
r Bowie "ducking is better the iattet
part of January and the early part oi
February than it is at any other time
Usually the birds are poor early IN tne
season. while later they are IN spleh-
did condition.
Reports from number OF points
along the rivers in this section suS-
sest that ducks are not as pientllul
as usual, although dealers IN tht
markets have received large snip
ments of them.
Il think many OF them are stehi'i NJ :
sheltered places on inland ponds. salo
Llovd Brooke an enthusiastic sports
man. The motor boats on the DE
rivers are so numerous that they keeI
the ducks frightened and drive many
| of them inland.
Henry p. Pratt. who has charge OF
| the work of preparing cases 70 pe pre-,
sented to the grand jury, took seVeraI
days holiday last month and Went to
| King George county Va. his former
| home. to enjoy an outing with dogs
and guns He did most of his shoot
| ing in the neighborhood of Weedon-
| vile. his companions being CharleS
| Reyan and HeZe Potts, both reputeo
to be the leading turkey hunters OF
We failed to get any turkeys, how,
ever" said Pratt, although dld ee'
| a shot at one.
| The first week of the outing resulted
! in the sportsmen getting somethins
| like five dozen birds and a few fapoits
We could have slaughtered rabolts.
shooting them, and we only killed
what we wanted to eat.
| There was snow on the ground tne
second week. and under the state laws
shooting birds and turkeys at sucf
times is made an offense.
y. L. Pulliam is one of many loca
sportsmen who has not put his fshlns
| tackle away for the winter.
What's the use?" he asked The
closed season. if there is such thing
| is short at best
Pulliam is decidedly of the opinion
| that fish are caught with hook and line
| in the vicinity of this city twelve
| months in the year.
only last week." said the angler. y
| saw a colored boy have string of cat
| fish that he caught in the river where
| the hot water from the Bennlng power
plant empties, and I'm going tc try my
hand at the game the first warm day.
Pulliam probably caught the greatest
number of mouth bass taken from
| the basin the past season. He visited
| the basin until the weather conditions
became too bad for him and when he
was unable to catch fish. 1t is certain
| he will be one of the first of the Wash
ington anglers to try his luck this year
| There was time when winter fishing
was INDUCED in on the river front
where the hot water waste from the
powerhouse of the street railway emp
| tied near the foot of 9TH street south
west.
| Il used to catch plenty of bass there,