The sun., 1919-04-21
HIGH WAT Err FOR LOCAL ANG
Safety Spawning Ground. for shad.

Safety Spawning Grounds for Shad.
| ALBANY. April Ga shsd refuge ir
! the Conserve ton Commission as the re-
| suit OF petition submitted by the shsG
ms ,h men nnemst:yes for an area Of safety
no fishing should he permitted.
The spawning grounds selected Is known
ns the Flats" and begins al the red buo,
north Of Kingston Point and continues in
| northern direction TO the red buoy oppo.
s!te ths village OF Barrytown
According TO the new order Just issued
| BY the Conservation Commission no nets
Of any kind shall be set, placed. drawn OF
March IL to June Is. both dates Inclusive
Pennsylvania Fishing Seasons.
Lake trout or salmon trout. July ! &c
september 20 Cim!t, twenty ave. black
white bass, crAppie strAwberry or calico
s' PIKE SA or gsssn ss
or western pike. July j to peoember 80,
black bass (mInimum length. nine Inches
pie, strawberry or calico bass o ans e erss,
bass (six inches: limit, twenty-nve), pike
perch. wall eyed pike or, susquehsnna sal
! ty-fveI, muscellonge o. Western PIKE
"a inches; limit four). sunhsh. no closed
sunday hshins is prohlSited in Inland
waters
Tribute to the Late James J. Condon
,, wasn Jane. = condon died ther.
9 few %, his xnd ''H s srs :, are esn es
truthfully said that the "old timers" have
always represented IN their humble way
Wa wst STln''P'' OF 'h''T patron saint l'AAk
condSn vas on. Of N. Original found
foster father OF the United Anglers
League. Up TO few years ago he was
he NJ phar a.
| asains. the dosnsh, now known as the
grayhsh He was quite an orator and
nHsys took par, II the debate; over
He was fearless, frank, consistent and
az al times gentleman, He was a
manly, man. He was fisherman OF the
DON THE PROFESSOR
New York. April a.
SAYS Deer Open season Wrong Time.
The trouble in the deer law is in tn.
open season, Until 1911 fapns only were
protected and deer were fairly plentiful.
IN is,l the season s. on deer .tsTn s OK;
october 81, with fifteen days added for
bucks only
Tho following year the ssx and season
! and closed November rs. bucks only 10
Be taken; but mis- law did not protect The
on ont the srsduai dtcrease.
Deer cannot survive unless they are
given he proper ever Their ere more
hunting than in the entire month Of oe-
tober WHY Because the leaves are
practically all on in November, thus de-
priyins the deer Of cover in which TO hide.
Tho proper conservative IDEA j. to
change The season back 70 It's Cd dates,
September l6 to October 81.
Most years the leaves aTs and the
foliage ls dense until october Is NJ the
earliest; thus siving the deer chance
This 11i condition reduces hunt!ns to q
science. Generally. abou: October 20 the
sleaves are pretty well cleaned on. and
be the hest hunting that II to make Kills.
Ia I. the idea to reduce the kills. Well
there is only one, way 20 30 this snd that
Is by reducing tho hunterE' chances. and
Increasing the chances NJ the game.
After these precautions " deer continue
a~t two weeks OF the season and make /:
from September l6 TO October rs and, be-
lleve me. tho deer would soon increase
Moreover such a season would leave deer
unmolested. in the ru;ting season. as they
The buck law 40 a safety measure Is q
man who VII shoot at moving brush under
one law would DO so under another. The
man who lent willing to take his chances
had best rtsy a. home. How people will
fuss about man or two year getting
shot! You can pick up a paper, most any
day and nnd where several have been
same people who do al the harping about
the shooting case never say word about
wild people driving autos than there are
Wild mAn who shoot at moving brush We
are used 20 auto accidents and deaths, but
when two or three hunters tout OF some
200 900 licenses issued year, get KILLED
or injured, you hear some one shout
ing buck law" Now n sport that ONLY
shows. say. ono fatality 20 every $4,000
participants. is safe enough for me.
Most Of these squsalers, harptng about
men being mistaken for deer. know but
little Of the real season. Often the reason
is spelled Rum"
Let us get away from that kind Of argu-
msnt and make an open seseon that VIII
furnish tho deer with some cover ard re-
duce the number of kills. II a man feels
he can't enJoy himself on q hunting trip
unless he is almost sure 20 get HE deer
KILLED by his guide>, lett him stay at
home.
good sport would rejoice IN the fact
that ne was aheld. that the weather was
Ideal (as II IL in September and early Oc-
tober), and that the odds we're with the
game. due 10 the leaves being Per
sonally feel sure tho one deer idea Is
o. X It's tho season that Is wrong
Change the open season ana the deer Will
surely Increase.
2e2s Creston avenue, Bronx. April 81.
Theodore Roosevelt on the Dear Family.
The Ferris Everett bil! witch IL VOW be
tc.s Gov. Smith. cuts ths bag limit Of deer