The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-11
Weakn'h Large In Great South Bay.

son at Block Island on july us nsrsv
consisting of DR.. John W. Keefe Of Proyi.
R n.,e, l.; Dana Chapman and r. s. Hale OF
2stoh' A Julian Crandall of Ashaway and
snan, w Bliss and guest of Providence
speht the week end of the Fourth at the
wera oo. Tuna. bonito and swordnish
"eIe caught in large numbers.
Athough II IL nearly a month before tuna
IRE usually caught in these waters, several
the hrst catch of the season with a rod
when ne landed az pound tuna with light
s s.h The honor of catching the largest
catch of 57h pounds.
The season has opened most auspi-
ciously for the Atlantic Tuna Club, with
opening. The president this year is zenas
w Bliss. while the chairman OF the house
committee is L. Dana Chapman.
j. T. CRANDALL,
Secretary Atlantic Tuna Club.
Block Island, r. l., July 10
Big Fluko Brought 10 Freeport.
l. Ten members of the Wang Wang Fish
ing Club aboard the Lottie w. Capt.
10 Freeport last Sunday with II nuke, the
heaviest weighing 81 pounds.
Ten Mile River Yields Big Trout.
n. J. stidd from Ten Mile River at Mar
S Uwso1rg captured a trout 20 inches long
fought IS minutes. s. Wallace smith Of
Port Jervis; N. Y. sends to THE SUN
q ysrdstick to testify to Its length.
Dog Attacks Adirondack Guide.
sARANAC LAKE. y. V. July lO.-Ar-
thur Fuller. Adirondack guide bear
hunter hunter Tor years took big. shaggy collie
that bit little girl at Mary Jane Fullers
hunting camp to the woods intending to
kili the animal
Fuller unleashed the animal As he
lifted his rifle to despatch the dog the ami
NAL leaped at him. getting in close and be-
yond the range o. the gun. Fuller threw
the dog off and tried to level his rife.
h. AA1 1l.awl N
sensing the purpose OF the guide, leaped
under the rife barrel
After several struggles at close quarters
the animal imbedded its teeth in the feshy
part OF the guides leg.
Fuller, almost exhausted. turned his rife
on the animal. sent leaden ball through
the shoulder of the brute and broke its
hold. As the animal dropped to the
ground the guide sent several shots into its
Fuller. with his arms, legs and body
lacerated and bleeding from deep wounds
inflicted by the mad dogs teeth. was able
| to make his away to his mothers camp and
DR.. Dunlap was summoned.
Fluke at Cedars and Sandy Hook.
On their sixth fishing trip of the season
the seaweek Fishing Club at the Cedars
and Sandy Hook last Sunday caught fuke.
| High hook was Edward Apologize with is
fiuke. won nrst prize. c. sconeld gained
second with pound nuke.
F1uke ut Breezy Point, Rockaway.
Eugene Kunckier OF The Bronx spent ten
days at Breezy Point, Rockaway. and
| caught messes OF fuke every day.
| Grabs and EeIs at Fort Lee.
| Crabs and cells plentiful at the Fort
| Lee powder dock"
Proper Seasons Needed for Deer.
Search Me" goes deer hunting, and
| falling to get buck kills doe and
can't feel any pride in saying "oh.
Now, search Me-" l contend that It
would depend under what conditions and
methods used to secure that doe.
while s,in hunting you certainly have
whether I, is a buck or doe.
| on the other hand. II you should hap
pen to be one of the dub hunters" who
| can't loose sight of camp without a guide.
who is taken out and sat on a log, with
Instructions to sit there regardless Of time
until ,,id guide comes back to pick , you
after drive. day after day. This kind OF a
sport 60 is dub hunter" regardless
| Of the fact that he Tor guide) gets big
buck to take gu, to boast and lie about;
| Search Me" seems to infer that to get
a doe would be easy; that only the buck is
| cunning.
In answer ] would refer you to Van
Dykes still Hunter" Go out with Nj.
Van Dyke the day he underestimate the
over six months old. but even II laughs
| with scorn at the old experienced hunter
| Now ! going to keen repeating my
| self on the conservation of deer. These
sheep and cattle ranchmen and these en-
closed pasture deer breeders. with their
statistics resardins the number Of males
fail most dismally to protect our deer.
Good Hunting Season Predicted.
Deer were very plentiful in the Adj
rondacks prior TO the buck law and the
failed TO protect the game and the sea
son made larger kills possible. Cut out
that November shooting II you would save
ss2TS ana Nav. O1 hGss ~ .
for the past nfteen years II so you VII
II these buck law advocates would work
as hard to get a sensible season they
did TO have the buck law retained they
would be advocating conservation.
Due to the very favorable winter deer
will be very plentiful this fall. but that
November hunting will certainly decimats
them. Please give the game cover: return
the od sns Il dee, fail to Sea
own then cut on the last two weeks of Oc-
tober and We can hunt to our hearts con
tent year after year and deer Will multi
I would also suggest a stop be put tc
driving. The man who isn't interested
be allowed to hunt. The man who is toe
lazy to still hunt should stay at home by
search Me-" don't you know that tho
guides Kill half the deer? And a good
hunting guide can kill a deer. on an aver
age OF every other day in November?
l on the other hand, II takes mighty
good guide TO get one deer week in the
latter part Of September and the hrst part
OF October. Again say please give deer
a season that assures them OF natural
protection and they will look out for them
selves r. r. SChEREK.
Bronx, July 10.
p s-"white Birch" please take notice
Trout Vision, Flies and Bottoms.
| 1t is an entirely erroneous idea that
trout will no. live in streams witH muddy
bottoms They do. and in streams that
have not been stocked at that. OF course
the stream must be running one Ir
streams of this order the fsh do not propa
gate as rapidly as on rocky bottoms and
they never seem to gain any considerable
size.
A striking example OF this condition car
he found in a small stream near Sea View
Mass 1t Is muddy bottomed. as far as
traced II and runs for the most par
through swamp lands ! hshed It and
caught about a dozen brook trout not one
of them being over seven Inches long
The body thick and the heads yer,
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