Milford chronicle., 1919-01-10
PLAN OUTLINED FOR
GAME PRESERVATION
Chief Game Warden Anderson Makes
Suggestions Which He Hopes
Will Be Adopted

c plans or the state Board OF tame an
Fish Commissioners in securing fur
y ther protection for the game With
e the State.
= incidentally let it be understood a
q the outset that Chief Warden Ander
son is a sportsman in every sense o
the word and that his work is beinl
l done purely in behalf of game ant
5 with no other object in view than max
= ing our State rich in the out-of-door
r sports that have disappeared in ;
large degree in other eastern States
Chief Warden Anderson has made al
p exhaustive search .:to conditions, go
/ ing over Delaware with Chief Field
/, Warden Albert F. Dillahay, and witt
his survey showing him exactly how
Delaware stands today, his plans for
the future should have the support OF
every resident He has entered whole
Iheartedly into the work and his cam
paign for the future is not only prac-
teal but so easily understood that
everyone will grasp its points.
Talking of the proposed legislation
of reestablishing a resident license fee
of S1.1O, Chief Anderson said that the
plan is solely to secure funds so that
game may receive the protection that
il requires. He pointed out that today
we have but one field warden in the
entire State and naturally this is too
great an area to be covered by one
man, however competent he may be.
The State appropriates $500 a pear for
game protection, but this amount is
trifing when the nature of the work is
understood and with the decidedly
nominal fee of S1.10 on each sportsman
who INDUCES in hunting and fishing
"a fund would be established providing
for more wardens to see that laws are
enforced and same protected.
But this feature is probably not the
greatest in Mr.. Anderson's view. He
talked of the plan for propagation of
game and gave a very clear idea as
TO how native quail may be used to
restock the State. He has looked into
the matter of buying Mexican quail
and learned that with the probable
losses in shipment and the high price |
OF 81 for each bird, it would cost the |
State practically SO for every quail |
brought in. Then he obtained informa-
ton from Dr. Joseph Kalbfus, secre- |
taTy of of the Pennsylvania Game Com |
mission, and a noted game expert, and |
learned that splendid results can be I
obtained by trapping the native birds |
shortly before their mating season in |
lie spring and by releasing the |
trapped birds two pairs at a time and |
in different localities.
When the birds have been trapped |
four are selected to be released near
the place where they were taken. The
two male birds. who always lead in
flight. have several of the larger
feathers taken from one wing and
while they are still able to fly they
circle in flight and return to the i'm
mediate vicinity where released. Here
they breed. The remaining birds
trapped are then distributed in a like
manner but at differen; points where
are suitable for their breed
ing. Some are taken to distant points
and those captured in distant sections
are returned 10 the vicinity where
others have trapped, but always in
view Of keeping them from forming
into coveys, as the coveys prevent
proper breeding.
This very practical plan does away
with the fear that the State Game
Commission has again in mind the
thought of a game farm. The game
farm plan has not worked out salts
.actorly in other States and the idea
Of the Commission in securing the
resident license law is merely to OBJ
ain a fund whereby practical work,
such as that outlined by Chief Ander-
son, may be followed out
We can readily realize that if :
,ovey OF twelve birds are trapped and
[ has been successfully carried out ,
n Pennsylvania, these twelve birds
or the basis for at least three, and
perhaps six, new cOYeys during the a
year. This allows for two
II the four birds that have been paired a
If being killed by natural enemies or
lot mating. 1t really provides for the y
Of quail in such manner i
hat without any closed season, but | b
With the proper breaking up of COW c
VS., quail in Delaware within two or G
nree years will be at least ten times h
$ great in number as at present. \
Chief Anderson also strongly re- a
killing of crows and hawks, O
'hO are natural enemies of the quail
nd destroy their eggs and young. o
With a working fund secured by l.
e light resident license fee the proper
APPS could be secured and this work "
lrried out. The result would be as B
ired and the drain on the fund would
, comparatively light. Extra wardens r
1uld be hired and other feasible plans h
" bettering the hunting could be car tC
ed out. Chief Warden Anderson n
ans for no frills or untried out fads, bl
IT practical work. fiji
Regarding other game restrictions cC
iere are present laws that he be-
ewes should be modified. He has ut
lder way at this time a plan to re- IL;
ock every body Of water in the State NJ
ith black bass, where conditions are
Iitable. and this work will be with
1t cost of any nature. He is sincere
his belief that with our splendid
ltural conditions for game we can Ig
silly make Delaware the paradise for dr.
ortsmen. He is anxious to have the Ia
ews of all sportsmen ana will devote co
S best efforts in carrying out plans to
an mean more game and more sport. W,
e has looked into all phases of the III
me duestion and his racOnnrnar1da Z,