The sun., 1919-10-16
ROD AND GUN NEWS
'ons Island and Jersey Duck-r Opens.

Long Island and Jersey Duck Time Opens.
To-day is the opening day on Long Island
ssihlpe or 1acksnipe, coot. mudhen and gal
,ninuie' The season Is already open for
oiack bellied and golden plovers. yellowleg.
Woodcock and rails.
Also the season begins in New Jersey to-
Gay Tor duck, goose, brant ooot gallinules
ana Wilson snipe or jacksnipe. The season
Flowers. yellowleg. woodcock, rail (marsh
hem and reedblrd.
Black and broadbiiis with scattering
weeks In Great South and Barnegat bays.
Strange Happenings at Sea.
or course 1t is not a new thing for
strange things to happen on.the Rossbell.
FOR the old craft seems to be fated to have
all kinds of things happen aboard her.
rms time. however, 1t so fell out that
by some peculiar combination of circum-
stances there was superabundance of
grub aboard the other Sunday; so much SO.
In fact that a pie eating contest took
PADDY, the bo'sun, honors being about
equal, though II was said that II Capt.
George had been allowed to enter the lists
ne would have eaten more than the pair of
them and then eaten a few pigs knucklesr
few pickles and half dozen oranges or
80 as chasers.
Then another genius made a name for
himself, and host OF friends, too, by
bringing a large pot of sauerkraut, which
was also highly appreeited by the epicures
on the fo'c'sle head, Lucky Steve" promis-
ing to get the stove in commission for the
next trip, gently insinuating that n few
pounds of frankfurters would be welcome.
too.
OF course, this is not strictly fishing
news, but II Is true also that we had a
fine day on the wreck OF the old steamship
caught plenty of big blacks"
There the old ship lay below us few
feet. for you can see some of her parts In
N
yet above water. although she went down
about fifteen years ago.
We certainly lost sinkers aplenty, but
then that's in the game, ana you don't
mind that when you get a seven or eight
FOUNDER fighting all the way up.
The day was pleasant. but rather misty
and you saw the white shores of Long ISL
and all the way down to Fire Island.
To see Capt. George get his ship right on
a wreck Is to see as nice a bit OF seaman
ship as you will ever observe.
The Rosabell will continue to go for
blacks" for a while yet, SO get all the he
old bolts you can for sinkers and swear on
ARTHUR THORNTON.
Wreck Lead. Oct. 10.
Rules for the Big Buck Contest.
The other day THE SUN printed para
graph telling of the cup that DR.. +. b.
Trudeau of Saranac Lake has offered for
the past Ave years to the hunter killing
the largest buck within the Adirondack
preserve.
A. II. o
note to Dr. Trudeau not only brings the
rules for the big buck contest but the IN
teresting history of how the contest was
Dr. Trudeau writes: THE SUN will
be interested to know that the idea OF
synss "a 9Tp from fST hesr,Ss my father tell
of winter. now nearly forty years ago.
when he and the other sportsmen OF
could kill the largest rabbit; sweepstake
instead of a cup in this instance was the
reward.
III by chance you have ever read my
fathers autobiography you WILL remember
that he won the contest.
my giving the cup each year for the
biggest buck Is, in way, In memory
of this event held here SO many years ago"
The six rules for the big buck contest"
follow:
2 The buck must be killed within the
Blue Line" that is. within the Adiron-
:. The deer must be weighed at the
Tobin market
l. The deer must be dressed and all or
gans removed except the kidneys.
3. The deer must hang for at least TWEEN
ty-four hours in public view In front of the
Tobin market II possible it is desruos
bigger one is killed to take his place.
6. In DR.. Trudeau's absence from town.
any matters OF dispute regarding this con-
test are referred to Dr. c. c. Trembley.
Now York Anglers views on Jersey Laws.
October calling attention to the pleas
ant manners OF some New Jersey game
wardens, while new to many readers OF
the Rod and Gun column, is a very old
story.
Witness the treatment the New Workers
used to receive on Greenwood Lake when
by misfortune they crossed the imaginary
line dividing the New York from the New
Jersey end. A.
be found. ready to take in the unwary
New. Yorker and have him fined before
the nearest Justice for fishing without
license. So bad did conditions become
that the State of New York in self-defence
passed an act making It necessary for
fishermen from other states 10 procure a
| license where they wanted to hsh IN
boundary waters. -
But this is not the only grievance
against the trea tment in New Jersey. Inc
three hook law. which is perhaps a wise
one. has always been vigorously enforced
against the stranger, although It's obserN-
ance is honored by its bleach by the new
Jersey fishermen.
/ have seen them many lakes put
ting on anywhere from three to SIX gang
hooks and them openly, whereas II
"furriner'' unwittingly used more than
three hooks he was promptly arrested ana
fined Repeated observation OF such treat
ment has resulted in my wiping the We"
Jersey lakes off my hshing map.
My feeling toward the New Jersey surf
anglers. however. is entirely different ns
there is no better bunch OF sportsmen or