Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-01-27
by CAPTAIN FRANK WINCH
Big Game Hunter and Authority on
Outdoor Life

IA Big Game Hunter and Authority on
Outdoor Life
Rod and gun clubs dot the horizon
Of America and their name is legion
EOrdinarily their tenure OF life can be
~measured in inches on the yard
h slick of time. A few fellows get
h -tpgether and decide to create a CLUB.
~Cfficers are elected. ar assessment IS
levied to give the right tone and color
10 the treasury. The layout ten,
from the average angle, is complete.
For the next six months or so, the
club functions after a fashion. Then
happen the inevitable. A
n +. drops out, then another and more I'M
ID only a few of the staniDyS honest
IL goodness gun cranks encircle the
bewildered secretary and ask what s
the natter" The answer not forth-
II coming. more guns desert the locker
n END in the 6nality we find the rem
-.iants of So and So Roc and Gun
Es64ub onIy a shattered wreck of hopes
ta1e sign comes down and the whole
clifing is cobwebbed In Renaissance
Why?
TO NV mind the cruX of the sltua-
4tion lies in the fact that we buIld our
HI structure from the top III place OF
saartfng at the bottom. We overlook
n fundamental without which no cluD
l,as ever been or ever will be success
Iul. We make every preparation Tor
The hunt in the matter OF clothes ana
snoring impedimenta, but we contrl-
butte to a fateful negligence when we
t:s,ge remiss on the subject, How 10
Hunt Posted Property.
Every sportsman who has gone
ss51Ield. has had the solution of this
.saitaation at hand. We have had the
.posted property thing thrust at us.
.iaringly, and impressively on every
milestone of our journey once solve
the question of hunting posted prop
nrty and you have rendered 10 the
Tth degree of simplicity the success
~lul career of your rod and gun cup.
m Posted signs are more generously
~sprinkled about thar the stars III the
milky -, and the tendency seems
ii be headed toward trespass warn
siles on what little ground has been
tA uxerIooked There are certain states
&w here it is impossible for the strang--
E* or to hunt unless he places hllnsell
a n the middle of the public highway
Ind risks a shot between SiareS Oh
"A he observant farmer on either sac
of The fence. Reducing the problems
IA to It's elementals, you WIN hilu tLas
III the farm owner and the land owner
"A * the barrier that stands between
III ,.au, Gibbs success or failure.
Plight here permit me to emphd-
stya q pojnt-the farmer n the
~ Land owner have found ample JustI-
III ncntjon in posting their property.
M I,rok en- fences, undone gates lnJureo
IN stock. and in many instances oepic-
IA ,latious and vandalism as surprlsinP
as they have been Costly spoisoi 49,
Hi nftif1de of the farmer In keeplnS
a ~, snortsmen from his DOMAIN
W ,yithout a place to hunt ana Iisn
III ,'itho,it an interest by the hunter ana
,ngler in the propagation ana con-
-ervation Of game, without the sooo
a urilI ~ the farmer, the ro1 n gun
el,,b curls up and edges away from
fire necessity of existence.
The am~elioratlon OIL ms cohui
ion has engaged the attehtlon VI
snortsmen for years. In isolated
.ases some good has been done
though the tendency has been a re
,of,nn Which at best must he termed
E~rovincial.
Here's II Good Idea
The Eisner National Rod ana Nuli
Min Man appeals to mo as being the
~r7jndast method of solving tht
suortsmen dilemma. The obJectlVes
nf the Eisner plan are to nfst. ias'
and all.the time, recognize the iarlil,
cr's rights as a sportsman u laiu
owner: to seek the cooperation OF
q the farmer by cooperating with nm
IA Ia protect his property: to assist nm
m securing game for propagation
Il md see that in some manner ne is
= ,uimbursed for the. trouble: to share
v3th the farmer the burden as wei
IA the pleasure of hunting ana llsh-
iyr. to truly balance the administrf
live authority and manipulation oil
rod and gun club affairs by having
in the directorate an equa! numpel
Of farmers and city sportsmen; &c
work with the farmer to the enc o
securing such legislation that VII
work to his best interests and thos'
81 the majority; to encourage a splfl
and morale of better sportsmInshlp
closer observance of the game law:
10 foster the effort to reduce hunting
accidents; to emphasize n true re
gard for wild animal life and TN
4 necessity of game conservation.
These are the basic principles o
the Eisner plan which starts at tn
& beginhing, right where it should ant
this is the local unit of organization
The local club shall have as its OH
Gers a president, a vice president
B secretary and treasurer and elevel
directors. The power of administra
ton shall be invested in the boar
OF directors, which shall be compos
ed of five farmers, five city sportsme
and the deputy game warden. Mem
bership is open to every farmer !
the county and to all sportsmen VIII
nave bern able to secure hunting II
nenses, and owe these the cllao Wi
eventually exercise control.
Each member s given a numbere
&rard n at certain periods, the farm
er members receive bulletins giVini
the names, address and number o