Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-02-05
ny Cnptnin Frank winch.
Bis Game Hunter and Authority {

20 stHu OIL
outdoor Life.
Rod and ,:un clubs dot the horizon
OF America. and their name is legion.
ordinarily their tenure of life can be
measured In inches on the yardst!ck
OF time. 4 few fellows get together
and decide to create a club Officers
are elected. an assessment is levied
TO give the right tone and color to
the treasury. The layout then, from
the average angle. is complete For
the next six months or so. the club
functions after Il fashion. Then hap
pens the inevitable. y member drops
out. then another. ana more until
only a few of the standbys, honcst-,o-
goodness gun cranks. encircle the be-
wiidered secretary and ask whats
the natter" The answer not forth
coming, more guns desert the locker.
and in the f!nality we find the rem
nants of So and So Rod and Gun Club
only shattered wreck of hopes, the
sign comes down and the whole thing
is cobw cbbed in "Reminiscences.
Why.
To my mimi the cruy of the situa-
ton lies in the fact that we build
our structure from the top in place
of starting at the bottom. We over
look {; fundamental. without which
no club has ever been or ever will he
successful. We make every prepare
ton for the hunt in the matter or
clothes and sporting impedimcnta but
we contribute to a fateful negligence
when we are remiss on the subject.
How 10 Hunt Posted Property"
Means Success to Club.
Every sportsman who has gone
aficld, has had the solution OF this
situation at hand. We have had the
posted property thing thrust at us.
glaringly ana imprcssively on every
milestone OF our journey. Once solve
the question of hunting posted prop
crty and you have rendered to the
nth degree of simplicity the success
fui career OF your rod and gun club
Iosted signs are more generously
sprinkled about than the stars in the
milky way, and the tendency seems
TO be headed toward trcspnss warn
inEs on what little ground has been
overlooked. There are certain States
where il is impossible for the
stranger TO hunt unless he places
himself In the middle OF the public
highway and risks II shot between
Slares of the obscrvant farmer on
either side OF the fence. Reducing
the problems to it's elementaIs, YOU
VIII find that the farm owner and
the land over is the barrier that
"''i"S beSWccu your CLUBS success
or failure.
Right here pcrmi, me Ia emphasize
:: point-thc farmer and the land
owner have found ample justification
IN posting their property. Broken
fences. un'lonc gates. injured stock,
and In many instances deprcdations
ana vandalism rs surprising as they
nave been costly. sponsor the attt-
!ude of the farmer in keeping city
Sportsm"n from his domain. Without
place TO hunt ana fish. without an
interest by the hunter and angler I'm
the propagation and conservation of
game. without the good viii Of the
farmer the rod and gun club curls
up and edges away from the neccs-
sity of existence.
The amclioration OF this condition
has engaged the attention of sports
men for years. In isolated cases come
good has been donc. though the ten
dcncy has been reaction which nj
bcs; mus, be termed provincial.
The Eisner National Rod and Gun
Club plan appeals to me as being the