Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-15

OUR OUTDOORSMAN SAYS:
When you shoot at ducks or geese
avine low, note where your shot
strikes the water. In this way you
will learn what distance to e a
Remember that old gunners are
more afraid of shooting behind the
birds than of holding too far ahead
Experienced hunters say THAI
geese are the most deceptive birds
for the inexperienced gunners to
kill. Their flight Is much faster than
one imagines and they are so large
one is apt to be careless about taking
a close aim.
Deer
The deer season this year opens
next Monday and closes next Fri
day, giving the hunter five full days
in which to enjoy this sport.
The Jamesburg Hunting Club, or
ganized n year ago, has taken in sew
eral of our local hunters and they
will spend next week in the southern
mart of the state where full perpara-
lions for a hunt have been made.
Comfortable accommodations have
been secured, guides have been en-
gagged and all hands are going out
with great expectations. Deer nave
heen reported plentiful and there is
M reason why the local boys should
not return with their share of game.
Reminders
IT IS UNLAWFUL
ITO kill in any n year more
than one deer.
"At all times hereafter for any
person to hunt for, shoot at, take
kill or wound, or attempt to take
kill or wound, any doe or deer, ex-
cept a deer having horns visible
above the hair. (Proviso as to
owner or lessee Of land under cultl-
vation).
"At all times hereafter for any
person engaged in hunting for wild
deer in this state to use or carry
a rifle of any kind or description, or
any firearm or shotgun of a smaller
calibre than twelve gauge, or to load
| such firearm or shotgun with a u
let or other missile larger than that
commonly known as buckshot, under
a penalty of $500 for each offense."
"At all times hereafter for any
person to hunt for, pursue, stalk or
shoot at any wild deer, except by
daylight on the days now or here
after designated by law, under a
penalty of 500 for each offense.
"At all times hereafter for any
person to hunt for any wild deer
with a dog or dogs, under a penalty
| of 800 TO reach offense."
ITO have in possession In this
| state n wild deer, except from De-
cember 18th, to December 21st.
.x,.1,,,txva r.ndnt. n nnnalfW nf y DU
for each deer or part of deer so had
in possession"
ITO have in possession at any
time any doe or any deer except a
deer with horns visible above the
hair, under a penalty of 500 for
| each doe or deer or part of a doe OF
deer so had in possession"
THE having in possession of any
| wild de,r during the time and per-
iods prohibited in this act, or the
having in possession at any time oil
any doe or deer not having horns
visible above the hair, shall be
prima facie evidence in all courts OF
places of the fact that such wild
doe or deer is in possession unlaw-
fully; provided that this act shall not
| apply to deer killed on game pre-
serves, the owners or lessees OF
which are licensed by the Board OF
Fish and Game Commissioners, OF
to deer coming from another state
which is properly tagged showing
where the same was killed"
All deer killed in this state mus
| be reported within forty-eight hours
to the Board of Fish and Game Com
missioners at Trenton, or to the fish
and game warden of the county IN
| which the deer was killed. Penalty
for failure to report 500.
Yellowlegs
The scarcity of our shore birds is
| due largely perhaps, to the fact tha'
| they are so easily tricked In order
| to give a fairly accurate imitation o.
their call YOU do not have to be very
expert-anyone can do it with a lit
tie practice.
Some hunters who have devoted
their time to this kind of SHOOTING
have been known to shoot at snipe II
the air, drop one or two and thel
whistle the remaining birds bacl
over them, and in the open at that
not one circle but several. Aloni
certain portions of the Atlantic coas
yellowlegs are still to be found II
fairly large numbers. In Labrado
they are known as "land-sarces'
and in Newfoundland they are call
ed ''twillicks."
Game Protective Association
Then tenth national conference o
the American Game Protective Asso
citation was held in New York o
Monday and Tuesday of this week
The conference which ended with
dinner and moving pictures OF ami
ma and bird life was attended b
delegates from all over the countr
who have spent their lives in work
ing to preserve from extinction tn
wild life of the country. Protectio'
of game as one of the great natura
resources of the country was urge
upon the delegates and a resolutiol
in favor of the game refuge bill re
ceiva ID the unanimous support of tn
conference Destruction of existin