Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-17
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Trapshooting, Hunting, Fishing

loaded ShOtgun within easy
reach of several small children. AS
a result two were badly injured and
were taken to a hospital for treat
ment. The man responsible for this
accident broke one of the rules of
all good sportsmen-"always take
the shells out of your gun when it
is not in use"
A boy fourteen years of age was
killed at S%ayfeville by the discharge
of q gun in the hands of another
boy, a companion on a hunting trip.
Had the boy who was carrying the
gun followed another rule of an
good sportsmen this accident would
not have occurred-"Never point a
irearm at another person, ven in
sport and never carry a gun in such
a position hat it Is pointed at or in
the direction of another"
Two others were injured while
hunting near Atlantic City and both
through the careless handling of
firearms.
These accidents should never have
happened and would not have hap
pened had those responsible for
that is so necessary by all who use
firearms of any kind.
Pick Ups Here and There
Reports from the hunting grounds
vary. 1t is agreed that pheasants
are more plentiful in all sections
this year than ever before, due. no
doubt, to the protection afforded
the hen bird and to the liberal re-
stocking by the Fish and Game Com
mission during the past twelve
months. Reports on rabbits, how
ever, are not SO good. In some Sec
lions they are very scarce; in others
a few are found, put as yet we have
heard of no place where they can
be found in large numbers. Some
attribute this condition to the num-
Der of foxes and jack-rabbits which,
they claim, feed IN the young cot
ton tails.
The first lesson in duck hunting
is to know a tame duck or a decoy
when you see it.
We hear a lot about our vanish
ing wild life, but in the vicinity of
Athol, Mass, wildcats have recently
become so numerous that on some
of the roads night travel has been
abandoned.
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This is as it should be. A hunter,
not a sportsman. named w. E. Corey
of New York, was fined $475.00 in
the United States District Court OF
Virginia, for violation of the Fed
eral migratory bird law. Corey was
accused, and plead guilty, of send
ing 145 wild ducks to his home in
New York from Back Bay, Va,
whereas the law permits only sc
ducks to be shipped out of the state
by any n hunter. More power to
those who are trying to protect and
increase the wild fowl of our coun-
try.
Nowadays song birds baked in a
pie do not begin to sing when the
pie is opened, but, il found, they dt
make it necessary for the hunter
who shot them to face the music
in a police court and pay a fine.
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Ira r. Grouse, Harry Conard ant
Harry Afflerbach hunted the wood:
and fields near Pennington on thu
opening day and were successful il
bagging three pheasants n twelv,
rabbits.
: A number of hunters tried thei
luck in the vicinity of Metuchen
Charlie PASCAL n the party h
: was with secured five pheasants ant
t nine rabbits.
Surf fishing at Seaside Park ant
. about over the year Johnson an
J Lassen were down last Sunday blu
= had no luck. When these two boy
get a zero o a make up you
+. mind that there are no fish in TIL
9 ocean.
: Gus Magusen, with a party O
/ friends from Matawan. bagget
: t%wenty-four rabbits in the lowe
1 part of the county last Monday
Q Their luck vas a little better thai
usual.