Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-22
VET HUNTER
AIRS VIEWS
ON new Law
Makes Suggestion In
Regards to Propos-
! ed Change of Sea-
sons in Valley

re game laws OF the state OF
|oxas have long been a bone Of COR
IGNITION Is pertaining 70 the Lower
>,io G-sRde Valley. A bill or bills
Fare to he Introduced in the leTi.ia-
ture this session 10 amend the laws
" to time. etc.
Hurt Batsell, Brownsville sports
man Of twenty years, and who prob
ably u a. we'll acquainted with the
hunting conditions in the Valley as
anyone. says of the proposed chan
Ees.
Il think the white wing season
should start August ! instead Of July
4. The present season, or August Is.
the suggested change Ny reason for
this suggestion is that ! have OBJ
served = good many seasons where
the white wings left this section
real early in September. These birds
don't like cold weather and when We
have an early fail or q wet Septem-
Der. a. We usually a., they leave
very fast. Lots cf years Iris y the
!. case. Oar season opened September
& ist for a number a. years ard | know
theTe was very little shooting during
those years ard . big fight vas
vaEed 70 get the law changed.
III ~olli sdgses. The iaUuEaing
dose geasJi onen with TIE white
wing season. This would eliminate
a good deal % Jaw violation by peo-
ule who cant distinguish between
white wings and doves and too.
would help project the white wings.
7 mean b. this. a hUEte- might kill
SIX doves ard nine ~hi-e wings or
visa versa. They fly together a great
deal, that IN. In the same localities
they are found and in most instan-
ces the bags would be pretty well
split. A great many newcomers were
arrested for shooting doves while
white wing hunting and some Of
these fellows probably didn't know
the difference. Under the present
law, dove shooting is a joke. A few
we're killed this year and this has
been an exceptional year for them
and IL Is NJ sport TO shoot them after
they bunch up.
u NAAA AME 1hAA4AAkHA1h H4AlR
On deer Is the finest We have ever
heard. There Is no question in my
mind but what more than half the
deer shot with buckshot are never
found and too. this would help elm
mate the night hunting. Most night
hunting probably 95 per cent or ID. u
done with shot guns and buckshot
and there Is no question but lots Of
this is still going on. ! also agree
that the season should be pushed up
either Is or 30 days. Our deer in
this section are certainly becoming
scarce.
II think il a good suggestion to
cut down the duck limit 70 ID per
day; however. i think the duck sea-
son should come in earlier. say Oc-
tober LIST. Teal duck start coming
IN along IN September; the writer
has seen them very plentiful here on
Sept. 18th. This duck stays here an
III about the middle OF October and
then IS gone. When he first comes
IN. he j. very fat and fine eating and
Is very sporty shooting. There IL
very few left here when the season
comes m. although they are here IN
the thousands during September and
early October. | would suggest this:
Open the duck season October 1st.
close n the same date now closed
and give two days Of rest during the
1eek. This would make thirty odd
days az rest during the season. con-
s~eauently wouldn't give any more
DAYS Of hunting than The present
season does. Would suggest the
: goose season remain ~ IL "a.
i think the universal hunting III
cense fee q fine idea as we'll a. a
mere nominal visitors license. MANY
tourists are coming into this section.
some hunt and try ~ dodge the S25
hunting license. II caught or course
it means . fine ana a bad taste.
whereas. / believe that the large ma
iority would buy = SlO license. I
THINK this should ~ limited to five
pr ten days a. suggested.
IN have tried % write these suEses-
'ions from = preservation standpoint
A. we'll a. from q sportsman stand.
point and from the contact | have
With snortsmcn.'