. The American sportsman : containing hints to sportsmen, notes on shooting, and the habits of game birds and wild fowl of America . ths by his * By the game-laws of Illinois and others of the Western States, every person isliable to a fine of fifteen dollars who shall kill, ensnare, or trap any deer, fawn,wild turkey, grouse, prairie-chickens, or partridges, between the 15th of Januaryand the 1st of August. How then can the authorities in Philadelphia permit, orour citizens countenance, the sale of such game, coming, as it does, from theseStates during this period of prohibition ? 142 lewiss
. The American sportsman : containing hints to sportsmen, notes on shooting, and the habits of game birds and wild fowl of America . ths by his * By the game-laws of Illinois and others of the Western States, every person isliable to a fine of fifteen dollars who shall kill, ensnare, or trap any deer, fawn,wild turkey, grouse, prairie-chickens, or partridges, between the 15th of Januaryand the 1st of August. How then can the authorities in Philadelphia permit, orour citizens countenance, the sale of such game, coming, as it does, from theseStates during this period of prohibition ? 142 lewiss AMERICAN SPORTSMAN plaintive but most musical whistle, will discourage, as far as is in hispower, the shooting or trapping of them during the next seasonat least,—we mean the season of 1856 and 1857. Not a birdshould be killed, under any pretext, in our own or the neighboringStates, during the next twelve months, as their numbers have beenso thinned the past winter that it will require one or two seasonsof undisturbed quiet, coupled with their prolific powers of procrea-tion, to replenish their now almost exterminated DRIVING PARTRIDGES. Another mode of catching partridges, not less fatal to their pro-pagation, if pursued by thoughtless individuals, is much practisedby the residents of Virginia, North Carolina, and other Southernand Western States, where these birds are very abundant. It iscalled driving, or netting. This method is so minutely and cor-rectly described by Audubon, in his valuable work on Ornithology,that we will quote his own words on the subject:— A number of persons on horseback, provided with a net, setout in search of partridges, riding along the fences or thicketswhich the birds are known to frequent. One or two of the partywhistle in imitation of the call-note, and, as partridges are plentiful,the call is soon answered by a covey, when the sportsmen imme-diately proceed to ascertain their position and number, seldom con-sidering it worth while
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