. Annual report of the Commissioners of Fisheries, Game and Forests of the State of New York . enopposed to springand summer shoot-ing, and think thelaw should provide aclose season on allbirds from December1st to October photographs were taken June 28th andthe young hatched the 30th. When July 4thwas the beginning of the open season, somesportsman would drop in that cover, the dogwould point, he would walk up to the bird,and, if successful in his shot, would kill thismother bird; then what- would become of thethree young ones five days old ? I hear someone say: But they dont all hat
. Annual report of the Commissioners of Fisheries, Game and Forests of the State of New York . enopposed to springand summer shoot-ing, and think thelaw should provide aclose season on allbirds from December1st to October photographs were taken June 28th andthe young hatched the 30th. When July 4thwas the beginning of the open season, somesportsman would drop in that cover, the dogwould point, he would walk up to the bird,and, if successful in his shot, would kill thismother bird; then what- would become of thethree young ones five days old ? I hear someone say: But they dont all hatch as late asthis ! This is true, but how many sportsmenhave shot woodcock on August 1st that werenothing but bone and pin feathers. Anothersays: A brood of woodcock hatch near myhouse; they will move out by August 15th,then I cant get them. They do move out,but would not some others move in, andduring the season would not all get theirshare of the birds? The present law, August 15th, is not late enough for eitherwoodcock or grouse. Woodcock are in no condition for the table in August, and. 257 258 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF FISHERIES, GAME AND FORESTS. grouse are not able to take care of themselves. I know of two men who killed four-teen grouse the first day of the open season, and four of these were knocked out ofthe bushes with sticks ; another told me he shot five without moving out of his tracks. Now, Brother Sportsmen, we have got to be up and doing if we wish our childrenschildren to know anything about native game birds. Here is where I stand: Closethe season on all birds from December 1st to October 1st. Why cant my boy huntmeadow larks in Columbia county while other boys are hunting them on Long Island ?Another man says, he is a crank ; why, he would deprive us of duck shooting in thespring. Yes, I would; for every pair of ducks shot in the spring there are ten ducksless to return in the fall; just so with snipe and geese. Our short-sighted friends areliving only
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