. Guns and gunning. ill find bear, wapati,black-tail deer, and the blue grouse. Blue grouseare rarely molested. In the mountains where theyare found in great numbers, they are seldom mo-lested, as big game is also plenty ; the hunter desist-ing from grouse shooting lest he drive larger gamefrom his neighborhood. Along the Pacific coast grouse shooting is afavorite sport. This bird is larger tlian the ruffledgrouse, and of a dark, blueish-gray color. A cockblue grouse that the writer killed in the CascadeMountciins, weighed five pounds. The blue grouse is a tree loving bird, andspends most of i
. Guns and gunning. ill find bear, wapati,black-tail deer, and the blue grouse. Blue grouseare rarely molested. In the mountains where theyare found in great numbers, they are seldom mo-lested, as big game is also plenty ; the hunter desist-ing from grouse shooting lest he drive larger gamefrom his neighborhood. Along the Pacific coast grouse shooting is afavorite sport. This bird is larger tlian the ruffledgrouse, and of a dark, blueish-gray color. A cockblue grouse that the writer killed in the CascadeMountciins, weighed five pounds. The blue grouse is a tree loving bird, andspends most of its time during the winter in the topsof large trees. This probably accounts for its notgrowing a snow-shoe, like the ruffled grouse. Itfeeds early in the morning and at dusk. At sunriseit takes its bath in some sandy spot, where the sunstrikes; and thi? is the time to be afield. With agood dog, these mornmg tramps through the grassyglades, where the dogs show Vvhite against the darkhills, will never be forgotten. 66. It seems Incredible that in acountry as well suited for wild gamebirds as ours, there should be anydanger of their extermination. With a few simple laws, weenforced, we would have an unlim-/f,(^ited amount of birds for years to ^^ „come. But, outside of the selling of game, no lawsshould be needed. No man who is interested inbirds can indulge in Spring shooting. No manwho has any self-respect, will load himself downwith more birds than he can use, or sell game. Now, if all of us refrained from selling game,from Spring shooting, and unnecessary slaughter, wewould need no game laws. The game butcher isthe enemy of all self-respecting sportsmen, andshould be treated as such. There are two moreenemies of our game birds that we are all familiarwith; the cat and the trap. People who havenever studied cats, or Tvho oivn them, would notbelieve the damage that these animals are guilty slaughter that they commit among our songbirds is bad enough; but when they destr
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