There are several ways of organizing for pheasant shooting that suggest 

 themselves : 



1. The first of these is the Clove Valley method, where men 

 from the city, for the most part, have combined, secured control 

 by purchase or lease of a large tract of typical pheasant 

 country, a club house has been built and a head game keeper and 

 several assistants have been employed. The club is more than two 

 hours from New York City, where many of the members live. This 

 plan has been so thoroughly discussed that it needs no elaboration 

 further than to state that under it. each member is afforded an 

 opportunity of taking pheasants, mallards and fish exceeding in 

 market value the sum of $200 which is paid in annual dues. 



2. In any section where the owners of a number of adjoining 

 estates wish to take up pheasant shooting, these estates, under the 

 New York law, can be combined as a preserve, stocked with hand- 

 reared birds, and fine sport can be assured. I have recently been 

 asked for advice regarding organization under just such conditions. 

 Among my suggestions were: 



First: Form an incorporated association or club consisting of 

 the owners of the estates to be combined in the preserve. 



Second: Take out a breeder's license. 



Third: Secure a game keeper, one versed in the Clove Valley 

 Club's method of stocking covers preferred, and arrange for the 

 breeding of ringnecks on the estate of one of the members. 



Fourth: Post land composing the preserve with frequent signs. 



The above will be discussed seriatim somewhat in detail. 



HOW TO FORM AN ORGANIZATION.— To form an association 

 or club in New York, hold a meeting of those interested and adopt a reso- 

 lution to incorporate, written in duplicate and signed by at least five of 

 those present. File one copy of this with the Secretary of State at Albany 

 and another with the county clerk, after having first presented it to a 

 justice of the Supreme Court for approval. 



Five or more persons may become a membership corporation under 

 the laws of New York, by making, acknowledging and filing a certificate 

 stating the particular objects for which the corporation is to be formed, 

 each of which must be such as is authorized by law; the name of the proposed 

 corporation; the territory in which its operations are to be principally 

 conducted; the town, village or city in which its principal office is to be 

 located, if it be then practicable to fix such location; the number of its direc- 

 tors, not less than three nor more than thirty; and the names and places 

 of residence of the persons to be its directors until its first annual meeting. 



