toward Pawling.' He said that he was out with another man a few days 

 before and that they killed four cock pheasants near the Clove Valley 

 Club. 



"I knaw personally of several men from New York who shot a num- 

 ber of pheasants this season near our club and I have been told by people 

 around Stormville, which is about six miles south of the club preserve, 

 that a good many shooting parties come in there during the fall and kill a 

 considerable number of birds. One farmer to the north of the club pre- 

 serve told me there were some twenty pheasants on his farm. The man 

 owning the adjacent farm told me there were about a dozen on his farm. 



"Just how many birds leave the club preserves yearly it is impossible 

 to tell, but it is certainly several hundred. 



POLICE SPORTSMEN KNOW A GOOD THING. "Recently one 



of our members motored into New York City from the club with his bag 

 of pheasants, taken the preceding day, in plain view on the running board 

 of the car. As he was held up at a Broadway crossing by the traffic, a 

 patrolman stepped up to him with the remark, 'I guess you have been up 

 to Clove Valley. I am going up next week.' I think that shows pretty 

 clearly how effective any preserve is in stocking the public covers about it." 



OPEN SEASONS ON WILD PHEASANTS. The law in New York 

 regarding the taking of wild male pheasants (not captive-bred birds both 

 sexes of which may be taken at any time under conditions previously out- 

 lined) reads as follows: 



Wild pheasants may be taken and possessed on the last two 

 Thursdays in the month of October and the first two Thursdays 

 in the month of November and possessed during the period of time 

 between the first open Thursday in October and the last open 

 Thursday in November, inclusive. Only wild male pheasants may 

 be taken. A person may take and possess not to exceed three 

 wild male pheasants in the open season. 



In addition to the above, a close season till October 1, 1916 is provided 

 in the counties of Herkimer, Otsego, Delaware, Chenango, Oneida, Mont- 

 gomery, Lewis, Washington, Warren, Schenectady, St. Lawrence, Frank- 

 lin, Clinton and Essex, and until October 1, 1917 in Cattaraugus and 

 Chautauqua. 



Open seasons on ringnecks in other states (1915) are as follows: 



ALABAMA November 15 December 14. 



CONNECTICUT . . . .October 8 November 24. 



FLORIDA December 1 December 19. 



ILLINOIS October 1 October 5. (Cocks only) 



LOUISIANA . . .December 1 December 31. 



