Oct. 5, 1882.1 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



189 



NEW JERSEY CAME SOCIETIES. 



E'/ilor Fbreki nml StreOtn: 



ftcferrlngtotue quarrel betwecnthe West Jersey Cam, Pro- 

 tective Bociety andUic New Jersey Garacatfcl PJsJb Protoctivie 

 Sol:1i:i . . I suy t!i;'( I am i..,i ;1 member of either, though syin- 

 ffltltizing will) the ostensible objects ol both. Of the opera- 



ti.Mi of the latter 

 W. J. G. P. Boc 

 Hie charter of nt 

 Karl. 1 hij \-i n 

 ami a( cordiue to 



1 1 .i. g: P. 



o;' New Jerscj . 

 uihI Cor several v 



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i titer si 



id Hi,-, 



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lv Will 

 rters of 

 eetion t 



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land 



Loll 



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.mi uii 

 lie 1 

 the or< 

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b'eli 



ii of the 

 •ve thai 

 £ a high 



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•cwdeitta 

 it time, 

 'hiladel- 





II % oil 



IT 



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whi" 



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ronrse' 



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minion throughc 



Ut SOU 



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$ 



1 fish 



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Jers 

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alsc 



nnl 



■y thai 

 •este ol 

 , of you 



lb- - 



ialla-^j 



at this 

 but di 



>rliolh 

 il. thot 



this 

 tlii 



ha! 



pun 

 all 



ii tl 



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d, [ 



It 



Rbc 



sbci im 



ha no 



to any appreciab 



em from here n 



■ officer* 



jfod about J-') 000 



black 



i had. 

 eitlier s 

 puttln 



. S. pi 



h.,vr| 



:- r l 

 it 



f 

 al 



bal the 

 (salmon 

 they put 



Sit one-fourth I). 

 treniely doubtful 



late by n 

 tiin-. To 

 i. P. Society evi 

 paid a dollar for 

 Bnall amount lot 



State or I 





nl ;l 



IMS-., 



of 



li isex- 



Hltinllic 



e W. .J. 



V out 



unished 

 is po-ssi 

 hi mem- 



i I- thai they mai 





l.Oi 



gidae which have been 



isolated out of the ,v 



have manipulated the o 

 haw had tin- entire shi 



According 

 society is over 1,20'fJ. 

 nl' ibe-a- members beco 



paragraph 1 will call allenth 

 pori of the lasl annual mccti 

 as Sept. 30, and which seem* 

 nection wiili the other eomni 

 ninieial standing" of the sod 

 isthcitcm of $1,-618, 

 Now, according to j; 

 been over $2,400 b 

 though all were old u 



ollei 



linos-/ Tl 

 into lb 



1 1 is 

 wl 



i..-vi- it, They charge also llial 

 it, have been placed mostly in 

 kCes known to oulv n few who 

 Df tho socicty> and that these few 

 nf these birds to themselves, 

 indent, the membership of this 



under their charter, everyone 

 l Officer Of the courts of '.\'eu 

 irrests for any violation of the 

 tare; and yet said laws were 

 sivily violated Hum since the 

 at Hie ]in-sciit time. In this 

 m ton single matter in the re- 

 iffof tlijs society, held as late 



to be pubhsbed by you in con 

 utiiciition refenvil to in the "fi- 

 ityas reported by Hi-.- u-.-.i-ui r, 

 id in tin.- an-. I for certificates, 

 respondents ,lj <-'''e should have 



on memberships alone, even 

 . 11. a much was collected to 

 two arrests alone winch turned 



il thai tin Society is shy aliont am -tint;- iittyotie 



to carry i case to q high court. Ii is hopedthpl 



the other socit ly or some indivi.l.ial able to do il. will test 



:ga] status of Mis preposterous '■(■lose corporation," 1 



•i- ii rests on a frail foundation, bm 1 am 



Nil I.\W VKIi. 



i>i;s.\..r.,(n-t. a. 1RS2, 



.atnfe 



mtlor Fo 



It WOUll 



issue of tli 

 Jorsev." i 

 tic- "Wesi 

 previous 

 into that 

 elected so 

 the svnl] 



gbieir doings? Let us hope 

 Stays and conduct 

 i ii i iresl of trm p 

 able space in your paper ir 

 — tlie alleged authority of 

 Society in prohibiting im ii 

 eieties" tram shoo :.i . is 

 That question will ;,. ssttli 

 im;.- nilemanJv iiisinitatii-i 

 not: . In speaking of inv , 

 thai "that letter, aside fro 

 the appeal, bein,-, a base fa 

 is prejudiced in favor of li 

 fabrication is , . 

 which had been told me. u 

 ■ 



idle suc.ict v n«n e. 

 the new officers of the \V,- 

 (according to aeeount of tl 

 e, life into il'" org 

 As to my pre judices f or 

 as all who know- me will a 

 us the objects of -ame prm 

 for the protee.tion of e-n 

 should have b 

 should actuat- 

 by their by-lawB, exacted 

 one cent from nou-residon 

 s--. Game and Fish Pre 

 thought that S'-i a year in 

 carrv out all the ideas it 

 salaries uro paid its office] 

 treasury, with plentv of 

 arilyin the ...ii-i-\Ln< our 

 As to the challenge made 

 any one ilistane 

 y.) have ever spent one ef 

 of game; whei 



tin- law. Bit !!■■! 



star that, to i 

 accounts), the Nt 

 have, dm in.-.- I hei 

 ■Wards tor i he an 

 and fish laws, an 

 and fined, in sei 

 illegally. Bui us 

 tinn." I ■ 

 uient of receipts 



t that on 



•■ of ■ 



i that 1 



or other members. The New Jer- 

 e;.-tiv.- (society, from its inception, 

 m members was a sufficient sum to 

 vas organized for. No extravagant 

 l, and there is a suflieient sum in its 

 rilling hands ready to assist pecuni- 

 if the objects it was organized for. 

 ,y the writer -'to show the public or 



where Lhe.y (tho N. J. (.;. & R p, 

 it for the protection or pro 

 hoy ev,rs|>cm one penny to enforce 

 lii, . --■any nlhei"-! would simply 



A Me:,h:ki: of tiik X. .1. 0. ■! 

 i, Oct. 2, 13S3 : 



Editor Fi 



The am 



teetive S 



\Vl-|,„s,|. 



and mud 



r. ■ 

 gf the soi 

 in itapiji 



tin: I ;. 



tdhfoi" [1 



furnished in comfortable stylo, wherein meetings of the board 

 of directors and society were held. There had been six per- 

 sons arrested the past year by members of the society for 

 alleged violation of the woodcock law- in slm il.ing on tli" Rrst 

 flay Of July, and on the supposition that the parties Were 

 aon-restflants. No evideno w isad Weed to prove thai they 

 had shot anv woodcock on the dav in Question, and as all 

 proved to'lie r.-fidont 





protective society, tl 

 action of the 

 parties, the res 

 society. 



Information 

 members of t hi 

 had beto arresl 

 I 





. The 



r-t.-.l 



of the non-resident 

 l-.-h, of Philadelphia, 



■i„|.|-e, .,; the West 



i .iiis ,,, (he Bociety. .Such 

 lepted, should ii be aeoeBso 

 •easiiry forsuch prosecntio 

 -■'- : ■ port to Lhc board of dir 

 S, sh.-weil a balance in the 

 ,1 in sine,-, the society has,; 



black bass fry hi 



The lollowill 



•■ 



-i. W, King, I-. 

 AV"m. B. Dunn, 



.- lie- West .!. i-sey r.a.iie 1'1,.1,-cl ivc Si.cicly. 



10. indbeit 





That the 1 1 



ti- 



s olit.ai 







for cert-ificares ( 



t inemli 



i-siup stiall 



ll 



used 



for 



no oihi-i 





than to pay the 



leeitimn 





.•! 



the so! 





-, and (01- 



ItlC 111 n 



pose of 6tockiQp 



tjiesevi 









Hi 





directors w-.y t 

















17. And be it 



enacted 











salary at 



aeh.-d ti 



tho office eitber 



'■I i>;--si 







r of lui 





i-ieiy. onlj 



so far a 



is necessary Cor 



lln- \>av 







•avelin 





,PC!IS,-S(„ 



aud £riin 



tin* meetinp: of 



hisso.-it 



tv: bul the 





retiir.y 







llell cure 



peosation forh 





*as tho by- 



a> 



s Of til 







pi-ovule 



18. And be it 



enacted 



Tiiai t ii is a 

 titled "Ant 



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-hall M 



<e 



L-tfect iun 

 tag tlie W 



l,'.|i-U-,b 



this State tvbereii 



sinli ..ir.-iici ,-hai 



n, hi of bhe Porte 



I'll-. 



ulrtOdl 



Wfi Nan Uku bu<Mi tsevu^lJ iU4uu tu* inn *umal iuuuVuu v uua 



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; ..... . 



IPWaBJ Mi6Uj»hf| , .. If At («» *:„ W 



of New Jersey. That fro 



take any due, huct, Taw 

 sliall kill, ,;. 



and after the passu 



i act. no pei 

 troy, hunt r, 



for i In- on. 

 State, shall 



s act shall h-.- a public act and shall 



election Sdch first imnnal Pee -aall I i-.u-ncd forthwith to such 



.\..n r.-si.iciiiK desiring to become memb.-i-s '-!' this society, in 

 accordance with ia,- provisions „f Cliapii-r ct,X.\xr\" .-.f tin- Laws Of 

 Hi,- St.-ue ol .New Ji-i-si.-y, nin.-; comply with the provisions of this suc- 

 tion. 



W'.ii.niiiiK WD 1'ai: i ■:ti!i,,r. S | 



-The season is 



now Uere when tin- woodcock and partridge, or ruffed 

 gfoutc, imc iii ili.ir linest condition, and whal belter -pori 

 can there in-, or wdiat better music tb the sportsman cm a 

 clear, frosty !iiorniii<r. wln-ti the air is like champagne, than 

 the clear, rtoglng whistle of the woodcock, as he jumps lip 

 tniin mulct- the alder; or the louder buzz and roar of the 

 part-rida ashc scatters the dry leaves like a whirlwind. 

 Me steady, now, for if rcutiires a tool bead and staunch dog 

 ICCesS. I r.-call many si,, ii a morning in Ibis, 

 the best of all seasons', when I liav. had ran- spOIt, 



"When 'in- iii.-ipi.- 1 »Ss are crimson, 



\n.i ib.- hickory shines like gold. 

 When the noons ;nv sultry hot 



.\n.t tho nights are frosty cold." 



1 am CwltfUU morOTlCtual enjoyment can be bad in one day 



of this kind, than in mauy of the .sultry dog days, ''arry 



as little weight about you' as is possible, a light corduroy 

 suit, with large pockets to the coal for gun.-, anniuiiiiiiou'. 

 lunch etc. D a cumber voui-scif win, rubber boots to 



le-at and dr.,w your feel and fatigue you before your sport 



has scarcely begun. A good pair ol leather boots, with a 

 dxessingoj the -water-proof '''leather life/' which is reenm- 

 meuilcj by Forks-i- and Stkeam, will k 

 and comfortable. Xo water can gel 



' "rtls will pft?n lead you into swampy ]i| 



: out dry 



nore than seven ( 

 nay have to tray, 

 oinl'o'tably one i: 



uoi-e and nioiv SI , 



liid- should be hi 

 re pelted al both 

 re hardly given I 

 ore the young an 



s the slaiishti- 



-bod. The 



■ight i 



mr feci dry 



I it. These 



ui vou may 

 louhl not be 



llial 



They 

 ads at their journey, north and .south'; 

 ae to breed in New England. Rveu be- 

 nil-. Hedged some ambitious pot-hunter 



!. Auuitst In-ill": their n:ouItiii.u- SOUSOU, 

 iin\ an in poor coiidilioii; but wait till Sept. I, or early 

 frosts, an'l great etijovincni can be h .1. It 19 II disgrace to 

 Nov England lV-r her legisktora to allow these birds to be 



shot be!orc a proper time, and i: is a pity that we have 10 

 liu.-d In men to make e,nnn- laws who have SO little know] 



edge of tie- habits of our birds, and. too. the hotels whoadver-- 

 lise prairie chickens and paitiidw- mil of season and the 

 market men who buy mil of season, arc the greatest enemies 

 to our game laws. Till these matters arc looked after urnl 

 the law enforced, Sew England tuusl Buffer -as ii has iu 

 the past.— B. G. 



M,\ss.\ciii-si-:tts. — East Orli-ans, Sept. 35.— The writer 

 has gunned this beach pretty thoroughly from Chatham 10 



Naiicef for the past lour week- 

 laree and in such small ' 



ml i have never seen birds 

 ;-s. A thick id' twelve or 

 . and the arrival of such 

 the gunners, and no large 

 but. the thoroughbreds 

 .el daooys eaih and late, 

 mytiiiug like a decent bag, 

 the "bird ottll" as adver- 

 the best one tlmt I have 

 unteil to^oytuins al ti;-t. 



fifteen yellow-legs is soldo 



creates "quite a commotion arnot 



bags have been inailc. ill fact 



who will stick to their blind.- 



throuirh thick and thin, have go 



and bv tin- way lwish tosaj th 



Used recently by .Mi. Edwards 



ever scon. I did not think it at 



but with a little practice it did pretty Well, and now after 



usingit a feu week- I can ,aP .mv kind of a bird with it. It 



is very simple, and is always ready Li do its duty, and one of 



them IS enough lor any kind of a. bird. An old gunner here, 



upon heating il. came to my blind and asked to ><•■.• in v whistle. 



saying it was the iru>8i natural he had ever heard Oucks 



inv aniline iii lair numbers, and some prettj g I bags 



have been made. A pari y of three Bobton gimners killed 



twenty :iv, black .luck- al i»ii discharge ol iln-ir 'run-., and 



teal are arriving in pretty good numbers, Tin- pros; i for 



iptail shooting is grand. Ruffed grouse arc mil very plenty 

 here.— C, D. S. " 



Maim: Qkod^e wn Woodcock,— ; Qa 



24. — In the last number ol the Koi:i:st ,\.\ 

 inl'oriiialioii is wanted b\ "j." where a i 

 si ma bly sure of -001! parlnd.-e and woo 

 this section. Tiny arc .poi;- pi: m v this 

 season has mil hi ,11 Invorablo for their 

 would like a e'lidc I will be al leisure after pot. lOj and will 

 take him where then- is plenty oJ' game firav squirrels arc 

 very plculy. I =hOI tw. im ;-.:.. i-. t« ... hours ' incliiilinir lhc 

 time pf Walking rroro tayuousi tothtvvpu^s Tiiewonds 



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