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THE GAME BREEDER 



As the woodcock is a migratory bird the 

 Bureau of Biological Survey desires to 

 secure as definite information as possible 

 concerning its numbers with a view prop- 

 erly to protect it under any regulations 

 that may appear to be necessary. With 

 this purpose in view I shall be pleased 

 to have your reply to the following 

 queries : 



1. Has there been an increase or de- 

 crease of woodcock in your vicinity dur- 

 ing the past several years? 



2. Does the woodcock breed in your 

 vicinity ? . 



3. What is your estimate of the num- 

 ber of woodcock killed in your vicinity 

 during the past year? Please state the 

 area covered by this estimate. 



4. Do you believe the species is threat- 

 ened with extinction? 



5. Do you advise protection of wood- 

 cock by a close season for a term of 

 years? 



Any other suggestions you may wish 

 to make regarding woodcock will be ap- 

 preciated. 



Thanking you for any information 

 you may be able to furnish in this mat- 

 ter and with full appreciation of your 

 co-operation, I am, 



Very truly yours, 



E. W. Nelson, 



Chief, Biological Survey. 



if these birds are not properly looked 

 after on many game farms. There is 

 very good reason for not enacting laws 

 prohibiting grouse and quail shooting 

 since laws surely will prevent quail and 

 grouse production. No one can be ex- 

 pected to look after the game if all in- 

 centives to do so be removed. Quail and 

 grouse are highly desirable foods. There 

 is no possible reason why the people 

 should not have grouse ranches and quail 

 ranches just as they now have wild duck 

 and pheasant ranches and game breeding 

 associations where the desirable food is 

 produced abundantly. The Game Breedet 

 takes a great interest in the new places. » 

 From 25 to 50 are started each month. ^ 



This estimate is based on the number 

 of new members of the Game Conserva- 

 tion Society, who are active or who are 

 surely starting. 



Jack Rabbits and Others. 



Field and Stream concludes the ad- 

 vertisement of Chiles & Co., Mt. Ster- 

 ling, Ky., thus : "Jack rabbits and other 

 varieties of ducks." This is almost as 

 funny as the recent error in The Game 

 Breeder when a reader was made to say 

 shooting "our" decoys instead of shoot- 

 ing over decoys. As Josh Billings wise- 

 ly remarked, "It is human to error." 



A Trapshooting Club Handbook. 



The Du Pont Powder Company, Wil- 

 mington, Delaware, has issued a most 

 interesting and instructive book with the 

 above title, which describes fully the or- 

 ganization, equipment and management 

 of trap-shooting clubs. The book is il- 

 lustrated with photographs of trap-shoot- 

 ing grounds, appliances, score books, 

 squad sheets, cashier and bulletin sheets, 

 etc. There is an immense amount of 

 useful information about the various 

 kinds of clubs and the shoots including 

 the Grand American Handicap. Since 

 many of the game shooting clubs and 

 most of the individual game preserves in 

 the United States and Canada have traps 

 and trap shooting our readers will be 

 interested in knowing all about "The 

 Sport Alluring." 



Game Farming in the West. 



It is most fortunate that the people of 

 some of the western states where game is 

 still fairly plentiful, are awake and that 

 capable game officers see that the extinc- 

 tion of game, especially the grouse of the 

 open country and quail, is sure to occur 



A resolution has been offered and is 

 pending in the Game Guild Committee 

 which will require advertisers to make 

 good in every case- where eggs turn out 

 badly provided it appears that the eggs 

 shipped were not laid on the place ad- 

 vertised. 



Now is the time to advertise game 

 birds for fall delivery. 



