THE GAME BREEDER 



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sculptors in America will present plans 

 for the memorial bird fountain and that 

 when completed it will be not only the 

 most unique but one of the handsomest 

 works of out-of-door art in the United 

 States. Its location will be probably in 

 New York or Washington city. A na- 

 tional committee of nature lovers and 

 sportsmen is rapidly being formed to ad- 

 vance the project. Suggestions and ap- 

 provals are pouring in to the offices of 

 the association, 1,974 Broadway, and a 

 formal call for support will be made i. 

 a few days. 



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Several members of the game conser- 

 vation society report that they own sev- 

 eral hundred prairie grouse but all say 

 the shipping facilities for these birds are 

 still very bad. 



One of our members says he owns over 

 500 prairie grouse, that his birds easily 

 can be trapped and he offers to give us 

 some for the experimental farm, pro- 

 vided we will procure shipping permits. 

 The shipping facilities in this state, "are 

 rotten." State game officer reports that 

 he is helpless and can not issue any per- 

 mits to even take a few birds for breed- 

 ing purposes." 



An amendment to the law certainly is 

 needed and if the state game officer does 

 not advocate this it surely will be evident 

 to the farmers and to all intelligent 

 sportsmen that a new game officer is 

 needed. 



Some Guns for the Gun Room. 



The Remington guns evidently are growing 

 in popularity and now that many duck pre- 

 serves are being started which afford rapid 

 shooting at wild ducks we are quite sure there 

 will be an increased demand for rapid shoot- 

 ing guns. 



We observed several of these guns recently 

 at a wild duck shoot and some good scores 

 were made with them. They are an excellent 

 gun to have in the gun room so that members 

 who shoot at the trap can practice up for the 

 fall shooting. Many game keepers keep a 

 Remington handy and kill a lot of hawks and 

 other vermin with it. 



Some small rifles are also seen at the clubs 

 and preserves and at one of these places we 

 enjoyed seeing an attractive group of ladies 

 shooting at the targets. 



One of our members reports that he uses a 

 small rifle effectively on cats and other ground 

 vermin. 



It is a good plan to have various kinds of 

 guns in the gun room and a good stock of 

 suitable ammunition so that parties who go 

 out in the summer can have some target shoot- 

 ing as well as trap shooting. 



Small Bore Guns. 



Many of our readers enjoy taking trout with 

 light rods and even big fish are taken with 

 light equipment in the southern and western 

 waters. Small bore featherweight shot guns 

 are equally interesting. 



For quail shooting, which rapidly will be 

 restored in the statees where it is now pro- 

 hibited (we are sure this will be done) and 

 for upland shooting in the numerous states 

 which still encourage field sports and which 

 have enacted game breeders laws to perpetuate 

 them, the 20 guage guns will be found an at- 

 tractive addition to every sportsman's outfit. 

 The light weight of the gun is desirable in 

 upland shooting and the ease with which the 

 little gun can be handled makes it very effec- 

 tive when shooting in the brush. Several of 

 these guns, made by Parker Brothers, Meriden, 

 Connecticut, were used on the preserve of the 

 Long Island Game Breeders' Association last 

 fall and they attracted much attention. An in- 

 teresting little booklet describing these guns 

 has been issued and it is filled with instructive 

 matter about the relative patterns of large and 

 small bore guns ; the sperad of shot in small 

 bores ; the desirability of small bores, etc., and 

 there is an interesting table of ballistics. This 

 little book is well worth reading and it is for 

 free distribution. Our readers can procure it 

 by writing to the Parker Brothers, Meriden, 

 Connecticut. 



A Parker 20 Gauge 



