T¥. Game Breeder 



Published Monthly. Entered as second-class matter. July 9, 1915, at the Post Office, New York'City, 



New York, under the Act of March 3, 1879. 



VOLUME X 



DECEMBER, i9i6 

 SURVEY OF THE FIELD. 



NUMBER 3 



Game Breeding Popular, 



Reports from the States which have 

 enacted laws encouraging game breeding 

 indicate that such laws are popular. Not 

 only the sportsmen who have organized 

 game breeding associations and shoot- 

 ing clubs but also those who have not 

 done so are benefited by the rapid in- 

 crease of the game. 



As we predicted, comparatively little 

 of the land which was posted against 

 all shooting has been required to make 

 the game abundant in counties where 

 there are game-shooting clubs which, pro- 

 duce thousands of game birds. 



The "noisy sanctuary" where the 

 shooting is lively during a long open 

 season is more beneficial to all hands 

 than any quiet refuge occupying a simi- 

 lar area, because hundreds of birds go 

 out from places where the shooting is 

 lively. 



Mallards on Long Island, N. Y. 



Since the Game Breeders' Association 

 set the fashion of breeding mallards for 

 sport many members of the Game Con- 

 servation Society and some of the clubs 

 of Long Island, N. Y., have undertaken 

 this industry with great success. Reports 

 coming to our survey indicate that large 

 numbers of mallards are being shot this 

 fall, not only on the numerous breeding 

 grounds but also on the public waters. 

 One of our readers reports that he and 

 his friends have been bagging the limit. 



Before mallard breeding was under- 

 taken on the island this duck was only 

 an occasional visitant and it was unusual 

 to see more than one or two mallards in 

 the day's bag — more often none. There 



is better mallard shooting on Long 

 Island than there is in some of the States 

 where the mallards once were plentiful. 



Mexican Quail. 



The opening date for the importation 

 of quail from Mexico was postponed for 

 some reason from November 1 to No- 

 vember 13. We repeat our hope that 

 quail with stomach aches will not be as 

 promptly discovered by the "hoss-doc- 

 tors" (on the authority of a reader) sent 

 to the border to inspect the birds and 

 that if this or any other complaint makes 

 its appearance it will not be made an 

 excuse to prevent the importation of 

 healthy birds. We shall observe the per- 

 formances on the frontier with interest 

 and let our readers know how many 

 quail are imported. We hope there will 

 be hundreds of thousands of birds. 



New Game Breeding Associations. 



It is gratifying to observe that many 

 new game-breeding associations are be- 

 ing started in the States where game 

 breeders' laws have been enacted. Often 

 we are asked to give advice and to assist 

 in the organization of these interesting 

 places where the shooting soon becomes 

 good during long open seasons. 



Some of the trap shooting clubs are 

 taking our advice and are becoming game 

 breeding associations. They will find it 

 highly desirable to have good game 

 shooting during six months in the year 

 beginning in the late summer, where they 

 have grouse, and extending throughout 

 the winter. The trap shooting will be 

 kept up with additional interest when 

 there is a prosp6ct for good game shoot- 



