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Game Breeder now own hundreds of 

 these birds, but it is evident that outside 

 of the breeding farms there are more 

 game laws in New Jersey than wood- 

 ducks. 



Pheasants in Colorado. 



Mr. W. F. Kendrick of Denver, Colo- 

 rado, who is well known throughout 

 America, on account of his good work in 

 introducing the pheasants in his State, 

 says, in a letter to The Game Breeder: 

 "One trouble in breeding Goldens, to 

 give them considerable freedom, is the 

 danger of destruction by cats. I fur- 

 nished a friend some quail but they, also, 

 soon became food for cats." Mr. Ken- 

 drick had better success with the com- 

 mon pheasants and stocked large areas 

 with them. 



The End of "Bull-hunting." 



California Fish and Game, published 

 quarterly by the State Fish and Game 

 Commission, calls attention to the pass- 

 ing of "bull-hunting" in California. "One 

 of the most important bills passed," we 

 are told, "was that which prohibits the 

 use of 'any animal or imitation there- 

 of for the purpose of approaching any 

 wild bird, with a view to shooting it or 

 killing it. Although such a law for sev- 

 eral years has been in force with regard 

 to ducks, yet the killing of geese in this 

 manner has not been prohibited, and 

 hence many market hunters have been 

 able to escape conviction by claiming 

 they were 'bull-hunting' for geese, when 

 in reality they were hunting ducks." 



The "bull-hunter" usually used a steer 

 as a blind, and concealed beside the ani- 

 mal, he approached near enough often 

 to make a good pot shot at the ducks and 

 geese. 



New California Rabbit Law. 



The open season on cottontail and 

 bush rabbits in California has been made 

 the same as that for valley and desert 

 quail. The law provides that rabbits 

 may be killed at any time by the owner 

 or tenant of premises and by those au- 

 thorized in writing by the owner or ten- 

 ant. This gives protection to the man 



who is suffering from the depredations 

 of rabbits. It is no longer necessary for 

 him to kill the animals, when destroying 

 his crops, "law or no law," as they some- 

 times say in the country. 



The Hercules Powder Co. Booklet. 



Letters coming to The Game Breeder 

 from all parts of the country indicate 

 that the booklet, "Game Breeding for 

 Profit and Pleasure," has created much 

 enthusiasm. One of our Minnesota read- 

 ers says : "I procured 100 copies and 

 quickly used them all. I have never 

 seen anything like it since I have been 

 running newspaper items. It has aroused 

 a wonderful interest in game breeding 

 and people all over our State are be- 

 coming very much interested." 



Minnesota can be made a big game ' 

 producing State. The shooting can be 

 made good for everybody during six 

 months of the year. Long open seasons 

 and good big bags should be the rule for 

 many "noisy refuges" and the seasons 

 and bag limits should be enlarged out- 

 side of the "refuges." Anyone can 

 shoot quail on Long Island, N. Y., be- 

 cause a few noisy refuges keep up the 

 supply. The overflow is found to be 

 far better than the overflow from any 

 posted farm or quiet refuge ever was. 



We believe the booklet will be influen- 

 tial in stopping the efforts to prohibit 

 field sports and that field shooting will 

 soon be as important in America as trap 

 shooting is. 



The Wild Duck Dinner. 



The wild duck dinner and annual 

 meeting of the Game Conservation So- 

 ciety will be held in New York, Decem- 

 ber 14. 



Wild turkeys and venison will be 

 served in addition to the wild ducks. 



The result of the Game Census taken 

 by The Game Breeder will be announced 

 and the president of the society will say 

 a few words about the rapid growth of 

 the new industry. 



Professor T. Gilbert Pearson, secre- 

 tary of the National Association of Au- 

 dubon Societies, will speak on "The New 

 Department of Applied Ornithology," 



