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tance and speed of game, is the man 
who will bring home the game. 
During some seasons, water fowl are 
plentiful in the large bays on the South 
side of Long Island—Shinnecock, Mor- 
iches and Great South Bay mainly. 
Floating battery methods of pursuing 
game are allowed by law in Great 
South Bay and west of Smith’s Point 
near Bellport. 
It is, perhaps, only twelve years or 
so ago, that a large number of red 
head were found in Moriches Bay— 
twelve thousand or more to the exclu- 
sion of other water fowl, excepting pos- 
sibly a few geese. This has never hap- 
pened since, and is difficult to explain 
except as one of the vagaries of wild 
bird life. Bags of from fifty to a hun- 
dred and twenty-five were not uncom- 
mon that season for a group of four or 
five gunners, and the season as a 
whole could be compared favorably 
with the very good shooting that for- 
merly prevailed. In these years, the 
Long Island sportsman did not have to 
go to Barnegat, Chesapeake or Curri- 
tuck for good shooting; and red head 
make just that when they get to living 
and feeding in a certain locality. In 
addition, they are one of the most 
table—a fact you will become familiar 
with when you receive your dinner bill 
after having consumed a few with a 
party of friends, even if all sorts of 
liquid refreshments are omitted. 
I hear little of goose hunting in 
Great South Bay from Bellport west to 
Fire Island and Oak Island, located 
four miles west to Fire Island. I 
think, however, there must be times 
when geese are taken there. The re- 
gion of Oak Island is especially invit- 
ing as a hunting ground, for in ad- 
dition to the larger island, there are 
several smaller ones. 
with numerous points for shooting 
stands, give opportunity for the good 
bags that are often taken. The shoot- 
ing here, however, is apt to be rather 
late,.as the bay is about five miles 
wide. Most birds work in toward the 
shores and beach channels only after 
colder weather comes on, because float- 
ing ice bothers them out in the open 
bay. 
In all southside bays there are a great 
many wild geese and ducks of all kinds 
when the spring migration is on, 
showing conclusively that the hunters 
are responsible for any scarcity not- 
able during the shooting season of fall 
and early winter. 
Great South Bay is a noted fishing 
ground, in and about Fire Island inlet, 
which extends from southwest to north- 
west for nearly five miles diagonally 
through the beach dunes. Bluefish, 
weakfish and flounders may be caught 
in the surf by casting from shore, and 
at times six- and seven-pound fish are 
These, together 
taken. Soft shell crabs make the best 
bait. Blues are seldom caught by cast- 
ing, perhaps on account of the rapid 
current; trolling from boats in the 
channel being more successful. Boats 
from Babylon often come in with 
catches of from fifty to a hundred and 
fifty blues. 
This combination of shooting and 
fishing is confined practically to this 
bay excepting possibly, Gardner’s Bay, 
and this is so open to the ocean, that it 
may reasonably be called a part of it 
rather than a bay. 
Peconic Bay, where batteries are al- 
lowed, offers good shooting at times. 
It is, however, a large and rough bay 
in windy weather, and the southwest 
bays are preferred by most sports- 
men. In the western end of Peconic, 
there are numerous points that are 
considered good stands. This bay is 
also noted for its large escallop indus- 
try, this being the only large bay on 
Long Island in which escallops are 
found—at least in sufficient quantities 
to produce an industry. Large oyster 
beds lie in the eastern end of Peconic 
Bay, but by far the largest oyster in- 
dustry on Long Island lies in Great 
South Bay adjacent to Sayville and 
SPORTSMAN highly prized wild birds for the dining Blue Point. 
WILLIAM MORGAN— 
(SU. M. C.”")—THOMAS 
(Continued from page 23) 
He was always interested in seeing for 
himself the performances of the vari- 
ous types and kinds of ammunition. 
Through his attendance at such events 
he became widely known and well loved 
among the shooting fraternity who 
dubbed him “U. M. C. Thomas,” a name 
which always followed him and which 
was used by those who knew him best 
as a term of friendship and affection. 
Mr. Thomas was a 32nd degree 
Mason, and for many years had been 
identified with Corinthian Lodge No. 
104, Hamilton Commandery, Pyramid 
Temple and Mystic Shrine. At the 
time of his death Mr. Thomas was 
more than seventy-five years old. He 
is survived by his wife, two sons, Ed- 
gar R. Thomas of Stratford, Conn., 
and Stanley G. Thomas of Elmhurst, 
L. I., and two daughters, Mrs. Norman 
D. Hovey of Stratford, and Mrs. Ervin 
W. Sanford of Columbus, Ohio. His 
friends everywhere mourn the passing 
of a widely loved gentleman and real 
pioneer of the ammunition industry. 

DESTROY VERMIN 
Crows, harmful hawks, red 
squirrels and predatory cats 
are on the “black list.” 

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