Show SNOW HURTS THE QUAI L b White Thrives Best in South and South South- east T IDEA IS POPULAR WITH QUAIL Most Host f st Widely Distributed All Inland Game Birds If BY BY FREDERIC J. J HASKIN Bob Bol Bob White Bob White I e a notes of liquid 5 sweet sweet- et- et t- t come i from a thir ket over yonder 15 wing wine dim dini and ana the air the theIs Is 15 e j woodland scope are still Q k i 1 alln and all nature is hushed hushel tile tap p coming comin of the night ni The Tho the little hUle aristocrat of the WorM world i pound F strangely to the hunter huter o or to the lover I 10 Ire Silence e Then pre pres presently t y the t e Se s repeated Another walt Wait and I fr across the tho valley ralley comes the ther I r r L' L tall call all of the tle mate u coming Tm rm c coming she 1 iotes ot s that are arc sweet and anti mel met as ahe be motin the topmost Tail rail of ofa a fene e and listens f for r lier her th rt to answer o ob Bo Bob White sounds bounds ed edge e 11 telling tellin o h rry rv that it its it's s a getting late lata an and aud C Iwi vil II Boon be down down- There's Theres s a aI 51 0 wines wines and a rattle Swiftly wi a 0 feathered form darts over thea the I a od nd sa Is smoothly to toward ard the c ting just ju t at the the- the edge edge of 01 h b hof f woo woods s grown up with tani tan- tan i ups risks I. I There's Theres a musical twitter j 0 and greeting Then the thee 6 d e card no Te for B Bob b White ate ba bare bae e told tola the world orld goo goodie good good- 1 ie Knows the Quail bas is not nit with pleasure sure the th he quail und who has lias ever eyer I t i it it s sweet and plaintive ii ft l in tIll tho mating season that r lost ost frequently se seen n Time Timo C 8 as v on ir dr ir ira a e A a TT T r the little jn cross ros I bi- bi bim m m- m mt fp tl or sit proudly on ond ond aud d d w wih t h y vou u p is lt-is' lt Lb fI tr t. ul them apart the iho vit b Hi Lh 1 white lute hite markings tin tin- topknot on his a aril a it mothr bird in In ma Ina a sm smart rt coat ot o oti t i brown n Sometimes Sometimes' toof two to I w of little dues uel into the t tl p p and find safety 5 in cat eat proud as a peacock r C. C ard a t game bird every o 0 tim im truly the aristocrat of D f and stub stubble le is the little Je I Ii and and fond parents are Bob L his hiM mate Companionable hv hI ire re rc for they love the haunts tL L ad d ld are generally about en even right in a corner or the nearby orchard I js s built on the tho ground always never lives in trees trees eel sel- sel in a a. tree as a a matter of 1 suddenly flushed al ami ani badly e end en d. d The neat is built in In a 1 or hay bay out in in the open i 1 ii lly for bring on the tho ground around it I 3 has bas protection from the theby I h b by tho the coon the possum 11 t th varmints f that rove roo the I an stav stay It aa ca much as possible II timber for the cover oyer and it their movements The f Wil-r Wil is a large lar o one e. e Josevelt idea o obtains 1 In and Mrs Bob White unless bode o of and aud carl early wn rown out the fifteen or hlen n bues that hatch bath out the careful attention of d both pa pa- Usually two broods are reared er and father bare chare the bur bur- fo for them until they are ip 11 Toe The quail luaU I Is in iu ius s one of I tb be few birds birts that willit willa will it a es while the mother bird I f ine r. r and lead a brood of ofU D U S 5 about ii Make ake You Long Long Long- makla m- m t with 1 1 c thaI thit fairly puts a fellow jet ft nn Hn ni j l wakes makes him hinl feel fee Il as asli s sI li I maid cOlloid walk from New York Yorka j a light breakfast at for tho thoth th the i v y is 5 off for fol the J sport This Thin pleasure is beed be be- 1 ed d all o ON 0 or r Sams Sam's a dohis do do- hi his time timp for in n every ome ie e time Um between October and tIle the quail eason t-eason comes in Ithem them aa November No and DC DC- n 11 t wr r state the tho little fellow fellow- fellowS S e same anie interesting i III on gunner eunner quail fiat tho Iho classic bird hird birdI I s i M best work It is is while R R e quail that tile the sportsman most 1 8 the wonderful f th li nature has bas endowed td dos There Thre arc are many varieties Iii I a lurd hirt lou dog will I If stand 3 or It t as the terms are arc ed but none noue s 10 satis- satis 4 IlS 58 thc the Bob Dob White Many l pf fd t rouse and largo large partridge E ill stand tf if f th tb th will l ut tics tics' larger 1 varieties have havene ne habit of scurrying fet n a as they i Ian au at the ap- ap f Io log Ion and iid will not lie tio in the tho thod d nI the sportsman portman can pan get jet up e t. t ThiR i ill is whiz I in England many countries it is isto ito to f drive with lit I ho game ganie B J i and t the HIP hI sportsman shoots t so iC or fridges or pheasants i caso so may Ulav be bo as the birds fly 01 flys q ii l' l 1 J le s i Is Game 0 q Bob is iM game to the till I lose losa and still li LP lip lies before dog ilog and Dud the hoart lart of the theIs swells Is with ns as Abe be he c and I watches wAt hi his his- dogs trail grand nd romp down lown on ou i it il Hol Hold Bold hold l siran has lias not DOt given tm those 5 ord of 1 antl n Continued oil on pa i. i PROLONGED SNOW HURTS THE QUAIL QUAILS Continued from page paje 1 I Ip tp S p I is dog doe as the animal stealthily a advances ad ad- 1 vances with the lithe grace race of a panther pan pan- th ther r. r with pointing head and tail taU toward toward to tn I ward his quarry c a covey of quail the I gamest of all game birds What a wonderful thin is the nose of a bird dog clog The rhe feTh y enters a stubble II or weed field with head bead erect and nostrils nostrils nostrils nos nos- extended He lie He sniffs sniffs' hiff t th the h crisp I morning air this way and that lie makes a east hero here then on one over over yon yen der He pauses The unmistakable scent of the qU quail is in the breeze It grows groW's stronger and fresher as he ad ad- vances Me te trails off to the left His nose tells him the birds have gone that way now he lie moves Onas onas on ou as he nears th covey of covey covey- of little brown feathered things that ue are darting here rind and there in t the he thick grass I en ened ed the quail scamper to together ethel The bird dog makes a half circle to road t thorn them off from that direction The birds stop top and huddle hud The dog stops There Then he stands on the game immovable able rigid save sa for tho the nervous quiver er from intensity of the point With head elevated tail well wen out at ataI atan t tw an w I upward angle th the animal tells his master in language plamer than words that t the o Bob Dob White is there Covey Dog a Fine Worker This was tho the covey ev dog and he had done lone his work well ell Behind him a trifle slower two others are casting through the field lipId Almost in unison they too catch the scent 01 o the quail They start toward it and see their comrade ade on the point Th They back im im- mc then cautiously approach as close coso as it is safe to to come come and not flush the game came One toe tops stops Just behind the covey dog and then he swings a abit hit bit to one side A blanket would cover the three three three-a a picture of them would be that of a piece of statuary Come Come orne I on boys boys' pot ot em em Here th gJ r and ad a hunter r eu out or oi breath heart beating Jile a trip hammer beckons his companions to hurry on they close in tow toward rd th the frozen u S dogs do s v L Lets lino Let t a hoc lino up UTI ft fellers says one of the trio they 11 make forth t thicket over yonder Like a Jin line line of of pickets the hunters take position in iii a row facing the tho nearest coyer for over for which they the know know- tile quail will make Then sudden suddenly y they move in in on the Jogs dogs s something happens Whir r whir-r-r whir whir-r whir with a anoiSe anoise anoise noise like Jike thunder with the roar of a cyclone a bi big bv of quail tak takes s win wing and ind rushes of ofT with the tho speed of the thew w wind for the ticket v The dogs jump convulsively three guns go o to as many shoulders and smokeless powder speaks speaks- sharp and clear chear Best Results on Singles Ban Bang bang ban bang bang ban bang bang banJo bang from rom the guns Juns and here and yonder a plump feathered form turns over a pair of swiftly moving win wings s close dose up a few feathers sail in inthe inthe the air and a dead deul bird bounds as it strikes the ground Two double guns and nd a repeater had spoken and ana the game bags in in the party get et a Tood I start tart While some of the trio mark the dead head birds others watch the flight of the the flushed flushed covey COV for it it-is it is all important im un- in quail shooting sh to know where they stopped It Tt is on tho the singles or scattered birds that the sportsman gets b bret boat st results and where tho the bird fets dog og that can pick up v sm shines most Again the terrific noise of a n flushed bevy of quail rattle men that are really good shots men who perform perform per per- form well wen when handling handlin single birds biras but poorly on the covey rise Bob White is the most widely distributed distributed distri distri- buted of all ll l the inland game birds of America The little fellow cow thrives best bestin in the so south th and southeast where there is is- best cover oer for him and where the tho winters are not too severe severe- He lie is not as hardy a. a feeder as the grouse an and several varieties of the l large rge partridge Good quail shooting can be he had in the tho middle western states st and aurl on the prairies of the western vestern country and of the southwest but a land of prolonged snow is poor a-poor place for the Bob White f Monday S I HUNTING II Big n.-Big Big Game and the Hounds |