With. the approach of the shooting sea eon sportsmen ore considering the" best methods to be adopted to check the illicit: ■_ t shooting of game prior to the opening -the" ; season, which in the past has greatly spoiled , the sport of. those who have strictly adhered to game laws. Last year, with the cooperation of shcotists, • the Acclimatisation r r Society appointed a number of special rangers,' who patrolled the chief . shooting': ■; grounds for -a few weeks before" the season opened. ? The work done in this way was; so successful in. protecting these districts prior to the opening of the season-that-our sports- < - men have decided to take similar measures this year. With that object a meeting has- - - been convened for Tuesday evening next in Mr. Chat-field's rooms, Queen-street, and it is- hoped that all interested in shooting will attend. .-■;: The practical value of the rangers' work last year' was evidenced by the fact had boon for several years larger than the* have been for several years previously, but three convictions 'were obtained against poachers.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13146, 7 April 1906, Page 3
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