The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-10-26
FISH AND GAME.
Shipping Live 0uaIl - Duck-shoOting n
Suisun-

Shipping Live 0uaIl - Duck-Shootins at
Suisun.
Since the open season for quail-shOoting
sportsmen have been enjoying first-clasS
sport. This has been, sc far, very good
year. and the tiattering success achieved by
the men who have secured the hills and
canyons for the switt-fying game fowls is,
in a measure, a very fair guarantee that the
sport Will be even FAR better when the now
parched earth becomes mOlStened by heavy
rain. During the present heated spell,
neither man nor beast can hnd pleasure or
comfort in the pursuit of quail
4 few hours OF shooting in the morning
and evening is all that can be expected by
men who shoot for pleasure ana until such
time as the atmosphere Is cooled by change
in the weather, il is foolish boast 10 talk OF
having enjoyed an all-day's shooting on
the hills. Nimrods who prefer to sit IN
blind and shoot over decoyS, rather than
tax their limbs by scaling the slippery hill
sides, are anXiouSly expecting the arrival OF
migratory water-foWls. reports from Sulsun
are that very good shooting can now he mad
by scullIug through The sloughs. Last Mon
day Mr. L. II. Usner returned with twenty
SIX maliards and nineteen teal. The gen
ileman states that he lost several birds,
which fell in the heavy tule.
Last week eight dozen live quail were
shipped from LiyeTmore to a game-dealer in
the California market 4 gentleman who
resides at LiYeTmuTe made several In
Quiries, but was unable to locate the owner
Of the game. Having the interest OF all true
sportsmen at heart, he kept an eye Oh the
crates in which the birds were confined, and
rode on the same train which brought them
10 this city. Fred Callundan, the head OF
the Deputy Game and Fish Commissioners,
could not he found, and the matter was laid
before MI John Ord and some other we'll
known SpHrtSmen, who visited the clerk OF
Police Judge RiX's court but that official
refused TO Issue warrant Tor the arrest oil
the party who received the birds unless the
SpOrtsmen or the man who followed the
game from the country town could swear
positively that the quill were trapped.
After much quibbling the spOrtSmen left
in disgust, satisfied that the game law OF
this STATE, as II IS now enforced by officers
who are supposed to look after its interests,
is but a mere farce Referring to the trap
ping OF game birds the law says:
II IS the duty OF the Fish Commissioners to see
that the laws for the preservation OF fish and
gam are strictly enforced; and for that purpose
THEY may from time 10 time employ such assist
ants Us they shall deem necessary which per
so appointed as assistants shall have all
powers and authority OF sherlhs 10 make arrests
FOR violation OF such laws Throughout tile State
Every person VINO Shall al any time net or
pound any quail, partridge, or grouse, and every
PERSON who shall sell, buy, transport, or give
away, or Ohel or expose tOr sale, or have IN his
possession, any quail, partridge or grouse That
nave Deen shared Captured OF taken W or Uy
means oil any net or pound, Is guilty OF mis-
demeauOr Proof OF possession Of any quail,
partridge or grouse which shall not show EVIL
deHce OF having been taken by means other than
a net or pound shall be prma faele evidence In
any prosecution tOI a violation Of the provisions
OF this section that the person in whose posses
sion sGch quail partridge or grouse is found,
TOOK, killed or destroyed The same by means OF
bet OF pound.
The cause Of game protection has been
considerably advanced in Pennsylvania by
the decision Of Judge Ewing at Bittsburg in
the celebrated Hague vs.. Wilkinson case,
decided recently. Last January Wilkinson
exposed for sale in the PittSburg market
twenty quail, and as the sale Of such birds
after January Isl is declared illegal he was
prosecuted by Game Warden Hague Wiki
insOn was found guilty by Alderman Cas-
sidy and fined SO 4 bird. On refusing to
pay he was sentenced to jail for 200 days,
was baied out aud the case taken TO court.
VI hen It came before the Grand Jury q true
bill was found, and after celebrating for
some months Judge Ewing rendered his de-
cisiOn, which was adverse to the defendant.
The above case IS respectfully commended
to the attention of market men throughout
the country.
Battu and Perkins fished for gTilse near
NOvato on Sunday, but had poor success.
GTiise are running in large numbers into
the san GreGori0 and PescaderO creeks.
Some good catches OF grilse were made in
Petalnma Slough last week.
Charley Ohm and friends will try their
luck to-day at Shelville.
Al Wilson and Deliver. the well-knowE
anglers, brought home bag of black bass
from Guerneville last Sunday.
Trout weighing as high as eight pounds
have been caught recently in Paynes Creek,
which runs close to Red Bluff.
William Kettle tells very good story
about trained mule that points stanchly
and drops to slot.
1t Is said that some of the Italian gar
deners WHO reside near Mallard Station are
very reckless sportsmen. Only very re-
Gently one missed a duck and filed a
horses nose full Of small shot
Dave, Tom and W. Ryan met with very
Indifferent luck last Sunday at AlviSo.
Potter, Ford, Mcguire and Parks bagged
three or four ducks each and number of
TAI! last Sunday on the Alvarado marshes.
Kettle ana Wooster were rewarded with
a coed bag Of quail at 0lema last Monday.
Dr. stanton, Alex. Truman and Thomas
Casey had a very fair quail shoot last Sun
day at lgnaciO.
L. ". briggs will try his luck on the
Ihr0ekmorton Ranch to-day.
Jim Chesley has been preparing to give
the bipeds of the Suisun marshes warm
reception this morning.
Harry Mason made up a bag of thirty
eight quail in the vicinity Of Pillarcitos
Lake last Saturday.
Nalleau and q friend basketed some beau
tiiul grllSe few days ago in the San Pedro
Lagoon.