The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-01-04
GIN AND GAME.

Young SportSmen should Exercise care
In Handling Weapons.
The time for accidents in the shooting
field is at hand, and 1t is to be presumed t1"s
before the season is over quile ie' "
casualties, owing to the careless laudH ~ u
firearms. will have 70 be recOIueu' I.'i0
and again young sportsmen, VINO seluoul
realize the danger which Is attached 10
,hyutjug IN a reckless way, have been eau
TONED IL be careful under all circumstances,
and especially when in the company Oh
friends Hunters. should always exercise
caution in LAYING down and taking up loaded
Ct runs The weapon should always De placed
in such q position that the muzle VIII polu'
\fr7m one and the bystanders- Inc MAJORITY
of accidents which are reported during tue
season for field sports result from pulling
.cru-Vith muzz.e toward the handler Ii the
excitement attending the sudden approach
Of game, and this is a common practice
among Young hunters who shoot from
Tie wonder is that more accidents have
not occurred. DlaWlng guns through FENCES
and from wagons, muzLle. mrs., mas sent
many good but careless sportsman u lHe
happy hunting grounds. Spur.Smen sh.ulu
ever keep in mind, and especially Wheu
Shooting from boats, that many painful and
heaItlendIng sights have been witnessed
which could have been 'aYeTtsd by the eNeT-
else Of proper precauttou. Last Thursday
ayouug man lost his arm while shooting
dicks from q skin near SausalitO. lie
uuI-d the gun toward him and one Of the
hammers which had caught in rowlock
was raised with q sudden Jerk and falling
caused the discharge. In all probability the
g. railroad officials Will stop all shooting on
tile old Alameda Wharf. Young men con-
r.. greEate on the bridge daily, and particularly
~rnfHV. SbN0f birds tf4V fly
over. The reckless manner in which Young
Slers handles guns has caused se1ate sports
men 10 wonder how a day can pass without
Al accident Of some kind.
z 4IrIels are numerous and ofteutimes
threats. involving bl0Odshed, have been eX-
changed among the claimants Tor dead birds.
Tie bridge, which Is IN i decayel state, Is
very unsafe ana before any accident Of q St.
nous nature occurs II has been suggested
tlat-thr company take measures 20 prevent
people from trrspassin5 thereon. Last
Ilarsiay Tie BRUCE which extends fully
iAI-g-4uarier- OF a mile into tile BAY WAS
literally packed with young hunters. all
their caEeieSsGess IA shooting was almost
CRIMINAL In he eIdeay9T % land a. bird.
winch was claimed by at least = dozen
youngsters, deCayed plank broke under
Tie ~esat % lad, who Was fishing Tor 4
n-l.ii- duck with long pole. and in he
Went loaded down with a coat fun Of car
tr'dses and heavy gum-boOts. He cuug
Ike ietcA 70 one VI the bridge supports,
where he remained fully half an hcur be
fore boat could be put out t. his rescue.
Oil samuel Baker the WelI-kuOWu African
. traveller, las some very liked opinions as Ia
what constitutes true sportsman. His
words ID his lately issued book are worth
lonlering over;
IL should De distinctly uuders God thar a vast
EId separates tie True sportsman from Tie merci.
Jess gunner. me former studies nature with
Keen equipment, and shoots his game With iudr-
% ID N#~s 40 HH NM. 81
play soaring lie lives OF all females sbOuId fn4
'Aiu-dts ue harmless, LIE never seeks lie vain
E.oiJ %, a heavy game list. The gunner j. the
t-'-se ~ Tue nineteenth century. lis one idea Is
gu Use Ais Suni bis love IS slaughter Iudiscrim-
l.a. ana pound ess 20 swell tie lon. account
which is his boast ana pride. such a man NAV
tt expert as gunner, but he Is not 4 suortsman
h47u 5huL.l De uui}elsIl.y Condemned
'bnth shooting Ii Maryland IS not as good
.' year as formerly Lot because the ducks
are scare, ult BECAUSE they have become
is-l u 0ec0ys aud batteries and refuse TO
.--- among The stools. In the opinion of
@u ele lleE- shooter, the young birds gained
garry Id Tue season a knowledge of the dan
ger .uat turks IN the vicinity Of a dsc0y.
JecOES made with burnt-cork surface
nave ueeh useu with considerable success in
u4acR duck shooting, the black tup having a
Sg4t, Nehtt! appearance, Ike the feathers
ol tie natural bird.
II Is SAID that tiint-locks are still made in
lar5e quantities at Brandon, Suffolk En-
ADI export TO AFRICA. HE old
Brown Bess" Is thus worked off on the IN
suspectng African. who probably prefers
us generally qenonStratiYe action to the
neat modern repeating rifle. As many as
'o'VOOeO0 Hints have been turned out by one
man during tie last ten years.
An Oregon paper says that three younu
men OF Harrisburg spent ten days up the
Mackenzie ana killed eleven deer. One of
them then floated down the river from Har-
Tisburg to Corvallis last Wednesday and
killed slXty-hye pounds of duck and geese
on the way. They say game was never
more abundant along the banks of the viii
1amette than at present
owing to the delay occasioned by the
train arriving on Sunday morning at the
various duck-shOoting resorts on the So
nomamarshes hunters have forsaken their
old hunting grounds for the marshes east of
the city, which can be reached in good sea-
soRtor an early morning shoot.
SportSmen who are interested in the pro-
lection OF game birds will make a strong at
tempt TO have law passed at the coming
session OF the Legislature which will prs.
vent moonlight shooting. Shooting ducks
uy the llgHt OF the moon is not sport and is
only indulged In by pot aud market hunters.
i he recent ralu las formed ponds of fresh
water On the marshes and the result is first
class sport for those who fancy spoon-biIl
shooting
Bluebill ducks have come in in large num-
bers and good shooting can be had in the
vicinity of the slaug hter- houses on either
side OF the bay.
Last year teal ducks were scarce. but this
season they are plentiful everywhere, espe-
cialiy on the AiyisO and Alameda marshes.