The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-02-15
GUN AND GAME.
The Season for Fowl Is Drawing to a
Close.

9. The Season for Fowl Is Drawing to a
Close.
: The season for shooting game birds is rap
idly drawing to a close, and sportsmen and
maTket-hunters should bear in mind that
if they are found in possession OF any game
specified in the act passed by the Supervisors
= Of this city few months ago they will lay
g themselves liable. Although according to
Statelaw it is not unlawful to shoot or have
=" III possession any species of wild duck at
. any season OF the year the Boards of Su-
perVlsUrs OF the respective counties have
. jurisdiction and power to make regulations
- Tor the protection Of game, fish and Sheltfish
IL was singular mistake that the Com
miitee on the Revision OF Fish and Game
Laws made when it neglected to include the
broad-bill family Of game with other birds.
: The result of the error has been manifest in
= the past two summers, when il became
known that certain number of hoggish
markel-hunters had been Slaughtering
q young mallards on the marshes which bor-
der the Sacramento and San JOAQUIN rivers
and were shipping them to the markets of
this city. As result of this wantun de-
: struction- of the choicest of ducks on this
. Toast the decrease in the number of birds
was very noticeable on the malards' fayOrita
.. haunts this past winter.
III is attributed to the energy and zeal dis
played by the leading members of the
Sportsmen's Protective Association of the
city that local law was enacted which
Will, so far as this city is concerned assist to
cut off the summer revenue of clone of
hunters who would rather gain precarous
eXiStenee by the slaughter Of birds in the
breeding season than expose their Well-pre-
served anatomies to the heat of a summer
. sun I'D the harvest fields, where able-bodied
men are always in demand at good salaries
The game-dealers of this city have been
notified OF the change in the game law, and
1t IS their duty to instruct the hunters who
hos l.lasV NaNsraEz
change. There will be no excuse accepted
Dy committee of sportsmen that has been
appointed TO visit the markets and the
steamers which ply between this city and
the up-riyer shooting grounds. Any person
who will be found in possession of mallard
duck, widgeon, tea, red-head, pintail, CAD
wall, wo0d-duck or English Snipe alter
March 1st of this year will be deemed guilty
OF "a lnisdemeanor and, upon conviction
thereof, will be punished by fine of not
less tnan $50 nor more than $500, or by I'M
PrisoDment In the County Jail for not more
than six months.
The eanvasback duck has been omitted
on account of it being migratory bird that
= comes 10 TINS Coast late In the hunting sea-
son and departs for its northern breeding
grounds in March and April.
i. Mahan, well-known duck-hunter, had
a great days shooting on the swamp near
Greenbrae on Sunday. A particular friend
OF Iris named Casey says that after bagging
htNC hDSoo VI ldt anu ouCCuicHt Std-RullS,
Mahan took peculiar position on the edge
OF point of rocks overhanging the bay.
While resting at ease with his hands on his
chin and his elbows on his knees he heard a
strange noise in an adjoining clunp of
brush. CHANGING in the direction he de-
tected Donstrous goat with full growth
OF beard staring wildly at him. Mahan was
about to pull wad of paper from his
bear-skln yest-pocket when the goat charged
upon him, and before the hunter could
fully realize his dangerous position lie re-
celved an upDer-cut from the rear which
bay.
Casey alleges that Mahan held short
consultation with a man named McGjnty.
who mad taken water previously, and that
In future he will not be seen wearing bear
skins or any other description of fur jackets
during the Understanding season.
Captain Healy of the United States reve-
nue. cutter Bear has proposed a game i'm
portatiun scheme for Alaska. The Esoui-
maux natives Of the northwestern part of
that Territory depend very largely upon the
deer for their winter food but the deer sup
ply has been decreased to such an extent
that the supply of meat has been seriously
affected The project of Captain Healy is
that the Government shall import some of
the tame reindeer of Siberia. which are
there herded by deer men," and shall put
them out in regions in Alaska where the
character of the country and the food condi-
tions will be favorable. He also suggests
bringing to Alaska some of the Siberian