The morning call., 1892-01-31
Why Farmers Stop Ouan Shooting.
Ducks Are Out OF Sight.

DUCKS are OuI OF sig hts
The California Kennel Club has secured
the services of Mortimer, who will judge all
classes Of dogs represented at the clubs an
nual exhibition in May. It's said that some
Eastern bench celebrities will be sent to
compete against the nome cracks.
1t is evident from the decrease in the num-
Der of sportSmen who lake in the marshes
and upIanls on Saturday and Sunday that
the sport must have lost much of its charms
for the local manipuat0rs Of the shotgun
| The sWampeTS-thOSe VINO take pleasure In
wadiuE through mud-hats in the hope Of
ground sluice shotS-haye no cause
Of complaint against the seon, because
up to the time Of the first heavy
rains birds we're plentiful everywhere
and sp0rtsmeu who had made preparations
for early morning shoots were seldom DIS
appointed with the day results. Win the
/ execution Of canYaSOacks and blue DIS tNeTe
| are few Of any other KIND now TO De seen on
the bay shores, The QUackerS have gone
south and reports from MERGED, Tulare and
Kern counties state that the spOTtsmen OF
those places are enjoying excellent shooting.
Another preserve club has been organ
lied II will be called the Owl s-neSt CIuC
1 Hunting and Fishing Company, and was
Incorporated last Thursday by Nathaniel j,
Britain. Daniel O'CUnUel, Louis SloSs Jr.,
Theodore T. PAYNE and joseph ID. Redding.
| The purposes If the corporation are stated
to be as follows: ITO purchase, lease, hold
and possess real and personal property in
the State Of California; TO build club
/ houses; TO encourage and cultivate the
taste fori>hing and shooting" Music viii be
furnished for the spOTtsmen While shooting
ducks from "biindS," to divert attention
/ from tie m0nOt0ny Of the occasion when
birds are scarce Poetic lectures on how TO
/ cook carp on hot bricks will, il IS thought,
materially assist TO pass away many pleasant
/ evenings on the river banks during the sum-
mer season. Several other things that
amuSe preserved sp0rtsmen VIII be intro
duced during the shooting and hshlng
Tie Quail. which is CALIFORNIA; native
game bird, is plentiful, aud better time 10
enjoy an outing with dog ana gun on the
hills has not been had since the season
/ Opened Tie hills are now barren OF the
heavy underground which has caused so
much annoyance TO spoTtsmen and their
I dogs in the early months of the season; be-
/ sides the ground has become 5ottenei
/ bv the rains and pedestraniSm Is not
! so difficult Again, the birds may
/ be found on or near the summit
! Of the hills, where good opportunities
are offered the SpOrtsmen 10 make clean
/ shooting. OF late years farmers have posted
/ their lands with notices t0rbHdng hunting
/ thereon, and in consequence those VINO
! take pleasure In QUaIl-SuO0tIug unless Ioi-
/ tilted with permits, must travel consider
! able distance to strike ranch Wnlch mas
not been fTeQuented by a class Of hunters
+ that has no pect for the farmers or their
/ chsttels. 1t is the breaking Of fences and
/ the shooting of cattle that has put stop 10
/ quail-shO0tug On a number OF farms within
| easy stance of this city.
VIII Ward, the well-kn0wn rife-Shot,
/ saws he intends to give wildcats Vide
/ berth in the future Ca his hunt last week
/ he was unfortunate enough to bag several
Of them. Somehow 1t came TO the ears Ct