The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-11-13
DUCK=SHOOTING.
Market Hunters Are Now
Leasing Lands.
What Sportsmen Should Do TO Pre-
serve the Wild Game of
the State.

The Cordelia Gun Club has not grown
tired of arresttng "trespassers." who are
invariably ACQUITTED when Their cases are
submitted TO jury.
Last Saturday LLOYD Eaton of the NAL
lard Gun CLUB received a summons to ap-
pear to-day at Suisun for trial. 1t is
| hardly necessary TO say that Mr.. Eaton,
who is member of the Mallard Gun Club,
Will be exonerated when his case comes
up for trial.
Apr, pos Of the war the preserve" gun
clubs OF Sulsun are wagng upon sports
men who are not affiliated with mud
land" shooting organizations. a weekly
s. orting paper of this city says inc its
That's" column:
That the Benca jury who acquitted the NAL
lard Club law-breaker must nave been LOB
lol" picked from the slums OF the town.
BY this statement the members Of the
Mallard Gun Club must consider them
selves in the eyes of the weekly lob lot"
scratcher associates of menials.
Now that the member of aristocratic
gun clubs are anxious to hog the earth and
the game thereon, the market hunters
have finally concluded 10 stick their
fingers in the preserve pie, and judging
from the amount of duck shooting lands
that are being gobbed up by them, it is
safe to predict that in a few years hence
there will not be an acre of land upon
which local spOrtsmen can hunt.
The following letter appeared recently
in Nisalla paper:
10 answer 10 the Tulare Citizen, In behalf OF
the Board OF Supervisors and IN regard to the
pIoteci ion of game, we think that the law lust
passed is the best hing for Tulare County and
for every lover of fhe gun and rod who wants to
take days outing without finding one man
having the whole country leased as in The past
Down at Iuare Lake. for instance, | hap
penrd TO be among party that went there for
two or three days sport. The first thing we met
was sign mo shooting allowed" and the next
was man on horseback ora ring us away from
the lake. stating that lie had tie whole thing
leased. about 10000 acres.
In other words. he was a pOt-bunter who had
three men hired who were killing game for mar
ket and shipping To San Francisco. ] wonder
II that is what the Citizen calls protection TO
the farmer
If the sportsmen of the State are in
favor of free rights for all sportsmen ire
spective OF class. an endeavOr should be
made at the next Legislature 10 abolish
market shooting, and also the preserving
of swamps for ducks ooting purposes by
clubs of any kind. If the game of the
State is to be protected then do away with
market shooting and barren was pre-
serves" as both tend TO decrease the game
supply of the State.
Duck shooting on Sunday was poor and
no wonder. The day was warm enough to
enjoy good sun bath.
Some hunters who shot by the light of
the moon did we'll, but sportsmen must
not forget that if they desire birds to re-
main about the lands they intend to shoot
over this winter they must stop duck
shooting at night, otherwise the birds Will
give them wide berth.
Cate and Ford got their usual bag on the
AvisO mar hes.
Two brothers who are employed in one
of the leading gunstores shot over ponds
in the Sonoma marshes last Friday. Satur-
day and Sunday and bagged seventy
ducks, principally sprig and widgeon.
The shooting at Susun was poor on
Sunday. Birds would not acc immediate the
"blind" shooters.