The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-11-11

from side view as lie ascends in the air on
being startled and you Will notice that instead
OF going 10 straight OF shooting of on an even
line as most birds Will 90. this lOng-Decked
Dtped wings himself backward and ascendS at
very slow rate. The tyro VIII invariably
ovefshoot this mark fer the reason that he
will make the same allowance in holding over
as when shooting at widgeon, teal, etc
a teal, when out for breakfast or dinner, is
about as difficult a shot a quail that has
mastered the kDack OF lodging sporismen IN
canyons, where trees are numerous. The little
teal can get under way with surprising speed.
and TO stop it when on an important business
TIP the sportsman must lead the Ieathered
streak at least SIX feet II shooting at say thirty
yards range.
The canvasback. that highly priced invader
from the north, is NJ times most cunning
member OF the wild duck family or the most
stupid OF birds. When the lean" arrives
from the ice regions. after having sam
10 IL such delicious flavor he is the least sus-
picious of all wild fowl. In fact, when the
royal visitor arrives at the Su1sun marshes and
drops into one of the wheat-fed ponds that are
jealousy guarded By preserved" gilIes he be-
comes mesmerlzed 30 10 say, and being chock-
full OF curiosity he naturally wonders at the
strange surroundings. He sees blind" TO
| his left on the margin of the pond and on his
| right are nOlSeleSSly sailing on The ripping
waters fifty Of his companions. Being one OF
the lew of his family that pad made an early
| start from the North the new arrival eau iOus-
! ~ approaches "hiS people" and as lie turns
broadside 10 The blind" pun OF smoke is fol-
| lOWeu ny z sharp SOuUu, anQ-lnd'S ali.
AL Cumming bagged about twenty birds near
Byron last Sunday. He says that The QUILL Ok
for good shooting on The river Is excellent, aud
that triggerpulllng will be in order when the
winds blow.
Bob Taylor is OF the opinion that tame ducks
are FAR ahead of wild ducks so far as their eat
ing qualities are concerned. Bob being quite
an epcure should be an authority on table
luXuiies. He will explain on Tuesday evening
al the monthly dnner OF the Rod and Gun Club
why tame ducks afford better chewing than the
wild bra.
Lloyd Eaton returned from the Suisun
marshes last sunday with fourteen ducks
which Charley DieIZ viii prove had been killed
with silver shot.
The game laws of Oregon are so complicated
and unsatisfactory that the spOrtsmen of that
State have held meeting looking 10 the franz
ing al a law under which guilty person can
be convicted. AS The law now stands, grouse
aud quail may be lawfully hunted from August
/ 10 November D. bur these birds can only be
sold IN market fIom October 3 TO November
10. The Supreme Court OF that 5 ate recently
held that FISH or game lawfully taken could be
| sold without infraction of The law, so tnat a
dealer arrested for violating the law by selling
| game at any other time than between the dates
| speclhed could plead that The q me was law
| Iuily Killed Again, deer are being ruthlessly
slaughtered IN different portions OF the State
! IN direct violation of the law.
| The statutes permit the killing of deer be-
! tween August and December 1 for food, but
| not for any other purpose; yet man arrested
| for killing deer moose or mountain sheep for
| their hides or horns could easily ESCAPE punish.
| ment by producing evidence that he killed such
| animals Tor food, and that II he obtained any.
| thing for the skin aud horns that was merely a
| secondary matter What Oregon spOrtsmeu
want and what they should and will have II pos
| sible 10 get II, is a law so simple and plain that
! IL cannot be luggled backward and forward
! and made TO mean anything or nothing, Just
| according 10 the shrewdness OF the attorney
| defending the man under arrest.
! The sportSmeu of Portland have the same
blessings o offer the gentleman who introduced
| carp into the waters Of this country as the
| lovers OF duck shooting here. This is what a
| correspondent writes: The report that the
| hog-like carp were devastating our wapatc
| D'ds and other sources of wild-fOwl food supply
| is apparently well founded. Many farmers re.
| port their lakes entirely barren of wapaIo-t0pS.
| and sportsmen ale quite alarmed. My shoot
| ing partner lately visited his preserve, and he
! reports that tile lake contains many patches OF
| green wapatO-tops. Two years ago at this
| time of The year the surface of the lake was one
| waving mass OF green, WIN mere and there a
| pool OF open water. Now the conditions are
| exactly reversed. and il will be but short
| time, fear until the succuleut bulbs viii be
| all gone. The problem as TO how TO rid the
| lakes Oh these schools OF carp and bullheads is
peIpleAlng many owners ana ieSseeS. Some
advocate The use OF dynamite. while others be-
| lleve that The fishes can be seined during the
time that the waiers of the lakes are lowest.
some say that quickiime In the water viii de-
stroy the fishes and fertiiZe the yegel alton,
while Others >ay that fishberries Will Supply
| the troublesome pests.
AS rule articles written by California sports
| men Tor publication in Eastern papers smack
Of the fearful. In recent Issue OF the Ameri-
can Fied appears a communication signed by
! some one WHO would have Eastern people be-
! lleye That this country was silll Overrun with
all kinds of "varmini." Correspondents are, as
rule, fond OF drawing the long bow ma the
one now referred to has not taken anything
from This great State In that particular.
IN relating an experience he had had with
some companions in Mendocino County, tie
writer says: ION gazing in the direction
pointed out they all saw five large California
lions seated TWO limbs of redwood tree
about twenty feet from The ground. Foolisbly
during the excitement my friend advised that
the remainder OF the party 20 bick several
ga 1a ~. o,0 ,i . auu ihoIe uoss, "uiCn .neS
protection but three hounds. Very soon from