Omaha daily bee., 1895-03-03

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been some Few birds Killed
mostly pntails and Hutchin's geese-and the
pupners are all feyerish and impatiently
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In force' Iney are all expecting srea'
sport, but do not think they will get as
much as they anticipate. In fact, IL looks
IN r,o no ~ tho se,sop xyos poinp tn he an
,,nn.u.r, noor o,o s,,u NAV bo mis-
u'"''"'' p'o' ''e' SUI '
taken. AT any rate, the advance guaro Oh
the birds has come in earlier much earlier,
than Is customary but I consider this but a
spasmodic flight that will be of but short
duration There is certainly much inclement
weather vet in store for us during the pres
ent month and the main issue of ducks
and geese will not start north much before
the middle of the month let the weather be
what II NAV The very general rainfall of
a few days ago has contributed a great deal
to the duck hunters expectations but it
certainly was not sufficient to fulfill the re-
uuirements that would warrant the hope Of
any uncommon snort in this line 1t will
take ten times the amount of rain we have
had to replenish our low lakes and streams
and dried -up marshlands. which the wild fowl
love TO haunt and to Justify n belief that
any considerable abundance of sport is ahead
Prior to the recent storm the prospects for
the spring shooting we're the most meagre
for wears and to NV way of thinking there
has boen but small improyement Such
has hut lust begun to emerge from has not
marred history in MANY wears. II came on
early in June last. reigned uninterruptedly
throughout the summer and fall. and but
light and inconseouential rain or snow
storms have broken the arid sway during the
winter months The result of the summers
drouth was the incontinent driving up of all
our small lakes sloughs and streams long
ere autumn properIy began and by the time
the wild fowl season was fairly on even
rivers were so low that inducement for the
birds to lnper but briefly on any of their
former fayorlte feeding grounds was so
emaciated that the slenderest kind of shoot
ing was the rule That the conditions have
been anywise extensively ameliorated.
doubt exceedingly. For good wild fowl
shooting. as I have often asserted there must
be plenty of water with lakes filled with
naurht hut muck and slime and the marshes
but areas of cracked and scanned conprete
there is but little Opportunity for the palm
iped beauties to eke ont a livelihood and
no matter how splendid the atmospherc con-
ditions mr. favorable the other conditions
are the birds will tarrv but n short time
ere they continue nwinr to ha,nts more in
conformity with their necessities for refresh
ment and1 rest There must he more rain
much more rain before 7 would venture to
predict ANYTHING but a repetition of the ex-
I periences Of last fail. Should there yet be
: heavy descent of rain or snow all over the
west on the plains and in the mountains, a
verltable freshet, such as would make river
and stream fret and froth within their con-
fines and send their waters gushing on to
gulf and sea. filling up lake and flooding
marshand then might we look for rare
sport with the kingly canvasbacl1. the lordly
mallard, the redhead. pintail teal and blue
bill, to say nothing of the honkers, the galli-
nagoes and yellowlegs
Again, the past years unprecedented baked
period went long way In running the croT
and 1t must be wofuly less in the spring
The wild rice fields In the north and wes
We're haught put wastes OF urieu ana empty
stalks. Nutritious seeds were shriveied up
ana tnere was hothihg put sere ana yello"
spread OF lear ana tenorh everywhere
Where wiia ceiery lsperais valllsherla) once
nourisheu IN iuAuriance !. aisappeareu apso
luteiy last iaii' ana all OF tne aquatic plant
anu s.asNes W., W. neN' " usse'y uui ~ ~
III many Vi 'nu pes. stounuS u IN 'ne s.a.e @
anu ~ 10 IoI i.heiy lhaa 'ne oiius , VIII va
lu' upon .ne iarenaeeoun ueposl.s e,stM mn
so pien.mu, , ,aa my WI m, We ., iofGeu leu om :.
iavo'eu ,n"dI thse oeo ,, y ,. an de,ns eU,
, ,ht oro onoa thain part,nr horo
Hsnoe Tho moor nnt,ools for the snor, tha
charn,s 90 MANY
an an ardent ,over 20 noture In Al, be
.or,,s "a osor;ho to tbts ';nduIganoa oil tha
ts hos, and Most beaithfri In NV oxistanco
hau ononirad n,uoh Inou,,adao hn nnt
door u,a hnt wou,d Cot, he,,aya Tho sohoe
has invt heanr an, evar wiII,no tn rio,nr
Is L.. n',,,,, ooinrs an thot 49," tn,,e nta,n ~
ho,ds ,,ost Soar hnt mmst ratrain trau, erect
ina oast1as In atharaaI snaca nr nhrnr;oI,n ~
ths, u,hioh nror, ,,,ouid hnt nj s,o.d onn ais
anno,mt 'r,s trua tba saaso, uhan nee % toro
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a. a. 80 80 o sa.n,tn ~, imiaI 20 ,S ain,',a,,,
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y souu ',u ,. 'e y 49, an. ,n in a."
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p',n aesSonS W ss-'e",s'' n'Da' M en
S'.au" ii u W.. VI ne eis'on '"'
N"enS "'n N"'u'e' ""e'e 'he oareu soui
,r,.n Like MOSES, 81 may espy;, ,,o.
:" Na'.i' ~, ..'o s ,un. Icy,
ho' ecs'acy " iist iroin oul the uis'al
he,as 10 Tue can iainl ana sweet, Oh IN
so'aen-pIeas'eu ihesuom larh, 10 the chir
anu ."i,ee' Vi ieu,w'nseu piathpirus III.
swarm III tne REEDS anu uart IN ciouo
atnwart the landscape, Does II not quicke
the pulse ana lhriii the plood 10 eaten u
Tesohsht monk OF the Cahana as ne scrap'
tne clouds Win MS ashen BACK; the crane
cultural cry ,ue whlstie OF the canvaspack
wings the paint OF the mystic snipe, u
curiews 5 scream or the piaintiVe piping OF tf
poVer, even II they DO refuse TO come dow
ana poise peicre your murderous aim, an
persist IN skimmng on over your barre