The San Francisco call., 1895-07-17

Tor deer are wondering what has become OF
the many hunters who left this City last
Sunday for the haunts of big game. 1t is
presumed that the hunters are all safe,
but their friends cannot understand the
meaning OF the delay in the arrival OF the
carcasSes OF the noble four -prOnged BUCKS
that were promised and guaranteed to be
In this City by last evening.
Y. b. Gilman and w. f. Gum are now
campeG near Weaverville, and letter re-
celved from Mr.. Gilman states that all
Kinds OF game is plentiful and trout
fishing first class.
S. Mack of the Pacific Kennel Club re-
turned Yesterday, with four-pronged
waters of Eel River.
j. Reynolds and Detective Harper are in
charge OF large camping party which is
at present located about fourteen miles
east OF Ukiah in the heart of great deer
country. Venison steaks from that To-
caIity are daily expected
q. M. Osborn, T. R. Barney, G. Wickes
and w. D. Brown have been pumping
Club since Monday morning. Either the
monarchs must be very scarce in the pre-
serves this year or otherwise the hunters
are oil their aim, as the color of Tam
alpals buck has not as yet made its appear
ance on this side of the water.
The mosquitoes that took the Novato
hills by storm, so to speak, on the opening
day OF the deer-shooting season last year
drove many an enthusiastic sportsman Off
his beat. In anticipation of such another
warm reception from the musical pirates
OF the hills, several deer-hunters went into
the mountains on Monday well prepared
to defeat the aims of the enemy by
placing small-meshed nets over their heads
and oiling their hands with some prepara-
tlon which some people said was offensive
to mosquitoes. There was no necessity for
armor of any kind, however, as the blood
thirsty snipe of the Novato Mountains
have not as yet made their summer ap-
pearance In any great numbers. Yet it
needs only few of them to make life mis-
cradle for a city sportsman, whose blood
is highly priced by the country mosquito.
The greatest noise heard in many
moons startled the good residents of
Noyato, Marin County, about Z o'clock
on Monday morning, but Notwithstanding
the volume of smoke that hung on the
hills and the loss of several tons OF lead
not one single trophy of the chase returned
to Novato that evening. Among "the
noted" marksmen who scared the very
existence out of several deer were Dr.
Leonard, ]. G. Nealon, J. Sutton, III. Lu-
cas-, j. Miller, ]. Valencia and Messrs.
Lynch and O'Neil. The farmers in the
vicinity of where the skirmishers were sta
toned for big game are congratulat1ng
themselves because of having their cattle
driven off the range last Sunday Messrs.
Ladd and McRae, who shot on the Pacheco
ranges, succeeded in bagging beautiful
buck.
Samuel F. Hughes is the proud possessor
OF a kennel of nine puppies, out OF his
favorite English setter, Silver Plate, win
ner of bench-show honors. The father of
the youngsters is the well-known English
setter Starlight. The little fellows are
highly admired by lovers of sporting dogs.
G. F. Mullins and his sister, Miss Alice
Mullins, caught, in day and half, ang
ling in the Country Clubs lakes, twelve
Eastern, eight cut-throat and two rainbow
trout. The fishes averaged in weight1N
pounds, the largest of the Eastern tipping
the scales at IL pounds.