The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-31
very successful camping trip in the vicinity

Of Cazadero.
Sportsmen who are interested in deer
shooting should not forget that the open
season in Marin County will terminate on
Sunday next. After that time arrests will
certainly follow.
ting at Collins, WASH, writes that his
friend Elmer Rea killed two bull elk on
the evening of the Oath inst, and that a
Mr.. Cunningham bowled over q grizzly
bear which was feeding upon young elk.
AS for fishing, Mr.. Roop states that the
streams in Washington TEEN with trout of
different varieties.
1t is to be regretted by all lovers of
shooting that the game little snipe is on
its Journey to extinction, all because there
is no law to protect them from slaughter
by market-hunters and poachers. The
State sportsmen who assem- bled in this
City last year agreed to leave an entire
open season to market and pot hunters,
who destroy the gamest of game birds
during their breeding season. This was
done in the way of exchange to shield
other game of less value from slaughter.
To an experienced sportsman English
snlpe-shooting furnishes the grandest
amusement. and, excepting California, all
other States of the Union rehgiously pro-
tect this grand little game bird during the
breeding season. The result of ''no pro-
lection to snipe' can now be seen. Ship
ments of English snipe from the breeding
grounds OF the Sierras arrive almost daily
in this City. Many of the birds received
are with egg, and others no doubt have
been slain while crying for their young. If
this is what sportsmen term fair field,
then the game laws can be numbered
among other laws which are decidedly off
color.
In speaking of mountain-quail shooting
the sportsmen who represented Sierra,
Plumas and Nevada counties at the Sports
mems Convention held in this City last
year must certainly have been alternating
during the month of August, or otherwise
they would never think of having the open
season for mountain-quail shooting COM
mence on August Is. The writer has Just
returned from Nevada County and can
truthfully say that the quail in that Sec
ton of the country are no larger than spar
rows, and will certainly not be of size
sufficiently large to kill before the 10Th or
10Th of September. The season for mount
aln-quall shooting should certainly have
remained unchanged. So far as the grouse
are concerned, the birds, although not suf-
6ciently matured, were of tolerably good
size and strong under wing, yet the 1st of
September would have been about right
for mountain quail and grouse shooting.
Sportsmen must not confound the dates
OF the opening of the quail-shooting sea-
son or otherwise they may ind themselves
in a peck of trouble. The season when
mountain quail shooting is lawful COM
menees on August Is and ends on Febru-
airy 10. The opening of the shooting sea-
son for valley quail commences on October
15 and ends on February 15-that is &C
cording to the State law.
Tomorrow the California Wing Club
will hold a live-bird shoot at the Oakland
track and the Empire Club will pull trig-
gers at clay birds at Alameda Point.
The following are the newly elected Off
GERS of the Washington State Sportsmen's
Association: President, Josiah Collins
Jr. of Seattle; first vice-president, E. E.
Ellis of Tacoma; second vice-president,
t. B. Ware of Spokane secretary and
treasurer, c. F. Graft of Seattle; board of
directors-H. A. Griffin, E. A. Kimball,
w. J. Pratt, L. B. Faulkner, G. +. Treat,
+. II. Mason, w. Clark, w. g.. Handy,
w. E. Mckee, B. Jensen, c. Draper and
A. Williams.
A 100 bird race is announced to take
place on September 1 at the Empire
grounds.
J. Roguey, d. Ostrander, Segal and
Swan are constructing an ark at Botan-
der's mill which will be used during the
duck-shooting season.
Charles Scofield has arrived from a fish
ing and shooting trip to San Mateo
county. lie shot 412-pound grllel IN San
Gregorio Creek which he proudly exhibited
to his friends on his return to this City.
The following letter from Game Warden
]. L. Donovan of Alameda County has
been received and it goes to prove that the
officer is diligent and attentive to his duty.
He says: @
I have been around the marshes in Alameda
County considerable, and judging from the
number of young ducks have seen, am in
clined TO think that there will be more ducks
around the Alvarado and Mount Eden marshes
this year than there have been for some years.
There seems to be thousands OF young mallards
in the fresh water ponds near these marshes.
Regarding deer, will say that have just re-
turned from q five days trip in the Livermore
Mountains, where found does and lawns very
plentiful. While out watching some hunters |
happened to see large buck coming over the
canyon, and which succeeded in shooting.
The buck weighed 1913 pounds.
Quail will also be very plentiful this season
in this county.
The streams in the county seem to be very
well stocked with young trout A few months
ago stocked the Palamores Creek with 5000
rainbow trout.
If people continue to respect the laws SIS they
have done during the last six months game
will be very plentiful in Alameda County, and
will afford excellent shooting to those who are
fond of the sport. Yours respectfully,
J. L. DONOVAN. Fish and Game Warden.
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