The San Francisco call., 1896-08-01
Acme Club VII eelmen's five-miie race will
be held at 2 O. clock of the same day.
GUN AND RIFLE.
Chasing Deer on San Andreas Lake
In Boats-Ths Game Warden.


Chasing Deer on San Andreas Lake
In Boats-Ths Gam Warden.
Commencing at 10 o'clock tomorrow
the Lincoln Gun Club will hold series OF
contests at its shooting grounds in Ala
media. The first event on the programme
is l5-bird race, 81 entrance, high guns to
win; the second is q 15-bird race, class
shooting; the third is 20-bird race, ties
decided at 5 birds; the fourth and last
event will be novelty match, 15 birds,
entrance 20 cents, four moneys, high guns
to win.
The following communication from the
secretary of the Reliance Gun Club ex-
plains itself:
RELIANCE CLUB, July 20, 1896.
Dear Str: The last shoot for classlncatlon OF
the free- for-all match of the Reliance Gun
Club takes place Sunday, August 2, shooting
to begin promptly at 10 A. M. Back scores
must be shot up on that date.
Ihe hnal shoot of this match Will take place
Sunday, September 6, and on this date we will
Yours etc., r. C. ELDER.
The Fish and Game Commissioners, or
rather the Fish Commissioners. have been
notified that deer hunters are Shipping In
butter boxes from Novato and vicinity the
carcases of does and fawns to dealers in
San Rafael and this City. There IS sup
posed to be a game warden in this City
whose duty is to look out for the trans
gressors of the game law. Nothing has
been heard of the game warden for several
months.
Mr.. Osborne Of the Tamalpais Club
bagged spiked buck last Sunday that
dressed nlnety-five pounds.
On Sunday last Otto Bransdorf saved
the9life of doe that was pursued by dogs,
uuifh fo m
San Andreas Lake. Two anglers who saw
the deer swimming gave it chase In their
boats, intending to dispatch IT with
pistol shot when the deer reached the east
side of the lake.
Bransdorff rowed rapidly in his ANGLING
skiff, and arrived just in time to prevent
his brother anglers from committing an
PRISON.
Bransdorff, pointing at the deer's head,
stated most emphaticallyo that he would
cause the arrest oof the men II they at
tempted to shoot. They were Ignorant OF
the law, but when they realized that
shot at doe might cost them more thane
the game was worth they quickly put
their pistols away and watched the deer
as it left the water and scampered over the
hills. -
James Kerr is probably one OF THE best
rife shots in San Mateo County, but when
James draws dead line on buck stand
ing broauside and within fifty yards OF
his rifle and scores clean miss, then
highly colored oadiectives Invariably fol-
low
One morning, recently, while Mr.. Kerr
was looking ap some stray chickens, ne
espied two fine deer feeding in his goat
patch.
'Thats meat for me-" chuckled James
to himself and he hurried back to the
ranchhouse for his trusty gun.
Taking snapshot inspection of the
Winchester he judged that everything
was all right and quickly started back to
interview his game. The deer were feed
ing, as before stated, and paid no atten-
ton to the champion turkey-shooter of
San Mateo County until he got within
fifty yards of them.
Kerr fired and missed. The deer made
few bounds and again stopped, giving the
marksman another beautiful shot,. The
second and third shots proved to be fail
ures, after which the wearers of the forked
horns "tum bled' to the racket and soon
disappeared in the deep canyon.
. On an examination of the rifle, which
quickly followed the disappearance OF the
game, Mr. Kerr discovered. that the front
sight had been raised from the 100-yard to
the 400-yard notch, and the alterations
lost him two beautiful deer. The disap-
pointed sportsman discovered afterward,
on inquiry, that Al Smith. "the hermit of
the lake," was shooting swallows on the
wing at long range the Sunday previous
with the rifle and he neglected to rear
range the sights.
Sportsmen, as a general thing, hear of
strange happenings TO hunters, many OF
which seem incredible. The following
letter, which recently appeared in Colo
rado paper. is the kingpin deer story OF
the season. 1t says:
The last time was deer hunting made two
shots that were so remarkable / think they are
worth relating: On rounding small hill
observed three deer watching me. l selected
a large buck, which was standing broadside,
and fred. He made two plunges and fell, but
lmm ediately regained his feet, and with one
more jump was over the hill. followed his
trail some fifty yards when 1 observed him
lying down. and l FREQ again and this time
broke his neck. On looking to see where the
first shot struck him I was surprised to find
that had cut six holes in the hide with one
bullet. The buck, as stated above, was stand
ing broadside, and the ball made two holes in
the foreleg, and being just high enough to pass
through the lower part of the brisket cut two
holes in it, and passing out through the other
foreleg, cut two more holes.
To one familiar with the anatomy OF the
deer, this will seem at first an impossible shot,
but on closer observation it will be seen that
it is possible, providing the ball does no I enter
the leg too far forward. In this instance the
ball entered the leg just far enough forward
to cut the cords of both legs and not break
bone. The second shot was at fawn standing
in front OF large rock. The bullet passed
through the deer, hit against the rock and
glanced off, hitting another rock, which so
turned il that it fell at my feet. have the
bullet now, and on it one can see the blood
from the deer, the sandstone from the first
rock and particles of stone from the second
rock.
Rattlesnakes are singularly plentiful in
the hills and canyons near Pieta this year,
and hunters are consequently giving the
place wide berth.
THE OARS MEN,