The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-08-05
TRAP AND TRIGGER

The San Joaquin Duck Shooting club,
which has extensive preserves in orange
county has been making extensive i'm
provements during the past few months
No less than $500 has been spent in the
construction of ponds. These are the
only preserves in the state where canvas
back ducks are found in anything like
profusion.
Charles Van Valkenburg and Jim
hatfield, says the Record, have issued
a challenge to shoot any two men in Los
Angeles in a live bird contest purse anu
details to be arranged later. Ed Tufts
has gotten in a quantity of elegant
crown steel barreled patent pigeon eJec-
tor Smith guns, and he and John Schu-
macher are thinking seriously OF ac-
cepting the challenge of the two redoubt-
ables Both of the former have records,
and they may decide to give the chal-
lengers a race for the money. Mr.. Tufts
said this morning that if the contest
came off, it would also, in addition, be
for large purse and for the champion
ship of Spring street.
The marksmen have already begun to
talk about the grand prize shooting OF
the California Schuetzen club, which is
to take place at the clubs park San Ra-
fael, on Sunday, August 16, and Sunday.
August 20. The program is very ex-
haustive one, covering all points of mark
manship, and the prizes offered are many
and valuable.
Th6 Beers are probably the most eX-
pert rough-and-ready marksmen in the
world. Why they are so is explained by
their envronmet, which necessitates a
good deal of hunting for meat. Shooting
constantly at ranges unknown by other
than eye measurements has got these
men to a state of perfection that aston
ishpc those who have them shoot
De Villiers, a welt Boer, and Jacob
Cloefe, Cape Colony Africander. We're
taking a party of hunters from Kimberly
to the diamond field out for a weeks
hunt. Toward evening, after a hot day.
when the air was dancing over the plain,
a bunch of hartebeast antelope We're
| sighted. Jacob and De Nilliers dis
| mounted for a long-range shot with
their Snider Enfields.
What have you got, Jake?" asked De
Viliers.
Five hundred and I'll draw fine on the
righthand one"
That's me- but I'll aim trifle high for
the next, for he's little beyond"
Sportsmen, as general thing, hear Of
strange happenings to hunters, many of
which seem incredible. The following
letter, which recently appeared in a
Colorado paper. is the kingpin deer
story of the season. 1t says:
The last time / was deer hunting I
made two shots that were so remarka-
BILE that I think they are worth relat-
ing: On rounding small hill I observed
three deer watching me. I selected a
large buck. which was standing broad
SIDE and fired. He made two plunges
and fell. but Immediately regained his
feet, and with one more jump was over
the hill. l followed his trail some fifty
yards, when [ observed him lying down
and L fired again, and this time broke
his neck On looking to see where the
first shot struck him, was surprised to
ma That L had cut six holes in the hide
with one bullet. The buck. as stated
above, was landing broadside, and the
pail 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
10 one familiar with the anatomy of
the deer this will seem at first an i'm
possible shot, but on closer observation
it will be seen that it is possible. pro-
viding the ball does not 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 a bone
The second shot was at fawn stand
ing in front of large rock. The bullet
passed through the deer. hit against
the rock and glanced off. hitting another
rock. which so turned it that it fell at
my feet L 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.