The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-19
THE GUN.

Strengthening Ducks Near Chico.
Trap-Shootlng Tournament.
Tomorrow the Reliance Gun Club oil
Oakland will hold final club shoot and
free-to-all shoot at the grounds near Web
ster street, and the Lincoln Club will have
an outing at Greenbrae, during which
several contests in Iive-bird shooting will
/ be decided. The Golden Gate Gun Club
will give its first tourney at its customary
place of meeting.
October and the State Sportsmen 8
Association will meet at San Bruno, where
live-bird shooting will be the order of the
days sport, and on October and the
great artificial tournament of the Inani-
mate Target Association will be held at
San Jose. This will come pretty near
winding up the trap-shooting for the sea-
son, as on October Is sportsmen can tramp
the hills in quest of quail, or take a Sc
creted position on the margin of some
pond on the marshes and blaze away TO
their hearts content at wild ducks of
divers breeds and colors.
a. NJ. Barker, president of the Garden
City Cyclers' Gun Club, has issued the
following circular to sportsmen:
The members of the Garden City CycIers,
Gun Club, under whose auspices our next
tournament viii be held, hereby send greet
ings and call your attention to the following
facts:
The prize committee has secured S4OO in
cash, which, added TO the amount of coin
given by the association, will make at least
$1,000, to be distributed at our coming shoot
which is far in advance of any previous
amount given in cash prizes. This taken with
our many valuable trophies and merchandise
prizes Will make a grand total.
There will doubtless be a system of dividing
prizes adopted, insuring wider distribution
than heretofore, not permitting so much to go
to one shooter. This matter will be thorough
" discussed at meeting OF the INF
committee with view to the welfare of the
greatest number.
west OF Hotel Vendome. Cars pass the hotel
and land you at the traps in five minutes
We will be glad to secure accommodations
for any and all clubs who so desire
Five sets of electric pull traps will be used
Men will do the trapping, and competent
judges and referees will be secured.
Bring large delegations from every club and
make this tournament wOrld-beater.
There VIII be an ample supply of ammuni-
| ton OF every kind on the grounds for sale
| cheap.
The programme will be issued as soon as
/ possible. A. NJ BARKER.
President Garden City Cyclers' Gun Club.
According to The CALLS Sacramento
| correspondent, whose weekly article APP
pears on this page, the residents of Chico
| and that vicinity have been SHOOTING
wild ducks for some days past. AS there
Is no one to interfere with the hunters it
! is. presumed that they will continue to
bag the wild game which the law protects
until October Is. The officers of Tehama
and Colusa counties should read up the
law in this particular and teach the
transgressors of it lesson in duck
shooting that will prove so instructive as
to remain indelibly stamped on their
memories.
The Supervisors of any county cannot
legally open the season for shooting game
OF any description prior to the time the
State. law takes effect. The Supervisors
| can shorten the season in their respective
counties after October Is, when it will be
lawful to shoot small game, such as ducks.
quail, etc. Professional hunters should
remember that the season when wild
duck may be sold is yet tar off; but then.
there are many birds being smuggled into
| this City under the very noses of the Game
Warden and Deputy Fish and Game Com
nissioners.
The following letter to The CALL from
Oregon speaks for itself:
ELK HOTEL ELK CITY, Or, Sept. 10.
party comprising Mr.. and Mrs. George b.
Roop of Gilroy Hot Springs, Misses Kitty an d
! Genevieve Nolan, Fred w. Tallant, J. Homer
/ Fritch, George Kingston, William H. Cum
bingham and William F. Shattuck of San
their way to Albany on an elk-hunt expedi-
| ton They have landed as many as $50 trout
a day; MT. Tallant, being over-zealous to
! prove his piscatorial abilities lost his balance
and was soon carried away by the impetus OF
the river. Had it not been for the heroic
efforts OF the ladies the Country Club would
now be mourning one of its most popular
members. The party continue their trip to-
morrow.
Frank Lecosta and William Brown,
mem bers of the Tamalpais Gun Club of
San Francisco, killed two bucks last
Wednesday week ago. The hunting
territory of this club Is from the summit
of Tamalpais to the ocean and includes
about IL 600 acres. There has been good
! hunting there this year, and seventeen
deer in all have fallen to the rifle. There
are two trout streams and quail in abun-
dance. This club omprises a member
ship of about twenty-siI.