The San Francisco call., 1897-10-02
Sportsmen Who Have Had
Good Shooting Near
Suisun.
Mallard, sprig and Teal That
Were Well Fed for Sports
mans Day.
Rail Must Not Be Shot in San Mateo
and Alameda Counties for
Two Weeks.

Judging from the reports that arrived
yesterday from the country the sportsmen
who shot on the preserved swamps near
Suisun enjoyed first class sport yesterday
morning
The weather was not exactly what duck
hunters hoped for, as ii requires good
stiff blow from the south to drive the BIRDS
from the river and upper bay into the
marshes. But the shooting was neverthe-
less pretty good from early morning until
about 10 O'Clock, when the BIRDS ceased to
fly in f1ocks, leaving the sportsmen only
stragglers to bag for the remainder Of the
day.
Among the successful ones who will re-
turn from Teal station with pond-fed NAL
| lard, sprig and teal ducks are Herman
| Oelrichs, Fred Webster, A. Hamilton, U.
Joslyn, John Ellison. W. +. Whittier, A.
! Borel. Edward GoodalI A. Q. Tubbs, b.
Fortman, G. w. Kellogg, Colonel Eddy,
George Lent w. s. Wattles, George Cla-
brough, Menda Hoytema, Hall McAllis-
ter, H. BapcocK, E. Donohoe and Fred
! Otis
The recent rainfall hae been welcomed
! by the quail-shooters, as sufficient water
| has fallen to put the ground in fairly good
condition for the dogs, which can now
use their noses to good advantage.
! Among the sportsmen who will tramp
| the hills and marshIands near Point
Reyes dav and tomorrow are: Howard
and Frank Vernon, w. s. Rittle, H. Col q
cner, Dave Berwick, E. BosQul, Il. u.
| Rudolph, +. Butler, Thomas Neverklll
| Casey, DR.. Stanton. Phil Wand, f. Ed
| wards, b. Woodward, a. Jackson. Frank
Dolliyer, Il. Oxnard and Frank Mackey-
Harry Corbett, Joe Thompson, Jack
! Boyd, Paul Kingston and "Bo ie' O'Don-
n, Ii are at present on big mudhen shoot
near Suisup, anu as the hens are said to
! be very plentiful this year about Suisun IL
Is sale to say that the ''crack" shots will
return with large supply of black game
and some ducks purchased from a market
| hunter who met the party at Suisun-
| Rail-shooters will exercise good in dg
ment by allowing the birds on the Alar
media and Belmont marshes to rest until
the 18th, when The season will open 70
| rall-shootlng.
The reason the Supervisors ordained
that the rail season open fifteen days
! later than the quail and duck season is
| because the young birds are not strong of
wing until about the middle of this
month, and if sportsmen were al
lowed to shoot them now very few birds
would be left for breeding purposes
Every Tom, Dick and Harry goes after
rail, seemingly, and as the birds are slow
! flyers at best they fall easy targets TO any
man who can shoot the least bit on the
wing.
|
passed by the Supervisors of San Mateo
| county relating to the killing of rail In
San Mateo County:
| Section l. Every person who in the county
/ OF san Mate0, State of California between the
! 10 tn day OF November of any year and the
/ 18th day of October of the following wear
+ shall hunt, pursue, take, kill. destroy or have
In his possession any rail shall be guilty of
! misde meanor.
! Sec. 2. Every person within the coun ty who
shall, at any time, in a boat at or near high
! tide, hunt, pursue, take, kill or des troy any
rail shall be guilty OF misdemeanor
Sec 8. Any person found guilty of viola
t1on OF any OF the provisions of this ordinance
! shall be punished by fine not xceeding $500.
| or by imprisonment in the County Jail not ex-
+ ceeding six months, or by both such fine and
imprisonment
The quail and duck season opened in
| San Mateo Comfy on October l.
Sportsmen must not overlook the fact
that the State law gives the Supervisors
| OF any county the power to shorten the
season Ter the killing of game or TO close
IT altogether if they plea Q. But the Su-
pervlsors cannot lengthen the season for
+ the kllilng of,game birds or animals. That
! would be in conflict with the State law.