The San Francisco call., 1897-01-05
NIMRODS SHOT TO KILL,
Sportsmen Who Returned on
Sunday With Fur and
Feathers.
First Experience of the Mallard Club
in Shooting Sea Brant on
Tomales Bay.

The Sportsman's Protective Association
will meet this evening in the Knights OF
Red Branch Hall, corner of Mason and
O'Farrell streets, and as business of par
ticuIar importance will come up for dis
cussion relative to proposed changes in
the game and fish laws a large attendance
is expected.
Some very excellent bags of quail were
scored on Saturday and Sunday in the
vicinity of PoiEt Reyes. Louis Meyers
and Thomas Walsh killed eighty-three
birds Frank Vernon had miscellaneous
string, consisting of quail. duck, cotton
tail rabbits, snipe and rabbits. He was
the proudest man on the cars returning
from Point Reyes Sunday evening. Billy
Kittle, the champion wing shot of the
Country Club, had been martyr to rheu-
matism for some weeks and as conse-
quence few birds of any kind were regis
tered from the Country Club on Sunday.
John 4. Orr was snipe-shooting on the
club preserve last Saturday, and according
to his own statement be shot his dog acci-
deatally. Some people said that the
canine refused to obey orders and had to
be punished.
Lloyd Eaton, Al Newman, Victor Har-
rier, the champion canvasback extermina-
tor of Solano County, and bill Nye" had
prday last on Tomales Bay. The sports
men left this City with the avowed in
tention of decimating the fiocks of sea
brant that have, so to speak, taken pos
session of Tomales Bay. On their arrival
at station named Hamlet they inquired
for the hotel and were escorted by fisher
man to a resort which is known by few
local sportsmen who are fond of brant-
shooting as 1.-The rest for the weary" 'Bill
Nye" gives description as follows of the
Hotel de Hamlet and the hunt:
1.-The fisherman escorted us to house,
or shack. more properly speaking, that
had certainly seen better days.
"There was only one bed in the house
and that was occupied by the landlord,
but we were offered bunk in big fishing
smack, which was sufficiently large to ac-
comodate four persons. The blankets,
sheets, etc., were made of potato sacks,
| but we had to make the best of it, as there
! was no use in kicking under the circum-
! stances.
"WelI, we did not enjoy a very solid
nights rest, because you know an early
| rise meant to US a big bag OF birds-at
| least we thought so.
Saturday morning, long before the
| gray streaks of daylight appeared in the
eastern horizon, we were out in TomaleS
| Bay waiting 'coldly' for the coming of the
sea brant, but luck was against us, and
| only one solitary fool brant looking Doss-
| bly, for lost mate came within gun shot.
Well, he received red-hot reception any,
| how, and intend to sample the meat of
! this highly prized bird tomorrow. expect,
| however, to find more lead than meat, as
the poor bird received eight charges of No.
| shot. but everything goes when you eat
| game birds, you know.
1--WE would have done well had it not
been for very high tide which spoils
brant shooting in Tomales Bay. My
friend Vic promised birds to all his friends
in Vallejo tomorrow, and as friend shot
two doze.. sea crows for rs, Vic will try to
induce the Vallejoites that thev are brant,
and guess he will carry his point, If not,
then there will be picnic"
! Harry Golcher returned with about one
dozen quail from Point Reyes. He stated
that the birds were in the heavy under
growth, and would not flush to open
ground.
Cooper, the famous snipe shot, John
Kerrigan, A. Lawrence and Louis Ron
deau had fairly good sport, each scoring
good mess of quail.
| Frank DollIver failed to bag many ducks
on Sunday. He missed FIVE good shots,
and his dog, "Leatherhead, returned to
| the hotel digustsd, but Frank, instead of
| shooting at the dog, praised the animal
| for his good sense and judgment. Charley
[ Brecht bagged one dozen spipe near She'll
vile. Anglers who visited Point Reyes
met with very poor luck. It is generally
| thought that fishermen are netting the
| steelheads at the mouth of the lagoon un-
| der cover of darkness.