San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-19
FOWLERS AND FOWLING.

George y. CnaDOC is SUN suffering
from very sore hand caused by a
catclaw thorn while out hunting.
c. c. Jannin, Chas. and Geo. ChabOt
and a Light representative spent last
Sunday near Marion, on the Southern
Pacific hunting quail.
J. f. France and Il. C. Lambeth
| bagged a nice lot of birds at Labatt,
on the Southern Pacific road.
Capt. +. bosch, G. A. Showers, and
Chas. France visited friends near Sc
| gum last Saturday night and Sunday
and quail hunting was part of the pro-
gram.
A large party of San Antonio sports
men contemplate a duck hunt of sew
eral days duration near Port Lavaca,
| leaving here about the 26 instant. A
boat has been chartered and will
cruise along the coast and inlets
where his wary duck-ship makes his
home during the winter. Preparations
are being made, and a general good
! time is anticipated.
Sportsmen are sometimes confront
| ted with posted signs" along the
roads and lanes, which If hung up in
dime museum would prove draw
| ing card.
Near the Salado, farmer has one
on his gate which would make Web
ster turn in his grave, it reads thus:
KEEP Oud No Hunding aloud in
heir" A few that the Lights sports
man has seen on his rounds.
mo huntin' in hear, posted" and
underneath on the same board, Hun
ny for sail" Another: mo tress-
passing aloud" "shud the gait"
The once great" G. A. II. Elliott is
fast looSing his grip as the champion
live bird shot Frank Parmelee, OF
Omaha. recently defeated him by a
score of 81 to 81. The match took
place at Omaha. and the conditions
were 100 live birds, 80 yards rise, for
500 a side. Snow was falling during
the match, but this did not keep a
great many admirers of both shooters,
and enthusiastic sportsmen from see
ing the match.
The open season for deer expires
December 81, at midnight, sportsmen
and market hunters should be remin-
ded of this fact lest they forget that
the new game law allows them 20
days less than the old one.
Capt. A. C. Schryver and Lewis Berg
lelJ IuuISuuN IOl IL CulChCu uuuI hSll
East Bernard on the Southern Pacific
where "Prinnated grouse are said to
abound.
Spirit Lake, Iowa, and ]. A. r. Elliott
of Kansas City, shot their second
match for the Kansas City Star cup
and purse of $500. The score Gil
bert 81; and Elliott 81.
The little town of White Haven,
situated ON the Lehigh Valley Rail
road about a hundred miles north of
Philadelphia, had a sensation last
week, so says an exchange. This time
the diversion is furnished by wild
game which invaded the town. Two
large deer reached the borders Of the
town, having been chased from the
mountain by hounds. When they
reached the vicinity of the borough a
number of dogs took up the trail and
between the yelping of the pack of
hounds and yells of scores of boys the
entire town was soon thrown in a
pandemonium of excitement. One of
the animals was killed in his tracks,
while the other was chased into the
Lehigh River and was afterward cap
tured. He weighed 175 pounds.
Deer are said to be so plentiful in
the vicinity of White Haven that few
hunters visit the woods without run
ming across one or more.
Statistics prove that there is an alb
undance of big game ''way down in
Maine" One railway company in
that state gives a record of the large
game shipped from various stations
along the line during October, showing
total of 1916 deer, % moose. and 20
caribou, transported out of that por-
ton of the Maine woods in one month.
This does not, of course, include the
large numbers killed by native hun
tiers and consumed in camps. Singu-
lar it may seem, there were no carl
bou hipped from Caribou, but several
moose were forwarded from that
point. This does not seem to be in
accord with 'the eternal fitness of
things" and it may amaze exper-
fenced hunters to learn that more than
one-third of the output was from the
station of Greenville.