The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-12-03
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UP-RIVER CLUBS
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GRAND. SHOOTING
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The 1nuch-looked-for rainstorm Is still
behind time, although the indications are
very promising for a heavy soaking be-
fore long The bay on the east side is
literally sIyar1ning with all kinds of wild
ducks, but they know a trick or two and
remain well out of range of gunshot.
Sportsmen who are members of gun
clubs. which have leased lands. in the
Suisun marshes are having tolerably good
shooting The birds that. are arriving
daily from the north feed, principally, in
these marshes at night, as the" ponds I'M
der preserve rule are baited with duck
food and as consequence the broadbills
feel at home where everyday shooting IS
The Black Jack Club, whose preserve
4 in Sherman Island, still continues to
enjoy great sport. Shooting on the -ponds
is allowed only on SATURDAY ana ~, ,Su may
of each week, and as a result the birqs
are nat wild and decoy nicely In the early
hours. In fact, the club members: quit
shooting generally about . o CLOCK, pul.
from dawn of day until the hour or cessa=
ton. of hostilitieS on the teathered: @trlpe
the popping of guns resembles a. skirmish
between troops. Last. Sunday the aggreo
gate bag of four. guns: amounted to: 9S
ducks, principally spl.ig, wfdgeon~ and
mallard. After heavy. rains the birds.
leave the tules for the grain helds OF the
south. =.
Sportsmen who stick by the Alviso and
Alvarado marshes should soon enjoy good,
sprig: shooting, as the birds are: lncreaS-
= ing. daily. Duck shooting on the Sonoma
marshes is not good this season, doubt,
: less owing to the continuous lombard
ment. day and night by hunters who are
not affiliated with any or the gun CLUBS
that have preserves. ~ -. -.
: The following interesting items concern:
ing ducks and duck shooting are from
: Woodland exchange: -. -.
:. Notwithstanding the open weather and scar
city OF water in the marshes, expert hunters
who are thoroughly familiar with the habits
OF the birds and know. every foot Of the: coun-
try, succeed occasionally in making good bags.
OF ducks. -: - go:
The success of G. w Tibbits, during his re-
cent visit TO Colusa County, was but little less.
than marvellous, all conditions considered. He
only shot part OF two days on the preserves
of the Cousa Gun Club and bagged sixty
mostly mallards We are informed that the
mallard districts mostly lie in Butte and Colusa
counties, and that those Of our local hunters
upon the flight from the marshes of those
counties,
The PujoI brothers Jerome and Adolph and
John Chambers of knights Landing. recently
made a three days hunt in Suffer County
during which they bagged over 200 birds. Nest
OF tnelr shooting was done in the vicinity of.
Antelope Lake, one of the chain of lakes in
the northern part OF the county, in which there
Is water the year round.
The big lake the Nelson tract which is
part of the Woodland Gun Clubs preserve was
dry for several months but during the last
two weeks water from Willow slough has been.
slowly running into it. Birds are coming In
gradually, but blinds have not. yet been ar
convenience. There is not likely to be any
good shooting until after the first big ram
In the meantime the members of the club are
becoming decidedly impatient.
A Few market hunters. are doing a little
Feather rivers. During the middle of the day
ana sometimes late in the afternoon the ducks
remain on the river, something unusual for this
part OF the state. This is due TO the lack of
water in the sloughs, lakes and marshes. they
congregate in very large bands, but are very
wary ana the ..eleverest hunters cannot get
within shooting distance. of them. BY the usa
OF decoys and blinds they sometimes lured
within range OF favorable points on the river
banks These ducks leave the river for the
grain fields as soon as darkness comes on.
w. M. Lukens and son have returned from
a goose. hunt of two days on Grand Island
They bagged sixty. geese.
The Audubon Gun Club of Buffalo has
mt upon a novel idea, the object of which
IS 10 create an active interest in trap
shooung. The new idea may be called a
gTaD-pag shoot, and is conducted on
the following lines: The club announces
us grab-bag event and invites its MEM
bers and their friends to attend. The con-
oluons are fifty targets per. man, 81 en-
trance, a. fee that fully pays for the. tar
gets shot at. There is however. another
entrance fee, and that is the condition.
that each contestant must furnish one
prize the value. of which is not TO exceed
81 Each prize is taken by the club com
mItttee, is numbered and then marked
with the donors name. The race is then
shot out and the. scores arranged in order
of merit. The highest score entities its
maker to the first draw from hat in
which are. numbers corresponding with
the numbers on the prizes. Whatever
number man draws he is entitled to.
the prize. marked with that number
sometimes man gets back his own prize
and IN such case he is the subject of much
good-natured banter. There is plenty of
amusement to be derived from opening
the prizes, etc, and the man who has per-.
haps only expended 60 or 20 cents on his
prize feels more than ordinarily CHEAP
when he draws fine knife or some other
prize that is worth the full dollar. AS a
means of obtaining an afternoons amuse-
ment, the ''grab-bag'' shoot is a good idea
and is likely to- be tried in more places
than Buffalo. =.