The San Francisco call., 1899-07-22
SHOOTING IS
EXCELLENT IN
MANY COUNTIES
GOOD RETURNS REPORTED
Both Deer and Doves Are Plenti-
fol- Being Scattered All
Over the CountrY.

The sportsmen who have gone In quest
of deer and doves have returned delighted
with the sport they enjoyed at the open
ing of the season. Deer have been killed
within short distance of this city, while
doves are, from appearances. scattered
ali over the State. Doves are still nest
ing in the fruit orchards and grain fields.
A well known gunman is authority for
the statement that there should be no
shooting until the middle Of August, thus
giving the young birds chance to de
Velop.
Conditions differ in various parts of the
State. the birds maturing early in some
places. For this reason it would be diff
cult TO frame a law giving the desired
relief. The gardeners up the river are
charged with being the most inveterate
ViOlatOTs of the game laws. They are
accused of shooting doves, quail and
ducks whenever the opportunity presents
W. T. Roeder Of this city is in the Santa
Cruz Mountains with party OF friends
and is enjoying exciting sport. In Il let
Ter TO friend he says:
We are at Camp Sargent in the noun
tains, six miles back OF Sargents Station
The weather has been windy and foggy
early in the morning. on the 18th, the first
two deer on the 10Th, killed another
To-day Monday We are taking matters
our work n the field. We have number
If good shots in our party and have a
As usual. there are several funmakers in
the camp, who are always jobbing some
one Iney make matters interesting with
practical jokes The party includes
William i. Roeder and Joe Nolan. San
Francisco; Elmer Rea and George Milias,
Gi-royF j. a Sargent, Sargentsi EDWARD
Rea and George Lowery. San Jose, and
Or Phillips Hollister. We have cook
and two men TO look after the horses of
which We each have one.
II. RicIefson and George Dennis killed
fftv-eight doves on the opening day of
n
Charles PTeCht and friend secured sixty
birds al Glen Ellen on the 10th inst.
George Cook opened the season al Ken
wood, getting a sPlendlG bag OF doves
W. II. GarnetU, W. i. Petersen, W. H
Duke and Dean Duke We're in the field at
SCOTS Canyon above Winters III Yolo
County. The aggregate bag was 25l
WIN Bay goes to Cordelia to-day for
doves, having heard excellent reports as
TO the sport offered there.
Jim" Markland. Thomas Cleary, Lloyd
spending q fortnight at Smiths Ranch
thirty miles from Cloverdale. On the
opening day OF the season they killed
1Zl-pouud buck Many Jokes have been
played on good natured Jim" Markland
When the party left here Lloyd Eaton
took some blank cartridges with him and
has been insJTuCting Markland at target
practice. The latter has not been able
70 hit the target yet and Is afraid he
VIII never become crack shoti ms l
friends tried TO awaken him from siumber
recently, but jim would not move.
They finally pat a hare, long since dead,
ALONGSIDE him. This did not have an i'm
mediate effect. but when countless thou
sands of flies attacked the hare and Jim
the latter was very much awake.
Theodore Kytka, the photographer, is
on the Russian River, and will divide his
time between fishing and shooting.
T. H. 3. Narney Of the Olympic Gun
Club is at Catalina Island. He will fish
for tarpOn and Will also try TO kill Wild
goat. Len d owens, also of the Olympic
Club, killed two dozen doves near Peta-
luna on the 10Th inst.
After spending q day at the Rodgers
Ranch, the deer preserve of the Olympic
Gun Club. a number Of the members went
10 Petaluma in quest Of doves. one party
included J. J. WiTtner, 7. b. Surryhne
and J. Homer Fritch. In all they bagged
nine dozen doves.
Dr.. .Fehleisen Of the OlymPics has a
hard luck story to tell A deer passed
within a hundred yards Of him AT the
time the medico's rife was securely
strapped to his back, and before it was
DR. H. 5. Smith left on Thursday for
the Rodgers Ranch to test his skill on
the deer DR.. A. r. Derby and Mr.. Sur
ryhne leave to-day for San Ramon for
T. W. Mason had a successful shoot at
COrdeHa. securing thirty-nine doves 5
the result Of tho day in the field
The Olympic Gun Clubs last blue rock
shoot of the season viii be heId on its
IneIeside grounds tomorrow. On the last
sunday in the month the members Of the
Union Gun Club VIII hold their annual
shoot