The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-10-18
SP0RTSMEN WERE BUSY
Record Breaking in Shooting
Ducks and Geese.
THE INDIANA HUNTERS
Reported That They Are Getting Big
Lot OF Game-Deer Are Said to
Be Abundant in the Vicln-
ity of Plains.

birds and the man who failed to get
any was the man who didn't want any
The warm rain and heavy clouds
caused all the migrators to fly low and
most of them few too low. The sports
men had gala time and are busy to-
day telling how it happened. 1t was
certainly an ideal night for the duck
shooting, and just as certainly they i'm
proved it, They went out in the late
afternoon and came in before midnight
with all the birds they wanted. There
were not many of them who We're
greedy All of the strings We're reason
able in size, but there were many of
them. A group of all the birds killed
last night would make any sportsman
envious. All of the regular shooters
Thompson, Rutherford, Mcleod. Wood.
Hartley and others-were on hand and
there were as many more Of the occas-
ional shooters, who thought that this
was one Of their occasions. AS far as
has been learned, not one of them
came home empty handed. Those who
went without dogs We're at disadvan-
tage, but every man had some.
Later reports from the Indiana hunt
feet that their luck continues good and
they are getting lot of big game. They
have a good camp and are getting the
hang of the country, so that their
hunting progresses more rapidly chan
it did at first They have killed fine
lot Of deer and have some good bear
skins to take home with them. Their
camp is comfortable and the chilly
weather has no terrors for them. In
the fishing line they are also having
some splendid sport and their verdict
is that the advantages of Thompson
river in this line of sport had not been
misrepresented to them. This party
of 10 is a part of hunting club that
leaves Indiana each fall for period
Of hunting. Last year they went to
Maine, where they got some big game
and had a good time. This year they,
with as many others, started for Mon
tana. The allurements of Chicago got
away with some of the younger MEM
bers of the club and when the time
came to come West they We're not in
shape to come. The older members,
who had kept their keels level came on
without them and when these success
full hunters get back with their troph-
les and their tales of what they have
done in Montana it is more than likely
that there will be a large number of
pledges signed in Indiana.
Tales that come to Missoula from the
lower country around and below Plains
are to the effect that the deer are
abundant this year and that, as soon IS
there is some snow, there will be some
good sport for the hunters The deer
have been coming down upon the
ranches at Plains and one was caught
in an enclosed field on one of the Baker
ranches last week. There promises to
be some recompense for the uncomfort-
able weather of the year, even though
it is coming little late. There will be
a general exodus from town when the
first good deer snow comes and, at the
present rate of the progress of winter,
it will not be long before it is here.
The mounted tuna and sea bass that
r. A. Eddy has displayed in the VIM
dows of the Missoula Mercantile COM
pany's store have attracted much at
tention since they were shown. Those
who doubted Mr.. Eddy's stories con-
corning the size of the fish now express
doubts as to the method of catching
them. Two farmers, old-timers, We're
looking at the big sea bass the other
day One of them read the card at
tached to it and then remarked: II
have known Dick Eddy for a long time
and he never used to lie But 1 sup
pose that he has been fishing so much
lately that he can't help it now
Tom Evans killed a handsome swan
Monday night and had made up mis-
mind to have it mounted as evidence
of his prowess. He brought it to town
carefully and at once took it to the
taxidermist. 1T was pronounced by all
who saw it to be fine specimen and
Tom was happy till he learned the cost
of mounting it, Then he concluded
that it would be better to eat it, any
way. So Tom and his friends had
swan for dinner to-day. 1t is too bad
that the bird could not have been pre-
served, IS it was an unusually fine
specimen.
1t is reported from various parts of
the Bitter Root valley that the quail
placed there last year and the year
before have multiplied in excellent
shape. There are now many coveys of
these fine game birds and they are be-
of the two counties In the Eight Mile
country, where the Stevensvile club
placed their birds, there are now some
fine coveys and in the lower valley,
near Lolo and Carlton, it is said that
the little birds have done remarkably
well. Sam Lucas. on the DAILY ranch,
has turned out some of these small
birds and a considerable number of
Monaghan pheasants. Previous expert
ments with these pheasants have not
been successful. but Mr.. Lucas has had
good luck with his thus far If the
coming winter is not too severe. he
should have a large number of these
handsome birds on the ranch next year.
They have done so well in Oregon and
Washington that it seems that they
should thrive here. Now that the quail
have lived through the unusually Sc
we're weather of last winter, it is be-
lieved that they will do we'll here 1t is
likely that there will never be a more
severe winter than was last
One of the best hunting stories of the
year IS told concerning the X-year-old
son of Frank Singer. When his father
went home the other night the boy was
waiting for him brimfu of happiness
That morning Frank had helped the
boy make rubber sling shot or snap
per-" as the boys call them, and the
lad had been busy all day with the ma
chine. He had driven all of the chick
ems in the neighborhood to their coops
and had all of the dogs terrorized and
was looking for new worlds to con-
quer, when he saw a flock of wild
ducks alight in the river near his home.