Arizona republican., 1899-01-01

being scored by the shooter Should it fall inside that circle, it is t3' be scored a lest bird, just as if it had e-cape1 be- yOnd the boundary flags. There is something rather sporting about this idea of BOgardus's. but it is liable to cause more pain to pigeons than the ordinary method. MCra birds are likely to fly away wounded than undsr the present conditions Of gun in any posi- ticn, thirty yards rise. BogaI dus be- lieves in holding the gun below the elbow, and fer that reason ha has many admiT-Ts, whC think With him that that is the only way to shoot.
 
 It seems that some Cal:fornians who have been pheasan. shooting in Oregon have gone back tc their homes in San Francisco and Cthsr cities well pl5assd with their sport among the ling tails" While the success of the intro ductiCn of this new game bird into Or egOn has been most marked, the Cali f-rnians don't seem to think that sim liar success will be met with in intro ducing it into the golden state. Save in a few localities, the country, it is held, is not favorable for the preseTva- tion and propagation of pheasancs. They require ample timber and ground cover, the best of the shooting in Ore g-n being in the heavy stubbles near larga bodies of timber The limit for each sportsman in Oregon is twenty pheasants per day, but the local sports men think this is rather tCO generous a supply, and accordingly an effort will be made at the next session of the leg islature to cut down the limit to ten birds per day.
 The spcrtsmen of California have be- come alarmed, quail shooting having bean found to be very scarce this year. As a drastic remedy, it is suggested tha- a close season Cf two years be placed Cn quail, in order that the stock may be increased to what it was a few years ago. As an alternative measure it is hoped that the open seascn will ba shortened to three months only, say from November 1 to January 31. The valley quail" supply in particular has been most seriously depleted, and un- less steps are taken speedily to give these birds more protection than they are g5tting now, the vast quail sections of California will know the little game birds no more. Market hunters have caused the greatest damage to the quail supply, the shipments t. the San Fran cisco market alone calling for special notice. One market hunter has ben known to ship to San Francisco over 400 dozen quail in one week. No stock Of birds can long withstand such as- saults.
 The report comes tC hand now that the western shooters, if satisfied with the ideas of the interstate association as regards the division Of m-neys in | next years grand American handicap, will cOms to that event at ElkwOOd Park next April in still larger numbers , than they did last March, when over fifty of them tock part in the great event. This is good news, indeed, for it was feared that, owing to a mis- taken notion On the part of scme shooters in Chicago as to how the moneys should be divided, the w5st would not be fully represented, and the event thus lose a small portion Of it's glory. It is certain that the interstate association will have good reason for adopting whatever division Of moneys it may decide upcn, and it is almcss equally certain that the western zh- Ot- CTS will accept that decision and take part as usual, being sure of warm reception from their eastern brethren.
 
 Advicss from Wyoming indicate that a great deal of big game is being killed there Illegally by men who are hunting regularly to supply lumber camps. Tn