Arizona republican., 1899-01-16
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Harvey Mc1TuTchy Of Fulton, N. Y, has been doing some wonderful work on live birds of late. At Chicago dur < ing the shoot at Watson's park and at the Indianapolis tournament the week before Christmas he shct at a total of 204 pigeons, scoring all bu1 eight of fthem, some Of the eight lost birds fall ing out of bounds. This is true cham pionship form, and not man in the country would have any sort Of a cinch if he ran up. against McMurchy in a shooting match. But McMurchy does not believe in shooting matches with anybody; his idea is that if a man bea-s you he doesn't like you any the better. and is no more your friend than lie was before the match; while, if you beat man, that mans friendship for you is bound to lose something of it's warmth. ! Hence he sticks to sweepstakes and comes cut close to the ,2p nearly every time, whether at targets CT at pigeons. i The Chicago dailies. evidently in spired by some local authority, still breathe out thre3tenings and slaughter as regards the Grand American Handi cap. and what the west will do and wha. the west will not do. They claim all sorts of yict1Eies for the western shooters in the way of cOer3ing the in terstate association into changing the division Of moneys in the Grand Amer fican Handicap according to their dfc- | tatiOn. As a matter of fact the divis- | ion Of nonoys in that event has not 1 been changed at all materially, re- maining high guna,'' but with a few more mCneys. According to certain 1 pa. tics who claim to represent western sentiment in he matter. the western shooters were Q unit for class chOotirg, l the equitable sytsen, or else q system guaranteeing certain purses to the men who made 9, 24 or. g. They did not want high guns,' according to these
 same authorities. It is shrewdiy sus-
 pected that the authorities referred to
 no more represented true western sel- timent than do the articles now appear
 ing in the Chicago newspapers.
 ! There is soon to be issued from the
 press of the American Field a work
 that should prove of more than ordi-
 nary interest to every lover of duck shooting. it being a history of Ameri- can ducks, their nesting, roasting and playing grounds, and their habits throughout the year. The work is en-
 titled Our Ducks and is compiled by F. Henry Ycrke, NJ. D., author oE E.'Days With Cur Upland Game Birds, '' and Days With Our Waterfowl" both of which have been read with great in teTest by hundreds of spOrtsmen every where. On the subject of calling" Dr. Yorke, in the work now in press, says:
 H'Thc question of calling is a vital one. It consists of an accurate knowl- edge of the notes peculiar to each spe- cies, all of which differ to 9 greater or less extent one from the other It is lal5o 9 knack, so to speak. Some men cannot whistle a tune, yet can detect h in o77 If n lbest callers ever knew could not sing or even whistle a tune, yet he could ldetect any note and tell you the bird Ieither in wood or dell, forest CT stream, either day CT night.
 It requires practice, and a great Ideal of perseverance. Only one call lshould be a, tempted at one time. The feeding playing and roasting calls as
 well as the calls oR alarm must bc made perfectly if ycu wish success. Avoid calling too much or too fast; make
 your calls natural, which can only be obtained by practice in field work Es- tening to the birds on their different grounds.
 There are callers and callers-each maker thinking his the best-mCst of
 them being modified from the old Hi nCis and Mississippi river caller. Be the caller from any maker, remember 1 that like Q S0Cd violin It must nave d tone, soft, not harsh or squeaky. Learn
 how to adapt your caller to low and loud calls, and be able to bend CT
 5traighten the tongue when it gets out 1 of tune. Take gCCd care Of 1t and keep | t free from dirt. and if you chew to- bacc0 see that il is kept perfectly clean,
 for nothing irritates one more than to have his caller out Of tune or ch5ksd at i he very moment he wants to use i.
 Do not lend your calle1 to 2 friend
 who does not understand it, for like well-toned violin 1t is easily injured by an amateur Do nct be impatient or
 try to learn too quickly; it takes years to be an expert, although some are
 more adept than others and learn more
 quickly"