The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-02
GAME is VERY PLENTIFUL
SAVANNAH sPOnTsMEN HAVING
THE MOST sUCCEssFT'L SEASON
or YEARS.

The savannah River Banks Have
Thousands of EVery Variety OF
Ducks and Parties go out AFTER
Them Daily Forty aud Tifty
braces a Day Not an Unusuniiy
Large BaE for some 80 ~" Duck
Huutcrs-QuRil and Doves Arr
Present IN Abundance aud the
Islands Atong the Coast Thr0sEed
win necr-One Huntsa. shot Four
Deer ON ThsnksEfvtng DaS.
savannah sportsmen are revealing this
season in wealth ct shooting that ex-
cecis ffealy anything So tho history Of
the past few years Almost every kind
Of Same D. exceedingly plentiful. and those
who go out with log and sun return
with a fun hag
Nothing iu Savannah sportsmens expe-
rience for the past Few years can parallel
the present NIGHT 90 ducks ana the num-
her Of them that are being killed. he
sides tho professional hunters. almost ev-
cry day witnesses half dozen parties
starting on a trip up tha river. WIKI some
point from two to nfty miles away a. the
destination and the slaughter OF ducks
tho purpose OF the visit
The varieties that ever visit Savannah
ana vicinity are ali here This year. tho
canvashaoks. teak widegon and others.
sportsmon account for the fact thar tho
Night OF duoks b. ~ heavy by sayihs
that Il h duo in part 10 the heavy bre~d
or summer ducks IN me vicini,y last sum
mer AMI the abundance of maut of all
kinds. upon which the migratory ducks
feed sportsmen say the summer ducks
tell the others that there Is much 10 cat
in this section. and have lei the others
here
10 ~ not unusual for a hunting party
90 bring back 90 The city rorty or nfty
brace ~ ducks az a result Of its trip The
sportsmen say thai tho ducks are easily
found anh that there Il istio tro-lhle in
getting them some ability. % keep stall
and shoot straight lF e course essential,
hut with these requisites and some knoNl-
edge - the waterways abow tho civ a
successful day'A hunting Is easily assured
quail and doves afo mo- less plentiful
this year than arc ducks. Thanksgiving
Day everybody len savannah who Ownsd
dog and KUN and ever used them
went out tor % dava shooting and Won
derful tales were told 81 tne birds that
. WIN AtftAiiA NAAiA MNiAfu AN many cases
there was sub tantial ~ demo. ~ che
truth 81 these stories supplied by tho long
strings Of quail that tho sporSsmen proud
Is displayed
on the rice Plantations along the river
from which Tho crop has been cleared
doves are feeding in droves some OF the
fields have been baifed and 20 these the
/ sporting owners of the fields and their
friends have repaired. The doves begin
O.. a A
the liEht Is ycs weak and uncertain the
slaughter Of the "innoccnts" has begun
Dove shooting enjoys certain advantages
over other forms 81 sport - the mini Of
the nof-fo1 enthusiastic fp7ri sInan as ~
does not entail the discomforts uecesearf-
ly attendant uron following . dog 20
shoot quail ~ lying ln the muddy bottom
% iaak and wasting Tor thu nignt or
ducks
on the Islands along the cotst there
are Thousands Of deer This ye8r. one
party that went out "a Thanksgiving re
turned 70 the city win SIS fine specimens.
four OF which had fal en- b. fore tho rife
Of one - the sport IN "a aliens. Fo0r deer
In one day ie record which Ia not sur
passed IN the recent experience u hunt
ers IN this 80 ton or the country.
There are rnipe too IN abundance abost
Savannah and the Indications ere thas
woodcock tho rarest Of the game birds
that seek these lautudes. viii turn up
ncxt month IN greater numbers than for
many years
Indeed. THIS part Of tha state this year
rs n Aporvsmans elyslum For some
years hunting about tho city has not
been particularly good. or. " there
CHANGED 10 he an abundance 81 one sort
OF game. II usually happened thas some
other or others were not anywhere 90 b.
found II has rarely happened THAI all
kinds Of game have been 70 plentiful and
the sportsmen ~ Savannah are enjoying
themselves and supplying their tables
with the h@@t IN che land