The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-09-06
FROM THE FIELD.
Hunting Parties Come in With
Game.
Mankato People Regale on The Delicious
Prairie FowI.--SOme Incidents of
the Open Season.
From TUESDAYS Daily,

hunting trip out from the new town
of Vesta, at the end of the Sanborr
branch of the Chicago & Northwestern
road. G. G. Towne, formerly of THU
city, but now conducting first class
hotel at Vesta, was also of the party.
Chickens were found to be plentiful
and the party succeeded in baggins
forty-nine They would have done
still better had their dogs come up tc
expectations.
Mr.. Richards was unfortunate
enough to lose his we'll bred pointer,
sole, " on the afternoon of the first
day. 1t is thought that the animal
made for a Scandinavian settlement
some distance away, not liking the
company that he was in. Mr.. Rich
ards and the village marshal searched
several farm houses, but failed to find
the dog. ole had fine nose for
chickens after the horses had scared
them up, but he preferred to trot
along in the shade of the carriage to
ranging the stubble. The other dog,
Sport, - proved fine ranger and was
good at chasing the chickens after he
had flushed them.
The hunting parties averaged one or
two to section of land. and nearly
all of them got birds. The entire
southwestern part of the state was
thoroughly hunted over on the first
day of the open season. The day was
a magnificent one, starting out with a
heavy dew, and a cool breeze blowing
all day. The second morning there
was no dew, and the day was too hot
for good sport.
The chicken crop is an abundant
one, and the birds were found not to
be wild. They are in excellent condi
ton and delicious to the taste.
Flowing is we'll along everywhere.
Steam threshers are in operation, and
corn harvesters have been brought out.
Corn will be a good crop as rule.
Messrs. Snyder and Richards drove
to Walnut Grove yesterday afternoon
and caught the train home, saving one
day in this way. Mr.. Soaring drove
to Redwood Falls Sunday evening and
returned on the same train that
brought the others. Around Redwood
Falls a large part of the land has been
posted" by the farmers against city
hunters. This is said to be due to the
fact that farmer was convicted of
shooting chickens during the closed
season at the instance of city hunters.
The farmers concluded to retaliate.
NJ. E. Babcock and Jno. R. Thomas
drove into the northwestern part of
the county aud succeeded in getting
seventeen prairie chickens and twelve
ducks. They lost several hours in try
ing to disinfect the furniture mans
setter, old boy, who got in the way
when a pole cat turned tie hose on.
The dog was soaked in the lake for an
hour or two, but to no effect, except !
to make the lake smell like tannery. |
Then he was buried in the ground for
two and a half hours, and when he
was resurrected he was pronounced in !
proper condition to hunt chickens
again.
A. G. Bennett went few miles from |
the city and brought back sixteen |
chickens.
81. A. Patterson went four miles |
from the city last evening and got |
three of the much coveted chickens.
Two or three parties invaded Decoria |
and got few chickens.
W. W. Weller reports getting sixteen
chickens in Rapidan.
E. L. Patterson, his brother in law,
John McWilliams of Odell, ILL.,, and
his school friend, Mr.. Love of Chi
cago, are at Gary, S. D., after the
prairie fowl.
Senator Benedict was among those
who went to Swan lake, and he got |
eight ducks The lake is extremely
low and the shooting very poor. This
lake will not be much patronized by
Mankato hunters this year unless heavy
rains fall.