Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-11-04
p,..,o, Day Sport Much Easier
Than in Days OF
YOrG
cLvBHOUSES LIKE HOTELS.
.,.,.,,,e5 Blinds, a Jap Cook and
Keeper, ID Plenty 10 Pick Up
The Birds Killed

,oV mon hunt ducks now
.a.,snrrd blinds cIubhouse5
'lN so,.i. and jap cooks. with "a lo' OF
IN "a nick up tho birds seq out o''
N and mcb. hnt it''
" ..s odd ulz1Ied, groy th's speak
,.,,n,, n, would never see again ON, On,
r. cl. erect and in hif eye SIM
.a t,lth. aro of youlb-a Dire mat years
','.. .,5,or lIf and the Keen cNciiemen's
.ns oldest sport had preserved uh'
lmned beyond ils IIme
', m ,,5 nm prone 10 the aunkon bat
m cmupolko bay in auie-bellum
Il .,,rnrdoi hy hIr hundreds of .dc-
o'h "i with heavy mu1Hlc-luanlnb
wl' ..gbI bup within iodDu ~ tit'.'
o'i.' l.iVarn hs legs luoulng pan
Ah0 ,.uler shot and wada comparl-
WL w. ud Killed his two uunWed ,au-
WI| u d revolution of the udt'
ia.l'.Nn 4irr wears. mis- favortc FOWL
lN,u tYd u.pu one ut the INST ~
LA sr Nh. UIc.a pWliles ana Huusl'
t. nofib and west I'M the carly soN'n-
bs had taken hIs place ON ihc SOS
w s0uy and tht lac '|ul rare WI VS.
", Minnesota KILLED hlH srFrhiN.ouu uhd',
NU ,ttf nu,. hoHd-long rush thdt used
ius .rgo thp evening light and all
o5rtsran's experiences I'M carry JAYS
NV ~ Nsp.lpInlcOu and tednr rivers lu
N t.I neon his. tO the old gun had
lm., tsrt of radheods as great as any
sprlrr II had been held 40 SIN
~ hst same old piece loaded tull
,.Itb tbc black powder that d later
" craftsman spums had scored its
g,sr.3 ma fny bluchllls In one days
4t, an ho Mississippi Tho goose
ijs of lhc San joaquin Valley nal
aais1 before his eHpeciant eyes uuul
,51se killing became monotouousi the
snTgs and vidgcUn OF the Suisun were
n. oJ friends So the old fellow had tull
,gs 10 move for reconsideration ot
M game question; he had voted with the
'ayo Wrh luxury as today's IN mine.
rttr shot ducks / rose before daylight
i,, me ms blind IN such places as the
s,soing fieht ha dsuggcstod, and at first
,rr-rsd dec0ys as a needles nuisance. But
kst Uae In he DAYS when the incoming
,SNl boroudod the setting sun, when am
rtthsusuble stream NJ whi2zing, suu0Nk.
me ducks sped past the gun aud a miss
ais u no consequence.
arrue several of us. kindred spirits, had
clubhouse several years ON the lac Qul
piIe II had hardwood floors too. and
hardwood sides But they were plancd
MA AM ay Rabbit Bill-a rabbit always
d5kd better 90 him than a duck-Bill
uat our jap cook And on occasion he
.UlH pull @ pretty clever trigger too.
i've stood beside him and seen him drop
N, three dead ducks 10 five shots. hour
iNer hour I'm one Of those Minnesota
masses and that not shooting ducks over
is,Jy elthpr-but here, I'm getting away
'ro ntha subject somehow can't for
BE-, those Old days though I'm pretty old
myself now
80 ae had no keeper then. We kent
hs birds moving pretty lively and that
Was keeping enough Tor us. There
wasn't any closed ground. most Of II
wasn't fenced The best shot didn't all
Ways get ,e bags either the good duck
hunter had "A chance 20 profit by hls eX-
Frmce Il wasn't game a novice
barred 10 a year. one had % serve long
tHNuCcshIp al &C. though there seemed !
% end 90 the supply of birds. It's DIFF |
irelt again, now. I've bee mover that |
sane country succ-chaHged and civilized. !
u c0ursc-and the ducks are done. 7 |
DONE know whore ! guess accounted |
Zoo some " them In my time especially |
iht spring shooting But / quit that n |
h1g time ago. II isn't really fair 10 the |
ducks catching EN- coming and going
iMt way n seems funny to me 10 hear |
tm telling about hfty ducks a day being |
20 many tor one man 20 Kill I've killed |
" IN q day before now. and right on |
i'o@ Minnesota passes But I guess nftv |
q more than IA care 10 kill today 7 |
u"d 70 pick one kind Of ducks and get |
more Than that in an evenings shooting
DON'T you think duck shooting Is cas- |
f' man 7 used 10 hc?" the old fellow |
vas asked Tie was firing out. but the |
'9.'mans Instinct rallied with a rush.
never a. Bit Duck shooting rs always |
.aid and lts harder now than Il used to |
20 because The birds know more about |
im lts The hunting that has been |
aale easier hy preserved ponds and mod |
h ,onlenences No I think the shoot. |
hg IS n anything harder: that Is. al. |
Ways giving q fellow credit for being |
Npfsman. Birds always have ~ ON the |
uahf aud always will so long as there |
Ie blr1s and "a man can shoot them |
..st way u he SIS built ON that plan but |
gme way wasn't and I did a turn or |
Y" ior me market I'M my time. too. |
.olsl suppose 7 ought 10 be- ashamed |
q u SUI Il was looked at differently I'm
We Gays ! remember when big hotels
w we Palmer House IN Chicago each
ltl 'nelr man hunting Tor them and shin.
Els Diek game by lce-pack, often hun.
W.el, az time But we were comparing
Wv, W, h..dness " the shooting then and
N llete was another thing. You hear
. ' pa Fellows tell that the old guns
~ lne pest but don't YOU ever believe
N some shots made on club