The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-10-02

Wouid De LETT OF the original twenty,
The rest having faIlen TO the true aim
ef some dozen concealed hunters.
Expert Shots Haze an Inning.
This lasted FOR short half an hour,
by which time the whole country was
as bright al SILVER dollar, so clear
We're the suns rays. From that time or
II was a different story. The ducks
had gotten over their first fright and
learned that there was safety only in
height. Then came some OF the expert
shooting of tie day. II was not now
a question of luck. but accurate shoot
ing dozen shots or perhaps twenty
would be wasted 10 every duck that
fell II was not an uncommon sight to
see a duck pass over several blinds.
each delivering a shot or two at his
flying form before some hunter more
expert than the rest at last brought
the bird 10 earth With q well directed
load of shot.
Flight Becomes Higher.
BY o'clock the birds were clearly
out of reach OF gun shots and It was
only occasionally that a charge Of shot
reached a sufficient height to bring
down the quarry. Then the hunters
began 10 pick up their dead and re-
turn 10 the city, many, however, re-
naming over for the evenings fight.
The opening Of the season yesterday
may be called successful one. It was
made so only on account OF the mil
lions of ducks that were on every hand.
The weather conditions We're against
duck shooting 10 marked degree, but
the large number Of ducks made shoot
ing good. Had there beer rain or wind
more would have been killed,
but al Il was the hunters were well
satisfied.
Big Kill Made Early in Day.
TGe clear. bright air in TIE early
morning drove the ducks 10 an extra
ordinary height within one hour after
shooting began, lnt big kill was
made before these conditions prevailed.
During The day, however. the ducks
were driven far ont into the larger
bodies of water and Il will take some
stoinS weather TO get them back again
Bailey Lake Shooters Successful
TAs shooters at Bailey's faie were
probably more successful than any
other in the valley. BY 10 o'clock j.
r. Mitchell bad shot tie limit of forty
allowed by law, Others remained over
for the nights hisht and probably
twenty of the forty shooters got the
limit before darkness last night. The
Black Sloughs shooters were also sue
cessfuI and n number Of good bags
were made. There were entifely TOO
many hunters at Williams lake TO ac-
complish muca good. The water is
more open there and hundreds of IN
attached hunters lined the county road
and railroad. The flats Immediately
surrounding Williams lake looked like
LARGO rsfas1ff Wit
were stationed every ten feet over the
sage brush land and it would be safe
TO say that there were hundreds of
nimrOds IN this crowd that did not get
q single legitimate shot at duck.
Stream of Hunters Go Out.
Vehicles of all kinds were pressed
into use 10 take the hunters TO and
from the duck grounds. At 3 o'clock
yesterday morning the road from the
city TO Williams, BaiIey's and the
Black Sloughs looked like a parade of
some kind. As one passed along the
roaS hundreds Of hunters could be seen
standing around the lowlands waiting
for daybreaK. These were mostly un
attacked hunters and il was this class
that did not do very well in the killing
line. At the duck clubs, however. il
ives different. Each member had
blind OF his own and if he did not get
his full quota of ducks it was because
he could not shoot
Hundreds Of hunters TemaDned out all
day yesterday and viii stay until to-
morrow morning. Hundreds more will
go out today. but il is not thought the
shooting will be as good because yes
tePdays bombardment has driven
thousands far out into Great Salt lake.
The ducks killed yesterday were as
a rule fat and in good condition. There
was a surprisingly large number OF
red heads killed. Mallards, teal whis
tiers and hard heads were also killed in
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