Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-16
HUNTERS BRING
IN LIMIT BAGS
DUCK AND QUAIL SEASON Is
WIDE OPEN
sportsmsn Report Birds Plentiful and
Shooting Good-compIaint Made
of Much Poachlng In the
Quail Country

Tired dusty and hungry, clad in
khaki, but not sorry that they had gone,
many members Of Los Angeles county
gun clubs returned to their homes yes
terday, most of them having "bagged
the limit"
Yesterday was the first day Of the
season, and on Sunday all day long
hunters from the city sought the foot
hills, where amid chaparral large
coveys of quail have for the last few
months been thriving, each hunter
anxious to go their companions one bet
ter and all trying hard to bag the limit
At sunrise they were all out, some
after duck, Others for quail, all on the
lookout for the feathered tribe. A few
were somewhat sore from the unac-
customed sleeping on the ground, but
as the day advanced this feeling
wore off.
Down in the marshes by the sea
there could be heard the popping of
guns all day long, telling that some of
the nimrods had found the coveted
shore birds.
Saturday, and even. yesterday, were
two of the busiest of the season for
dealers in guns and ammunition.
Busy, well 1 guess yes" said Ed
Tufts yesterday when asked how things
were going.
II believe that every man who owns a
gun is out today We have not had
such rush for long time. l am sure
that there are about twice as many
out this year as last, for never before
have We had a larger sale"
Some with vests loaded down with
= rvAlIz III oil
and others with their belts full cer-
tainly showed that Mr.. Tafts statement
was correct.
Entertalns Fellow Sportsmen
The Recreation Gun club entertained
at their club house members of the
Del Rey club whose grounds adJoin
theirs, and all spent pleasant evening
and night with those whom in the
morning would be their opponents, each
trying to get the high gun" The fol-
lowing members of the Del Rey club
attended the banquet that was given
III their favor: w. H. Stinson, the sec
retary of the club; George Bayly, H. L.
Gillis, w. G.. Kerckhoff, w. Bayly, H.
G. Weyse, c. A. Winship, c. M. Wood
and A. r. Maines Most of the mem
bers of the Recreation club were at the
club house, among whom were j. Adolf,
George S. Briggs, DIR. j. S. Crawford,
James Gunner secretary of the club; j.
Ficber, ]. w. Frey, j. Hauerwaas, j. f.
Holbrook, F. w. IngalS, Jacob Kuhrts,
"A. e. Wesserly, l.. F. Moss, j. Franken-
field, Jud Saeger, Ed Strassburg and A.
Winstel
A pleasant evening was spent, as most
OF the men are old friends, having
hunted together many times along the
marshes that border the club house
reservations Many were the tales of
old times when Il bagged the limit"
James Cruner secretary of the club,
said after he returned yesterday that
from daylight to about o'clock the
birds were in plenty, but as the day
bgreW clearer they soon disappeared
and few shots were made after that
time.
Several of the parties who went for
the day hiked off in gasoline gigs, and
un to late in the night they came
streaming back toe the city all happy
and tired.
Where They Went
A party from the Cerritos Gun club
went out to their reserve, among who
were F. S. Hicks, ]. Ross Clark, f. w.
Flint jr., A. C. Jones, c. H. Lee, Hon.
H. H. Markham, N. w. Myrick, e. D.
Silent, ]. K. Urstrom. w L. Valentine
and waiter L. WotklnS.
From the Centinella club were Will
liam Bayly, F. K. Eckley, H. Keller, H.
r. Maones, /. w. Phelps, o. w. Posey
and C. A. Winship. Some had not re-
turned yesterday evening, and it is ex-
pected that they will have another day
of the sport
H. S. IIazleman, H. P. Hoffman, ]. T.
Lewis, L. c. Lull, H. L. Rivers and z.
F. Schumacher of the Golden West
club went out Sunday to their favorite
stamping ground, which they would not
disclose.
DR.. o. P. Roller, secretary of the
Lcmita club, was out with party OF
friends, including M. Armstrong, w. R.
Bird. George Dotter, T. Haverty,
Ross T. Hickcox, G.. S. Holmes, F. 0.
Johnson, H. w. Lewis, H. l.. Martin,
o. C. Morgan, E. W. Mueller, F. E.
Robinson, j. w. Sharp and w. H.
Stimson.
Harry. Baum, E. j. Brent, w. N. Goff,
William Nachie, 1. r. Smith and Walter
]. Wren of the Olympic club were at the
club house. and all came back with
more birds than shells.
F. M. Notman, e. w. Davies, f. r.
Harris and DIR. j. r. Thorpe of the
Pacific club went to the club house in
an automobile, and although all of them
did not bag the limit they returned with
tales of birds without number, more
than they had ever seen at this time of
the year.
e. III. Barmore, j.. M. Elliot, ]. A.
Graves. Barbee Hook. f. r. Smith and
Adolf Swartz were out from the West
Minister club. -s
If all reports that come in from the
surrounding country are true the num-
ber of birds this year exceed past years
and there is game in plenty for
good season
From the hills last night trains
brought in hundreds of tired and foot
sore hunters, nearly all of whom We're
.possessers of good bags Of quails.
Some complained that their favorite
hunting grounds had been burned over
and the game all gone.
Many ''sooner'' shells were reported,
showing that lawbreakers had, as usual
SKINNED the cream from the quail
shooting before the sportsmen who obey
the laws have an opportunity to go
afield.
Game Warden w. B. Morgan spent