Arizona republican., 1906-07-29
GOOD OUTLOOK
 FOR SPORTSMEN N
A Promise of Abundance of Game
 This Fall.

Unless something unforeseen hap pens the spOrtsmen of Arizona will be assured the finest quail shooting after october 15, the date the season opens, that there has been for years. Many of the older ranchers say they have never seen SC many quail since they have been here. Young quail are seen everywhere. many having been seen in side the city limits. Quail were sup posed to be plentiful last winter, but there seems to be a hundred now for every one then. From present indica- tions the limit will be easy to any one who can hit the birds on the wing. No one since the discovery of the valley ever remembers seeing so many rabbits, both jacks and cottontails. as there are now; they are a regular pest and farmers to the west and northwest are slaughtering them by the hundreds, as high as four or five jacks having been killed at a single shot with a shotgun. The last legislature put a bounty of five cents on each jack rab- bit killed, and Maricopa county has paid for over a thousand hides pre- scented in the past few weeks. The rabbits after heinz skinned are fed to chickens and hogs. The young cotton tails are parttularly nice eating at this time of the year, and young jacks are considered even better by some.
 White wings and doves are numerous as ever, and the hunters are after them every day. Large bags are made south of Tempe and west of town. There is a fair flight now along the river.
 Fishing this year has not been up to the standard. owing to the changes in
 
 deep holes there are fish, and the fish erman is lucky who knows their loca- tion.
 The deer and wild turkey season opens September 15 and closes Decem- ber l. Many of the sportsmen are put ting off their vacation until that time. Deer are reported to have increased greatly in the past twelve months throughout the territory.
 A c. Sieboth of Superior, president of the Represito Shooting association, when in Phoenix last, said that he had just made a trip to the Florence res ervoir, the clubs shooting reserve, 10 investigate the duck situation there. He says there are thousands of young ducks there. many mallards among them. and that the membebs will be as- sured of fine shooting early in the fall.
 
 but members may shoot there any time after October l. Another steel boat has been ordered and several dozen more decoys, and other improvements will be made in time for the winter shooting. There is plenty of water in the reservoir now, and the canal and summer rains will keep it full all sum mer.
 The Interstate Trap Shooting assocl- ation will give a big tournament in Los Angeles September S, and 10, with one thousand dollars added money. The eastern experts, Crosby, Gilbert. Marshall, Hirschey, Tanning. Heikes and others will be there and shoot for targets only. w D. Tanner of Phoe- nix is contemplating going over for the shoot At least one other Phoenix shooter will attend, as well as mum Der from Tucson, Douglas, Bisbee and Fl Paso.
 It is reported that the Arizona Sportsmen's association tournament, to be held this year at Tucson, will closely follow the Los Angeles shoot, so as to catch most of the eastern cracks on their way home. There will be $500 added money at this shoot which will last three days. and be attended by amateur shooters from all over Ari- zona. as we'll as Fl Paso, Deming and Silver City and Cananea, Mexico.