Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-16
SEEK QUAIL
DESPITE RAIN
BIRDS STICK TO HILLS, But
SPORT is FAIR
Big Crowd Goes Out to Open Season
Weather Plays MarpIot--Auto
Parties Stick In
Mud

Notwithstanding the shower of Monday
night and the heavy downpour of yester-
day there was an unusually large exodus
from the city of scatter-gun men who
went to their haunts to open the quail
season. Many parties went in automobiles
and rigs, intending to camp out Monday
night and get after the quail early yester-
day morning. More than seven parties
went toward Newhall, while others sought
the quail nearer the city. Pacoima, San
Fernando and the foothills and plains
between Toluca and Calabasas were the
most popular of the hunting grounds near
the city.
The drizzling rain which fell yesterday
morning, which was general throughout
this section, fell internationally during the
forenoon, making 1t very difficult to raise
the quail, which hung close to the trees
and to the thick underbrush and refused
to fly. The birds were tame and shooting
was easy when there was any. Hunters
who sought quail in the wooded sections
had the worst luck, the men who waded
through the wet underbrush of the hills
getting the best of it. Almost every hunt
er who bagged over a dozen birds was
soaked.
A number of the hunters who went into
the wooded country below the foothills
took dogs, but those hunting among the
underbrush of the plains where cactus is
thick could not use dogs. Finding the
birds was considerably more difficult in
the cactus and sage brush patches where
the shooting was best. Some hunters who
haunted the cactus patches claim they
lost over half the birds they killed.
Few Get Limit
Notwithstanding the difficulties of the
weather and bad roads, many hunters
succeeded in getting fair results. There
were few, however, who got the limit.
The average seemed to be about a dozen
birds. Ranchmen who have their own pri-
vate hunting grounds seemed to have the
best luck.
Many of the automobile parties who
went to hunt at distance had some
trouble in getting home on account of the
muddy and slippery condition of the roads
as a result of the nights rainfall. A few
parties took wheel chains and had the
laugh on the others. Up to a late hour
last night automobile parties were still
struggling into the city.
Quail are generally reported to be
abundant, and with little sunshine they
will probably come out better and make
good shooting.
Among those who went out to shoot yes
terday were: William H. Cline, r. G.
Ortman, w. w. Brier, P. R. Paulsen, D.
c. Hammel, H. J. O'Neill, w. H. Bollyn,
George H. Chase, Ed Vaughan, Homer
Kennedy, Oscar Crist, M Uaubin, N. ii.
Timberlake, G. B. Kirkpatrick, f. H.
Taylor, Haines w. Reed, A. H. wilkins.
E. C. Duryea, Albert H. Colby, Marshall
Deats, E. B. Bennett, w. H. Eilers, S. F.
Cowan, Will F. Compton, Arthur Stoll, E.
P. Grey, Fred Hilbrook, August Winstel.
Jacob Adloff, Gen. C. F. A. Last. Max
Friese and Charles Krempe, Ed C. Die
ter, H. e. Maxon, 7. j. Jarvis, William
Eagner, A. Folk, ]. ]. Jenkins, Robert
Brain. Jim Jeffries, Ed Winfield, John
Dorner, Eddie Schmidt, Joe Singer, B. H.
Dyas, Frank Strong, DIR. Thurston, W. NJ.
Sigler, Charles Marsian, "A. w. Sibley, ].
Rhodes, D. Southworth and ]. E. Smith.