Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-03
FINE WORK
WITH DUCKS
GUN CLUB MEMBERS TELL OF
LIMIT BAGS
Dominguez Experts Let Quality Take
Place of Quantity and Pick
Their shots--Birds
All Beauties

The Dominguez Gun club reports a
great shoot on Tuesday. The ducks were
thick and they were big fat ones. 1t was
not a question of getting the limit SO
much as selecting the big birds, and the
members made the best of their oppor-
tunity.
So plentiful were the ducks that sew
eral members had to quit after an hours
shoot, as they had the limit or as many
as they could carry home. Nearly all
the twenty members present were
through the hunt by 8 o'clock.
There were not as many mallards as on
the Pasadena Gun club grounds but the
ducks were all good size, Messrs. Llew-
ellyn, Burke, Nelson and Rankin and sew
eral others got the limit. Dave Llewellyn
got his by 7:30.
The Alamitos Gun club is the one ex-
ception reported so far to the general
rule of good luck The ducks were re-
ported plentiful on their preserve and the
keeper had been feeding the birds for
some time. There was some difficulty,
however, about the water being turned
into the right ponds and the members
did not get the early limit they expected.
They say, however, they expect to make
up for the first days failure in the next
week or so. There are two wells on the
preserve that are used for filling the
ponds where the ducks feed. These will
be kept busy and the right ponds will be
filled up in few days.
Proof in Pictures
Members of the Canvas Back club re-
port fine days work on Tuesday. They
have the pictures to show what they did.
A number OF the members got the limit
and all of them had good luck.
Members of the Westminster Gun club
report such good luck that they had to
call off the hunt at o'clock as most
every one had the limit by that time. The
following were there to partake of the
sport: Walter Chanselor, Charles Carpen-
ter, Adolph Schwartz, Stoddard Jess, Carl
xlokke, David Barmore, C. W./Gates and
Walter Leeds.
Over twenty of the forty members of
the Bolsa Chica club turned out for the
opening shoot and al1Nof them got the
limit early in the day. Those who at
tended the initial shoot were IL A. Phil
lips, F. E. Wilcox, j. s. Torrance, j. D.
H. l.. Story, A. l.. Austin,
Bayly Count Jaro Won Schmidt
Gen. M H. Sherman, o. P. Posey. c. P.
Morehouse, Isaac Milbank, John B. Mil
Ter, H. T. Kendall, DIR. Millbank Johnson,
r. Hull, T. e. Gibbon. John j.
Fay. Jr, Edwin T. Earl and e. j. Mar
shall.
The Pasadena Gun club got the record
for mallards, landing fifty-four of these
beauties. In the Ballona district some
good shooting was done by George
Ralphs and j. w. Frey of the Recreation
club. At the Del Rey club Willard Slim
son! c.. A. Winship, Henry w. Keller and
Irving Ingraham were successful in land
ing large bunch.
All yesterday numerous clubs and not
few independent hunters who hung around
the preserves waiting for the ducks to
fly over came drifting into the city with
stories of the days hunt. They say Tues
day opened hazy and foggy and shooting
at long range was impossible for the first
hour.
Nearly 200 members of clubs took part
in the first days hunt When the shoot
ing began the birds flew around in circles
from one preserve to another, confused
and not knowing where to light. This was
a picnic for the hunters, who kept their
gun barrels hot pouring volley after vol
ley into the circling mass of birds when
ever they came near enough, and they
were never very fan off.
Many of the clubs left off shooting early
and all the members retired to return for
shoot. A few remained to spend
couple of days shooting. These will
scare the ducks away to the
other numerous preserves and will have
poor shooting for Sunday as result.